From the garden of Erythrone

[Erythrone]

Zone 3b or 4a (Canadian zone). The rhodo is only 2 ft tall by now. Don't know if it will be larger. It was a very young plant when I bought it.

I protect rhodies only the first winters. And since all our rhodies are older, I don't protect them anymore!!! This year will be a very good year for flowering of those guys.

 

[Kevin]

You must get tons of reliable snow cover to be able to overwinter all the plants you have! We can often get cold before the snow comes, so I have to cover with leaves first, just in case.

 

[Erythrone]

You are right, Kevin!!! Tons of reliable snow!! And the garden is protected from the wind.

Magnolia x loebneri Merill... in the rain!!!!

Primula Kinlough Beauty

Helleborus, Brunnera, Lathyrus...

Primula (unknown)

Helleborus Blue metallic lady

Helleborus Apricot and Helleborus Elegant White

Primula Quakers Bonnet

Helleborus Red Lady

Hepatica nobilis

Trillium nivale (so small!!!)

Water drops on Corydalis elata (the best blue Corydalis I tried)

Forsythia Northern Gold

Corydalis solida transylvanica

Bergenia Baby Doll

Helleborus, Brunnera, Lathyrus

 

[SlipperFan]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Erythrone]

Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel in the oldest part of the garden

Primula Jay Jay

Anemone nemorosa albaplena

Narcissus and Pulmonaria

Amelancher

Amelanchier at the end of the day

Helleborus, Brunnera, Lathyrus vernus faccinus, etc.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wow, now that is an eyeful! Those primula are almost painfully bright :rollhappy:

 

[Erythrone]

Thank you KyushuCalanthe!


Rhododendron mucronulatum

Corydalis nobilis

Pulmonaria British Sterling

Pulmonaria Barfield Pink

Omphalodes verna

Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel

Rhododendron PJM

Rhododendron April Rose

Omphalodes cappadocica Starry Eyes

 

[Erythrone]

Anemone appenina albiflora

Pulmonaria David Ward

Brunnera macrophylla Mrs Morse

Brunnera macrophylla King’s Ransom

 

[Kevin]

Wow!!!:drool::clap: You've got a veritable botanical garden there! How much land do you have? Not only an amazing variety, but all very well-grown and maintained. Excellent photography too - keep it coming!

 

[Erythrone]

Thank you Kevin!

We own a 100 acres woodlot. The garden is near 3 or 4 acres, around the house. As you can see, we live in the woods! With deers, hares, mooses hawks, wood ducks, wild turkeys, coyotes, foxes, etc.


Magnolia x loebneri Leonard Messel

Uvularia sessifolia Cobblewood Gold

Primula frondosa

Lathyrus vernus flaccinus

Erythronium Pagoda

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Fantastic! I would love to visit your gardens; they are so beautiful. :clap:

 

[JeanLux]

Thanks for sharing all of those beautiful pics!!!! You have a GREAT place there!!!! Jean

 

[Heather]

Incredible!
What a fabulous place you have and what a lot of work it must be to keep it up! Wonderful

 

[Erythrone]

Thanks everybody!!!

Trillium sessile

Glaucidium palmatum

Primula Miss Indigo

Omphalodes cappadocica Starry Eyes

Omphalodes cappadocica Starry Eyes, Asarum canadense

Paeonia, Viola White Czar

Primula

Primula Guinevere

Leucojum

Polygonatum Striatum

 

[Erythrone]

Rubus arcticus

Primula Little Egypt

Daphe Lawrence Crocker

Geum x borisii Carmen

Dicentra Luxuriant

Gunnera tinctoria

 

[Kevin]

You grow Gunnera too?!?!?!? Wow. How big does it get? You must cover this one for the winter, right? Next, you'll say you have Palms and bananas too!
I like the Glaucidium too - looks like a little Maple with the leaves.

Excellent photos of an amazing garden. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Erythrone]

Yes, I grow a Gunnera since 2006. It was only 6 ft large last year (the whole plant, not one leaf!!). They are not as big in cold climate than in warmer zones. There a few people in Quebec that grow them. I saw a G. manicata in La Malbaie (Jardins des Quatre Vents, Francis H. Cabot). That's why I tried to grow that genus here. They protect it in winter.

The first plant I bought was a G. manicata. It died a few weeks after I bought it!!! I bought the G. tinctora from a garden center near Toronto.

My winter protection is very easy: since I grow a lot of Peonies and since I must discard the foliage every Fall, I put the foliage in plastic bags, I put the bags on the Gunnera, and I cover with something that is white (a white texel with a plastic sheet, or a white plastic sheet).

 

[SlipperFan]

How big is your garden, Erythrone? It must be huge!

 

[Erythrone]

Yes Dot, it is huge. We live in a 100 acres woodlot. The garden is near the house. A few acres, I would say.

 

[Heather]

Do you have a guest house?
As a bonus, maybe you could help me with my French! (I have a French speaking team at work and while I understand much of the vocab, I absolutely do not speak it.)