June 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Lvandelft]

Amazing is also Lilium bulbiferum ssp. bulbiferum. Raised more then a dozent from bulbils I got from generous forum member, lost the flowering sized bulbs when I re-worked my raised beds .
Obvious one bulbil fell down between the stones and was overseen for several years and survived also the 2012 black frost desaster...
Surprised me with a single flower this year

Armin, not so amazing when you see them growing in their habitat. I'm still struggling with them here on my sandy soil, but happily had this year 2 flowering stems 

[Lori S.]

Beautiful clear photos. I must learn how to use my camera some day.   

P.S. Hate to say it, but it's not Penstemon procerus with those toothed leaves...)

[meanie]

Beautiful clear photos. I must learn how to use my camera some day.   

P.S. Hate to say it, but it's not Penstemon procerus with those toothed leaves...)

Don't apologise for being right!
Penstemon serrulatus maybe?

[Lori S.]

Penstemon serrulatus maybe?

Looks like it very well might be.

[Brian Ellis]

probably Eremurus robustus David 

Yes you're right Luit, seem to remember that was one I bought and the shorter one is probably 'Cleopatra' now I come to think of it.

I wish everyone would stop teasing me with your Mecanopsis photos!

It it makes you any happier although Lingholm has survived, for some reason 'Old Rose' has disappeared this year - well we are in the dry East of England

[Maggi Young]

Sorry folks I know I said they were cracking images but I didn't mean to repeat them all. Don't know how it happened this way.

Sorry folks I know I said they were cracking images but I didn't mean to repeat them all. Don't know how it happened this way.

It was because of the way they were uploaded  initially, David.  I've edited your post to take them out. ( miserable ratbag that I am!)

[Maggi Young]

great stuff from everybody

A current view on my garden and in comparison the image from March
Amazing change  - isn't it?

Amazing is also Lilium bulbiferum ssp. bulbiferum. Raised more then a dozent from bulbils I got from generous forum member, lost the flowering sized bulbs when I re-worked my raised beds .
Obvious one bulbil fell down between the stones and was overseen for several years and survived also the 2012 black frost desaster...
Surprised me with a single flower this year

A great idea to show the two photos of now and March, Armin - really highlights the changes through the season.

[meanie]

It was because of the way they were uploaded  initially, David.  I've edited your post to take them out. ( miserable ratbag that I am!)

Okay..............
Are you saying that if I embed a photo the site automatically uploads it on to its server? I embed images as I assumed that it saves you guys storage space on your server by just calling the image up from Flickr when the page is loaded.
Don't have a problem either way, but as a IT numpty I'm just trying to get my head around it.

[meanie]

It it makes you any happier although Lingholm has survived, for some reason 'Old Rose' has disappeared this year - well we are in the dry East of England

I never delight in the failures or losses of others Brian!

[Maggi Young]

Okay..............
Are you saying that if I embed a photo the site automatically uploads it on to its server? I embed images as I assumed that it saves you guys storage space on your server by just calling the image up from Flickr when the page is loaded.
Don't have a problem either way, but as a IT numpty I'm just trying to get my head around it.

No worries at all about you loading your photos how you like, 'meanie' - it simply affects the way a "quote" of a post works.
Embedded photos will always "show"  in a quote because the embedded link is repeated. Simple as that.

For as long as your pictures are available at the outside site, they will be seen here.
The only issue that has arisen in the past has been when photos were loaded from the likes of  'photobucket' and then those accounts were changed (or closed  or something!) and those photos disappeared from the forum posts.

You carry on - you're doing a grand job 

[Armin]

Armin, not so amazing when you see them growing in their habitat. I'm still struggling with them here on my sandy soil, but happily had this year 2 flowering stems 

I'm happy you still keep them - the bulbils on my stem make me hope to get a small clump one day of this fine lily.

[Armin]

A great idea to show the two photos of now and March, Armin - really highlights the changes through the season.

Maggi,
I'm pleased you like it. The quality of the panorama images suffer from resizing but with original high resolution details are beautiful to view.

[Thorkild Godsk]

From my Garden now.
Billede 1: Dianthus alpinus
Billede 2: Cypripedium Ivory
Billede 3: Paeonia pontaninii
Billede 4: Dactylorhiza elata
Billede 5: Meconopsis Hensol
Thorkild - DK
 

[Giles]

Antirrhinum valentinum
Antirrhinum sempervirens
Magnolia 'Porcelain Dove'
Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack'
Asplenium septentrionale (does this appear at shows?/ isn't it meant to be difficult to grow?)

[Matt T]

Dianthus barbatus 'Heart Attack'

I read this and thought "Seriously, is that name for real?" But a Google search confirms this and that it's a perennial. I love sweet williams as a cut flower, but a perennial cultivar with a colours as good as this is hard to beat