March 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Maren]

Hi Paul,

it is an intriguing name. Here are some more for you to choose from (the family is Melanthiaceae):

Ypsilandra Franch. -- Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. 2, 10: 93 (1888). (IK)
Ypsilandra alpina F.T.Wang & Tang -- Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 7: 81. 1936 (IK)
Ypsilandra cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot -- Leveille, Liliac. &c. Chine 47 (1905). (IK)
Ypsilandra jinpingensis W.H.Chen, Y.M.Shui & Zhi Y.Yu -- Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 23(3): 267 (2003).
Ypsilandra kansuensis R.N.Zhao & Z.X.Peng -- Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 7(1): 57 (1987). (IK)
Ypsilandra parviflora F.T.Wang & Tang -- Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. ser. 2, 1: 106. 1943 (IK)
Ypsilandra thibetica Franch. -- Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. II, x. (1888) 94. (IK)
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey -- Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 143. 1916 (IK)
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey var. fansipanensis J.M.H.Shaw -- Plantsman n.s., 7(1): 41 (-42; fig.). 2008 [Mar 2008]
Ypsilandra yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey var. himalaica H.Hara -- Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 80 (1978). (IK)

The plant only came recently into the horticultural trade and is described as a woodland plant, evergreen, requiring partial shade and moist soils.

Happy hunting.

[Webster008]

Excellent plants Wim,

Really love your Thalictrums, which I thought were anemonellas. Adonis is also a stunner.

Looking at your pictures I get the impression that your rock garden must look magnificent. I would really love to see some overall pictures.

Thanks, Rick.

Those Thalcitrums were once Anemonella...they've been renamed a couple of years ago (after genetic research) to be Thalictrum.

Those shade plants don't grow in a rock garden but under trees in some different corners of my garden. I'll take some overall pictures this week.

Thanks Wim,

The rock garden remark was based on the photos of Soldanella and Morisia.

[cohan]

A couple of recent views.. night views 26, March, Lilacs and Sempervivum bed

From today, a couple spots in the Semp bed that are coming out of the snow over the last days...
Jovibarba allioni, Jovibarba globifera, Sempervivum

[Michael J Campbell]

A few Daphnes in bloom this week.

Daphne x susannae Cheriton
Daphne Napolitana stasek
Daphne  Collina
Daphne x latymeri  'Spring sonnet'

[astragalus]

Michael, wonderful daphnes.  Do you have information about 'Spring Sonnet'?  Is it one of the Daphne hendersonii hybrids?

[Michael J Campbell]

 Sorry,I should have put in the full name, it is Daphne x latymeri  'Spring sonnet'. Parentage Daphne Rodriguezii  x Daphne Serica. I have corrected the original post.

[kalle-k.dk]

Michael; Beautiful Daphne, what about your collection of Trillium rivale, I heard that you lose some of them last winter.

Several plants have buds or flowers, but now we shall have cold weather again maybe -5 degress at night I hope my plants not got to many damage.

Some new Anemone where I see the flowers for first time. flaccida and keiskeiana got very beautiful leaves also, especially keiskeiana.

[Tim Ingram]

Although flowers are appearing every day as spring progresses, one of the aspects of the garden (especially woodland species) is the combinations of foliage that occur as plants begin to grow away. A few examples.

[Surreylad]

my romanzoffia unalaschkensis starting to flower... grown from seed last year...

[Michael J Campbell]

Michael; Beautiful Daphne, what about your collection of Trillium rivale, I heard that you lose some of them last winter.

I lost 95% of them, but have a lot of seed and a few tubers coming on from forum members I had swapped with.

[Paul T]

Michael,

That's awful to have lost all those wonderful colours you have.  Hopefully you end up with as good and better from your seed and swaps.  Not a good season for you, that is for sure.

Tim,

Great foliage combinations.  Something I think many of us don't think much about at times.