June 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[astragalus]

Loved the pictures of Meconopsis, what beautiful blues.  Can't be grown here due to hot and humid summers.  However, my failure made me discover my favorite horticultural poem, which maybe everyone already knows?
      From the lady who grew meconopsis,
      When asked to supply a synopsis,
             "How can I", she cried,
             "When all of them died,
      do more than supply their autopsies?!"
Don't know the author.

[Catwheazle]

.... and her sister Iris sibirica 

( ....sorry, but due to the strong wind and the location in my swampy meadow, the images become not so good)

Bernd

[chasw]

Rosa Pom Pom de Paris flowering well for me this yea,r blooms are only 5 cm across

[WimB]

Some plants which have flowered over here during the last week!

Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa
Epilobium obcordatum
Iris 'Exotic Isle'
Iris 'Patina'
Anemone 'Wild Swan'

[WimB]

Some more:

Gaillardia aristata
Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus
Iris  cv. (Tall Bearded) Don't know the name though...if anyone has suggestions??
Linum monogynum (Dwarf form)
Primula bulleyana

[WimB]

And more :

Sarracenia flava ‘Heavily veined form’ x oreophila
Sauromatum venosum
Saxifraga x geum
Iris 'Dazzling Gold'
Polygonatum hookeri

[WimB]

More:

Disporum nantouense
Iris 'Frison Roche'
Iris sibirica 'Über den Wolken'
Iris 'Titan's Glory'
and Oxalis enneaphylla 'Alba'

[WimB]

And the last for this week:

Polygonatum huanum
Iris 'Mary Frances'
Iris 'Princesse Caroline de Monaco'
Iris tectorum
and Ranunculus alpestris

[Brian Ellis]

Nice to see Linum monogynum again, we used to have it!
Your Princesse Caroline de Monaco looks to have a different colour to ours, it should be a lovely light blue.

[Rodger Whitlock]

I love that rose - not one I have seen before- very impressive growth and a great colour .
Too big for my garden but I love it!

Given its name, this rose almost certainly originated at the long defunct Eddie Nursery in Vancouver, BC.  One other truly great introduction from the Eddie Nursery is Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder', a hybrid of the Atlantic coast Cornus florida and the Pacific coast Cornus nuttalli.

[WimB]

Your Princesse Caroline de Monaco looks to have a different colour to ours, it should be a lovely light blue.

Had suspected as much, Brian. I was given this one a couple of years ago under that name by a friend but I never was sure it was 'PCdM', will keep it as a nameless cv then!!

[Lesley Cox]

I am thrilled to learn (thanks so much Pat T) that Rosa moyesii 'Eddie's Jewel' is in New Zealand. Now I have to put all my begging skills into practice in hope of obtaining a few cuttings a little later in the year.

Wim, a great thrill to see the TB Iris 'Patina.' I lost mine in a previous garden move but it was always my favourite. The brownish colouring is not just brown but has in it a sort of antiqued greyish tinge, as if there's a pewter underlayer. It is so very aptly named. I have an as yet unflowered seedling from it.

But what I really want to know now please, is the species name of the vigorous Corydalis of which 'Pere David' is a form. It isn't elata is it? Or is it? My brain has turned to mush recently. There's a 2 metre wide patch come up here and I want to name it accurately if possible.

[Lesley Cox]

That Iris 'Exotic Isle' is a beauty too. Is it a TB?

[David Nicholson]

But what I really want to know now please, is the species name of the vigorous Corydalis of which 'Pere David' is a form. It isn't elata is it? Or is it? My brain has turned to mush recently. There's a 2 metre wide patch come up here and I want to name it accurately if possible.

flexuosa!

[Lesley Cox]

And so pleased to see the Saponaria pictures. They are badly under-rated I believe and many people don't seem to know or appreciate them at all. Yet they are beautiful plants and should be grown by everyone. It's worth growing several flat or cushiony species in close proximity and a batch of seedlings from any one will give some lovely hybrids. This one is lutea x pumila, soft, peachy pink on a small neat plant.