March 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Anne Repnow]

tut, tut, Maggie...

[David Nicholson]

So course she is

[Hoy]

Well, I like liverworts when I find them in the woods - some are rare also and well worth writing home about!

Like this: Asterella gracilis



Sunny today but a bit windy. Almost the first time this spring that the flowers opened properly while I was at home!

Corydalis bracteata, Scilla or something, Rhododendron sutchuenense

   

[Hoy]

The snowdrops are almost finished this year, but the crocuses are still going strong although they have lasted a month already.

[Maggi Young]

These crocus displays are so cheerful! And with enough sun to open them up, too - very nice.

[fredg]

Bless, it - nothing to write home about, are they? 

Small but lots of them Maggi

[Mike Ireland]

Crocus tommasinianus, the darkest seedling I have found in the garden.
Pulsatilla vulgaris seedling, this is always the first one to flower each year.
Saxifraga growing in tufa along with self sown Pulstilla seedlings, I don't know how they survive in the tufa(Pulsatilla) but they flower every year.

[Maggi Young]

Going through a nice "purple patch" there, Mike! 

[K-D Keller]

First blossoms after Galanthus & Co. (1)

Saxifraga "Klondike"
Dionysia "Charlson Thomas"
Dionysia curviflora
Saxifraga x irvingii "Jenkinsiae"

[K-D Keller]

First blossoms after Galanthus & Co. (2)

Crocus sieberi ssp. sublimis 'Tricolor'
Fritillaria stenanthera
Thlaspi stylosum

[Anne Repnow]

Beautiful, K-D!

Here Adonis amurensis is about to blossom.

[Robert]

A nice Narcissus blooming today in one of our tubs. It may be N. rupicola or something close to that.

[Leena]

First of the crocuses are starting to flower here, these are unnamed from supermarket mix bag along with unnamed G.nivalis.

[Philip Walker]

Ypsilandra thibetica-a bit weather beaten

[Robert]

Four years of serious drought and still counting here in California. With all the water restrictions, it might seem the end of gardening. Not for me.

A few sweet plants from the garden this week.



I enjoy growing Delphiniums. A pot full of D. hansenii seedlings, one of our California natives. 100% xeric, they need no summer irrigation. There are a number of California native Delphinium species for me to grow.



Eschscholzia lobbii 'Sundew' an annual here seeded out in one of our tubs.



Regular Eschscholzia lobbii. Here seeded out very thickly and looking good.



I had high hopes for the Nemophila this season, and, well, things just did not turn out except this sweet little plant of Nemophila menziesii.



A small pot full of Viola stojanowii. It needs watering during the summer, however being a small plant there is easily enough water to share with it.