Lovely, I especially like Purplelicious. Here is a pic of Dasycarpum, a native Thalictrum from my garden last year. It's too early for it to bloom yet in zone 3. Over time this one can get very large.

Excellent 'Debbie'! I have neither of those varieties. If you remember try to get some pics when they are at their best and post please.

That is gorgeous 'brother'! Please give us some details....is that a current picture? How tall is it? What is its sun situation? Did it bloom similarly for you last season or has all of this rain made a positive difference?

Hiya! Third season in the ground from a complete bed redo, and it's very similar to last year's bloom, but I also irrigate from a natural source as needed so only high moisture really affects me and not lack thereof, like we had last summer.

It is sited so it gets morning and mid-day sun until 2ish, but some dappled from a small magnolia semi-pictured during that period. It will get some shade as the magnolia gets larger.

Its height as of today is 54.5", and I had to check but the photo was take June 7th, so I guess 2 weeks ago.

Beautiful specimens. Thanks for sharing.

Same black stockings today. Some blooms still holding on:

First year 'Splendide'. Can't wait:

I absolutely ADORE my 'Splendide'!! So much that I bought four more of them two years ago after my first one was so lovely. They grow at different heights, why I don't know, but two of them are more than 6 feet tall, so I have a sweet tuteur support for all (the 'Essex' from Gardeners.com -- really pretty). None of them are as wide/full as one that was posted here some years ago -- was that yours, rouge? It was stunning -- I live in hope...!

That might have been mine roxanna.

When everything is right, "Splendide" is the most impressive perennial in our garden.

...so I have a sweet tuteur support for all (the 'Essex' from Gardeners.com -- really pretty...

I would love see a picture or two roxanna.

rouge -- I am not photo-posting-savvy, but will search and if I find one, will have my DH figure out how to post!

I think I saw the named tuteur you use for your "Splendide". I am just curious as to how that works. Do you have the tuteur directly over the plant before t arises in the spring?

I use are a couple of boring vertical stakes which are in the ground 365 days of the year.

We have two "Splendides" but this is that does best each season. With all the rain this spring and into the second day of summer I have high hopes it will give us an excellent display later this summer...it is almost 5 feet now.

rouge -- my 'Splendide' is not as advanced as yours this year. The Essex tuteurs stay in place all year long -- so far they are holding up very well. Yes, they are placed over the plants, which generally grow up thru the center of the tuteur. Ideally, the height will eventually poke thru the upper section before it blooms. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not so much! I don't care, I just love this plant in bloom or out!

One problem with it is that the pretty leaves sometimes go yellow-ish. Would you know why? Should I feed it in some fashion?

Should I feed it in some fashion?

roxanna, I am 'always' feeding our two "Splendides" (only compost or aged manure).

thanks, rouge! I shall give mine some nutrition. =)

And don't forget to post a picture or two of you are able.

"One problem with it is that the pretty leaves sometimes go yellow-ish"

Like this I saw this morning for one of ours?

I would be surprised if it is a nutrition issue as I provide this specimen with regular applications of lots of "good stuff".

Yes, that's what I am seeing as well. Query is, if not nutritional deficiency, then WHAT?? Grrrrr. So frustrating... And several of mine did not come up this year...

I absolutely love Thalictrums, but I am afraid they don't love me. Aquilegifolium is no problem, but two rochebrunnianum are getting smaller and less impressive every year. I had hoped they would love the wet spring, but no such luck. I will give them one more year with lots of manure and compost, but if they don't impress me next year, they are out! I also have the yellow leaves. I get the impression it happens when they are too dry for just a moment. Not much chance of that this year, but there was a point where we needed rain, and that was when it happened. They don't recover well from heat or lack of water. Flavum glaucum is not a great success either, second try for that one. I used to have delavayi, and it slowly dwindled too. Oh, and my five ichangense 'Evening Star' are now one miserable little thing, dead but for the dying. Unrequited love :(.

Oh, gdinie, that is so depressing to read! I can understand the too-dry scenario as a potential explanation for the yellowing leaves -- our weather has been similar to yours this year as you describe.... I shall try to be more vigilant with supplemental watering.

I hate giving up on favorite plants, but sometimes it's inevitable. Tried caryopteris three times before coming to the conclusion it was never going to survive for me, darn it. Guess my 'Splendide" will be following suit. Great pity as the flower form is SO pretty, like a lavender cloud hovering above the garden. Ah well, so it goes!

"I had hoped they would love the wet spring, but no such luck."

Yup. These plants have nothing to complain about re moisture even now well into the summer. Our "Splendide" is for sure taller than last year's when it needed lots of supplemental moisture but I am unsure if this will translate into more blooms.

Here is our "Splendide" in the shade:

Just picked up a newer variety of thalictrum called Nimbus.

NIMBUS

Rouge, that looks lovely! Can't wait to see yours next season.