Flowering Now - May 2009

[Maggi Young]

I vote for "Doytsia", Giles  and I love your D. 'Mont Rose'.

Your Jasminum pix remind me that it is some time since I saw my little Jasminum parkeri...... I fear the wee soul has been swamped by something larger ...... or it may have been too cold a spot for it.... either way.... it's gone. 

[cohan]

Just a few more pic's taken to day in the garden.
1 Arnebia pulchra
2 Arisaema triphyllum
3 Anemonella thalicroides (Some named selection.....label fade)
4 Saxifraga purpurascens
5 Saxifraga hypostoma
6 Gentiana oschtenica
7 Ranunculus seguieri
8 Ranunculus glacialis
9 Anemone rupicola
10 Eritrichium nanum (Tiny plant, but still..... )

these are alll really nice-- and for me, tiny is not a 'but' its a good feature itself also love the sax hypostoma

[cohan]

Some plants in flower here today:
1) Androsace lactea
2) Maianthenum canadense
3) Phyteuma scheuzeri
4) Ranunculus alpestris
5) Ranunculus crenatus

these are all really choice!
fun to see the maianthemum--which grows wild all over the place here, and is a favourite--here it may just be emerging, if that... where is your plant from?

[Ragged Robin]

...and a few more

1 Pyrethrum leontopodium
2 Primula maximowiczii
3 Primula maximowiczii (close)
4 Hymenoxis grandiflora
5 Clematis coulmbiana var tenuiloba
6 Iris sp. (another of the Armenia collection)
7 Lewisia longipetala

Geir, this group of plants in your rockery is really gorgeous -  Pyrethrum leontopodium is stunning for leaf and flower and I think the Clematis coulmbiana var tenuiloba is such a delicate beauty - everything looks in perfect condition 

[Gerdk]

...and a few more

1 Pyrethrum leontopodium
2 Primula maximowiczii
3 Primula maximowiczii (close)
4 Hymenoxis grandiflora
5 Clematis coulmbiana var tenuiloba
6 Iris sp. (another of the Armenia collection)
7 Lewisia longipetala

I managed to raise some seedlings of Primula maximowiczii and I am looking forward to
the resulting flowering plants (hopefully) - what a color!

Gerd

[Ragged Robin]

Some flowers from today

1.+2. Edraianthus pumilio - very persistent
3. Paeonia veitchii (var. woodwardii?)
4. - 6. Paris - not always quadrifolius but sometimes with 5 leaves, petals and sepals

Gerd

I would love to have a persitent plant like your Edraianthus pumilio, Gerd, it's a really intense colour and looks wonderful in the sunlight 

[Ragged Robin]

A few jasmines:
Jasminum parkeri
Jasminum humile
Jasminum beesianum

Giles, your Jasmines look heavenly especially Jasminum beesianum - which is the most scented?

[Giles]

J.humile, Robin. But some of the tender ones, are the best for fragrance.

[ian mcenery]

...and a few more

1 Pyrethrum leontopodium
2 Primula maximowiczii
3 Primula maximowiczii (close)
4 Hymenoxis grandiflora
5 Clematis coulmbiana var tenuiloba
6 Iris sp. (another of the Armenia collection)
7 Lewisia longipetala

Geir the pyrethum is lovely. Is it growing outdoors with you? I had this plant twice  but have managed to kill it here 

[Lvandelft]

Geir, I love the Saxifraga purpurascens, never heard of!, the Clematis columbiana var tenuiloba,and the Primula max. of course.
Well, I like all, you showed a terriffic collection of beautiful alpines.

[Lesley Cox]

Here in the UK it is very difficult to see the Milky Way stretching across the night sky, even on the clearest nights; due to the intrusive glow of thousands of streetlights in town and cities. Perhaps up in Scottish Highlands it is more visible……..but from NZ it must be a wonderful sight! 

I live away from the cities nowadays and the sky on clear nights is a wondous thing. We see the Milky Way as a wide river of white, stars of all sizes and colours, satellites, the occasional comet, falling and shooting stars and of course the planets, at different times of the night. There's a place at the top of the South Island called Lake Rotoiti  (ro-toe-ee-tee) where, on a clear, frosty night in mid winter, you can see literally dozens of shooting stars all shooting at once, seemingly into the surrounding forest and the lake, the reflections are so strong and clear. I've not heard of anything else like it. Truly fabulous.

[Lesley Cox]

Your Jasminum pix remind me that it is some time since I saw my little Jasminum parkeri...... I fear the wee soul has been swamped by something larger ...... or it may have been too cold a spot for it.... either way.... it's gone. 

Maggi, I'd offer you seed but mine makes plenty, little black berries, then a few days later when I look again, they're all gone. They seem not ripe enough at first then it's too late. I'll keep trying though.

What a great selection of picture here today. Well done Geir, with the little eritrichium and I'm thrilled that my little Prim. maximowiczii are doing well, died down now to whitish, resting buds. Can't wait until those wonderful flowers appear. And a beautiful clematis too. Had seed a couple of times but no germination.

[Lori S.]

Thanks for the info on Myosotis, Lesley - I will have to look up some of those that are native to N. Z. - they sound very interesting!
(Hmm, the beautiful photos and talk of Primula maximowiczii has made me realize how late spring is this year; from photos, I see mine was in bloom at this time last year, but will likely take another 2 (3?) weeks this year.   )

Not much new today of any particular note...  Epimediums are finally up, a couple of the earliest with their first flowers.

Pulmonaria vallarsae 'Margery Fish' (pictured) and others coming into bloom. 
Narcissus 'Thalia'
Iris suaveolens

I managed to get rid of a couple of trays of seedlings at the local rock garden club's plant sale this weekend, and picked up a load of tufa for a new bed! 

[WimB]

Some plants in flower here today:
1) Androsace lactea
2) Maianthenum canadense
3) Phyteuma scheuzeri
4) Ranunculus alpestris
5) Ranunculus crenatus

these are all really choice!
fun to see the maianthemum--which grows wild all over the place here, and is a favourite--here it may just be emerging, if that... where is your plant from?

Thanks,

I bought the Maianthemum last year from Potterton's.

[cohan]

fun to see the maianthemum--which grows wild all over the place here, and is a favourite--here it may just be emerging, if that... where is your plant from?

Thanks,
I bought the Maianthemum last year from Potterton's.

cool..i'll share some pics when ours are active ..slow spring here..