Flowering Now - April 2009

[Armin]

Tony,
nice Pulsatilla seedlings. The second picture is my favourite

Easter Sunday we got 27°C warm . I can't remember such hot day early in April.
Nature is exploding but many bulb flowers fading and withering quickly.

Here some impressions...

[johnw]

Leucojum vernum ssp carpathicum here yesterday. Crocus 'Violet Queen' (violet?) and a forced Crocus tomassinianus "Ruby Giant" (ruby?).

Iris 'Katherine Hodgkins'.

johnw

John,
suberb picture of Leucojum vernum ssp carpathicum 
Your crocus cultivar C. sieberi "Violet Queen" seem to be C. tommasianus...
The picture of C. tommasianus "Ruby Giant" looks for me more like "Whitewell Purple" (dutch form with white stem).


 

Good to know tommies are hardy and vigorous, the source was Holland. I intend to advisel the BC nursery that siupplied the mis-labelled Ruby Giants at great expense.

Thanks Armin.

johnw

[Lori S.]

And, with a couple of warm days, the crocuses have started to spring up!  No varieties of particular interest, but a delight to see after the winter!
Also Colchicum kesselringii, just a tiny baby, planted last year.  I'm somewhat disappointed... I'd hoped to see the purple striping on the outer petal bases.    (On the other hand, I'm pleased... a first spring-flowering colchicum - wow!)
Colchicum kesselringii
Crocus tomassinianus?
Crocus vernus
Crocus chrysanthus


Lori,
nice crocus. To your "?"...

Crocus chrysanthus[/i] -> no, this looks like pale, wild form of C. tommasianus

How interesting, and thank you, Armin!  Now I'm really tempted to post every crocus photo we've taken in the last couple of days, and  see if they really are what I think they are!

Monocarpic townsendias?!?  No, say it ain't so!  I already resent biennials for the extra effort they force me to make, but monocarpic species yet... ?

[Sinchets]

Sorry Lori, but some Townsendias seem only too willing to flower themselves to death. On the up side they are easy from seed!

[Lori S.]

Well, so long as mine go out with a dramatic flourish, I suppose I can forgive them! 

[Sinchets]

Lol- I guess we could always try doing what they suggest for Meconopsis, and go around cutting off the flower spikes to make them perennial 

[WimB]

Some pictures of what is flowering in the garden today:

1) Armeria juniperifolia 'Drake's Deep form'
2) Chaenomeles...
3) Chaenomeles...
4) Draba molissima
5) Erythronium 'Pagoda'
6) Polygala chamaebuxus 'Grandiflora'
7) Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Papageno'
8) Rhododendron 'President Roosevelt'
9) Tulipa
10) Viola sororaria 'Freckles'

[Hans J]

Here some pics from today :

maybe anybody knows the name of this Camelia cultivar ?

Mahonia aquifolium

thanks
Hans

[ichristie]

Hi all, still very cold with frosts at night here however we were able to roll our Easter eggs with the grandchildren on Sunday a few more pictures from the garden today.  Erythronium taylori no1 and 2 Not many of these. erythronium japonicum from a different source, Primula deuteronana from Nepal. cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Gerdk]

Hi Hans,
Sorry, no name for the Camellia cultivar.
I guess, your Mahonia is a free flowering specimen of Mahonia aquifolium.

On this occasion I add som pics from today

1. Callianthemum anemonoides
2. Bellevalia forniculata
3. + 4. Viola canina x uliginosa - a natural hybrid from Sweden
5. Viola somchetica
6. Viola arenaria (rupestris) rosea

Gerd

[Hans J]

Gerd ,

thank you for naming the Mahonia ( I saw your answer just for a moment)

Here a pic from today :

Calochortus luteus

[olegKon]

Spring has come to Moscow at last. With new surprise. Can anybody help identify this Colchicum which appeared from under the snow? First snowdrops enjoy a warm day (Galanthus Robin Hood)

[ranunculus]

Last four images of Pulsatilla vernalis ... I promise!!   

They are STILL in flower ... so I will break my promise ... apologies!   

[derekb]

 This is the first time I have flowered this Acis.
 Acis tricophllum.

[derekb]

 3 Pulsatilla from seed sent me by Ewelina the centre one is going over I have only put it in to show the range of colours.