May in the Northern Hemisphere 2020

[Gerdk]

This is Papaver apulum from Crete - an annual which persists in my garden since a long time

Gerd

[Gabriela]

This is Papaver apulum from Crete - an annual which persists in my garden since a long time
Gerd

Cheerful color Gerd; the annuals have their attraction, especially the Papaver.

[johnw]

Defying all reason, a friend's Helleborus niger near Kingsport, Nova Scotia, just last week. Sorcery?

john
halifax, ns

[Gerdk]

Thank you Gabriela!

Gerd

[ian mcdonald]

Due to not being able to go to the local site I thought I may as well clean away the weeds which were growing on my outside seed pots. I am not a successful grower of our native plants but I keep trying. A small red flower caught my attention and I realised it was Scottish Primrose, P. scotica. There are several plants in three pots. They will need to be planted out soon and I hope they will survive. Another short but robust plant was seen and I expected it to be a "weed" as it seemed to be well grown. I was delighted to identify the plant as Pyramidal Bugle, Ajuga pyramidalis. I have only seen this now rare plant twice? in the wild. Maybe months of rain during the winter has been beneficial to seed germination? To me, seeing the bugle in flower, was as good as finding an unusual orchid.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Libertia sessiliflora 'Caerulescens'. Has been in the garden for at least ten years but never flowered before.

[ArnoldT]

exfoliating bark on Cydonia sinensis.

[ArnoldT]

Allium jesdianum ssp. angustitepalum.

[ArnoldT]

Rain lily

Zephranthes drummondi

[Gabriela]

exfoliating bark on Cydonia sinensis.

Isn't this a beauty?

[Maggi Young]

Jon Evans' photo diary  has  pictures  from the  garden of  Jon and  Helen  this week..... he's  not  got  any  plants at shows to photograph so he's  got  a  chance  to turn his  camera  closer  to home  for  a  change.   And  what lovely  plants  they have  in their  floriferous  garden!

https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/the-photographers-garden/?fbclid=IwAR2-s5Y6Vaz6y8SM_xpvJlheXi-Ze94xEuSW4eHFBBBqTmCRYAX32XabjhY

[Tristan_He]

Globularia meridionalis. This is a capricious thing. Some years I get no flowers at all, or just the odd one or two. One year in 5 I get a display like this! 

[Maggi Young]

Globularia meridionalis. This is a capricious thing. Some years I get no flowers at all, or just the odd one or two. One year in 5 I get a display like this! 

1 in 5 is  good  enough for me!  It's  lovely!

[Tristan_He]

It is a corker isn't it Maggi? The foliage is neat too so I don't mind too much even if it does not flower. The blue is a bit more electric than the photo but not many cameras seem to be able to pick this up accurately.

[Zdenek]

After a long time I send here three plants flowering in our garden now:
Senerio werneriifolius var alpinus
Androsace barbulata
Aethionema subulatum