June 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

Great to see this wonderful climber. The similarity of the flower is special. Thanks for posting the link.

If you would like to see more of it I have a few seeds left. Probably best sown next spring. Yours if you want them.

[Tim Ingram]

An Aristolochia but does anyone know which one? It suckers strongly and dies down in winter. Thoroughly fascinating plant which I wouldn't mind as a weed in our garden!

[meanie]

An Aristolochia but does anyone know which one?

Aristolochia clematitis maybe?

[johnralphcarpenter]

This Jasminum beesianum has colonised a large Cotoneaster tree.

[Tim Ingram]

Yes, thank you meanie, that's it. I have so many books I don't know where to start! Jelitto and Schacht say this was described by Theophrastus and once used as an antidote to snake bite - but since it is poisonous it probably had much the same effect!

[meanie]

Yes, thank you meanie, that's it. I have so many books I don't know where to start!

I keep all my old seed packets so I looked there 
I grew some in 2012 and kept four plants. Three were planted out but after the winter of 2012/13 they were toast. The one in the greenhouse I suspect I kept it too dry - either way it never came back.

[meanie]

Penstemon strictus (?).................


Salvia x jamensis "Raspberry Royale" is late this year. The magnificent colour makes it my favourite x jamensis cultivar.............


Digitalis lutea is one of my favourite Digitalis.............


The downside of it is that it can be a bit of a thug as this one plant shows.............


Arisaema tortuosum looks fantastic as it emerges...............

[gerrit]

A marvelous picture of a stunning plant, the tortuosum

2 arisaema's with me

1. Arisaema taiwanense
2. Arisaema murrayi

[meanie]

Gerrit - Arisaema are a really attractive genus which make great subjects for the camera. They can also become addictive.

Here is another self seeded Iris foetidissima with particularly good colours..............


It is growing in deep shade and very much in dry conditions. One of the smaller ones in size of bloom and plant but certainly a keeper.

[Mike Ireland]

This year Weldenia candida has produced more flowers than ever before, perhaps because I forgot to repot last year.
Physoplexis comosa
and an unknown Calochortus grown from a mixed bag of bulbs from a local garden centre,
any ideas to the name would be appreciated.

[Ian Y]

Corydalis 'Craigton Blue' is now in its full glory adding colour and scent to our garden.
The first picture shows the 'ancestral homeland' where I first noticed the hybrid, the other two pictures are by our front path.

[Maggi Young]

This year Weldenia candida has produced more flowers than ever before, perhaps because I forgot to repot last year.
Physoplexis comosa
and an unknown Calochortus grown from a mixed bag of bulbs from a local garden centre,
any ideas to the name would be appreciated.

  Your Weldenia is a triumph, Mike - I think that's as good as Lesley Cox'  one - and that's saying something!

The Calochortus is a great colour that we have certainly never grown. Very nice to get such a treat from a garden centre buy.

[johnw]

I was in the Annapolis Valley yesterday, 27c there, and saw some interesting plants.  All of these are about the Kentvile / Wolfville area and a plantsman friend has had a hand in them.

Macleania pentaptera
Magnolia Aaschild Kalleberg'
Magnolia macrophylla ssp. ashei

Arrived home to 19c.

johnw

[johnw]

A regular stop in the Valley is the Kentville Research Station which is still developiung small fruit (you may know the 'Bounty' strawberry), fruit tree and field crops. In its heyday  - the 1950-1980's - it also bred rhododendrons.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

 Wow, Macleania pentaptera is one of the epiphytic ericaceae  that you really do not see very often.     Fantastically different flowers. Is that being grown under glass ?  Can't believe an epiphyte from Ecuador can survive up there in the Anapolis valley, even with protection! Today's lesson!!