June 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Tim Ingram]

Wim - fascinating variety of plants. Allium nevskianum is very striking, and do you grow the Echinocereus outside? I begin to see the appeal of these small cacti more and more. I am not sure how easily gardeners will move from Dodecatheon to Primula - it seems a step too far for me.

A few plants on the sand bed now: Campanula aucheri, Aster natalensis, Potentilla porphyrantha (this is a Red List plant from Armenia which seems a lot more free-flowering than P. nitida with us, and a valuable plant to increase in cultivation), Leucogynes grandiceps, and an overall view.

[Hoy]

Lesley, I don't think 'Geranium' will ever be as big as Genes rose! And not as floriferous either - at least mine is not (but your climate is different).

What is the look of the inside of your linnea flowers? Here is a Norwegian one from a previous year and the Ranunculus parnassifolius still in flower on the roof.

[Catwheazle]

Hi,
Unfortunately, due to the many (continuous) rainfall slightly disheveled ... however
still very pretty.
Ranunculus alpestris
Orchis militaris

Greetings
Bernd

[arillady]

Lesley 'Eddie's Jewel' is available in NZ as a friend near Arrowtown has a lovely big one. It would certainly grow up a tree. Gene great roses. The scent from Rosa brunnoni would be intoxicating.

[WimB]

Wim - fascinating variety of plants. Allium nevskianum is very striking, and do you grow the Echinocereus outside? I begin to see the appeal of these small cacti more and more. I am not sure how easily gardeners will move from Dodecatheon to Primula - it seems a step too far for me.

Thanks Tim. The Echinocereus grows in a trough outside in pure riversand. The trough stands against a south-facing wall and get's no cover...so it get's all the rain and black frost our Belgian climate can throw at it. You can see a pic of the trough and cactusses covered with snow, here: http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=85.msg5315#msg5315

And you can see some pics of the other hardy cactusses which are growing here:

http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=85.60
http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=85.msg27152#msg27152
http://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=85.msg27764#msg27764

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Pat for that excellent news. I'll have a look at rose websites and hopefully find it. If not, would you be prepared to let me know your friend's address? He/She may let me buy some cuttings in the spring. I'v fallen heavily for it since Gene's amazing picture.

[Mike Ireland]

How about this for a 3 pan class.  Vernon Hancock brought these truly wonderful plants of Physoplexis comosa to Pottertons NGS Open weekend. STUNNING!!!!!!!!!

[ranunculus]

Best in Show, the Farrer Medal and a Forrest Medal in one go ... is Vernon exhibiting at Pontefract on Saturday?  You have just dissuaded at least thirty exhibitors from travelling to the event, Mike!!!  LOL.   Absolutely superb trio (and I thought mine was quite impressive last year).

[astragalus]

Really incredible!  I would think it was some sort of computer trick except people actually saw this.  It doesn't look like this in the wild, even when you see it at its best.  Maybe this exhibitor should be turned loose on Eritrichium nanum

[greenspan]

wow...the Physoplexis  . i should print the foto + show it to my poor plants.

here an interesting variety of Arum italicum with spots on the spatha and dark blotches on the leaves. i bought it as seed grown plant from a hobby gardener of our local garden society a few years ago:
   

[Roma]

Two recent views of the most colourful bit of my garden just now.
Veronica gentianoides and an orange geum

[Roma]

Campanula thessala

[ranunculus]

North East Scotland seems to be awash with colour, Roma!!!!  Your garden looks beautiful.

[Roma]

I only show the good bits, Cliff .   Most of it is a mess and a plague of baby rabbits is not helping.

[ashley]

Aquilegia moorcroftiana CC7152  delicately scented, a subtle beauty

The white washed with violet and green reminds me of icebergs or fragments of old glacial ice