April 2018 in Northern Hemisphere

[Robert]

Robert, ð is Unicode(hex) 00F0 and Ð is Unicode(hex) 00D0. 
For example in Word under the Insert tab choose Symbol then in font:(normal text) scroll down to the Latin-1 Supplement set of characters where you'll find eths & other goodies .

Hi Ashley,

I did indeed go to the ‘Inset’ tab on my version of Microsoft Word:mac 2011. Under symbols I found this đ . This is not quite the letter I am familiar with, however it is close and most likely how a machine (computer) deals with the letter. Thank you for the suggestion, anyway.

Interesting Robert!

I didn't recognize the name of Iði! (You can just copy the letter ð or whatever you want from any text on internet) Interesting theme and I really liked the  colour of 'Iedhi's Laugh'! I have one looking a bit similar - from seed I found on a shrub in a garden somewhere

Trond,

I like your suggestion on finding the symbol for edh. Now I just have to find an internet site where I can copy and paste a slating lower case edh.

P.S. I just copied the edh from your posting. It worked ð! Thanks!     

[ashley]

I did indeed go to the ‘Inset’ tab on my version of Microsoft Word:mac 2011. Under symbols I found this đ . This is not quite the letter I am familiar with ...

In my version of Word ð and đ (Unicode(hex) 0111) are different.  To be honest I've never come across đ before & don't know what it's used for. 
Anyway, whatever works

[meanie]

I thoroughly enjoy the California native annual Salvia carducea. The inflorescence and open flowers are incredibly fascinating as well as beautiful. I hope I can get a gob of seed this year to scatter around!

It's a shame that your Californian Salvia seem impossible to bloom here - very nice indeed!

[Hoy]

In my version of Word ð and đ (Unicode(hex) 0111) are different.  To be honest I've never come across đ before & don't know what it's used for. 
Anyway, whatever works

đ and ð represent the same letter. đ is used in the Sami language among others.

Here you have some other unusual Latin letters:

Áá · Ââ · Àà · Ăă · Ää · Ǟǟ · Ãã · Ąą · Ą̊ą̊ · Ⱥⱥ · Ɓɓ · Ḇḇ · Ƀƀ · Ƈƈ · Ćć · Ĉĉ · Čč · Çç · Ċċ · Ȼȼ · Ɗɗ · Ḓḓ · Ďď · Ḑḑ · Đđ · Ðð · Ɖɖ · Ḏḏ · Éé · Èè · Êê · Ěě · Ëë · ‌Ẽẽ · Ęę · Ėė · Ẹẹ · Ɇɇ · Ƒƒ · Ɠɠ · Ḡḡ · Ǵǵ · Ĝĝ · Ǧǧ · Ğğ · Ģģ · Ǥǥ · Ġġ · Ĥĥ · Ȟȟ · Ḧḧ · Ħħ · ‌Ḥḥ · İi/Iı · Íí · Ìì · Îî · Ïï · Ĩĩ · Įį · Ịị · Ɨɨ · Ĵĵ · J̌ǰ · Ɉɉ · Ƙƙ · Ḱḱ · Ǩǩ · Ķķ · Ĺĺ · Ḽḽ · Ľľ · Ļļ · Ḷḷ · Łł · Ƚƚ · Ɫɫ · Ⱡⱡ · Ṃṃ · Ŋŋ · Ńń · Ṋṋ · Ňň · Ṅṅ · N̈n̈ · Ññ · Ɲɲ · Ņņ · Ōō · Ơơ · Őő · Óó · Òò · Ôô · Ŏŏ · Ȯȯ · Ȱȱ · Öö · Õõ · Ȭȭ · Øø · Ǫǫ · Ọọ · Ƥƥ · Ᵽᵽ · Ɽɽ · Ŕŕ · Řř · Ŗŗ · Ɍɍ · Śś · Ŝŝ · Šš · Şş · Șș · Ṣṣ  · Ťť · Ṱṱ · T̈ẗ · Ţţ · Țț · Ŧŧ · Ⱦⱦ · Ūū · Úú · Ùù · Ûû · Ŭŭ · Ưư · Űű · Üü · Ųų · Ůů · Ũũ · Ụụ · Ʉʉ · Ʋʋ · Ṽṽ · Ŵŵ · Ƴƴ · Ýý · Ŷŷ · Ÿÿ · Ỹỹ · Y̨y̨ · Ɏɏ · Źź · Ẑẑ · Žž · Żż · Ƶƶ  Åå · Ææ · @ · ȸ · & · Ƕƕ · Œœ · Ȣȣ · ȹ · ß  · ᵺ

[Hoy]

This Corydalis is in flower now. Anybody who knows the name?

[ashley]

đ and ð represent the same letter. đ is used in the Sami language among others.

That's interesting Trond; thank you.  I'd never realized the complexity of Sámi orthography.
But sorry everyone for prolonging this digression.  Now back to April 2018

[Robert]

It's a shame that your Californian Salvia seem impossible to bloom here - very nice indeed!

meanie,

There are a lot of plants that I see on this forum that will never grow well here in the hot part of California. I just try to do the best I can with what is available here (not much) and what will do well. I have to admit our garden is looking nice these days despite having to be very creative with the few plants I have to work with.

[Gabriela]

Beautiful images from all!

Robert - your spring garden always reminds me of summer

[meanie]

meanie,

There are a lot of plants that I see on this forum that will never grow well here in the hot part of California. I just try to do the best I can with what is available here (not much) and what will do well. I have to admit our garden is looking nice these days despite having to be very creative with the few plants I have to work with.

If it's easy it ain't no fun!
Do you grow Tricyrtis? I'd imagine that they would be challenging.

[Leena]

There are a lot of plants that I see on this forum that will never grow well here in the hot part of California. I just try to do the best I can with what is available here (not much) and what will do well.

That is something I'm trying to learn how to think: to try to grow plants which will do well also here, but it is difficult when I see so many lovely plants in the forum. It is also learning that some plants do well in some part of my garden, and just don't survive in another part, there are different micro climates depending on the soil and trees and bushes.
I like your garden scene in the previous page, it looks so natural. Also azaleas are very nice, but I can't grow them here because deer and rabbits eat them (they don't eat rhododendrons so much).

Hoy, very nice Corydalis, though I don't know what it might be.

[Robert]

Hi Leena,

I agree our garden was looking nice until yesterday afternoon. A thunderstorm moved through our area and it hailed hard for about 45 minutes to an hour. After that there were more flowers and leaves on the ground than on many of the plants. The hail was accumulating on the ground to the point where the ground became white. There was still un-melted hail on the ground this morning. When I walked around the garden this morning, I found a mess, however in a week or two there will be another set of flowers and new leaves so, for the most part, everything will be fine.

Yes I too, enjoy seeing photographs of other gardens, such as yours, and being inspired. There is such a dearth of interesting plant material here in Sacramento. This not such a bad thing as our local native species are under utilized, so there is much creative work I can do with our local native plants. Occasionally a caravan will come by with packs of seed from a far away land.    This too can add to our garden.

I think at one point I saw our native Asarum hartwegii in your garden?

[Leena]

I think at one point I saw our native Asarum hartwegii in your garden?

Yes  , I have one plant grown from seed, and it has survived over several winters but I don't know yet how it is after this long and cold winter. A.canadense and A.europaeum do well here no matter how the winter is.

I'm sorry to hear about hail storm, but it's good to know that plants will recover.

[Robert]

Yes  , I have one plant grown from seed, and it has survived over several winters but I don't know yet how it is after this long and cold winter.

Leena,

If Asarum hartwegii survived the winter can you post the results?

I will certainly want to know the outcome. 

[Leena]

Leena,
If Asarum hartwegii survived the winter can you post the results?
I will certainly want to know the outcome. 

Yes, I will.
I went to look at it today, the ground is still frozen, but I'm almost sure it is alive, I'll know for sure when it starts to grow.

A picture from the garden today.
Galanthus 'S.Arnott' with Paeonia obovata coming up behind it. It is so hardy peony, I never protect it (except that I put sand on top of the crown in the autumn so that freezing water doesn't make ice on top of it) and it doesn't suffer from cold.

[Robert]

Leena,

In its native habitat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains Asarum hartwegii grows in mixed coniferous, broad leaf forests. Although it can snow frequently during the winter at this elevation level (+ or –, 4,000 feet, 1,219 meters), the ground, more or less, does not freeze for prolonged periods of time.

I am going to be very curious how your plant(s) fair. Thank you for taking an interest.

It seems likes like early spring in your garden. The soil must have melted in the sunnier parts of your garden. In the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada (> 8,000 feet, 2,438 meters), snow and frozen soil can be very persistent in shady areas, especially shady north facing slopes. Last winter there were a few locations where the snow never melted by autumn! Nearby where the snow had recently melted the plants were coming into growth in October. This year I will have to take a look and see if they survived such a short growing season (maybe 7 to 14 days!).