April 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

Some pics of the garden today:

Iris goniocarpa
Ranunculus ficaria 'Nathalie'
Tulipa 'Absalon' (virused Rembrandt-tulip)
Tulipa 'Insulinde' (virused Rembrandt-tulip)
Tulipa clusiana 'Pepeprmint Stick'

[WimB]

2 parts of the shade garden

Anemone ranunculoides 'Golden Dream'
Anemone ranunculoides 'Papa'
Disporum bodinieri

[WimB]

Erythronium 'Bryn Meifod'
Erythronium californicum
Erythronium x revolutum 'Moonlight Serenade'
Helonias bullata
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'

[WimB]

Iris 'Blue Wind'
Iris reichenbachii
Iris 'Tooth Fairy'
Primula sieboldii 'Sangokuko'
Primula 'Strong Beer'

[WimB]

Trillium albidum
Trillium grandiflorum
Uvularia grandiflora 'Gold Leaf Form'

[Yann]

What a show! i'll need to pass the frontier 

[Leena]

Wim, so nice plants and the overview of the garden!
What a stunning blue Primula you have.

Spring is advancing very slowly here, still cold nights and cool days, but I don't mind as it only prolongs the snowdrop flowering.
Here are some pictures from last week.
Snowdrops and Hepaticas
Corydalis solida are also now flowering, this is 'Cantata'
Snowdrops and Leucojum vernum

[Leena]

Couple of more pictures of snowdrops with other plants

[Tim Ingram]

Exquisite pictures Leena, and fascinating plants Wim - I have tried to grow Helonias bullata but lost it and must try again, it has that wonderful detail of flowers of Ypsilandra and I imagine would come from leaf cuttings in the same way? This is part of our garden we have been working on a lot over the last couple of years after it became over-run with nettles seeding in from the field next door. Paeonia mascula subsp. russi below Magnolia 'Susan', a lot of snowdrops (but only one form of eranthis 😉), anemones, and hellebores in the shady parts behind. It is one of most enjoyable parts of the garden but still takes a good bit of close weeding. The peony self-sows gently, whereas some of other plants spread much more vigorously but I like the natural association that results when they intermingle even though there are times when some concerted gardening is needed to reset the balance.

[Hoy]

Very nice Wim, Leena and Tim

Early this morning we were visited by a big black cloud which unlashed a heavy snowfall Fortunately it melted quickly.

A few pictures:

Saxifraga sp




Primula x marginata




Primula auricula




Primula glabrescens




Erythronium sp

[Hoy]

A few more

Primula x juliana 'lady Ferguson' ??




Anemone ranunculoides




Primula x juliana 'Wanda'




Cardamine glanduligera

[ichristie]

Many thanks to all for the superb pictures a few from our garden today, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[ian mcdonald]

The Camellia has flowered well again img. 1010259. Pleiones and a mini-scree img. 1010258.

[Leena]

Paeonia mascula subsp. russi below Magnolia 'Susan',

It is a very nice looking peony, and quite early I think. I have a two year old seedling of P.mascula subsp russi, hopefully it will grow to be as good looking plant.

It is so nice to look at everyone's Primulas. Here they don't flower yet (and I don't have so many of them), but Cardamine glanduligera is in flower right now.

[Robert]

Trond,

It is very nice to be able to see photographs from your garden again.

Very beautiful! I like the look of the blooming plants surrounded by snow. Here in the Sacramento Valley of California we never get anything like that.