Alliums in the botanical gardens in Gothenburg, Sweden on a visit on 16th June 2014. The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes can be controlled. Not many species were flowering. This is one of the best bulb collections in the world with some 1,600 species!!
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The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes can be controlled. This is one of the best collections in the world with some 1,600 species!!
Allium sp. : this yellow Allium had seeded around quite a bit…
Allium sp..
This one’s a mouthful: Allium macleanii x jesdianum subsp angustipetalum
Allium karataviense
Allium parvum
Allium akaka
Allium tschimganicum
Allium barsczewskii f. rosea
Allium nigrum
Allium candolleanum
Allium acuminatum
Allium caesium
Allium colchicifolium
Allium scilloides
The next batch were all growing in the open garden… This was labelled Allium nanodes from NW China. However, Mark McDonough has commented “Not nanodes which is vey dwarf, maybe a form of ovalifolium or prattii)
Allium unifolium (I think) had gone wild in a few beds…
Allium unifolium (I think) had gone wild in a few beds…
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium “Globemaster”
Crambe maritima, Crambe cordifolia and Allium Globemaster
A great day in the company of some wonderful people in Åfjord yesterday!
Thanks to Astrid Mathilde Petterson and husband Gunnar for arranging the course and for the hospitality at their farm, Rotnes Gård, in an amazing location at the mouth of not one but two salmon rivers, Stordals og Nordalselva! The couple are restoring the farm buildings and rent out rooms to fishermen and tourists: http://www.afjord.no/opplevelser/rotnes-gard/
The day started with my Around the World talk in the morning followed by a great lunch at the farm (spinach soup, sourdough bread, wild salmon wraps etc.). We then wandered along the shore and in the woods looking for wild edibles. Here are a few pictures! Thanks to Bjørn and wife for the lift home afterwards (and quick garden tour!)
View from the course room
Introduction to Rotnes by Gunnar and Astrid before lunch
Talking about lady’s mantle / marikåpe at the beginning of the walk after lunch! Picture: Astrid
A wonderful floriferous Angelica archangelica (ssp. littoralis) (strandkvann) growing on the shoreline
Cetonia aurata (rose chafer / gullbasse) on Angelica
Scutellaria galericulata, common skullcap (skjoldbærer), not edible, sometimes used medicinally
Ligusticum scoticum is edible
Plantago maritima, an important source of vitamin C when preserved for long sea journeys in the past
May lily / bittekonvall flowering in July!
Lupins were the star attraction, although invasive and black-listed in Norway! We talked about other species of lupin used for food..but some folks are allergic!
We had a taste of Japanese knotweed (japanslirekne) growing on a tip at the farm
Japanese knotweed / slirekne
Twinflower, Linnea borealis
A nice deep coloured red clover
Astrid’s pea frame was a work of art!!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
