Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii)灌木忍冬

Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii)灌木忍冬

Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii)灌木忍冬

Bush Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera morrowii)灌木忍冬

Very hardy native flowering shrub.   With very fragrant red/deep pink flowers in spring and followed with red inedible fruit.  Suitable for natural garden.  5-12 feet high and wide.  Very easy to grow in full sun or partial shade location.

北美原生,春天開紅色或深粉紅極香的大型開花灌木,強健,易栽種.  夏天結不可食用的紅色小果實.    成熟植株可達12呎高及寬幅.  全日照或半日照為佳.  適合野生或低維護的自然化花園.

 

 

庭菖蒲開花了!Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’

庭菖蒲Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’
Cute little perennial ground cover plant with dainty little flowers, it is very easy to grow and propagated. Full sun to partial shade.
庭菖蒲, 鳶尾科, 為北美原生多年生草本植物,容易栽種,全日照或半日照,喜溫暖,但不耐高溫,台灣適合高冷地栽培. 葉片細長像小草. 桃園長庚分院好像已有種植. 多以分株或種子來繁殖. 因為植株去年新買的所以這是第一次實際開花. 成熟植株高度約25cm高x40cm寬幅.

賽靛花False Indigo (Baptisia australis)

賽靛花False Indigo (Baptisia australis)

為北美原生的多年生豆科植物,成熟植株高度為3-4呎,寬幅約為2.5-3呎.  需全日照,耐寒耐旱沒有什麼病蟲害,非常容易栽種,可用分株,走莖或種子繁殖.  壽命很長,由於根系深而密且集中,所以一般不喜歡被移植.  花像羽扇豆般成長串,可做切花,容易結籽. 但從種子到開花可能要3年時間.  有毒請勿食用. 於春末夏初開花,花色有藍,紫,白,黃等色.  花謝後結膨大豆莢般的子莢,於秋末轉黑褐色即可收成.  圖為鄰居花友的母株,最近才將受贈的種子泡溫水孵種子中,一部份直播於前院,不知道要幾天可發芽?

2012-11-12 今天發現種子已經開始出芽了,也還好,我是先用溫熱的水連泡3天,然後移種子到淺缽孵到發芽大約7個禮拜的時間,也不難孵.發芽率因為種子新鮮還蠻高的!  很期待開花的一天.

Thanks to gardener Connie for sharing her seeds from her front yard plant (see the pictures).  These pictures has been taken this June when it was blooming nicely!   I hope I can grow them next spring.   I have sown some seeds directly in the garden and soaked the rest in warm water to germinate them indoor.  I will post the progress pictures in the future — hopfully I will have some sucess!

2012-11-12 Today I have noticed the seed germination, I presoaked seed in warm water for 3 days then placed them in soil to keep moist.  Total about 7 weeks.  It is not difficult.  Looking for the day it flowers!

After 3 dayd presoaked in warm water then plant them seperatly, about 7-8weeks germination, they sprout and grow!經過連3天泡溫水再分開一顆一顆種經過7-8周就發芽並開始長子葉了!

共有6種花色可選.  詳見此網站: http://www.perennials.com/results.html?findplant=Baptisia  See the link for other 5 different colour choices and plant info.

我種的這種藍色品種為最常見的花色.  This breed is the most common colour.

庭菖蒲Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’

庭菖蒲Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’

庭菖蒲, 鳶尾科, 為北美原生多年生草本植物,容易栽種,全日照或半日照,喜溫暖,但不耐高溫,台灣適合高冷地栽培. 葉片細長像小草.  桃園長庚分院好像已有種植. 多以分株或種子來繁殖.  因為植株新買的所以還沒有實際開花照.   成熟植株高度約25cm高x40cm寬幅.

花的照片請暫參照:http://www.perennials.com/plants/sisyrinchium-angustifolium-lucerne.html