March 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ichristie]

A few more Ian

 blue double Hepatica
 pink two-tone Hepatica
 Pulsatilla halleri buds

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Always happy when these two come into flower :

Draba yunnanensis

and

Draba acaulis

[Hoy]

Not as impressive as the saxes or Hepaticas, but nice when they come.

A few of those in flower ore are just to open in the garden:


Erythronium dens-canis

Corydalis malakensis planted by an ant

Cardamine glandulifera

Rhododendron sutchuenensis, it is quite a sight now but almost too big.

[astragalus]

I'm loving the pictures.  It means that spring is happening somewhere, although not here.

[meanie]

Finally I have something worth showing.

Erythronium dens-canis.................

[Leena]

Galanthus 'Viridapice', Helleborus multifidus and Crocus tommasianus 'Ruby Giant' in my earliest spring bed.

[Philip Walker]

Androsace hedaerantha   corrected spelling to   Androsace hedreantha

[kindredspiritkevin]

k-s-kevin - These little plants can "punch well above their weight" in terms of flower power and early season display, can't they? 

Yep, they're fabulous plants, Maggie. Must get some more.

[Philip Walker]

Thanks Maggi.At least I got it right under the photo.

[Robert]

A few things are looking good despite the serious drought conditions. Eschscholzia californica with Lupinus bicolor.



A nice close-up of Lupinus bicolor. This is a California native annual. I never have to plant them, just keep the non-native annual grasses under control.



More Lupinus bicolor. After 5-6 years they are spreading around fairly well. I will plug in some of our native perennial bunch grasses when I have more ready to go in the ground. Each season the flowers on the lupines get larger and the area they cover expands.



Eschscholzia caespitosa just coming into bloom. The deer ate them down to the ground and this one survived. With a little bit of luck this one and some of its friends will start reseeding themselves in this area.



Our farm is still mostly an oak woodland / savannah. I like Lupinus albifrons, so it is planted all over the place. Where there is enough sun they look good.

[Robert]

I will take what I can get given our climate and current conditions. Primula veris.

[fermi de Sousa]

A few things are looking good despite the serious drought conditions. Eschscholzia californica with Lupinus bicolor.

A nice close-up of Lupinus bicolor. This is a California native annual. I never have to plant them, just keep the non-native annual grasses under control
More Lupinus bicolor. After 5-6 years they are spreading around fairly well. I will plug in some of our native perennial bunch grasses when I have more ready to go in the ground. Each season the flowers on the lupines get larger and the area they cover expands.

. I like Lupinus albifrons, so it is planted all over the place. Where there is enough sun they look good.

Wow!
Talk about the Lupin Express!
Great to see, Robert,
cheers
fermi

[Karaba]

Lupinus bicolor looks very pretty ... and very small compare to Escholtzia !

Here's other primula :
Primula elatior
Primula x polyantha : a vigourous natural hybrid between vulgaris and veris found in Vercors Mountain. This hybrid is common in natural population but this one is very floriferous

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Maggi.At least I got it right under the photo.

Absolutely! It's just to help the search thing find pix.
As the world's worst typist, I am sympathetic!

[Robert]

Wow!
Talk about the Lupin Express!
Great to see, Robert,
cheers
fermi

Thanks Fermi. 

At some point I would like to scatter seed of other California wildflowers "Fukuoka Style" and see what happens.

Lupinus bicolor looks very pretty ... and very small compare to Escholtzia !

Here's other primula :
Primula elatior
Primula x polyantha : a vigourous natural hybrid between vulgaris and veris found in Vercors Mountain. This hybrid is common in natural population but this one is very floriferous

Karaba,

Thank you for sharing the Primula photographs and a bit of information about them.

Yes, Lupinus bicolor has a tiny flower, at least compared to some of the other California species. They look very good when massed together as they are this year. They can also look good in a tub, with or without other similar sized flowering plants. I have done this in the past with very good results.