#ledebouria violacea

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Tuesday, 1st March, 2022 🌿

A new leaf emerging from the snapped stem and a very happy looking Green Boris 💚

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Tiny Treasure with Stripes

This little jewel, Ledebouria cooperi, is a tiny bulb with one leaf and an inflorescence of dusty plum blooms. Its common name is ‘Jessop.’  It may also be called “Cooper’s False Squill.” Each plant is smaller than a pinky finger. It lives in tight groups. I am attaching a former blog, ‘Itty Bitty Jessop’ about this plant below, since I did not wish to dig up bulbs in the rain in my…

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Ledebouria socialis (Scilla violacea)

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Ledebouria socialis (sin. Scilla violacea)

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Fall 2020 Update Part 4: Kalanchoe and Ledebouria

Fall 2020 Update Part 4: Kalanchoe and Ledebouria

Kalanchoe luciae with friends on the shelf in front of a south-facing window in the back bedroom on 11-1-20, #754-1.

Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. Since the “S” we have had rain. Last week was rainy for several days then the sun finally came out. This post is for the Kalanchoe and Ledebouriain my small collection and most of the photos were taken on October 15 when I brought…

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“IL SESTO GIORNO" 50x65 cm, inchiostro e acrilico su carta ...e Dio creò gli altri animali poi disse: "facciamo l'uomo alla nostra immagine". Adunque creò “l'uomo”. SIMBOLOGIA DEL DISEGNO: ANIMALI Koala: collegamento, protezione, ricordo, piacere, magia, calma, fiducia Orso: forza primordiale della ferocia, introspezione, legame tra cielo e terra, coraggio, gentilezza, volontà, pazienza Lupo: istinto, protezione, libertà, fedeltà, generosità, compassione, astuzia Tigre: forza energetica sovrannaturale, forza della natura selvaggia e distruttrice, potere, cambiamento, saggezza, rabbia inespressa, aggressività Elefante: potere, dominazione, pazienza, saggezza, castità, temperanza, regalità, memoria, sacralità della vita e della morte SIMBOLOGIA DEL DISEGNO: FIORI/PIANTE Mimosa: innocenza, libertà, autonomia, pudore, sensibilità, forza, delicatezza Tulipano: amore (vero), bellezza, amore per la vita Papavero: consolazione, semplicità, oblio, immaginazione, serenità Strelitzia: nobiltà, grandezza, rinascita Mughetto: amore, memoria, verginità, purezza, innocenza Margherita: purezza, innocenza, semplicità, modestia, amore fedele, pazienza Rosa: devozione, ammirazione, bellezza, perfezione, segretezza, delicatezza Girasole: spensieratezza, gioia, ammirazione, rispetto, gratitudine, costanza, fedeltà assoluta, intelligenza Orchidea: raffinatezza, eleganza, armonia, passione, sensualità, amore Soffione: distacco, viaggio, forza, speranza, fiducia, spensieratezza Scilla Violacea: vita creatrice di nuova vita, ricerca di gioia, vita che si sviluppa con la luce, resistenza in condizioni inospitali, durata, perseveranza, eternità Ficus Magnolioides (o Ficus Strangolatori): sostegno in condizioni precarie, riappropriazione del proprio spazio, sostegno di se stessi, eccentricità, grandezza "THE SIXTH DAY" ... and God created the other animals and then said: “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness". Therefore God created "man in His own image". SYMBOLS: ANIMALS Koala: connection, protection, memory, pleasure, magic, calm, trust Bear: primordial force of ferocity, introspection, bond between heaven and earth, courage, kindness, will, patience Wolf: instinct, protection, freedom, loyalty, generosity, compassion, cunning Tiger: supernatural energy force, strength of wild and destructive nature, power, change, wisdom, unexpressed anger, aggression Elephant: domination, patience, wisdom, chastity, temperance, regality, memory, the sanctity of life and death SYMBOLS: FLOWERS / PLANTS Mimosa: innocence, freedom, autonomy, modesty, sensitivity, strength, delicacy Tulip: love (true), beauty, love for life Poppy: consolation, simplicity, forgetfulness, imagination, serenity Strelitzia: nobility, greatness, rebirth Lily of the valley: love, memory, virginity, purity, innocence Daisy: purity, innocence, simplicity, modesty, faithful love, patience Rose: devotion, admiration, beauty, perfection, secrecy, delicacy Sunflower: joy, admiration, respect, gratitude, constancy, absolute fidelity, intelligence Orchid: refinement, elegance, harmony, passion, sensuality, love Showerhead: detachment, travel, strength, hope, trust, carefree Ledebouria socialis: new life, search for joy, life that develops with light, resistance in inhospitable conditions, duration, perseverance, eternity Ficus Magnolioides: support in precarious conditions, reappropriation of one's own space, support of oneself, eccentricity, greatness

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Scilla mischtschenkoana, Asparagaceae

The Mishchenko squill was the first flower I set my eyes on as I started exploring the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, but it is also one of the first bulbs to blossom in the cold winter sun, providing much needed forage for the earliest pollinators, all the way to March.  

Native to northern Iran and the southern Caucasus, the plant was introduced to the ornamental market in the 1930s and has been readily available and easy to establish ever since. While at first sight it might be hard to think of how a potentially toxic small bulbous plant could improve your garden -aside from benefiting the above mentioned pollinators- remember that most fruit trees are more productive when grasses are not allowed to surround them. Geophytes, plants that spend part of their life cycle dormant underground, are ideal to fill the gaps between the herbaceous and shrubby plants used to prevent grasses from taking over, especially if selected and located so that some of them are actively growing at any time of the year. 

Remember when I wrote about the beautiful Ledebouria socialis? Before being renamed that way, it was known as Scilla violacea, and it is sometimes still sold under that name. 

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Sunday, 27th February, 2022 🌿

This one has just suddenly sprung up out of nowhere????

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Wednesday, 13th October, 2021

Another seed!

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Wednesday, 17th November, 2021

The first of the Boris seeds!

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Sunday, 10th October, 2021

Seed pod!!!

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Wednesday, 11th August, 2021

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Saturday, 20th February, 2021

Had a lot of dieback of my ledebourias. These are the most recent lot of survivors.

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Monday, 12th July, 2021

Finally made some time to do some maintenance and repotting. It saddens me greatly that my crassulas are in the state they're in, I hated having to chop their branches. But I know it's for the better and they're bounce back. I just need to be better with watering them, they're sitting under the eaves so they barely get any water even when it does rain.

I also did some much needed repotting of two of my ledebourias.

My kalanchoe I had to chop back because much of the stems had actually dried up and died somehow. There's two other branches I have sitting aside to grow roots.

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Sunday, 25th October, 2020

Repotted all (but one) of my ledebourias that were in plastic pots to painted terracotta pots. With the leftover terracotta pots I also put some of my other succulents into them. I forgot to take a photo of the rest of them but my goodness, that was a lot of repotting.

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Saturday, 7th November, 2020

The seed pods on my ledebourias finally burst but silly me did not plan well! The seeds either fell onto the counter and then got swept onto the floor, or bounced off the counter and landed on the floor. Anyways, it took me a long time to locate the tiny seeds on the kitchen floor. And then after potting them up . . . I dropped both the pots 😅 Fortunately, one seed stayed in the pot whereas I had to do a lot of sweeping and combing through swept up soil and dust to find it. There are actually three seeds but I forgot to take a picture of the first one. Hopefully they'll all sprout 🤞

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