April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

Along with a lot of other people all my early dwarf Iris (bar Katherine Hodgkin) were taken out by the heavy rain. Very frustrating when all there is to show for a years growth is mangled blooms.

Anyway, at least F.imperialis survived this winters monsoon................

[greenspan]

Wonderful Trilliums, Mike and Greenspan!
How old are they and is there one plant or several plants in the same clump?

i startet with ~5 Trillium kurabayashii + divided them in 2008 after a few years growing (see attached photo). i guess this clone was always propagated by divisions because the plants set seed rarely. later i got some more kurabayashii from other sources + now seed set is better.

@ gene mirro

wonderful stock of Trillium albidum. i have only 1 adult with 3 stems flowering plus some seedlings...they grow so slow..

[Philip Walker]

Androsace carnea x pyrenaica
Daphne x susannae 'Tichborne'

[Mike Ireland]

Daphne x susannae Tichborne with still a lot of flowers to open.
About 3ft across.

[Maggi Young]

I'm sure I am catching that scent 

[astragalus]

In what sort of exposure do you grow Daphne x susannae tichborne?  It's a beautiful plant.

[Philip Walker]

Mike,how long before I can expect mine to be that size?Very impressive.

[Mike Ireland]

Mike,how long before I can expect mine to be that size?Very impressive.

In what sort of exposure do you grow Daphne x susannae tichborne?  It's a beautiful plant.

I'm sure I am catching that scent 

The plant in the photo is about twelve years old, in a south facing garden so in full sun all day long.
Needs a little extra watering in very hot/dry spells but other than that it is trouble free.
Fantastic plant for the open garden. The scent is just wonderful.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Tulips, muscari, pulsatilla.

[fixpix]

A few blooms from my garden

Two dwarf irises both really fragrant (the purple one is really tiny), Dicentra spectabilis, Ajuga reptans, Iberis sempervirens

[ChrisB]

My camellia today, just Donation but it produces this spectacle every year..

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Chris. We have Donation too but not a single flower this year. Someone, and it wasn't me, decided it was growing too tall and in Yorkshire parlance gave it a right sothering. Ah well!

[ChrisB]

Oh no, what a shame.  I keep thinking I should prune mine but haven't got the heart.

[Michael J Campbell]

I prune my Camellias back hard every year after flowering. 

[Anne Repnow]

Narcissus triandrus 'Hawera' - so delicate...

Polystichum polyblepharum - about to unroll

All the Anemone nemorosa are in full flower now.