Flowering Now - May 2009

[Maggi Young]

Now, Jamie, that is a very nice Heuchera seelding indeed. I like the full flower spike... is it likely to be nice and short, too?

[Regelian]

Maggie,
I hate to disappoint, but the spikes are 60-70cm tall, but the foliage is pretty compact.  I'll try to get a shot of the clump tomorrow.

[maggiepie]

Gerd, I love your chiisanensis, the flowers look similar to the flower I had last year on a Koreana Fragrans seedling which I fiddled with so much taking pics that I broke it off before it was fully open.
Hopefully I will get more flowers this year.

Jamie, your heucera seedling flower is lovely, can you take a pic of the leaves?

[Lesley Cox]

A beautiful and different clematis all right. Looks like it's setting nice seed too?

[Armin]

Hi,
I can't beat Gerd's beautiful wild clematis.

Cultivar C. "Mrs. N. Thompson" welcoming guests to stand in front of the house.
My Roses starting to flower with "Prince Igor",an extraordinary brilliant orange in the beginning fading later to orange/pink.
Ameria, Asphodeline and Brimeura set nice color points in the garden, too.

[ChrisB]

Love your Armeria shots Amin.  I've no idea why they are ignored, or perhaps taken for granted,  they put on such a good show.

[Armin]

Chris,
sometimes simply things can make us happy!

[ian mcenery]

A couple of things flowering at the moment

Meconopsis Slieve Donard
and Primula Reidii

[olegKon]

Some things in flower now
1.Bongardia chrisogonum
2.Anemonella thalictroides "Semidouble White"
3.Pulsatilla armena (received it with this name, any correction will be appreciated)

[johanneshoeller]

Leontopodium alpina (Mallnitz), a very tiny L.

[Paddy Tobin]

Oleg,

The anemonella is outstanding. I never saw a double white before, beautiful.

Paddy

[John Mitchell]

A few more interesting plants flowering at Edinburgh. the Mec. Superba has not grown to it full size so i have only put in the flower. The Rheum alexandrae for us always flowers it head off and the Roscoea are just starting to flower I will post more when they start

 Meconopsis superba 1
 Rheum alexandrae
 Roscoea cautleoides 2

[Lvandelft]

John, thank you for showing a close picture of Rheum alexandrae.
I remember having seen it for the first time of my life in flower 3 years ago at the RBGE.
But the nearest place to make a picture for visitors was at least 10 meters away

[John Mitchell]

John, thank you for showing a close picture of Rheum alexandrae.
I remember having seen it for the first time of my life in flower 3 years ago at the RBGE.
But the nearest place to make a picture for visitors was at least 10 meters away

we do have some privileges here which makes it easier to photograph plants but a great picture you took from so far away.

[Paul T]

John,

That is a brilliant of a Roscoea.  Is that a named form?  I thought cautleyoides was yellow, which is why I ask.  It is a very nice colour, and what a stonker of a clump!!