June in the Northern Hemisphere 2018

[ashley]

The roses (& much else) were wonderful too.  Such a great place to visit

Rosa beggeriana Group 'Pohjantähti' (North Star)
Rosa moyesii Group 'Nevada'
Incarvillea younghusbandii
Onoclea sensibilis
Viola cvs

[Maggi Young]

Wonderful photos, Ashley.  Isn't it great what nature can do with "proper" seasons ?

[ashley]

Very true Maggi.  Like us, Finland had a very late spring this year.  However May was unusually warm & dry, so now the season has caught up again or is even slightly ahead of normal.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely set of images Ashley.

[ashley]

Thanks David.  Really I'm just a 'point-and-shoot' merchant, but accidents sometimes happen

[Graham Catlow]

This is a trio of troughs in a pyramid formation.
The first image is the north facing side and the second is facing south.

[olegKon]

This is gentiana clusii ssp. costed with a distorted flower. A funny thing

[Sally]

Perhaps this should be in the terrestrial orchid thread, but this is Cypripedium montanum blooming now at 4800 feet (1463 meters) on a northeastern exposure on Craig Mountain, Nez Perce County, Idaho.




Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho

[Leena]

Ashley, I hope you had a nice visit to Finland, and in the east it hasn't been so dry as here in the south west coast.
You captured the Finnish atmosphere, wild plants and lake really well.
Helsinki Botanical garden is a good place, and there is also another University Botanical garden in Helsinki in Kumpula, not so easily in the center of the city with more trees and such.

Here are some pictures from my garden this morning. It rained yesterday and all night and it was very needed rain, but now it is clear again.

[jomowi]

Lovely pictures, everyone.  Here is my offering: Dactylorhiza 'Harold Esslemont' and Roscoea 'Harvington Royale'

[jomowi]

Oops! It has turned on its side again, even though I posted it as taken i.e. in portrait mode.  Maggi, I know you helped before, but I am too stupid to understand how to avoid this.

[Sally]

I too have the problem with photos posting sideways even though they appeared to be upright when I posted.

Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho; Zone 5ish

[Maggi Young]

I'm happy to rotate photos as need be!

I'm looking forward to flowers soon on  Roscoeas - only a  few R. cautleoides out so  far

[jomowi]

Thanks for correcting pic. Maggi.  My Roscoea cautleiodes are done and dusted. T. tibetica past its best, R. humeana alba nearly out and R. 'Harvington Imperial' still to come.

[Lampwick]

Campanula cochlearifolia 'Tubby'
Campanula poscharskyana 'Blue Gown'
Campanula x wockii 'Puck'.