Plant of the Month

 

March 2009

 

 

Trillium nivale, the snow trillium or dwarf white trillium, is native to parts of the east and midwest United States, and is one of the earliest flowers to bloom.

Along the Ohio River valley, flowers may be seen in early March. At its northern limit in Minnesota it blooms in early April. Unlike most trilliums, it does not

grow in leaf mold, preferring limy sandy gravel, crevices in limestone, or calcareous mineral soil instead.. This plant was put outside in late August and there it stayed through winter with rain and frosts and covered with snow for a week. On clearing the snow in early February it was noticed that buds were just emerging finally flowering in the first week in March.

 

 

May 2009

Arisaema sikkokianum commonly know as the Cobra Lily comes from Asia where it grows in shady humus rich places. It can be easliy grown from seed and flowers in three years from germination. As can

be seen it is in the same family as our native cuckoo pint.

June 2009

Campanula 'Timsbury Chimes' was raised from seed collected from Campanula 'Covadonga' and sown 19th Septemeber 2003. Several seedlings flowered

in 2006 and the best one swas elected as it was very compact and had flowers the same colour and size as the parent plant. This was grown on to fill

a 19cm pot. On Saturday 6th June it was exhibited at the Alpine Garden Society's Summer Show South at Wimborne under the cultivar name 'Timsbury Chimes'. I gave it this name to celebrate the village in which it was born coupled with the bell like flowers. It was awarded an RHS Award of Merit

by the Joinr Rock Plant Committee and also judged the best plant in a pot up to 19cm for which it receieved the AGS 80th Anniversary Award.

 

So Timsbury rejoice we can produce excellent plants.