Flowers and foliage June 2008

[David Nicholson]

Luit, you grow some cracking plants and you really do grow them to perfection.

[Viola]

Pics from the Austrian Mountens, very scenery.

Karl

Bischofsmütze, 10.06.08
 Bischofsmütze, 10.06.08
 Bischofsmütze, 10.06.08
 Silene acaulis, 10.06.08
 Soldanella alpina, 10.06.08
 Rhodothamnus chamaecistus

[Viola]

More pics.
Trollius europaeus
 Bischofsmütze
 Androsace villosa
 Silene acaulis
 Bischofsmütze
 Dryas octopetala
 Gentiana clusii,
 Primula clusiana
 Primula auricula

[Thomas Huber]

Great trip - great photos - thanks Karl!!!

[Paul T]

Karl,

Great pics.  Love that winding mountain stream, and the Trolius shot is fantastic.  Must find out one of these years whether I can grow them here, and if so track some down.  Probably too hot in summer for them here though.  I thoroughly enjoyed all your pics though, and thank you so much for posting them.

[art600]

I can almost smell the clean fresh air.  Great photographs - many thanks

[David Nicholson]

One from the garden today, Verbascum x letitia and Campanula portenschlagiana fighting each other for space.

[Lvandelft]

I'm afraid the Campanula will win this fight David.
You'll have to make a choise...

[Kristl Walek]

Ian, thank you for your wonderful post---and especially that perfectly grown Daphne kosaninii (domini) -and now I am confident I *do* have the right plant...

And Karl, beautiful mountain pictures!!! Thank you.

My offering today is 3 of my favorite North American native woody species. Although I am much, much further north of their native range, they do very well here.

Chionanthus virginicus, Calycanthus floridus, the spectacular and very fragrant Cladrastis lutea...

And lastly, one non-native, the beautiful Magnolia sieboldii.

[Paul T]

Kristl,

Is that a white form of Cladrastis lutea, or is it "lutea" for some other reason?  The Chionanthus virginicus looks wonderfully delicate in flower, and familiar for some reason although the name doesn't ring any bells.  The Magnolia is just glorious!

Thanks for sharing the pics. 

[Kristl Walek]

Paul,

The gale-force winds yesterday made it rather difficult to photograph these plants well...

Chionanthus (Fringe Tree) you may know better in it's Asian counterpart, Chionanthus retusus---although I seem to recall there are at least two Australian species in the genus. 

The Cladrastis is also known as C. kentukea. The "lutea" refers to its yellow heartwood. It's common name is Yellowwood. It's a fantastic tree, gloriously fragrant, and the wisteria-line flower racemes are so heavy this year that the lighter, and lower branches are literally almost reaching the ground.

[WimB]

Flowering now in my garden (despite the cold and the rain):

1. the first Arisaema candidissimum
2. Deinanthe caerulea (bought it in the beginning of the year as Deinanthe bifida  ) Sorry for the not so
    clear shot but there was another shower starting.
3. the only fuchsia I really like because it isn't a too showy type and it doesn't grow very fast: Fuchsia                               
    'Eleanor Leytham'
4. Hippeastrum 'sonatini' (now fully in bloom)
5. Tanacetum parthenium not liking the wet

[arisaema]

Lovely pictures everyone!

Not much in flower here at the moment, at least not within the scope of this forum. Below:

Aconitum septentrionale
Iris chrysographes ex 'Rubella'
Saxifraga rotundifolia
Smilacina atropurpurea

[johnw]

I mentioned Salix vestita awhile back. Here it is in the Alpine House at Oxen Pond Botanic Garden, St. John's, Newfoundland yesterday.

johnw

[johnw]

Fair Maids of France at Oxen Pond Botanic gardens yesterday. Also Iberis Little (!) Gem.

johnw