April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Philip Walker]

From seed,5th year flowering.
Paeonia mlokosewitschii

[ian mcenery]

First flowers on this one Paeonia mairei

[greenspan]

nice ground-cover from woods of eastern usa...Polygala paucifolia. i had no luck to establish cuttings but seedgrown works well. i keep the soil acid (peat-sand mix) watering with rainwater with a bit vinegar or sulfuric acid.

[K-D Keller]

Three from „the roof of the world“.

I sowed Corallodiscus kingianus and Androsace tapete 2009. Corallodiscus flowers the first time.

I sowed Primula aureata 2011 from SRGC Seed Exchange, it flowers the first time, too.
Let me say Thank you! to the SRGC and the seed Donor that gives people out of GB the chance to try it with such plants.
I know, the quality of the plant is not like those from GB. 

All are in flower now. I don't know if this is the right time for these plants.

[Maggi Young]

The Corallodiscus flowers are so lovely - there is a huge pleasure to be found in growing plants from seed -as K-D says though, without the the donors to the seed exchange it would be much harder!

[SJW]

A small plant of Lithodora zahnii 'Azure-ness' flowering well in the greenhouse.

[meanie]

The Corallodiscus flowers are so lovely - there is a huge pleasure to be found in growing plants from seed -as K-D says though, without the the donors to the seed exchange it would be much harder!

I totally agree on all three points.

My first ever Lewisia is blooming...........................


No idea as to the species (no tag when I bought it last year), so if anyone has any thoughts they would be appreciated.................


Maggi - you'll be pleased to hear that I spent the princely sum of 50 pence to buy this out of the bargain bin of a local nursery last summer

[David Nicholson]

Lewisia cotyledon

[Philip Walker]

Anchusa caespitosa
Aquilegia sp.

[fixpix]

Around my garden 

[meanie]

Lewisia cotyledon

Thanks David!

[johnralphcarpenter]

A few things in flower now. Ceanothus 'Puget Blue'; Lunaria rediviva; Erysimum 'Bredon'.

[Steve Garvie]

Pteridophyllum racemosum
First time flowering of a young plant in a shaded raised bed.

[Jane]

I few plants flowering in the garden this week.  :-)
White Fritillaria meleagris.
Magnolia 'Black Tulip'.
Uvularia grandiflora.

[Maggi Young]

Jane : your Trilliums shown here are at the same stage as ours up here in Aberdeen - but our  Uvularia are quite a way behind yours  - they're still at the "spears not yet turned over" stage.