March 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Anne Repnow]

You'll love them, Leena! There is such a charming difference between the outside of the petals and the inside.

[Philip Walker]

Very easy but puts on a good show
Armeria juniperifolia 'Bevans Variety'

[Pauli]

Corydalis solida, Hepatica and Anemone trifoliata

[ebbie]

Two North Africans:
-Ranunculus calandrinoides
-Asphodelus acaulis

[K-D Keller]

In flower now:

Fritillaria aurea, Draba aspera, Dionysia tapetotes, Dionysia  „Charlson Thomas“ (Many thanks to the generous forumist!) and Townsendia hookeri.

[astragalus]

The Townsendia hookeri (one of my favorites) looks wonderful.  It's equally nice when in seed.

[Maggi Young]

The Townsendia is indeed glorious.  Life in Aberdeen, even under glass, does not seem to suit T. hookeri, or the enchanting T.  'Cotton Balls'   

I fell for Dionysia 'Charlson Thomas' when Luc showed it at the Harlow AGS show in 2012 :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8716.msg236025#msg236025

[Irm]

A nice corydalis, comes from GB to Berlin in 2011, now the first flowers 

[Irm]

A nice little and early tulipa, T. biflora.

[Irm]

and last Anemone apennina

[astragalus]

The Townsendia is indeed glorious.  Life in Aberdeen, even under glass, does not seem to suit T. hookeri, or the enchanting T.  'Cotton Balls'   

I fell for Dionysia 'Charlson Thomas' when Luc showed it at the Harlow AGS show in 2012 :
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8716.msg236025#msg236025

Maggi, have you ever grown Townsendia condensata?  It was difficult for me to keep it long but it seeded itself tremendously and that kept it going a number of years.  It's like a little furball, not very townsendia-like.  I loved it, then paid attention to other plants, and it left.

[Maggi Young]

No luck with it, Anne.  Miserable failures recently with T. hookeri, condensata and T. spathulata 'Cotton Ball' - Now we haven't got an "alpine house" as such, where they can be kept on the dry side with good air movement over them they don't like it.

To be honest, I am much happier enjoying plants in the garden and keeping the glasshouses so we can revel in the early bulbs - but some of these wee gems are a temptation!

[ashley]

Beautiful plants everyone. 
Have you had a mild spring there in western Austria Herbert?  Anemone trifoliata here is still at least a week away from flowering.
Ebbie, the setting of your ranunculus is superb.

[K-D Keller]

- astragalus, Maggi Young

Here Townsendia hookeri makes no problem in full sun and protection from wetness all year round.
Also in flower Townsendia rothrockii and Veronica caespitosa.

[ruweiss]

Maggi, have you ever grown Townsendia condensata?  It was difficult for me to keep it long but it seeded itself tremendously and that kept it going a number of years.  It's like a little furball, not very townsendia-like.  I loved it, then paid attention to other plants, and it left.

In my experience Townsendia condensata was always monocarpic for me and passed away
after flowering. It also hates overhead watering and after many negative attempts I keep these
beautiful plants under glass.
I like especially the form collected from Alberta, which was offered some years ago by the
AGS seed exchange