May 2017 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Robert]

Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum, one of a number of Eriogonum species blooming in the garden now.

[meanie]

Thanks to the cool/cold spring Uvularia grandiflora is looking a little weedy but at least it is blooming..........
Uvularia grandiflora by longk48, on Flickr

It's Lewisia season at last. The white one was in the greenhouse as it was a bit small when I rescued it for 50p last year..........
Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

I cannot take credit for the next one as it was a new buy at the weekend but it is a gem! It was labelled as Salvia azurea but I knew that was wrong. The best suggestion so far (and it looks pretty close) is S.coerulea..........
Unknown Salvia by longk48, on Flickr

Unknown Salvia by longk48, on Flickr

[Zdenek]

I am too busy to be able to look at our Forum, I send one picture at least:
Androsace delavayi in my peat bed.

[David Nicholson]

A bright but very windy today. So windy in fact to cause some consternation in the Nicholson household when a full whirly-gig of washing was bent to a right angle. For some reason I got the blame for that!

However, some pictures from the garden.

Penstemon 'Six Hills'
Penstemon rupicola 'Conwy Lilac', raised, as you might guess, at Aberconwy Nursery.
Thymus longicaulis

[David Nicholson]

..... and three more.

Veronica austriaca 'Ionian Skies'
Phlox 'Oxen Blood'
an unknown Pink Phlox

[johnralphcarpenter]

I am pleased with this combination of Geranium, thyme and anemone.

[Leena]

That is a very nice combination 

Here are pictures from my garden last week, still spring plants but we are slowly catching up.
Snowdrops are still flowering, also crocuses are at their best. Hepaticas are flowering, and Corydalis and Helleborus are beginning to flower.

[Leena]

Corydalis solida 'Pink Smile' is quite compact and very nice pink corydalis.
'E.A.Bowles' is my favourite snowdrop, can a snowdrop be more perfect!
All very nice plants together in the same picture.

[Hoy]

At last we got some decent spring weather. The last week has been fabulous! Up to 20C during the day  Unfortunately it is also a busy time of the year - and I don't speak of garden work!

Just a few pictures from the garden.

My lawn!




Scilla liliohyacinthus. A woodland plant with broad leaves. Tolerates a lot of shade.




Primula hybrid which has flowered for a long time but it dislike heat.




Primula rosea. The flowers somewhat damaged by slugs.




Waldsteinia ternata.

[meanie]

The first bloom on my Libertia ixioides..............


Cypripedium in full bloom...........


Geranium phaeum...........

[Hoy]

An unknown violet. For once not completely destroyed by slugs.




An Arisaema from seed.




Saxifraga hybrid.




Same. These, and the red ones are the common ones sold in every nursery here.




Pulstilla hybrid. I don't think it is 'Rote Glocke' though. After an early attack from the slugs they have left it in peace.

[ian mcdonald]

Spring squill, Scilla verna, in the scree img. 1020512. An unknown sax. probably from Mendle, img. 1020516. Spring cinquefoil flowering well img. 1020517. An unknown crucifer with sessile flowers img. 1020520. One of our native flowers but which one? img. 1020522. Still no rain but dull and cool.

[Hoy]

The last one is buckbean.

[Maggi Young]

The last one is buckbean.

We call it bog bean - the  lovely scented flowers of Menyanthes trifoliata

[Maggi Young]

An article about the challenge of climate change to alpine plants :
http://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2017/Alpine-plants-extinction.html