Flowering Now - April 2009

[Mike Ireland]

Gentiana acaulis seems to like the dry warm spring this year.

[Ragged Robin]

What a lovely blue drift 0f gentiana acaulis and a magnificent close up of one trumpet 

[Maggi Young]

Mike, that is a fabulous clump.... and a delightful photo of the bloom.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Impressive mass of Gentians Mike ! 
And I was so proud of my plant carrying 25 flowers... 

[olegKon]

We as always lag behind. After the snowy previous weekend this weekend showed +20C. Nothing in the garden seems to take time. Just a few things, lovely after a 6 month winter
1. Pulsatilla slavica
2. Helleborus multifidus
3. Gymnospermum altaicum

[olegKon]

This is what winter does with cyclamens. They are all on the ground. Actually they are not supposed to grow here outside. But here it is.

[Mike Ireland]

This years seedlings of Erodium trifolium.  As the plants become woody I pull them out and allow freshly set seed to germinate.

[gote]

In the year 2004 this plant (Sanginuaria canadensis) had one (1) flower.
I have not touched it in any way. 2008 it had 36 flowers.
It is a pity that they are gone so quickly.
Göte

[tonyg]

Bluebell time here in Norfolk.
Also good for Clematis alpina seen here in a friends garden - what a beautiful way to hide a fallen pear tree!

Now that's what I call a fix!     I love the feeling of walking through a sea of bluebells in the woods - not possible this year, so thanks Tony for posting a bit of eye candy...also the Clematis alpina looks magnificent in your friends garden tumbling over a fallen pear tree - is the colour true?

The colour of the clematis is true to life, not sure which cultivar it is.  They also had a fabulous blue one but time was short for photos

[Hristo]

Oleg, the P.slavica is a stunner, super rich colour.
Göte, that's a pleasing rate of increase eh?

[johnw]

This is what winter does with cyclamens. They are all on the ground. Actually they are not supposed to grow here outside. But here it is.

Hristo - I am surprised Cyclamen coum is hardy in Moscow.  I cannot grow here for very long. I must say I can't recall the Cyclamen ever being heaved out of the ground here (where heaving is a big problem especially with newly planted rhodos and the like).

I assume that is coum. Am I correct? What was its origin?

johnw - +21c on the past weekend

[olegKon]

Hristo, glad you enjoyed it.
John, It is coum. My neighbour brought it from the Russian Caucasus. If you are interested I can ask her about the exact place. All the bulbs have survived for 5 years so far with thin mulch, a layer of fir tree branches and, of course, snow on top. Anyway it is heaved out in spring, sometimes with part of the root system, when nights are frosty followed by thaw at day time. So I have to be very careful about it.

[Gerry Webster]

Wallflowers, bearded iris & other garden escapees along the margin of the chalk cliffs to the E of Brighton. These have presumably  self seeded & the band of flowers now extends for well over 2 miles.

[johnw]

Hristo, glad you enjoyed it.
John, It is coum. My neighbour brought it from the Russian Caucasus. If you are interested I can ask her about the exact place. All the bulbs have survived for 5 years so far with thin mulch, a layer of fir tree branches and, of course, snow on top. Anyway it is heaved out in spring, sometimes with part of the root system, when nights are frosty followed by thaw at day time. So I have to be very careful about it.

Hristo - Sorry about the wrong name!  Interesting, I wonder if this is Cyclamen coum ssp. caucasicum. I have heard it is hardier and perhaps hardier than C. kuznetzovii. 

johnw   

[Lesley Cox]

Really super Gerry. Beats dandelions.