Flowers and foliage June 2008

[johanneshoeller]

Some plants from the garden (Physoplexis comosa, Aster alpina - a tiny form from Italy, ?,  2 Arisaema

[Anthony Darby]

Part of my wisteria.

[Kristl Walek]

We've gone from a lovely cool, constantly wet spring to heat (40C with humidex today) making it almost unbearable to be outdoors, so I only managed to look at a small section of the garden.

I love almost all the Mertensia, although few want to live in my garden. Merensia sibirica (pterocarpa) sticks around and blooms for a long stretch.

I am too hot to try to remember the name of this small, pink Polygonatum.

Papaver anomalum album is loved because it is soundly perennial and has a very long bloom period.

I have a huge drift of Nectaroscordum siculum that is wonderfully architectural en masse. It blooms before N. tripedale.

Papaver bracteatum is the deepest-coloured, true red I have in the garden---blooms 20cm across on a tall, sturdy plant. It flowers before any of my oriental poppies start.

I believe this is Lilium monadelphum?

[arisaema]

Kristl: The Genus Lilium has a neat comparison table of L. monadelphum and and it's relatives.

Lilium lophophorum below

[johnw]

Kristl: The Genus Lilium has a neat comparison table of L. monadelphum and and it's relatives.

Lilium lophophorum below

You put my little weaklings to shame.  Such vigour!

johnw

[olegKon]

Thank everybody for wonderful pics. Something from my garden this week: Nectaroscordum tripedale, Dodecateon?, Allium shelcovnicivii, Paeonia mlokosevichii, Ranunculus graminifolius, Dodecateon?, Trollius pumilus, Allium umbilicatum

[Paul T]

Hans, Kristl, Ian, Arisaema, Wim and OlegKon et al,

Thanks for the wonderful pictures!!  Some absolute beauties amongst them.  What a joy to view.

[Kenneth K]

Not much to show. To hot and to dry. We have not had a drop of rain for 6 weeks. The flowers fade almost instantly. I have one picture of an Allium though that obviously like it hot - Allium chloranthum! I am normally not a great lover of green flowers but this one is quite OK.

[art600]

I bought some Eremurus from Pottertons last year, and they are now coming into bloom.

I understand they are completely hardy and will require no special winter treatment.

NB The plants are in my garden - please ignore the ref to Iran 2008 under the photo

[art600]

Here is an alpine flowering for the first time in my garden.

Known as Rock Purslane, it is Calandrinia umbellata amarantha.

NB The plants are in my garden - please ignore the ref to Iran 2008 under the photo

[Lvandelft]

Known as Rock Purslane, it is Calandrinia umbellata amarantha.

Arthur, is this hardy with you, or are seedlings coming up every year?
We used to grow it as a biennial.

[art600]

Luit

I believe I planted it last year, so it has survived a winter - not too severe.  Will keep an eye on this coming winter.

[Lvandelft]

Here is a plant which is at least 30 years on a raised bed.
I've seldom seen it in culture, which is a pity, I think.

Genista villarsii         

[Lvandelft]

This trough with one variety of Sempervivum (Silberkarneol) is also at least
30 years standing next to the house wall.

[Lvandelft]

and here some more flowers in the garden:

Cypripedium Ulla Silkens           
Dianthus plumarius Evening Star         
Geranium Brookside         
Helichrysum ex Sani Pass           
Hypericum olympicum Sulphureum   
Dianthus plumarius India Star   
Saxifraga           
Verbascum x Letitia