May in the Northern Hemisphere

[Leena]

Trond  , yes I do, and also the Robinsoniana seedling looks familiar.
Here blue A.nemorosa cultivars are starting to open their flowers, funny that they always flower a little later than wild A.nemorosa.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

So many beauties being shown !!!

Here's some in flower at the moment in my garden.

Almost ready to flower (and to die, after that...  ) Saxifraga longifolia

Iris Imbricata - big and strong

Meconopsis 'Lingholm' - maybe nothing special for many people in cooler climes, but out here I'm always excited to see it flowering.

Veronica oltensis

Viola delphinanta x cazorlenzis on the tufa mound.

[ichristie]

Great to see all the flowers despite the foul weather it is so cold here and a few flowers have been frosted most wear wellie boots. A few Oxalis laciniata are flowering in my glasshouse just love the way the flowers open, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Maggi Young]

Luc - there cannot be many people flowering the  Viola delphinantha x as well as that- well done!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Luc - there cannot be many people flowering the  Viola delphinantha x as well as that- well done!

Thanks Maggi ! I guess I'm quite lucky being able to give him the optimal habitat (sand and tufa) 

Ian, these Oxalis are to die for !! 

[johnralphcarpenter]

This Asphodelus ramosus is having a good year.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Camellia reticulata 'Satan's Robe'. Need feeding judging by the leaves!

[johnw]

The pink Sanguinaria canadensis 'Don Armstrong' to the fore this morning.  Yesterday 23-24c and sunny, winter straight into summer - a rare occurence on the coast.

johnw

[ichristie]

Hello all more superb pictures a bit warmer today but wet in the afternoon love the Sanguinaria Don Armstrong we do have this but flowers were frosted this year must move a bit to another site, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Brian Ellis]

The pink Sanguinaria canadensis 'Don Armstrong' to the fore this morning.  Yesterday 23-24c and sunny, winter straight into summer - a rare occurence on the coast.

johnw

Very pretty John.

[ebbie]

Ramonda nathaliae in blue and white


Cypripedium formosanum

[ichristie]

WOW what a superb Cypripedium formosanum makes my eyes water. We have quite e few Trilliums now with a lot of the early ones zapped by the frost, cheers Ian the Christie kind

    Paris japonica
    Trillium  hybrid  pink flush
    Tr hyb pink large flower
    Tr siulcatum Black Magic
    Tr sulcatum Eco White 1

[ichristie]

A few other plants flowering now, cheers Ian the Christie kind

    Cypripedium macranthos
    Cyp. pubescens
    Cyp. 'Ziggy'
    Trillium grandiflorum 'Jenny Rhodes'
    Oxalis 'Seven Bells'

[Maggi Young]

Ramonda nathaliae in blue and white

Cypripedium formosanum

I was going to compliment you on those nice Ramaondas, Ebbie - but then I saw your HUGE Cypripedium and now I cannot speak at all!!

[David Nicholson]

Some absolutely cracking stuff posted here this week folks, but I'll just pick out three (notwithstanding Ian the Christie kind's Oxalis that I always fail abysmally with). LucG's Viola delphinoides x cazorlensis and Veronica oltensis really struck me but a Google Search gave me no ideas on which UK based nurseries might be best to try, did you pick those up whist Chanel hopping Luc?

Also a cracking plant from JohnW, Sanguinarea canadensis 'Don Armstrong. Again nothing turned up by Google in the UK.