April 2017 in the northern hemisphere

[Lampwick]

Pictures taken today.

Salix hylematica.
Iphedon 'Rolf Fiedler'.
Cassiope lycopodioides 'Beatrice Lilley'.
Trillium hibbersonii.

The first three plants are relatively new.
The Trillium is about 19 years old now, and has been in the corner of this shady trough from day one!

[David Nicholson]

I particularly liked the Cassiope.

[David Nicholson]

Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
An Iberis with no name

[Yann]

nice plants, i should remind Omphalodes to plant this autumn.

[Hoy]

Hi Trond,

I, too, am pleased with how the garden is progressing. A lot of the new plantings need to grow in, but that is okay. 

We are about 5 days away from more winter-like weather. This will slow things down for us.

I can tell by the photographs that you have posted, that your garden about 6 weeks behind ours. I can see how things are still many weeks away for you. ....but something to look forward to also.

.......

Robert,

Your winter-like weather is more like summer here   I'm at least 6 weeks behind you.

Here are 3 slightly different rhododendrons in flower now - all from (unnamed) seed may years ago.

[Robert]

Trond,

The Rhodies look nice.    The mid-season deciduous Azaleas have just started here! Today, I also saw R. decorum in bloom in our garden. Right now things are so hectic. ...no time to photograph the Azaleas.    I hope to get everything finished on Tuesday and then my schedule can be more relaxed. 

After much spring weather, a powerful storm is to arrive on Friday. The weather forecast is for the stormy weather to remain for awhile.

[François Lambert]

Hello Trond,


really nice Rhododendrons

[ian mcdonald]

A nurseryman once told me he did not grow native plants because they are not interesting. Strange view? Herb paris img. 1020328. Marsh marigold, passed their best img. 1020330. Cuckooflower, Cardamine pratensis img. 1020331. Colour variation in Fritillary with a dark form of Pasque flower in the scree and a white tailed bee img. 1020335. The more usual colour of Pasque flower with Salix boydii img. 1020336.

[K-D Keller]

Androsace pyrenaica
Asarum canadense
Dionysia gaubae
Erysimum kotschyanum
Iris lutescens

[K-D Keller]

Lachenalia orchioides var. glaucina
Moraea huttonii
Phlox pulvinata
Primula allionii alba
Vitaliana primuliflora

[David Nicholson]

Lovely set of pictures K-D.

[ruweiss]

Hello, Klaus-Dieter, many thanks for your pictures. Hope, that
you and your family are well.

[Gabriela]

Very nice plants and pictures from all! We are very far behind and it's very enjoyable to see this spring display.

Especially I couldn't take my eyes from the little Cassiope and Iris lutescens
And what an interesting form of Asarum canadense - the populations here don't have the sepals extended in that measure and are much more pubescent.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes indeed, lovely pictures of lovely plants.Spring here seems a long way away.
John I was once told or maybe read that Trillium hibbersonii tends to be short-lived and mine certainly was. Yours apparently missed that message. It looks a real delight.

[Robert]

I managed to get out into the garden and take a few photographs before the latest storm hits.



Azalea 'Idi's Laugh' dominates a part of the garden now. It must be 3 meters tall or more.



Azalea 'Idi's Laugh'



At the other end of the size scale is Azalea 'Gold Tatiana'. In 15 years it is less than a meter tall. It covers itself with ruffled flowers this time of year.



An F1 Rhododendron atlanticum hybrid. Another compact plant.



An early blooming selection of Rhododendron occidentale that I found in the Feather River canyon 15-20 years ago. It blooms 30 to 45 days before most forms of R. occidentale. In addition, it is extremely heat tolerant and the foliage turns brilliant crimson in the autumn.