Flowers and foliage May 2008

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful pictures and plants everyone !
Thanks for posting ! 

[Viola]

Ramondia pyrenaica
Eritrichum spec.
Saracenia flavum
Sax.paniculata
Clematis spec.

[Kenneth K]

Clematis ochotensis - as black as it can get.

[Paddy Tobin]

Maggi and Kristi,

Here is Aesculus mutabilis induta photographed about two hours ago.

You will see the foliage of hemerocallis behind it which might give an indication of size. Also in the background is a leaf of a rheum.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Paddy, that is a real charmer.

I am enjoying seeing all the goodies you all have in your gardens....even if I am spending a lot of time eyeing the posts in the Paeonia pages very jealously!

[Kristl Walek]

Karl, I am about 98% sure that your beautiful pink Clematis is C. japonica. I have sent you a private message about it.

[Kristl Walek]

Kenneth....an absolutely stunning C. ochotensis---I've also sent you a message to beg for seed....

[Kristl Walek]

Lovely Pulsatilla pratensis and Clematis sibirica.

Geum triflorum, more common in the Canadian prairies is native to Ontario, but not to my particular area. It is called "Prairie Smoke" because it will later do what the last picture shows...

[WimB]

Flowering in my garden this week:

1 Polygonatum hookeri
2 Sauromatum venosum
3 Sisyrinchium striatum
4 Zantedeschia aethiopica

[Lvandelft]

Some pictures of the garden this week
First an old raised bed where selfseeding plants took over after
more than 20 years.
Some plants on or near the new raised bed and some plants in the
other part of the garden.


Aethionema                                 
Carduncellus pinnatifida                       
Incarvillea delavayi         
Incarvillea delavayi Pink
Dianthus plum. Babi Lom 
Hieracium villosum 
Cercis canadensis Forest Pansy leaves     
Centaurea John Coutts           

[Lvandelft]

Some different Geranium cinereum forms.
And the last one a photoof one of the most beautiful shrubs
withstanding strong seawinds.

Geranium cinereum diff.               
Amsonia tabernaemontana     
Ranunculus aconitifolius Flore Pleno                   
Iris unknown  ex E. Pagels 1                 
Iris unknown  ex E. Pagels 2           
Melittis melissophyllum       
Melittis melissophyllum Album           
Rhaphiolepis umbellata         

[Magnar]

Thank you all for the lovely pics. It's fun to see all the various plants you all grow.

[Lvandelft]

Lovely Pulsatilla pratensis and Clematis sibirica.

Geum triflorum, more common in the Canadian prairies is native to Ontario, but not to my particular area. It is called "Prairie Smoke" because it will later do what the last picture shows...

Some beautiful plants Kristl.
Thank you for showing the pictures of Geum triflorum.
This plant is neglected by most gardeners, me too. But I've never seen pictures like these of this plant.
Would be a nice plant used in drifts in informal plantings.

[ChrisB]

Wonderful pulsatilla, Kristl!

[Kristl Walek]

Luit, the Geum is in fact planted in a very wildish area in scree near one of my ponds and it really works there. The flowers are not spectacular, just small nodding pink things, but in mass the pink is wonderful and of course the pink "smoke" that follows is *really* wonderful. My only serious problem with the plant is that the birds ABSOLUTELY ADORE the seed, and unless I put netting over the entire drift way before seed ripeness, it is all gone within hours of "barely ripe".

Todays stars are:

Delosperma aff. congestum (the only no-name species hardy enough for me, and I have tried them all). I used to call it various other species names (which I am sure some of you will mention) but Panayoti Kelaidis who sent me the seed from a high altitude collection in S. Africa said I must not call it by those other monikers, and convinced me to do the "aff, congestum".

A color sport that appeared from my latest sowing from my own plants.

Daphne dominii, as open as it will ever get.

Clematis hirsutissima var. scottii (but on any given day you may argue with me about whether I really believe the variety should be recognized at all.)

Allium akaka.

And the good doer, Primula kisoana.