June 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Yann]

June started with a very warm weather, many plants suffer from drought.
I hope we'll get a few rain in the following days bacause we're near a disaster for agriculture.

[Yann]

some plants enjoy the sun

[Yann]

the season is almost over in my region, still few weeks ahead to watch high altitude plants

[ruweiss]

Yesterrday in the garden:

[ruweiss]

More photos:
Hypericum kazdaghense from Western Turkey is a very valuable plant
for hot and rather dry places.
Saponaria Boranovice was raised by the late well known Czech plantsman
Ota Vlasak and named after his home town.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely collection of pictures Rudi and Yann.

[Leucogenes]

Really very nice... Yann and Rudi. With me it is currently not so beautifully colorful. The colour blue and violet of the different Edraianthus and Phyteuma dominates.

[David Nicholson]

As you know Thomas blue is my favourite colour

[Leucogenes]

As you know Thomas blue is my favourite colour

Well, in that case, David... just for you... Edraianthus pilosulus...

[David Nicholson]

 

[ruweiss]

Thank you, David and Thomas

[Gabriela]

Yes, a lot of color! And the Edraianthus is very beautiful. I only grow graminifolius but from lack of space. My 'real' rockery is small and presently invaded by ants
One side - nothing very special except the Astragalus now finishing to flower.


Astragalus levieri of Southern Caucasus


Also almost finished now - Androsace villosa ssp. taurica (a seed coll. from Crimea)

[hamparstum]

Yes, a lot of color!
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Gabriela could you help me in identifying the pink flowers behind the Astragalus in your first picture?. I tried to improve the focus but was unable to. Thanks in advance.
Arturo

[Robert]

A few flowers from our Sacramento, California garden.



Eriogonum umbellatum var. smallianum. This small, flat growing variety is packed with flower power. From seed I gathered on Snow Mountain, California (before the Mendocino Complex Fire).



A few seedlings of our California native annual Phacelia stebbinsii. There are also a few seedlings of our California native annual Hemizonella minima. I enjoy this tiny annual (Hemizonella) with its 0.5 to 1 mm ray flowers.



About 25 years ago, I acquired a number of bulbs of Lilium pardalinum ssp. pitkinense from the Nature Conservancy. I have been very careful to maintain this line by controlled pollination.



Our Sacramento garden is filled with many forms of Lilium pardalinum from seed I gathered throughout Northwestern California and the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the 1990’s. There is considerable variation in all the different forms.



Aquilegia formosa is planted throughout the shady parts of our garden. They remind me of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

[Robert]

One of my Lilium occidentale hybrids from the 1990’s. The flowers are almost red. Most of the various clones are planted out in our Sacramento garden, so there is the possibility of further refinement.



Gathering seed from my old-fashion Pansies. I am now able to work with them again. This year was for a general increase of the seed stocks. Next year I will continue selection and refinement.



I guess I like growing annuals. These are common Larkspur, Consolida regalis. This was just a start to get them established in our Sacramento garden. At the Placerville farm they would reseed themselves freely. This is the goal here in our Sacramento garden.



Our California native, Salvia leucophylla has wonderfully scented foliage. The flowers attract many beneficial insects.



The star of the garden right now is Cirsium occidentale var. candidissimum. It is over 2 meters tall and has maybe 40 to 50 flower buds on it. The reddish-magenta flowers are a magnet for insects and butterflies. The silvery foliage is striking.