Thursday, January 01, 2009
A Small Garden Addition...
At the onset of a new year, like the two-faced Roman god Janus, I look both forward to the new gardening season, and backward to last year's garden. What is the single plant that was added to the garden last year, that I was most smitten with? It's a tough call (perhaps I am too easily smitten), but I would go with Corydalis angustifolia 'Talish Dawn'. The common form of angustifolia has creamy white flowers with a purple nose. 'Talish Dawn' is suffused with delicate pinkish lilac, contrasting wonderfully with its blue-green foliage. It is a plant from Janis Ruksans' nursery in Latvia (if you wonder what to get me for a New Year's present, his newly published book from Timber Press, Buried Treasures: Finding And Growing The World's Choicest Bulbs, would be my suggestion). The Talish of 'Talish Dawn' refers to the the Talish Mountains in southern-most Azerbaijan, just on the border with Iran, and right east of the Caspian Sea; an isolated part of the Transcaucasus that could geographically be considered the 'tail' of Europe, but demographically and culturally should definitely be in the lost wilds of Asia. This is a rather dry, sunny part of the world, so this plant likes a bit of sun and good drainage.
// posted by IBOY @ 6:31 AM 
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Dry and sunny? I'm wondering if I should even attempt this plant in Phoenix.
It sounds promising, but we are awfully HOT and DRY. Way beyond 'rather'...
It sounds promising, but we are awfully HOT and DRY. Way beyond 'rather'...
Buried Treasure is indeed a fancinating book, one that should be on your bookshelf Don. Did you order the bulb directly from Latvia - I've thought of trying to figure out if I could.
Jenn - Ruskans spends a good chunk of time in Turkey and area along the northern border of Iran. I bet many of the bulbs he finds would be fine with AZ's summer, but would appreciate a bit of a winter chill and some spring moisture. Maybe happier in Flagstaff then Phoenix, but that's just a wild guess.
Ted
Jenn - Ruskans spends a good chunk of time in Turkey and area along the northern border of Iran. I bet many of the bulbs he finds would be fine with AZ's summer, but would appreciate a bit of a winter chill and some spring moisture. Maybe happier in Flagstaff then Phoenix, but that's just a wild guess.
Ted
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: January 04, 2009
: January 04, 2009
Ted... I got it from Odyssey Bulbs (they have some other Ruksans, especially crocuses. I've looked at the Ruksans catalog with longing.
Jenn... I think Ted is right on; Flagstaff would be perfect.
Don
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Jenn... I think Ted is right on; Flagstaff would be perfect.
Don
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