April 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[olegKon]

It is C. stoloniferum (or Merendera stolonifera?)really spreading around by stolons. The picture is meant for #153

[Maggi Young]

It is C. stoloniferum (or Merendera stolonifera?)really spreading around by stolons

Ahh!  (I have difficulty with Colchicum /Merendera - especially in photos!)  Nice plant  - maybe Merendera sobolifera ?

[ian mcenery]

I bet that now it has settled enough to be that happy it may  go on to a long happy flowering life, Ian.

Thanks Maggi and I hope so. Let's hope it makes some seed

[olegKon]

It actually depends on the authority. Some call them now colhicums. This one is bound to be a colhicum - Colhicum hungaricum Velebit Star

[Robert]

A few more photographs from the garden / nursery.



Collinsia heterophylla. An excellent form from the central - southern Sierra Nevada, California.



A close-up of the flowers. The flowers are twice the size as the C. heterophylla found locally. The seed is from the vicinity of the South Fork of the Stanisaus River, California about 100 miles south of here.



Eriogonum nudum var. deductum. As far as I am concerned the best variety of E. nudum. Very much worth growing.



It is a very compact grower, the flowering stems only 2-3 dm tall. This plant is from seed gathered in Alpine county, California at about 2,750 meters.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Anemone obtusiloba 'Pradesh' has been a favourite in my garden ever since I got it some 5 years back from Ian Christie.
It's a real chameleon among Anemones as it changes colour every day going from white on opening to dark purple at the end of the flower's life span.

I made a little compilation of a flower showing these changes.

A wonderful plant to my eyes !

[shelagh]

Thanks for the information Robert. I'm afraid Bury weather doesn't quite match yours so our Eriogonum stays in the Alpine House.  It gets quite a lot of protection and sun but doesn't flower well if at all.

K-D I love that Thlaspi, is it a very long lived plant?

[David Nicholson]

Anemone obtusiloba 'Pradesh' has been a favourite in my garden ever since I got it some 5 years back from Ian Christie.
It's a real chameleon among Anemones as it changes colour every day going from white on opening to dark purple at the end of the flower's life span.

I made a little compilation of a flower showing these changes.

A wonderful plant to my eyes !

Looks lovely Luc.

[meanie]

Canarina canariensis grown from seed a couple of years ago..............

[johnw]

A few things in flower here after one abysmally slow starts.

Puschkinia, Iris 'Katherine Hodgkins', a cw hepatica and Helleborus foetidus 'Wester Flisk'.  How 'Wester Flisk' managed to stay intact after sitting in 6" of ice for 6 weeks with a meter of snow and inch thick layers of ice atop boggles the mind.  We got our original plant from Helen Ballard in 1983, they last about 10-12 years and lose vigiour, still not one to be without.

Trillium cuneatum 'Don Armstrong' just emerging.

johnw

[Steve Garvie]

Good to see that Spring has eventually shown her face for you John. We had Summer in mid-April. Now back to winter weather with snow on higher ground.

Anemone obtusiloba 'Pradesh' has been a favourite in my garden ever since I got it some 5 years back from Ian Christie.
It's a real chameleon among Anemones as it changes colour every day going from white on opening to dark purple at the end of the flower's life span.

I made a little compilation of a flower showing these changes.

A wonderful plant to my eyes !

Great compilation Luc!!!
It is indeed a wonderful plant.

Blue always does it for me!

Anemone obtusiloba Pradesh


Corydalis fumariifolia


Gentiana verna It grows in a raised peaty bed among dwarf rhododendron.

[Robert]

Thanks for the information Robert. I'm afraid Bury weather doesn't quite match yours so our Eriogonum stays in the Alpine House.  It gets quite a lot of protection and sun but doesn't flower well if at all.

Shelagh,

Yes, for me there are many plants I have to enjoy vicariously through the forum, etc. An example is Canarina canariensis grown by meanie (a few post above). I do have some seedlings coming along, however it will most likely be too hot during the spring, early summer for it to do well here. It is fun trying.

I have a small seedling of Bear Buckwheat (Eriogonum ursinum) getting ready to bloom. Hopefully I will get a photograph posted. It is a beauty.

May your Eriogonums thrive for you despite the climatic conditions.

[Leena]

Yesteday it rained all day and for couple of hours the rain turned into snow, now it has all melted away.
Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl' yesteday in the snow.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Good to see that Spring has eventually shown her face for you John. We had Summer in mid-April. Now back to winter weather with snow on higher ground.
Great compilation Luc!!!
It is indeed a wonderful plant.

Blue always does it for me!

Anemone obtusiloba Pradesh

Your shot isn't to bad either, Steve... 

[Maggi Young]

Yesteday it rained all day and for couple of hours the rain turned into snow, now it has all melted away.
Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl' yesteday in the snow.

Glad to hear the snow has melted , Leena, but I still feel sympathy for those poor cold tulips!