I posted the flower shots from the Sisyrinchium varieties I have a few days ago. I missed out the yellow one and I have since found that I have a light blue one as well! No idea where I got it from, I thought it was a ‘Californicum’ up until the flower opened! I have swapped that many plants this last year I have lost track lol.
First one has a fern, Saxifrage Mount Nachii, Hosta Iced Lemon and leptinella.
Sedum sp. and leptinella
I was up and out for my walk on Sunday before my kids even surfaced. In fact I think I was back before they surfaced 🙂
A great morning for a dander along the coast.
Early morning sun behind the Beech trees.
Iris sea view.
Maggie showing her disrespect for the law 🙂 Smudge is already look past this. My excuse was that the dogs can’t read !!
Beach party tricks 🙂
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I have a few of these that had self seeded into pots. I wasn’t sure what variety of orchid they were until they flowered. Not thanks to the power of social media I have them identified as Common Spotted Orchid – Dactylorhiza fuchsii. My next challenge is to get them into a kusamono planting next year.
These Sisyrinchium are fast becoming addictive! Here are 3 of the four that I have. The only missing one is the Yellow ‘Californium’. I’m on the hunt for more 🙂
E.K. Balls
Biscutella
Dragons Eye
Sisyrinchium ‘EK Balls’
This is my satsuki azalea, I have it more for flowers than for bonsai but it gives me pleasure at this time of year. I didn’t let it flower last year to help build strength. It has four flower types but I have only put photos of three below. The missing one is a pale pink flower with a dark pink stripe. Those ones have still to open. The first few photos where taken a few days apart so you can see it opening.
It had been a few years since I worked the roots on this trident, and a crossing root started to emerge that needed to be dealt with. Ryan Bell mentioned he was working on a similar root problem on a trident, where he was exposing the roots, and undercutting the heavy roots. The idea, similar to layering, was to grow new, finer roots from the cut site.
Last summer; July, I gave it a go. Excavating the problem root:
A little more was removed, then the area was packed with sphagnum moss:
The tree didn’t skip a beat, and on March 1, I dug it to work the roots. Here was what I found:
Look at those nice plump roots!
Because it worked so well, I marked another heavy root with a loop of wire to remind me where to make the cut. I want to keep the cut on…
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