Ornamentals - lots of prickly, sun-loving and drought-tolerant plants. June 2021.

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Ornamentals - lots of prickly, sun-loving and drought-tolerant plants. June 2021.

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Plant of the Day
Monday 5 October 2020
In the Dry Meadow of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, the seed-heads of Berkheya purpurea ‘Silver Spikes’ (purple berkheya) were adding great texture for the coming winter. This is a South African perennial is a drought-tolerant species and needs full sun and a well drained soil.
Jill Raggett
Berkheya cuneata, Rooiberg | ベルケヤ・クネアタ
2018年に救われて、2019年にもH. crystallinaに導いてくれた白葉の棘木。
クリスタリナの保護木で、個人的には目印の木。たとえばアストロロバが見つかれば発見確率は10%、アドロミスクスで30%。この棘木で50%まで上がるように思う(あとは方角や土壌)。とても大事な木だから名前を知りたくて手持ちのあらゆる本を広げたし聞いて回った。しかし分からなかった。
種名が判明したのはごく最近。友人に花の写真を見せるとキク科ではないかとあたりをつけてくれ、さらに数日後にメールをくれた。
Berkeya cuneata!
ベルケヤ・クネアタを追って、更新世からの植生や地勢を調査した学説もあった。実際、B. cuneataはルーイベルグ山系でよく見られる種とあり、いつから存在していたのか、なぜ分断されるように自生しているのかを論じている。ケープフローリスティック・リジョン、間氷期、海水準変動。聞き慣れない言葉ばかりだけれど、ハオルチアの分断や進化も、虫や川や風による伝播だけでは解けないんじゃないかなと思う。
(名前をみつけてくれて本当にありがとう)
Berkheya purpurea. July 2021.
Berkheya purpurea. April 2021.

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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 14 July 2020
At the moment the eye catching plant of the Cambridge Botanic Dry Meadow is the herbaceous perennial Berkheya purpurea (purple sunflower). The flower stalk grows from a rosette of spiny leaves with a downy-white underside. This drought-tolerant South African species requires a sunny spot with a free draining soil.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 5 January 2020
In the Dry Meadow of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, there are drought-tolerant species from the steppes, prairies and grassy plains, including Berkheya purpurea. This perennial has a rosette of spiny leaves with stems of daisy-like flowers comprising of an outer ring of white or mauve ray florets surrounding a darker purple centre. The flower is followed by this great silvery seed head.
Jill Raggett
Daisy’s spiky cousin
Berkheya cirsiifolia
07-07-2016 // next to the desert house, botanical garden, RUB