Flowering Now - June 2009

[arisaema]

Now you made me go out and sniff my A. fragrans    and yes, you are right, it does remind me of Tagetes 

Glad it's not just my nose! I've seen it being described as both citrusy and honeysuckle-like - how they managed to smell that is beyond me

[Lampwick]

Lampwick,

A lovely selection. The potentilla, in particular, catches my eye. On the other hand I find phygelius a complete thug in the garden, wandering about underground to appear all over the place. I have pulled several cultivars from the garden and won't let them back in again.

Paddy

Paddy,
I haven’t yet had cause to regret planting Phygelius aequalis. It’s in a shady part of the garden, in the corner; against a north facing wall and a west facing high fence. It has a spread of just a bit over 1½ metres and hasn’t appeared to spread around much.
What I did have in that area before the Phygelius was Prunella………now THAT did become a pest! 
 

[Tony Willis]

a good year for fruit on the

Mandrago officinalis

[Paul T]

Arisaema,

I am very taken by that Dodecatheon dentatum.  Lovely clump of it.  Looks like quite a chunky plant too, unlike the few other Dodecs that I have seen in person?  I rather like your seeding Mec too, and the species Paeonia.  All good. 

Tony,

Fascinating to see the Mandrake. 

[Katherine J]

I bought this Campanula last autumn as a cochlearifolia seedling. It is for shure NOT cochlearifolia, but what it is To me looks like a white portenschlagiana...

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I think you're right Kata !

Here's some more from my garden :

1) The very common Camp. portenschlagiana can also look impressive when it reaches this size (due for a hard cutback  )
2) Dianthus grat. 'Badenia'
3) Dianthus 'India Star'
4) Dianthus monspessulanus (hope I've got it right..  )
5) Helianthemum lunulatum
6) Helichrysum aureum
7) Saponaria olivana
8. Saxifraga 'White Hills' - an excellent flowerer !
9) Silene alpestris contrasting with Delphinium tatsienense
10) Ground covering Ghypsofilia repens - Geranium "Max Frei" - Silene alpestris

[Onion]

Luc,

wonderful. Every day surprised about the plants we see in this thread.

The Helianthemum lunulatum possible for a hot sunny place?

[Lvandelft]

Luc, it seems that we have the same taste for good, strong long living plant. (or the same sources.. )
Good to see that you have such a nice plant of Helianthemum lunulatum, probably origating from here 
I had it at least 20 years on the same spot, on a sunny raised bed. It's surprisingly hardy ( for Uli ! )
But a customer (from B.)    forced me to propagate it as much as possble, so I lost it now  and will have to
buy it again when offered.

I do have D. India Star from the same source as you, but my plant is red flowered.
I call it Evening Star which should be right, because I could find a picture some years ago. It's a Whetman variety.

Here a picture of my Dianthus Evening Star with on the left some flowers of India Star.

[annew]

What a fantastic display Luc!

[johnw]

Salix candida in flower in St. John's, Newfoundland on Tuesday.

johnw

[Katherine J]

What a fantastic display Luc!

Indeed. Luc's garden must look wonderful with such a display of healthy beauties.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks for the kind words everyone !

Uli,
H. lunelatum has been there for three years now - it's on the edge of a slightly raised bed and actually quite exposed to northern and eastern winds.  Last winter we went down to -10°C and it survived well - so it proves to be quite hardy !

Luit,
Our tastes may be simmilar, but unfortunately they (the strong plants) are not always that "long living" with me...    Good thing for the nurseries... 
If I can be of any assistance with a rooted cutting of H. lunelatum, let me know, I can have a try and bring it back to the sheperds' stable    It's only a fairly small plant yet, so I couldn't take many...   
As to Dianthus - I guess I'd better change the label to "Evening star" then.  They probably mixed them up at the nursery !
Thanks for sorting this out for me.

[Ragged Robin]

The very common Camp. portenschlagiana can also look impressive when it reaches this size (due for a hard cutback  )

It may be very common but I love this earth-hugging campanula and am thrilled to see it spreading in your garden Luc - each year I hope mine will increase but they do not survive the winter in the mountains here....may be I should cover them to insulate the plant before the frost/snow?

Your garden is always such an inspiration and I am going to try and find more varieties of dianthus - no specialist nurseries here which is so upsetting  

[Luc Gilgemyn]

It may be very common but I love this earth-hugging campanula and am thrilled to see it spreading in your garden Luc - each year I hope mine will increase but they do not survive the winter in the mountains here....may be I should cover them to insulate the plant before the frost/snow?

Your garden is always such an inspiration and I am going to try and find more varieties of dianthus - no specialist nurseries here which is so upsetting  

Hi Robin !
Thanks for the compliments ! 
I wouldn't know how to protect C. portenschlagiana against frost - it's bone hardy here ..    I have to keep an eye on it to prevent it from overgrowing just about anything.

As to finding Dianthus...
I only know of one Swiss alpine nursey, but it's a very good one - maybe you already know it - the famous "Sundermann nursery is in Lindau however, at the Bodensee - not exactly your neck of the woods..     Maybe on a couple of days out

[Onion]

Sorry Luc

Sündermann nursery is on the German side of the Bodensee 

Next weekend their is a plant market in the northwest. Will look for Helianthemum lunulatum.