GEORGIA

[Oron Peri]

Just got back from a two weeks trip to Georgia.
The Caucasus mountains are beautiful and are  home to some marvelous plants.
I will post some photos in the coming days.
Scilla rosenii was a real surprise for me, it grows in some sites by the millions and can be noticed from far away. it is a showy, large flowered species, we have seen some double forms and different shades of blue.
Plants look much better when they grow in full sun.

[Oron Peri]

Some areas are very difficult to access, the only vehicles that can pass through are these Lada.

[Oron Peri]

These two Iris species are growing in the lower altitudes.
Iris iberica subsp iberica and Iris pumila.

[Oron Peri]

Galanthus platyphyllus appears just two days after snow has melt, we came back the next morning hoping to see it in flower, unfortunately it was covered again by snow.

[Olga Bondareva]

Oron
Thank you very much for incredible pictures!

[ashley]

Many thanks Oron; just stunning
Where in Georgia?

[Oron Peri]

Growing side by side, Paeonia tenuifolia and P. daurica subsp. coriifolia [syn. P. caucasica].

[Oron Peri]

Thanks Olga and Ashley,
Ashley we have been in the North next to the Russian Border, near the Azerbaijan Border and in the western Caucasus near the Turkish border.

Two more beauties, Adonis flammea, can reach the eight of 50cm having a large showy flower and the other, Papaver fugax.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning and awesome pictures Oron !!!!

Oh that sea of Scilla rosenii 

Hope you have many more to show !
Thanks a million ! 

[Lvandelft]

Incredible pictures of landscape and plants Oron! The blue sea of Scilla is breathtaking!

[Gerdk]

Oron,
Thank you for showing these impressive views - especially those of
the glamorous Scilla rosenii in masses!

Gerd

[Oron Peri]

Thanks all for your comments,

Fritillaria collina grows in the North Caucasian mountains, close to the border with Russia, it prefers walls where it is protected from grazing.
F. latifolia habitat is grassy slops, we even found a rare Green form.

[Oron Peri]

Another Scilla:
Scilla siberica subsp armena from North Caucasus.
Scilla siberica subsp caucasica from East, Near the Turkish border.

[Oron Peri]

and something for Ian Y., Sempervivum and saxifraga.

[mark smyth]

I see a wolly bear caterpillar on the semp.