May in the Northern Hemisphere

[johngennard]

Thanks a lot Luc.

[Leena]

What lovely woodland plants Leena.
The back-lit trillium is especially nice

Thank you Ashley. It grows in a bed which gets always the evening sun very nicely. 

[ChrisD]

Fabulous plants (and pictures) everybody. Big Thanks to you all, I have really enjoyed being a lurker on this thread.

Chris

[Gunilla]

Allium karataviense subsp. henrikii is perfectly globular and has a very pleasant fragrance.

Allium zebdanense.  Umbels of bell-shaped flowers, white as snow, dangling on long stems.

[johngennard]

Davidia involucrata commonly known as The Handkerchief Tree.Planted 45 yrs.ago as a 4ft.whip.It is surprising how many people have walked around the garden when it is in full bloom without even noticing it.

[Gunilla]

A lot of  handkerchiefs  . Very impressive.

[johngennard]

Two more less usual trees/shrubs,both highly scented.

STAPHYLLEA COLCHICA

AZARA SERRATA

[astragalus]

Just a few plants around the garden.
The penstemon reseeds itself gently every year and loves the drought we're having.  If it gets too wet, it flops but still blooms. The foliage is beautiful and the flowers are large.
1. Dianthus sp
2. Iris gracilipes alba
3. Penstemon grandiflorus

[shelagh]

A quick flip round the garden and alpine house at the end of a dismal May. Cold and grey hope June will be better.

Best pan of Rhodohypoxis and the nearest Show is 200 miles away, typical.  A Campanula which is new to us C. dzaaku and a first flowering for this Celmisia densiflora silver form.  I always think the Leucocoryne looks very naked without any leaves.

[shelagh]

This Ramonda myconi is not a very neat plant but it does flower well.  The Incarvillea is one of two little black blobs I bought about 4 years ago for 80p at Lidl.  This one does better than the one in the front garden which has more competition.  I just love it

[shelagh]

Last couple of pics.  This lovely Peony alsways flowers just as the wind and rain arrive but the Tulip and Geum combination really brighten up the edge of this bed.

[Philip Walker]

Chiastophyllum oppositifolium

[johnralphcarpenter]

End of May, and it's all looking rather lovely at the moment.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A couple more, then a rather interesting herbaceous Phlomis, Phlomis alpina, from Mongolia I'm told. Also Lupinus polyphyllus from Canada, Prince Edward Island, and Hemerocallis minor, the first day lily to flower here.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A couple of roses flowering now; Rosa 'Agnes' and Rosa 'Dunwichensis'.