July in the Northern Hemisphere

[Gabriela]

Thanks to the drought, in Ontario the first colourful fruits are mixing in early between late summer flowers in the woodlands.
Desmodium nudiflorum, more delicate than D. canadense, always hard to take a decent picture of it.


Actaea rubra


Lilium michiganense, not a great flowering show like L. philadelphicum this year.


The parasitic Conopholis americana (Orobanchaceae) - Cancer-root, showing the capsules. It is parasitic on Quercus species and it flowers in late May (see the second image). People would say they've seen something like 'pine cones' on the woodland floor and wonder what they were

[Gabriela]

The wild bergamot - Monarda fistulosa


Epipactis helleborine just starting to flower


Lysimachia ciliata, fringe loosestrife


And the blue-bead lily - Clintonia borealis

[Leena]

I have also enjoyed Tronds photos of wild plants in Norway.

What a strange and interesting plant is Conopholis americana!
Over here Actaea rubra is also full of red berries, I have to cut them before they fall, as I have already hundreds of self sown seedlings from it. But it is very pretty with red berries, it is like a second flowering.

Martagon lilies are over now, but Lilium canadense is now in full bloom. I planted also couple of years ago a red form of it, it is much shorter plant than the orange L.canadense. If red form always shorter?

[Hoy]

Delphinium nudicaule

Giles,

Like Jamie I am jealous Never had any luck with this!

I found these particularly attractive.  A seedling in the garden, presumed A. davidii x A pectinatum ssp forrestii.  It has a weeping habit, lime green bark, especially in Winter, yellower in Summer.
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Nice little maple, Jamie

[Hoy]

Gabriela,

nice plants! It is always interesting to see plants in their native habitat (I assume they are all native?).
The bear root (don't like the name cancer root) looks special. Do you collect seed

[Hoy]

Alstroemeria isabella has an interesting habit. When exposed to periods of bright sunlight or warmth the colour bleaches..............

Meanie,

you always show a lot of choice plants

[Hoy]

Leena,

your martagon lilies are very pretty!

[Hoy]

I was interrupted last time so I try again to post these. My favorite islands

View from Jomfruland to Stråholmen. The mainland "in the blue".





The east part of Jomfruland named Kråka. Heavily grazed by cattle and geese (big flocks of the wild greylag goose gather here in summer). It rains inland but not out here.




Cattle are kept to keep the vegetation down but in my opinion it is too many animals. The meadows looks more like lawns than fields of flower which they did many years ago when the farmers kept fewer animals.

[Maggi Young]

I see what you mean, Trond - the difference between the fields and the fenced area is clear to see.

[Robert]

Trond,

Dido Maggi's words! I like the wildflowers. 

[Gabriela]

I have also enjoyed Tronds photos of wild plants in Norway.
What a strange and interesting plant is Conopholis americana!
Over here Actaea rubra is also full of red berries, I have to cut them before they fall, as I have already hundreds of self sown seedlings from it. But it is very pretty with red berries, it is like a second flowering.
Martagon lilies are over now, but Lilium canadense is now in full bloom. I planted also couple of years ago a red form of it, it is much shorter plant than the orange L.canadense. If red form always shorter?

Yes, Actaea spp. have very good germination after two periods of cold/winters, reason why actually not too many grow them from seeds. My favourite is A. pachypoda fo. rubrocarpa but it's not coloured yet.
That's a gorgeous red L. canadense!

[Gabriela]

Gabriela,
nice plants! It is always interesting to see plants in their native habitat (I assume they are all native?).
The bear root (don't like the name cancer root) looks special. Do you collect seed

All are native Trond, except the Epipactis, which is naturalized. Some say it's weedy, I cannot agree until I see it; maybe in warmer regions.

Conopholis is found and a sign of old, healthy forests; I also don't like the cancer-root name, it hasn't been found to affect the trees; it will form knobs on the roots, hence the name. In few US states is listed as threatened or rare, because the oaks are replaced by maples in many woods.
I will collect seeds of course; the seedlings are said to produce 'cones' only after 4 years The whole plant is edible (but better left for bears and it's been used as medicinal by Native People (astringent and estrogen-like compounds, squaw-root is another common name).

[Gabriela]

Roscoea x beesiana was irresistible this morning

[Giles]

Maybe you tried too hard with the Delphinium nudicaule.
I treated it as though it was Summer bedding, sowing mid Feb in multipurpose compost with a bit of heat.
Pricked out when first true leaf.
Flowering after 5 months in a 9cm pot.
I've got a couple of dozen of them all the same/flowering now.
I did use a cultivated strain (Chiltern Seeds or Jelitto..  can't remember)(not wild collected)..  maybe that helped.

[shelagh]

This is especially for tree lovers.

On a one night stay between John Massey's open garden day and Trentham Gardens we stayed at Haughton Hall, tucked away near Shifnal and Telford.

It dates back forever but this building is early 1700's. No garden to speak of  but the trees in the parkland are magnificent. I'll give you a flavour. As we say in our house 'Whoever planted these hasn't got a headache'.

Brian thinks the oak may be a Turkey Oak.  No idea about the second.