A year ago, I reported on variegation on a Hablitzia in my son’s garden on Nesodden near Oslo (see http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=18162). I gave him this plant a few years ago and I really didn’t believe it would thrive here as the spot appeared very dry with poorish looking soil, but this year it’s clearly thriving and is sprawling in different directions (they plan to paint the house, so it’s not been trained up the wall). I discovered for the second year running that one of the shoots is variegated, similar to Mandy Barber‘s plant a couple of years ago reported on the Friends of Hablitzia forum on FB!
Has anyone had success (or not) with layering Hablitzia to propagate?
Previous posts on variegated Habbies here (on Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/groups/hablitzia/search/?query=variegation
The cat brought in an unexpected gift this morning here on Nesodden, a female goldcrest (fuglekonge), Norway’s smallest bird! It took some time to recover, but eventually flew away….happy ending.
Fuglekongen means bird king in Norwegian, but this was a queen, fugledronningen!
I had a little time to spare on Monday 8th May 2017, before my talk in the evening in Oslo. I went for a little walk on the coastal path (kyststien) on Nesodden where my son lives. Here’s a few pictures…
Ostrich fern (strutseving)
There were new leaves littering the ground everywhere, probably due to the strong wind?
Oslo in the distance!
Nettles / brennesle
Bergenia cordifolia has escaped from gardens in many places, completely dominating the shallow dry soils…this is a black listed invasive species in Norway…
Primula veris (Cowslip / marinøkleblom)
When I was a postdoc in Edinburgh, I was already interested in Ecology, although I had no training and together with my supervisor Phil Dyke we published a paper “The Importance of Langmuir Circulations to the Ecology of the Mixed Layer”….Langmuir circulations manifest themselves as streaks on the surface where particles and foam converge… Seeing these streaks (windrows) on the Oslofjord reminded me of this… See https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-68838-6_33
Never picked fresh fungi for Xmas before. Picked these terracotta hedgehogs / rødgule piggsopp / hydnum rufescens here on Nesodden near Oslo! They were used in the xmas veggie nut roast!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
