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Dodecatheon maedia


Dodecatheon maedia (Dodecatheon clevelandii (Shooting star))

Like a tiny cyclamen...



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very pretty

24 Apr, 2009

 

Thanks, Eileen.

24 Apr, 2009

 

Very unusual, almost exotic.

24 Apr, 2009

 

I love these - I've found a Nursery with white ones, so I may get some for next year.

25 Apr, 2009

 

Good idea.

25 Apr, 2009

 

Lovely plants, I saw a clump of the white variety at Kew. I like the colour combination you have going on there, whats the purplish leaf in the background?

26 Apr, 2009

 

That's my Astelia nervosa 'Westland'. It was beautifully marked with reddish striped leaves in the winter months, although I had to fleece it when we had that frost. It shows up better in the winter, I think, but it is a structural plant even now.

26 Apr, 2009

 

Now i really really like these! another one going straight on the wish list. do they like shady areas - i was thinking about my woodland bed - which is semi/dappled shade, but does get a fair bit of pm sun.

30 Apr, 2009

 

Yes, they are meant to prefer dappled shade, but I planted these in the fornt garden and they come up happily every year! Warning - they vanish soon after they've flowered, so I have to mark where they are.

30 Apr, 2009

 

mmmm thanks i am always forgetting things and loosing them/digging them up - i may just hop over to ebay and see if i can find one....... back in a mo...

30 Apr, 2009

 

....back - got one! don't you just love shopping on line!

30 Apr, 2009

 

Magenta or white?? Well done... :-)

30 Apr, 2009

 

Same as this one...arn't i just soooo naughty lol

1 May, 2009

 

Not a bit. Well done! :-)

1 May, 2009



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