May in the Northern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Nice Philip. I'm not too sure about your Lewisia 'Little Peach' though. It may be the light but it looks a fairly convincing yellow and the leaves are somewhat broader than one would expect from L. longipetala?

[meanie]

An unknown Impatiens grown from seed that a friend bought back from Nepal.................

[Yann]

Nice foliage on this impatiens, from Chadwell seeds?

[meanie]

Nice foliage on this impatiens, from Chadwell seeds?

No - a friend collected the seeds from plants in pots in an outdoor restaurant in Nepal. The foliage does add to an already nice plant though.

[Philip Walker]

David-it is a bit more 'peachy' than the photo,but I did wonder when it flowered last year if I'd mixed up some labels.

[astragalus]

Everything totally dry, not good for this time of year.  The stream garden has lots of water and looks lush.  Usually, the caltha would be finished but it started late because of the prolonged cold and the Primula japonica started early because of the heat.  The result is an unplanned color combination.

[Philip Walker]

Aster likiangensis
Lewisia hybrid
Saxifrage in tufa

[Steve Garvie]

A couple of shrubs which should be flowering in June but have come on early due to the sustained warm weather we had here in April:

Deutzia gracilis



Deutzia calycosa Farrer form
-This is one of the best forms of Deutzia. It was collected from the Mountains of Northern Myanmar (Burma) by Cox and Farrer. It is not widely available but is still grown and propagated by Euan Cox's family at Glendoick.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Rosa ecae is a splendid shrub at this time of year.

[K-D Keller]

Some blossoms of this week (1).

Asperula arcadiensis, Campanula oreadum, Dianthus alpinus, Viola delphinantha and Achillea umbellata

[K-D Keller]

Some blossoms of this week (2).

Dionysia involucrata alba, Erigeron aureus, Silene hookeri ssp. ingramii, Ranunculus parnassifolius and Ranunculus seguieri.

[meanie]

Fritillaria camchatcensis.............


They were massively damaged by slugs this year 

[Yann]

Fantastic shots from all of you

[François Lambert]

First flower of a Hemerocallis opened this morning.  This one is always pretty early to flower, and these are heavenly scented 

And there are still hundreds of buds to open over the next weeks 

[astragalus]

A couple of shrubs which should be flowering in June but have come on early due to the sustained warm weather we had here in April:

Deutzia gracilis
Deutzia calycosa Farrer form

Both are beautiful, especially the Deutzia calycosa.  All bloom schedules this year seem to have gone haywire due to the weird weather patterns.