February in the Northern Hemisphere

[johngennard]

and cyclamen coum growing beneath deciduous azaleas and a single self-sown plant at the foot of my rockery with its seedlings helped by myself .

[krisderaeymaeker]

and cyclamen coum growing beneath deciduous azaleas and a single self-sown plant at the foot of my rockery with its seedlings helped by myself .

       Stunning John , what a great show !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Ranunculus calandrinioides outside in the rockgarden .

[meanie]

My first ever Lachenalia. Not one of my seed grown ones, it was a bargain bin purchase last year......................


Sold to me as L.aloides, but here is a photo of the foliage for those wiser than myself.................


First Salvia to start blooming this year is this small cutting of S.microphylla that was over wintered under unheated glass.............

[astragalus]

Wonderful Ranunculus, Kris.  I grow this one in an open cold frame with  no protection, where it blooms.  Haven't found a good garden spot for it yet - so much of my garden is sunny and dry.

[Cyril L]

Caltha palustris alba flowering as it is poking through the ground.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Caltha palustris alba flowering as it is poking through the ground.

Hummm , Ranunculaceae again ..... yes I like them Cyril ! Wonderful group of plants ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Wonderful Ranunculus, Kris.  I grow this one in an open cold frame with  no protection, where it blooms.  Haven't found a good garden spot for it yet - so much of my garden is sunny and dry.

Thanks Anne . Maybe he is strong enough to resist the dry conditions. He goes dormant very quick after flowering and then they could have more I suppose. Here he stays very warm and very sunny to but offcourse we have no summers like you. Altough my garden is very hot,sunny and dry .If you have more then one I would try it ....
My potbounded one is more compact because I kept it under glas and it is not repotted since several years . This winter I kept it very close to the roof of the greenhouse , so with maximum light. This result in a very compact plant. He stays in the greenhouse al summer when dormant and temperatures rises to 50 degrees celcius overthere ...  Maybe my plant outside have a to rich soil. I hope to grow this one a bit more compact in the future. Maybe I try to change soil conditions .But they do'nt like it to replant very often ....   

[astragalus]

What a spectacular show the white caltha palustris makes. Is it available at nurseries in England?  Don't think I've ever seen it here.

[astragalus]

Kris, it goes dormant here after flowering.  I only have the one plant and I'm not usually here when it makes seed (if it does).  So you can see why I'm reluctant to put it in the garden and maybe lose it.  Thanks so much for all the information.

[Gerdk]

Just from yesterday

1. + 2. Iris unguicularis ssp. cretensis - outside!  first time flowering
3.         a selection of Primula sibthorpii from Artvin/Turkey
4.         Primula megaseifolia
5.         Narcissus jacetanus

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Some violets are flowering inside

1.       Viola jaubertiana            -from Mallorca
2. - 4. Viola mucronulifera        -not very floriferous but with unusually blue tinted leaves and a spiny looking leaf margin
                                                     - very special

both species with special thanks to the seed donors!

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

What a spectacular show the white caltha palustris makes. Is it available at nurseries in England?  Don't think I've ever seen it here.

34 suppliers listed in the RHS plant finder -    4 in Scotland  and you will see quite a few in England.....
"Abroad
   1 nursery listed
Eastern
   4 nurseries listed
London Area
1 nursery listed
Midlands
4 nurseries listed
Northern
6 nurseries listed
Scotland
4 nurseries listed
South West
6 nurseries listed
Southern
3 nurseries listed
Wales and the West
5 nurseries listed
28  are mail order suppliers"

[Maggi Young]

Some violets are flowering inside

1.       Viola jaubertiana            -from Mallorca
2. - 4. Viola mucronulifera        -not very floriferous but with unusually blue tinted leaves and a spiny looking leaf margin
                                                     - very special

both species with special thanks to the seed donors!

Gerd

V. mucronifolia looks very special, I think.  Fine flower and  delicate foliage.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

and cyclamen coum growing beneath deciduous azaleas and a single self-sown plant at the foot of my rockery with its seedlings helped by myself .

Truly astonishing views you've been showing us over the last couple of days John !! Breathtaking !!!

Out here (on a more moderate scale), Callianthemum calandrinoides is at its best in the tufa garden !

Whereas Primula "Tantallon" does well in the peatbed