May 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Very colourful John.

[Lampwick]

Very colourful John.

Thank you David. 
Here are a few more for your perusal. . .

Dianthus 'Inshriach Dazzler'
Phlox 'Beauty of Ronsdorf'
Silene uniflora 'Rosea'
x Halimiocistus libanotis.
Weigela florida 'Alexandra'

[Rick R.]

Claytonia virginica is still blooming in my yard in full force. I had a botanist friend over, and he said the entire plant is edible.  Not a far fetched idea, given its many edible relatives.  Not sure why only certain information sources mention this.  Most, it seems, talk only about the tuber.  So the group of us taste tested the plant parts (but not the tuber), and to me at least, they all pretty much taste the same, with a bit different textures.  Now this is a more viable edible use, as just the leaves are too small and tedious to attempt to harvest, and digging enough tubers would take forever.  Plus adds some color to a salad, as do violet or borage flowers.

With Claytonia virginica being the white blur in the background (and plants in the fore, Tulipa sysvestris are nice companions.  The photo was taken at sunset, so the flowers of both are closed.

[ArnoldT]

Clematis integrifolia

[johnw]

Rick  - The Tulipa is positively exquisite.

john

[johnw]

It's been chilly & raw here.  Saturday it got to 19c, this photo of Magnolia 'Mazeppa' was take this morning at 10c.   Very large flowers from robusta.  The temperature has not risen, rain.

denudata x sargentiana v. robusta

john

[Yann]

Crambe orientalis, a huge baby obtained from Kurt Vickery seeds sown in october 2014. No protection, in clay.

[Leena]

Rick, T.sylvestris picture is beautiful!
I also like it, but it does increase with stolons quite a lot. It is still one of my favourites.
It's bulbs are small and I've never lost them to voles (so far).

[Gabriela]

T. sylvestris is my favourite as well. I didn't post many pictures, May always seems to fly by, Magnolias, Primulas and all others flowering at once.
A few in no particular order.
My Tulipa sylvestris




Iris lacustris first time to flower


Trillium luteum


And a dwarf Iris of today

[Rick R.]

Holy crap!  That Magnolia 'Mazeppa' is spectacular and super floriferous!
And the crambe has interesting foliage, too.
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I'm kinda surprised we have such a following for Tulipa sylvestris.  I had the impression from literature that it was almost maligned.  I am always watching for bulbs that do okay in shade. 

This pic, taken at a fellow NARGS member's garden:


Mine are actually her exact clone, the difference being the growing conditions - she has full sun, shaded by watered perennials in summer and in good rich soil, mine in comparatively heavy clay based, leaner soil, under a tulip tree.

[Leena]

My Tulipa sylvestris.

[Sally]

Blooming today at about 4,000 feet on Craig Mountain: Saxifraga mertensiana


Sally
South of Lewiston, Idaho, USA

[Sally]

Sorry, Maggi. I can't remember how to solve the sideways photo problem! I never seem to know when it will happen.

Sally

[Maggi Young]

No worries, Sally - fixed that for you. Had to rely  on your  message  about  "sideways " to be  sure  they were not  growing out  from a  cliff!

[Graham Catlow]

Some images of the garden today.