Yes, I thought that Silene bolanthoides was really cool the first time you posted on the NARGS forum, Lori. Now it's exceptional!
Dirtdorphins, I know what you mean about "ugly" silenes. But you've given me a reason to post one of my disappointments, although I am glad I grew it just to see it....
Silene latifolia from seed wild collected in Japan. It hardly looks or grows any different than our cocklebur weed naturalized from Europe.
And while we're talking about not so great silenes, last year was the first time I saw this one, apparently another common weed here, but not for me....
Silene cserei
Grown from NARGS seed as
Dianthus haematicalyx ssp.
pindicola, it looks like a hybrid, even though this has been a very very wet spring for me. Heck, look what my
Edrianthus wettsteinii and
Penstemon hirsutus Pygmaeus look like this year!
Delosperma basuticum seedling
Allium moly and
Dracocephalum ruyschiana. In the blurred background is
Penstemon grandiflorus growing in the lawn.
And this was supposed to be Aquilegia coerulea.... Ha!
But it still fetched $5 at our NARGS chapter plant sale.
