Daphne x burkwoodii

Something from the garden this week, Daphne x burkwoodii. It's taken a while to get going and so far it's a fairly open shrub, but on the upside it lets the (Spanish?) bluebells through!

Oxalis enneaphylla x laciniata hybrid

Many years ago I bought a number of South American "alpine" Oxalis, O. enneaphylla, O. patogonica, O. laciniata and a number of hybrids between the two. 

Unfortunately they did poorly in the greenhouse and so I planted them out in various troughs, moved them around but never a flower and they dwindled over the years. This year I've just dug them up (totally the wrong time of year as they are in growth) and potted them in a last ditch attempt.

All have done poorly save one. It was labelled "superstar". It's not and it does not look the same as my reference picture - but I remember sowing seed from "Superstar". For probably five or more years it's lived ignored on the greenhouse floor and flowered really well. This year I repotted it and although it only has a few flowers it does look rather nice.

Of course I will now lose it proving conclusively that Oxalis need to be grown in a dark corner and watered just when you remember it.

Cyclamen balearicum

Above a rather nice form of Cyclamen balearicum. Still young corms but they look promising. This one has the blue green leaves and silver washing that was the typical form in the trade decades ago. I tend to keep these under the greenhouse benching as the sun causes the leaves to roll up. It has a wonderful fragrance!

I only grow one Rhodendron (Rhododendron cephalanthum var crebreflorum)

Only about 6 inches tall, I took a bit of a gamble on trying this as it's supposed to not be so easy in the south of England but so far it's done really well and unlike the plant I had many years ago that I kept in a frame it flowers really well.

Cyclamen rhodium ssp. peloponnesiacum

Top, Cyclamen rhodium ssp. peloponnesiacum in the greenhouse.

Middle, a plant I tried out in the garden. It's been there for several years now and survived which was a bit of a surprise.

Bottom,  the appropriately named "vividum".