April 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Hoy]

Some plants in flower here today. Almost summer, 20C.



Rhododendron 'Taurus'




Flowering Nothofagus antarctica




Cardamine waldsteinii




Rhododendron dendrocharis-hybrid, growing in the moss on a rocky outcropping.




Tulipa pulchella

[Graham Catlow]

Sanguinaria canadensis (apparently now) ‘Multiplex’
Taken some time to settle in from the move four years ago.

[Gail]

Sanguinaria canadensis (apparently now) ‘Multiplex’
Taken some time to settle in from the move four years ago.

But looking stunning now Graham, I hope that mine builds up as well.

[Robert]

Robert,

you really have some nice plants! I like your azalea hybrids

Hi Trond,

Your garden is so different from ours! 

The plants are looking good and a very different selection. 

It was 30.5 C yesterday and is going to be warmer today. It is that time of year for us. In a month it will be 40 C and bone dry.

[Robert]

Robert... Thank you for your quick answer. The fabulous variety of the Eriogonum could fill many a garden. Some I have sown and have already germinated successfully. I have to prick soon.

Two more of countless newcomers to the Alpinum...
Physaria arctica & Androsace kosopoljanskii. I don't know how many plants I planted today...I am already dizzy ...😅

Thomas,

You have an amazing selection of plants!  And very well displayed and cared for. I look forward to the next selections.

[David Nicholson]

Sanguinaria canadensis (apparently now) ‘Multiplex’
Taken some time to settle in from the move four years ago.

Nice patch there Graham, mine grows only slowly I think I have had it for around 7 years.

[Graham Catlow]

Nice patch there Graham, mine grows only slowly I think I have had it for around 7 years.

Hi David,
I think I’d be moving mine or improving the growing medium if mine was as slow as that. 

[Hoy]

Hi Trond,

Your garden is so different from ours! 

The plants are looking good and a very different selection. 

It was 30.5 C yesterday and is going to be warmer today. It is that time of year for us. In a month it will be 40 C and bone dry.

Robert,

we have a woodland garden. The plants look good now but if we don't get rain . ..... Several wildfires in the south part of the county after the driest April for many years. And a warm one also - for us, 3C above average for the last month.

A few more of the plants:



Ranunculus bilobus




Gentiana acaulis




My lawn! Veronica filiformis.




Lysichiton americanus




Arisaema sp

[Robert]

Trond,

Your plants look great, especially considering the warm and dry conditions you are having. 3 C above average! And very dry! You must have a seep on your property. Lysichiton americanus would dry up into nothingness in a nanosecond with the drought and heat in our part of the world. But I have to admit that I enjoy gardening here and would not want to be any other place. It is great to get a garden tour of your garden and see plants that would never grow here. Thank you so much! 

[David Nicholson]

Nice plants Trond, cracking pictures too.

[Robert]

Nice plants Trond, cracking pictures too.

Hi David,



This is what happens to many of the Penstemon species in our garden. My wife puts up with this. 

Now more photographs from our garden...



Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis looking great. It does this every year now, with more flowers opening throughtout the summer and early autumn.



Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' covered with flowers. 100% xeric. 



Triteleia hyacinthina. I have another patch near a red-leaf Japanese Maple. The photograph is difficult for me and did not turn out, however the light - dark contrast is striking.



More Azaleas from our garden. This one I call 'Raspberry'. It was definitely a "Bob Ross" "Happy Accident".

[Leucogenes]

Here once again two tiny ones from the very top...

Androsace adenocephala, Tibet, 4500 m
and
Primula pamirica, Tadschikistan, Pamir, 3900 m

By the way...  many thanks for the nice words, Robert.

[Hoy]

Trond,

Your plants look great, especially considering the warm and dry conditions you are having. 3 C above average! And very dry! You must have a seep on your property. Lysichiton americanus would dry up into nothingness in a nanosecond with the drought and heat in our part of the world. But I have to admit that I enjoy gardening here and would not want to be any other place. It is great to get a garden tour of your garden and see plants that would never grow here. Thank you so much! 

Thank you, Robert.

It is very dry now. We have had several wildfires the last week and they struggle to quench them. (They are nothing like your wildfires last season though) Yes, I have a seep on my property and a small boggy area but most of the property has only a thin layer of soil above the bedrock. Another warm day today but we got a few mm precipitation this evening. Hopefully we will get more!

[Hoy]

Nice plants Trond, cracking pictures too.

Thank you David.

You show some yourself too!

[Robert]

Thank you, Robert.

It is very dry now. We have had several wildfires the last week and they struggle to quench them. (They are nothing like your wildfires last season though) Yes, I have a seep on my property and a small boggy area but most of the property has only a thin layer of soil above the bedrock. Another warm day today but we got a few mm precipitation this evening. Hopefully we will get more!

I will have to ask a few questions about the drought conditions you are currently experiencing. But first I have to get some work done and then get back into town. But thank you for filling me in concerning the drought, and I guess well above average temperatures too.