Flowering Now - April 2009

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great kick off to April guys !

[mark smyth]

I bought some of Janis' Sanguinarias to extend the flower time in my garden. They must be thinking they are in Latvia because there is no sign of them

[Viola]

Pics from my garden

Saxifraga grisebachii
Saxifraga burserana
Primula marginata
Pulstilla hallerii ssp.styriaca
Hepatica nobilis "Rosea"

[Paddy Tobin]

Lovely shots, particularly like the pulsatilla. They are so gorgeous at this time of year.

Paddy

[David Nicholson]

Springtime in the garden.

[Maggi Young]

Spring is certainly around now, isn't it? All these great photos of flowers around Europe  really do tell us that better days are ahead 

[Paddy Tobin]

David,

Some of the reliable regulars there, hard to beat them in the open garden.

Paddy

[ranunculus]

New month ... some more images from the garden today ...

Pulsatilla vernalis (1 to 5)
Trillium
Adonis vernalis

[Jo]

Here is Pulsatilla vulgaris looking pretty good, and Anemone hortensis heldreichii which has been in flower for a month now.

Everything is growing away like mad now, why isn't the winter long enough to do all the winter jobs 

[WimB]

Some plants that are in flower now:

1) Anchusa caespitosa
2) Androsace carnea x pyrenaica
3) Androsace mathildae
4) Dicentra cucullaria
5) Fritillaria imperialis
6) Hyacinthella dalmatica
7) Pteridophyllum racemosum
8) Sebaea thomasii
9) Soldanella montana

[Paul T]

Cliff,

Stunning photos as always. You can almost feel the fuzziness of those Pulsatillas.

Wim,

Great pics.  I am so jealous of your Fritillaria imperialis, which are a trial for me to grow in my garden. 

[Maggi Young]

You are ahead of us, Wim..... this is as far as our Fritllaria imperialis has got.......

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Nice little series Wim - your Soldanella looks great !! 

Cliff,
Please stop taking these wonderful pix of your Pulsatilla ! 
I'm already growing 4 or 5 of them in my garden and if you continue like that I might end up with 15 or so... 

[Paddy Tobin]

Hi Wim,

A lovely series of photographs but the soldanella montana is outstanding. How are you growing it. It seems to be in a trough but the level of compost in the trough seems to be very low. Is this on purpose - to give the soldanella shelter or whatever?

Paddy

[WimB]

Those Fritillaria imperialis have been in the same place since 10 years and they seem to enjoy it there. They are this early because they are in a sheltered spot against a south faced wall.

@ Paddy: That particular Soldanella was almost dying last year because it was in a very dry spot out in the garden. So I decided to take some better care of it: I put it in a new trough in the shade in a mix of 50% compost, 40% loam and 10% grit. The soil does seem to be a bit low but that's 1) because of the shape of the trough (see attached picture) and 2) because the compost settled.