Flowering Now - April 2009

[maggiepie]

For the other Viola my eternity was 5 years in my garden in England doing nothing but producing seedpods- it never selfseeded there, but I collected seed and brought it to Bulgaria. Last year, in its 1st year, it did the same thing and produced only seedpods- this year it has flowered.

Simon, I hope I don't have to wait your eternity for mine to flower, not sure I have that much patience.

[Sinchets]

 Simon, It isn't declinata for sure because this belongs to the section Melanium (pansies). It seems to be a relative of odorata-alba etc. (section Viola subsection Viola). Determination is difficult when in an early stage. Nevertheless a nice specimen.
Gerd [/quote]
Thanks Gerd- I knew it was unlikely to be a pansy when it started doing the cleistogamous seedpod thing- but the leaves look so much more like a pansy than a violet I was intrigued and kept going with it. I'll try to get a better pic of the leaves when the flowers are over to see what you think. Thanks Simon

Simon, I hope I don't have to wait your eternity for mine to flower, not sure I have that much patience.

Maggie- which ones are making you wait?

[Michael]

Today was a very lucky day to me, as i went to a place i had never been before with a friend of mine, and i have found lots of daffodils growing wild. I had never seen something like this before, so it was very exciting. I felt i was on the alps or something like that  

 I guess these bulbs were planted by someone, but they seem to be on their own now and forming nice clumps! I guess you are all used to see daffodils growing like this, but not me, so it was a cool experience! I have to return to that place again!

[Michael]

The Zantedeschias were in full bloom too, quite a (smelly) sight! The purple flowers belongs to the endemic Geranium maderense.

[Michael]

I also found some clumps of this unknow Iridaceae (maybe gladiolus??)

[Michael]

The Watsonia season is about to begin too

The last 2 ones are totally unknown to me, as i never seen them before. Any ideas of what they could be?

[ashley]

Nice plants Mike.  The last one is a Babiana, maybe angustifolia.

[maggiepie]

Maggie- which ones are making you wait?

Simon, I don't know what they are, the seeds were from Japan, sent to me by a friend.
One has small, heart shaped leaves, I have that indoors at the moment, the other one different shaped leaves and has been out in the garden since last spring.
I hope it is still alive.

[Paul T]

Mike,

The second last one is Ixia paniculata from memory.... very in-ixia-like in appearance, but an Ixia none-the-less.  IF my memory of the name is right.

[Lesley Cox]

I have several violas that so far have only produced cleistogamous seedpods, it is very disappointing to see buds form and then turn into pods, espcially as the seeds were from Japan and I have no idea what they are, and really, REALLY want to see flowers.

I have several east Asian species such as koreana and chaerophylloides which make cleistogamic seed - no flowers - in spring but flower quite well in autumn and set no seed from those flowers.

[maggiepie]

Lesley, I just googled V.chaerophylloides, the leaves look pretty much the same as the one I have in the garden.
I will be very happy if that is what mine turns out to be.
Do you have any pics of yours in flower?

[ranunculus]

Just a few images taken yesterday at the private garden in Tottington, near Bury. Lancashire, where we held a digital photography workshop for members of the East Lancashire Group of the AGS and in my garden here in Whitworth. You will all be very happy when the pulsatilla and the adonis are finished flowering ... I just cannot resist their photogenic charms!!!

Anemone
Fly on narcissus
Anemones


Adonis vernalis
Adonis vernalis
Another Pulsatilla vernalis - for Lesley
Trillium line-up
Paraquilegia anemonoides close
Paraquilegia anemonoides close

[ArneM]

Even if most of the snowdrops are over now there is still enough to flower during next days and weeks. Many of them are more or less ordinary spring flowers but they make each spring better.

Anemone nemorosa 'Pleuger's Plena'
 A. ranunculoides 'Avon'
 Camellia 'Jury's Yellow'
 Corydalis angustifolia 'Alba'.
 Narcissus 'Mount Hood'
 Primula
 Primula elatior
 Pulmonaria officinalis
 Pulsatilla vernalis 'Papageno'
 Viola odorata 'Albiflora'

[Maggi Young]

Great selection and fab pix full of colour, Arne... thanks!

[Brian Ellis]

Lovely selection Arne, as you say the snowdrops have almost gone - and the weeds are all appearing, I've had enough weeding today so here are some images from the garden, nothing special but a joy to behold!

Spring
 bird-eaten-sanguineria single
 Sanguinaria double
 Camellia
 Cardamine
 Corydalis-solida
 Daphne
 Epimedium
 Epimedium-2
 Erythronium.