Erythrone gardens

[Erythrone]

Iris ensata Center of Attention. The first JI to flower this year

Iris ensata Dragon Mane. A magnificient and very large bloom

Wisteria Blue Moon. Not very impressive, but it is its first blooming

Iris ensata Blue Beauty (I am not sure it is the true Blue Beauty. Many JI on the market are grown from seeds and if so the seedlings must not be called like their parents.

Lilium (Asiatic group lily)

Iris ensata Dirigo Red Rocket

Iris spuria Struttin

Phlomis viscosa

Eryngium giganteum

Campanula takesimana Plum Wine. Nice bloom, nice dark foliage. Very cute, but invasive.

 

[Erythrone]

Marshallia grandiflora

Iris ensata Garter Belt

Echium vulgare

Dactylorhiza maculata

Iris ensata Blue Beauty

Echinacea Double Scoop Orangeberry

Hosta Ripple Effect

Clematis Pamjat

Phlomis viscosa

 

[NYEric]

Colorfest!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

:clap: Total feast for the eyes!

Love Echinacea Double Scoop Orangeberry:smitten: Haven't heard of it before; the color is wonderful!

 

[Leo Schordje]

Lovely, very lovely, thank you for posting.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Oh yes, and while it's really hard to pick favorites because everything you show us is so beautiful.... I also lust for that Iris ensata Dragon Mane :smitten:

 

[SlipperFan]

Now I'm going to have to look for Hosta Ripple Effect.

Man, I wish you lived next door to me!

 

[Erythrone]

:clap: Total feast for the eyes!

Love Echinacea Double Scoop Orangeberry:smitten: Haven't heard of it before; the color is wonderful!

I was lucky to find it in a very small garden center very near from where we live. I did not see it elsewhere. The new owners are echinaceas fanatics!

 

[Erythrone]

Oh yes, and while it's really hard to pick favorites because everything you show us is so beautiful.... I also lust for that Iris ensata Dragon Mane :smitten:

Isn't it beautiful?? I bought it in 2009 from US (Aitkens or Ensata Garden... I don't remember) and it its first bloom.

 

[Erythrone]

Now I'm going to have to look for Hosta Ripple Effect.

Man, I wish you lived next door to me!

It is a 2012 introduction in Canada. I think it must be available in USA too.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

I had to have a Japanese Iris, so I picked up a pink one at our local nursery. No name, just "Ensata hybrid". Now I need to find room for it.

 

[Erythrone]

Joanne, I know what you mean !!!!! Many of the plants I bought for the garden a few years ago are still in pot!!!

 

[Linus_Cello]

How are you growing your Dactyl. maculata? Are they in a bog setting with the Ensata/Kampferi iris?

 

[Erythrone]

How are you growing your Dactyl. maculata?

With rhodies. Dapple shade. Well drained rich soil, pH less than 6.4.

Are they in a bog setting with the Ensata/Kampferi iris?

Yes and no... almost all my JI are grown in pots, but the pots sit almost always in water (1 to 3 inches deep... sometimes more). I remorved the pots from the "pool" in fall and give them a protection from winter frost.

Unfortunatly I discoverd many thrips in flower buds dans many buds blasted. I neglected to remove the dead foliage last spring....

 

[Erythrone]

Iris ensata Reveille

Iris ensata Picotee Wonder

Rosa cv.

Lilium pardalinum Giganteum

Trifolium rubens

Eryngium alpinum

Gentiana lutea, a very tall plant with yellow blooms

 

[Erythrone]

Cephalaria

Iris ensata Hatsu-Kagami

A nice spider (yes, I think spiders can be nice!)

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[Yoyo_Jo]

Cool photo of the spider! What's he holding on to?

 

[eaborne]

Love the blue irises!

 

[Erythrone]

Cool photo of the spider! What's he holding on to?

The spider is on another Japanses Iris!

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful photos!