March 2021 in the Northern Hemisphere

[kris]

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Callianthemum anemonoides in bud is nearly as beautiful as when it is in full flower.

Tristan very nice  flowers.I have Callianthemum anenmonoides but the colour is  pale pink (almost white).  Is it because of the soil? mine is alkaline soil .Or /are there different shades of flower colour?

[Mariette]

Indeed, Callianthemum anemonoides is a very special beauty!
In my garden, only less spectacular plants are in flower, here itīs Scilla greilhuberi with primulas and white larkspur.



Due to rodents, itīs difficult to keep special clones of larkspur, but the seedlings offer a nice mix of colours.



Red coloured seedlings of Corydalis solida appear quite frequently.



A double form of Vinca minor from France started to flower, too.



Also a fritillaria, which a friend of mine received as Fritillaria graeca, which seems not to be correct. Any suggestions?

[ashley]

Lovely corydalis Mariette.  Your fritillaria may be F. uva-vulpis.

[Leena]

Callianthemum anemonoides in bud is nearly as beautiful as when it is in full flower.

Really beautiful!

Mariette, your garden is so full of flowers right now. Seedlings of Corydalis are nice, you never know what you will get from them.

[Gabriela]

Callianthemum anemonoides in bud is nearly as beautiful as when it is in full flower.

That's a really beauty Tristan, even if it would remain like this!

Mariette: your lovely pictures are the embodiment of spring!
Corydalis are crossing between them anyway, the more the better is my idea

[ruweiss]

2 planted stones:

[shelagh]

A quick trip round the garden today as the cold weather is back.

1. and 2. In the raised bed some Dwarf Tulips and Narcissus Jetfire.

3. In the borders a Hepatica nobilis which thinks its an Aquilegia.

4. A pink Pulmanaria just coming through.

5. Primula Groeneken's Glorie, I have to be careful with my spelling of this or our Dutch friends are unhappy.

[shelagh]

Primula Julius Caesar is in a pot and Scilla greilhuberi is in the greenhouse.

[Tristan_He]

'Jetfire' is nice isn't it Shelagh? I used to have it in the rockery but it died / was eaten (I read somewhere that Narcissus fly is fond of it). But there is a big clump at the bottom of the garden where conditions are wetter.

[shelagh]

It's one of my favourites Tristan I like the contrast of the two colours.

[Maggi Young]

From Andrew Radley in Perthshire ....

"Well this made me happy! Grown from Club seed. First time flowered for me. Ranunculus criminthifolius"


 Super result for  Andrew  with this  lovely New  Zealand plant .

[Yann]

Well it seems spring is now well established in our northern gardens.

Pulsatilla slavica making the show!

[Tristan_He]

Well that is lovely Yann! My Pulsatillas are not out yet but definitely one of the highlights of the spring.

[Tristan_He]

The rockery is very colourful at the moment, if a bit saxifrage-heavy.

[ian mcdonald]

A good show Tristan.