Flowering Now - April 2009

[ian mcenery]

Stunning garden Ian and beautifully designed.

I have to ask the names of the following rhodos:

The dwarfish red in 4091

The cream by the arbor and the pale violet in the left fore in 4092.

The two yellows - one dwarf in front of the blue Sapphire type and the larger one behind it in 4098

johnw

R Elizabeth var Creeping Jenny
R Alison Johnstone a Trewithin Ciinabarinum x concatennnans hybrid its a light orange by the way

Both are Curlew I think

[ian mcenery]

And is that a Lysichiton I see flowering beside that pond?  I've had one in a pot in water for years but never flowered it.    I probably need to plant it somewhere, but I don't have anywhere in the garden where it is likely to be wet enough I think.

And again, such nice pictures.  I had to go and check them out again to see which Rhodos John was talking about.... being nosey as I am.  

Paul you  are right and it is seeding itself all over. Where it grows it doesn't have it all its own way so it doesn't become the thug that it can be

[WimB]

Some plants that are flowering now in my garden (photographed in between two showers):

1) Anemonella thalictoïdes 'Pink Flash'
2) Chaenomeles
3) Cherry tree
4) Corydalis 'Kingfisher'
5) Epimedium diphyllum
6) Prunus
7) Silene acaulis 'correvoniana'

[johnw]

Stunning garden Ian and beautifully designed.

I have to ask the names of the following rhodos:

The dwarfish red in 4091

The cream by the arbor and the pale violet in the left fore in 4092.

The two yellows - one dwarf in front of the blue Sapphire type and the larger one behind it in 4098

johnw

R Elizabeth var Creeping Jenny
R Alison Johnstone a Trewithin Ciinabarinum x concatennnans hybrid its a light orange by the way

Both are Curlew I think

Thanks Ian. Would you say Creeping jenny in the pic is a bit more orange than in real life?

I thought AJ might be a ambiguum x concatenans. I love all those cinnabarinum hybrids and am hoping 'What A Dane' will set a bud this year.

Very healthy Curlews. I couldn't tell if they were lepidotes or not from that distance.

And the pale violet in the arbor photo?

Nice Acer griseum too!

johnw

[ian mcenery]

Stunning garden Ian and beautifully designed.

I have to ask the names of the following rhodos:

The dwarfish red in 4091

The cream by the arbor and the pale violet in the left fore in 4092.

The two yellows - one dwarf in front of the blue Sapphire type and the larger one behind it in 4098

johnw

R Elizabeth var Creeping Jenny
R Alison Johnstone a Trewithin Ciinabarinum x concatennnans hybrid its a light orange by the way

Both are Curlew I think

Thanks Ian. Would you say Creeping jenny in the pic is a bit more orange than in real life?

I thought AJ might be a ambiguum x concatenans. I love all those cinnabarinum hybrids and am hoping 'What A Dane' will set a bud this year.

Very healthy Curlews. I couldn't tell if they were lepidotes or not from that distance.

And the pale violet in the arbor photo?

Nice Acer griseum too!

johnw

AJ is concat X yunnanense got confused 

pale one is Pharalope

[David Nicholson]

Lovely garden Ian wish mine was as pristine.

[Sinchets]

Stunning Ranunculus, Tony!

[Robin Callens]

labbled as trillium rivale?! wrong.(bad ebay seller again arghh!) i dont know what species this is but perhaps albidium-

Hi Rob,

I think this Trillium could be T. parviflorum, you will be certain if it produces a dark red fruit.

Robin

[Robin Callens]

Hi all,

A few pictures of plants out of the garden:

1) Ranzania japonica
2) Podophyllum pleianthum (5 seedlings sown in 2003)
3) Primula kisoana alba (1 little plant 5 years ago)
4) Pear tree (planted 30 years ago)

Robin

[Lori S.]

Forgive these pathetic offerings, please!  It's still so early here! 
One of the very first Pulsatilla vulgaris, a young self-sown seedling, and Pulsatilla alpina:

[Sinchets]

Flowering now on the rock garden
Polemonium viscosum and the plant I've always grown as Oxytropis shokanbetsuensis

[Paul T]

Oooooh, the Oxytropis looks interesting.  Not one I've heard of before, but I like the look of it.

[gote]

1) Ranzania japonica

That is a beautiful Ranzania Robin, Does it always flower like this with the flowers in a head?
Mine have not yet started above ground. You must be a month earlier than I am
Göte

[Sinchets]

Oooooh, the Oxytropis looks interesting.  Not one I've heard of before, but I like the look of it.

Paul- it's a few generations on now from the original purchased plant- so it may not be true. The colour this year certainly looks more intense than I remember from previous plants.

[Paul T]

The combination of those leaves that flowers is pretty spectacular, although the plant itself may not be as spectacular in total (if you know what I mean).  Reminds me of a number of Aussie plants in some characteristics.  We have a lot of Fabaceae here in Aus.