Flowering Now - May 2009

[Ragged Robin]

Tony, so glad the Narcissus photos gave you a boost amongst all the building.  Yes, you should see them another year - still a walk on the wild side without hordes of tourists during the week...we were almost the only ones late afternoon....

Our building has only just finished - what a relief - and the rockery, although dusty, is ready to shine at last 

[WimB]

Some flowers from today:

1) Iris pseudacorus
2) Pyracantha coccinea
3) Rhododendron ???

[Paul T]

Robin,

Wonderful pictures of the wild Narcissus.  Amazing amount of them.  Even more wonderful to hear that some people will still hand in found items.  Congratulations!

[Lori S.]

Wow, wonderful plants, all!

It's narcissus time here...
N. 'Carlton', 'Missouri', etc....
Myosotis decumbens, starting to bloom.
Omphalodes verna, Mileum effusum 'Aureum', Rheum palmatum
Crambe maritima, looking very fungal!
Iris reticulata, various kinds in bloom now, with chionodoxa
Geum triflorum, a prairie native; this is as open as the flowers get!  It's showier when the plumey seedheads develop, hence it's common name, prairie smoke.

[cohan]

nice stuff as usual everyone!
geir---mayakea stunning! will have to look those up...
lori--the omphalodes is intriguing...; didnt realise G triflorum was so low growing, does it stay that way? we have geums every two feet here (one of the first colonisers of any reasonably moist/not parched spot) presumably G rivale and, at least one of the yellows...they are much taller (i see in royer and dickinson they mention 40cm high point for triflorum, starting point for the others)... it would be worthwhile to me to get triflorum seeing it shorter., esp if it were a small clone.....

[ashley]

What an amazing Spring rush Lori, with plants flowering together that here would be separated by weeks or more. 
Well worth the wait

[Ragged Robin]

Lori, a lovely feeling of new life in your Spring flower photos and I love the little Myosotis decumbens 

[Paul T]

I always get the same feeling out of seeing the snowdrops start here.  Not so much the autumn species, but the first of the elwesii etc, which start here in autumn and flower right on through the winter.  Yes, it is only winter, but it feels like spring is already here.  Just because here they don't wait for spring doesn't mean I can't still enjoy them. 

[Melvyn Jope]

A good early summer morning today in south east UK with bees enjoying the Cistus creticus.
Geir I too thought your Myakea photo was fabulous.

[Maggi Young]

Melvyn, should you not iron those petals before you take their photo? 

[Lori S.]

A few more from the subarctic hinterlands...
As these are likely the only catkins I'm likely to see on my dwarf willows, I'd best post them! Salix cf. kurilensis.
And helping to make pulsatilla season into a year-round event, here's Pulsatilla campanella, now open (with seedlings of Lewisia rediviva to the left.)
Draba rigida
Polemonium confertum, native to the more southerly Rockies (Colorado, etc.) starting to bloom... I will repost later, in full bloom, as these are really lovely!
Schivereckia podolica
Narcissus 'Jetfire'
Primula veris elatior, starting to bloom.

[Melvyn Jope]

Melvyn, should you not iron those petals before you take their photo? 

I think maybe I should have tried Maggi, do you think its reminiscent of a certain royal wedding dress a few years ago?

[Maggi Young]

Melvyn, should you not iron those petals before you take their photo? 

I think maybe I should have tried Maggi, do you think its reminiscent of a certain royal wedding dress a few years ago?

Just a bit, Melvyn... was it you who neglected to iron that, as well?? 

[Armin]

A few more from the subarctic hinterlands...
As these are likely the only catkins I'm likely to see on my dwarf willows, I'd best post them! Salix cf. kurilensis.
And helping to make pulsatilla season into a year-round event, here's Pulsatilla campanella, now open (with seedlings of Lewisia rediviva to the left.)
Primula veris, starting to bloom.

Hello Lori,
your P. veris looks more like a Primula elatior.

[Lesley Cox]

Incredible spread of Narc poeticus. As good as the Milky Way on a perfectly clear night. I also love the Crambe maritima, one of my favourite plants which is always beautiful, from first pushing through the gound until its seeds mature. This year, and after the seeds have gone, mine is coming up in little spots up to a metre away.