Plants flowering in the open rock garden.April May '09

[Sinchets]

Thanks Paddy, they are lovely, furry flowers.
Also from today:
Genista lydia (S,KT&V51203)
Silene petersonii

[Ragged Robin]

Simon,

Great selection of photographs. I think the texture on the flower of Ebenus longipes is perfectly beautiful.

Paddy

I agree it looks so soft...does it flower more or is this it?

[Sinchets]

The Ebenus will form a mound of foliage with flower spikes coming out from this to about 15cm. It will flower for a few more weeks until it gets too hot here then hopefully again in the autumn. 
I have another species Ebenus lagurroides, which is more of a mat-former but has similar flowers.

[Magnar]

Very interesting thread. I've been too busy lately to post anything. So here some plants from my gravel beds:

[Sinchets]

Hello Magnar- thanks for joining in with your happy looking Saxifragas 

[Sinchets]

Flowering today:
Centaurea species ex Turkey (bought from Beeches Nursery UK) I bought this one as it was listed as going dormant in summer- I have yet to witness this. The plant is grown from the one fertile seed I had from the plant I bought and had to leave in England just before the move.
A self sown Leptosiphon, looking like a sky-scraper above a Talinum okanoganense. 

[Ragged Robin]

Pretty little Saxifragas, Magnar, l love the contrasting stamens 

[Ragged Robin]

In the late afternoon light I was pleased to capture a moment of one of the few plants in my rockery that strives to look beautiful in spite of the chaos!

[Lesley Cox]

Leptosiphon is quite new to me, veryy attractive. More about it please Simon? I just see the little Talinum snuggling in there.

[Eric Locke]

Great photos from everyone. 

Eric

[maggiepie]

Simon, the silene is very nice, am wondering if you grow any erodiums and if so if you know anything about Erodium Cedrorum.

Magnar, your saxifragas are beautiful.


Robin, your helianthemum is really lovely, I thought it was a poppy at first glance.

[Sinchets]

Lesley, the Leptosiphon were bought as Leptosiphon 'French Hybrids' (they are also known as Linanthus androsaceus). They are annual, but self sow and are easy to remove from areas you don't want them. There are a few species in North America. I'd love to have more of them, but have never seen them offered. 
Helen, I have a few more Erodiums, but they are large pink species, I will hopefully have pics later. Sorry, I do not know anything about E.cedrorum. I read its description at http://www.kadel.cz/flora/e/kvCard.asp-Id=7509.htm and it does seem rather intriguing. Have you seen it offered somewhere?
Robin, the Helianthemum is a good do-er. 
First posts today some shots of the Ebenus longipes to show its growth form.

[Ragged Robin]

Simon, it's great to see your Ebenus longipes in situ - and doesn't it look happy     nestling in between the other lovely rock plants... is the pale lavender coloured one in front one of your penstemons?

[Sinchets]

Sorry I did mean to add that the group shot was with Penstemon paysoniorum and Arenaria cucubaloides.
More from today:
Erodium manescavi(?)
Erodium carvifolium(?) both have been grown from seed for a few generations and I think may have changed a little on the way.
Papaver lisae

[Sinchets]

Also from this morning:
Scorzonera (bought as suberosa a long time ago at the SRGC Perth show as I recall)
Aethiopappus pulcherrimus
another Erodium (possibly once castellanum)