May 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[astragalus]

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[astragalus]

I planted several Anthyllis vulneraria and Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea (rubra) in an area that's subject to inroads by the mad snowplower.  Then I just left them alone and they married and remarried and now it is just a jumble of every color combination from pale cream with orange points to deep red and every possible combination inbetween.  To me it is highly satisfactory - takes drought and hot sun in stride and doesn't seem to mind the summer mugs.  Also, it blooms a long time and needs no care at all, what could be easier?

[Margaret]

Your cotoneaster looks good. C. adpressus maybe

[Thorkild Godsk]

From my garden now.
Picture 1: Paeonia rockii hybrid.
Picture 2: Tulipa sprengeri.
Picture 3: Cypripedium Ulla Silkens.
Picture 4: Cypripedium flavum.
Picture 5: Meconopsis grandis Marit.
Thorkild - DK

[Maggi Young]

I planted several Anthyllis vulneraria and Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea (rubra) in an area that's subject to inroads by the mad snowplower.  Then I just left them alone and they married and remarried and now it is just a jumble of every color combination from pale cream with orange points to deep red and every possible combination inbetween.  To me it is highly satisfactory - takes drought and hot sun in stride and doesn't seem to mind the summer mugs.  Also, it blooms a long time and needs no care at all, what could be easier?

My word! How pretty is that? 

[Maggi Young]

From my garden now.
Picture 1: Paeonia rockii hybrid.
Picture 2: Tulipa sprengeri.
Picture 3: Cypripedium Ulla Silkens.
Picture 4: Cypripedium flavum.
Picture 5: Meconopsis grandis Marit.
Thorkild - DK

So many forum members with the most beautiful gardens imaginable. It is a joy to be able to see them here and share. 

[astragalus]

Thank you, Margaret.  I'll try starting with that i.d. and doing some research.

Maggi, the fun part was that I really didn't do anything!

[astragalus]

Wonderful plants from Thorkild - congratulations.

[Thorkild Godsk]

From my garden now.
Picture 1: Iris ”Loreley”
Picture 2: Paeonia Kinshi
Picture 3: Meconopsis grandis
Picture 4: Nomocharis finlayorum hybrid
Picture 5: Rhododendron campylogynum var myrtilloides
Thorkild - DK

[Stephen Vella]

Thorkild nice cyp flavum, very big healthy clump..and very nice to see Ulla silkins
Cheers
Stephen

[Matt T]

I planted several Anthyllis vulneraria and Anthyllis vulneraria coccinea (rubra) in an area that's subject to inroads by the mad snowplower.  Then I just left them alone and they married and remarried and now it is just a jumble of every color combination from pale cream with orange points to deep red and every possible combination inbetween.  To me it is highly satisfactory - takes drought and hot sun in stride and doesn't seem to mind the summer mugs.  Also, it blooms a long time and needs no care at all, what could be easier?

That is just stunning. We have A. vulneraria growing in profusion here, but just its a yellow form (subsp. lapponicum I'm told, which is very hairy). So it's nice to see such a wide range of colour forms.

[astragalus]

That is just stunning. We have A. vulneraria growing in profusion here, but just its a yellow form (subsp. lapponicum I'm told, which is very hairy). So it's nice to see such a wide range of colour forms.

Thank you.  If you can get a couple of the orange-red Anthyllis v coccinea, just plant them with your yellow ones and wait a couple of years to see what they will produce.

[Philip Walker]

Taken in May
Aquilegia bertolonii
Aster likiangensis
Asperula gussonii
Parahebe cataractae
Oxalis

[Philip Walker]

Chiastophyllum oppositifolium
Scilla peruviana