Hallson Gardens

WOW is right
It drives me wild

Hi Charla and George, CH stands for'Confoederatio Helvetica', now you know :lol: :lol: :lol: Serioulsy: Switzerland has 4 official languages: German, French, Italian and Romanch. I imagine to be fair to all, they chose the latin name. In Europe CH is the official country code, like for you USA :cool...

That blue seedling is unbelievingly gorgous 8-) 8-) 8-) and then the ruffled one takes my breath away! Will these beauties ever get tissue cultured for addicted hosta folks? :bd: As for late frosts, We beat the record: June 2, 06 1 ft. of snow, temps dipped to -7 º C for 4 nights straight. Hostas we...

Just can't live without them

Krossa Regal
Sagae
Paul's Glory
Halcyon (the real thing (found about 25 years ago)
Azure Snow
Rascal
Moonlight Sonata
Northern Exposure
Blue Mouse Ears
Kiwi Full Monty
Touch of Class
Stained Glass

Sorry, can't count to 10

When I started with dayliles in the early eighties (in Illinois), I ordered several pinks and when they bloomed, most were peach or I guess what you call a pink blend. I felt cheated, but later enjoyed those daylies enough to move most of them to my new garden in Switzerland (all properly inspected ...

Jeroen, WOW
Fantastic seedlings, fantastic pictures!
What is your secret to get such large and healthy seedlings in just 4 weeks?

What temperature can you get under your lights?
Lys

Bert, you can't do that, no prize?
At least you can invite us for an all day garden visit in order to toast the winner!

Anyway, I pick Valentine's Day!

Thank you Mike! The pictures are wonderful! I wanted to come to the Siberian/Species convention, but it did not work out. My good iris friend brought back all kinds of neat catalogs and told me all about the convention.

I am happy to find out that H. foetidus is popular in the US :lol: For us, this native plant has become a weed. But what a fabulous weed! :cool: It is the only good looking plant in winter, if the snow is not too deep. i have learned to be selective and keep only the best. This year I found 3 varieg...

Pia, forget Rascal, I planted 5 plants into a large, rather tall pot and placed it near the entrance door. Rascal spread out to the point, where we should have moved the door :lol: How about Phoenix! it is vase shaped, but what a sight in spring when it emerges, wow, truly raising like the phoenix f...

Thank you Mike! Strange, I do grow PLEASURES OF MAY, but very poorly. It is a lovely little thing, but perhaps I have yet to find a better location for it. Before the voles destroyed my Japanese iris bed I had a couple of reblooms, especially Japanese Pinwheel. Some varieties were totally destroyed ...

Of all the irises I grow, Iris sibirica is my favorite. I did not think much of rebloom until a few of years ago, when CORONATION ANTHEM send up a second scape. During hem season this was neat! 8-) CA has done it every year, just one or 2 scapes. But this year (hottest July in 70 years), it sent up ...

Sorry, I should have looked at the pictures more carefully. Althougth my Hostas look terrible, there is no bleeding any where, for that I am grateful. Let's face it, I am paranoid about this horrible virus :bd: :bd: :bd: Pia thanks! I have 2 large Striptease from 2003 (growing in a protected area) a...

Mike, yes you can cross I.sibirica with I. versicolor, but you have to use tetraploid Siberians. I have done several crosses and find these plants ideal, tough, good foliage (similar to Siberians),pretty flowers, a little smaller than the modern tet Sibs, but good branching and more buds. I only had...

Pia may have a point! I had a group of Hosta people in the Garden on May 25th. The Hostas never looked better. On march 30 it started to snow and the white stuff just kept falling, with it the temperature. June 2, we woke up to 8 " of snow and - 4º Celcius. By 2.00 P.M. the strong sun had melted the...

Thanks everyone for the info! I have to admit, that these days I am very busy diging plants and when I do have time, just check out Chris's virus site. planwerk, this is the first I actually hear about the virus in Germany and I am shocked that only now some info is coming in. Here in Switzerland, n...

Ed, for the last 17 years I ordered my seeds from the Magnolia Soc. http://www.magnoliasociety.org/ You have to be a member and are then entitled to 6 pkts of seeds (between 2 and 5 $ each) That is the only way I know to get seeds from hard to find Magnolia. The seeds come in little plastic baggies,...

Ed, beautiful pictures! :cool: As a former Northern Illinois resident, I am always curious what's going on in your neck of the woods. If only I had more time to play in the forum :bd: But yesterday I found my Trillium grandiflorum coming back with 5 buds (thought it was lost it for good). At the sam...

Great pictures!
Can't wait to start 'diggin'

Ed, stop complaining! :lol: we had another 8 inches of snow dumped on us Thursday, and with temps in the twenties, I could scream! Yesterday the snow melted fast with the exception of old stuff in the shade. Unfortunately the vole damage to 4 seedling beds and Japanese Iris is enough to send me into...