Dactylicapnos torulosa is a fascinating annual climber. It is often slow to start in the Birmingham climate I am growing it in, but it soon cracks on once the weather warms up. Once it gets going, it provides plentiful, pendant, yellow flowers. A novel feature, which extends it’s season of interest, are the twisted red …
Hello there! Just a brief post about a few things that piqued my interest this week. We’ll begin with an aberrant little Capnoides sempervirens (alba to be precise, which I do like to be where possible). The second item serves as another appendix to my original post on roots. My preoccupation with roots has become …
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Top of the morning to you! Welcome to another Six on Saturday post. It’s been a bit wet and wild at times this week; a bit of a contrast to the sweaty heat of the previous week. As usual, The Propagator is providing a home for all Six on Saturday lovers, so head over there …
I’ve been admiring the cheery charms of Dactylicapnos torulosa of late. It’s an annual climber that used to go by the name of Dicentra torulosa before the taxonomy gods wielded their mighty pens, and changed it to Dactylicapnos. Anyway, it’s a tenacious little thing: after climbing to about 6 feet in height, it unfurls it’s …