Scottish Wildflowers

[Bugbear]

ThistleDown, thanks for posting and discussing the flowers. It's actually my fault for looking things up on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaea
It says about Carl Linnaeus under the "Cultural references" section:

Linnaeus took Linnaea borealis as his own personal symbol when he was raised to the Swedish nobility in 1757. In his Critica Botanica (1737), Linnaeus had used Gronovius' name Linnaea as an example to advocate the use of commemorative personal names as botanical names:

Perhaps one of the experts of heraldry will stumble across this thread and answer the question.

[ThistleDown]

Lovely, delicate little Highland forest thing despite all that Latin and Swedish, Ted. Speaking of delicate wild flowers, CR Mackintosh did some wonderful watercolours of flowers worth investigating for a woodland garden. Among them is fritillaria. My wife has encouraged this to grow in a dappled spot in our BC garden, but this is CRM's illustration, published in most books on this so-talented man

[Pleater]

Forest?

All the fritillarias I have seen in the wild have been in open grassland.

Perhaps it is a different variety, though - or maybe the weather.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[CopperNGold]

Lovely, delicate little Highland forest thing despite all that Latin and Swedish, Ted. Speaking of delicate wild flowers, CR Mackintosh did some wonderful watercolours of flowers worth investigating for a woodland garden. Among them is fritillaria. My wife has encouraged this to grow in a dappled spot in our BC garden, but this is CRM's illustration, published in most books on this so-talented man

I love those watercolor prints. Do you think the fritillaria will grow in the sandy soil of the Oregon Coast, or perhaps in a raised bed? What kind of soil would I need to replicate its native growing conditions? I've never seen a checkered flower and would love to grow some!

[Paul Henry]

I love those watercolor prints. Do you think the fritillaria will grow in the sandy soil of the Oregon Coast, or perhaps in a raised bed? What kind of soil would I need to replicate its native growing conditions? I've never seen a checkered flower and would love to grow some!

In the UK , Fritillaria meleagris or snakes's head fritillary are usually found in meadows and grass, rather than flower beds. They need a certain amount of dampness and they don't like to be disturbed too much. They are not the easiest thing to keep growing, sometimes they disappear for a year or two and then come back.I've had them on and off for over 20 years , usually the purple one, but sometimes the white version appears as well, they are really beautiful flowers. Good luck in trying to grow them.

[Lime]

I'm fairly certain this isn't Foxglove, but actually Rosebay Willow Herb, a wonderful colour , but a terribly invasive plant in a garden

ah yes... epilobium angustifolium... my mistake! I'm just showing my ignorance with all things horticultural on this thread I'm afraid.

[Laird_M]

Well, you're easily forgiven. On a plant lore walk in South Wales a few years ago I was talking about a holly and its uses when I spotted a rather fine clemetis that I'd estimate at about 50years plus from its size over the other side of the path and started sprouting complete gibberish about hollys 'thistle like down...'

[ThistleDown]

I love those watercolor prints. Do you think the fritillaria will grow in the sandy soil of the Oregon Coast, or perhaps in a raised bed? What kind of soil would I need to replicate its native growing conditions? I've never seen a checkered flower and would love to grow some!

I don't think so. My wife is superb at transplanting and in answer to your question passed on the little basic: transplanting a wild plant can only be reasonably assured of success if everything is the same in both locations. Your soil is going to be a problem as, I would think, will be the wind/salt combination.

[MacBean]

Hey, wait for me (sorry not to have been following along here lately)!

What about primroses and orchids? I'd bet Scotland has some real beauts. Here is ....Scottish primrose:

[MacBean]