Flowering Now - June 2009

[Tony Willis]

David

I cut out all the shoots that have flowered on the deutzia,philadelphus and weigelia as soon as they finish flowering.This keeps them young and fresh.

[David Nicholson]

Many thanks Tony.

[Onion]

some philadelphus and deutzia out at the moment. The bees are loving them.

Tony,

do you know the source of your Philadelphus delavayi var. calvescens ?
I ask because I got a plant five or six years ago from a friend only with the information from original habit in China. The flowers look the same you show in the picture. With the red sepals.

[Onion]

some philadelphus and deutzia out at the moment. The bees are loving them.

Tony,

Deutzia 3 looks like D. longifolia 'Veitchii' or the new name on the continent Deutzia x hybrida 'Strawberry Fields'
http://www.baumschule-horstmann.de/shop/exec/product/729/11409/Erdbeerduft-Deutzie-Sternchenstrauch-Strawberry-Field.html

[Tony Willis]

Uli

my wife confirms number three is 'strawberry fields'

I purchased the Philadelphus delavayi var. calvescens some years ago from a local nursery as var purpurascens which was what I wanted. When it flowered it was wrong. I have not got enough room to keep itand  I have given it to my neighbour who grows it in her garden next door.

[Lvandelft]

Some more flowers here this week.
The Erodium is looking very much like E. manescavii, but this one hardly sets seed.
It is flowering for a long time in summer and should be more offered.
Propagation by roots.

Erodium x hybridum 1             
Erodium x hybridum 2

Anemone canadensis is a bit agressive but beautiful when flowering, as is
Camp. rapunculoides. We pull both out before selfseeding!!

Anemone canadensis                               
P6171849
Campanula rapunculoides
Trifolium rubens 1                   
Trifolium rubens 2
Anthyllis hermanniae               
Daphne oleoides zaad             
Lilium Lancini

[cohan]

Anemone canadensis is a bit agressive but beautiful when flowering, as is
Camp. rapunculoides. We pull both out before selfseeding!!

Anemone canadensis                               

lots of nice flowers
fun to see the A canadensis in a european garden i will be going out to see if they are flowering around here soon...

[Ragged Robin]

Some more flowers here this week.
The Erodium is looking very much like E. manescavii, but this one hardly sets seed.
It is flowering for a long time in summer and should be more offered.
Propagation by roots.

Erodium x hybridum 1             
Erodium x hybridum 2

Anemone canadensis is a bit agressive but beautiful when flowering, as is
Camp. rapunculoides. We pull both out before selfseeding!!

Anemone canadensis                               
P6171849
Campanula rapunculoides
Trifolium rubens 1                   
Trifolium rubens 2
Anthyllis hermanniae               
Daphne oleoides zaad             
Lilium Lancini

It is quite amazing the advance, even in under a week, of being away from the garden at this time of year.  Luit you have some lovely mature and relaxed plants and I love the way your Anemone canadensis hovers above the leaf and the fern is a perfect foil for Campanula rapunculoides.

In Scotland I have just visited Evelyn Steven's magical garden and she has created many wonderful planting effects that are quite stunningly beautiful in arrangement and effect of form and colour.  I was blown away with the last of her Meconopsis in the late afternoon light and her use of light filtering through the tree canopy.

[Sinchets]

Flowering now:
Allium caesium
Allium amethystinum (?)
and what I have always grown as Allium setifolium

[fermi de Sousa]

Flowering now:
Allium caesium
Allium amethystinum (?)
and what I have always grown as Allium setifolium

Simon,
I love the colour of that Allium caesium.
I've not flowered A. amethysinum before but that looks a lot like A. sphaerocephalum to me.
cheers
fermi

[olegKon]

Can anyone help identify this digitalis At first I thought it would be Digitalis lutea which selfseeds everywhere, but it is not. Thanks in advance for any hint.
Oleg

[Lvandelft]

In Scotland I have just visited Evelyn Steven's magical garden and she has created many wonderful planting effects that are quite stunningly beautiful in arrangement and effect of form and colour.  I was blown away with the last of her Meconopsis in the late afternoon light and her use of light filtering through the tree canopy.

 Robin, did you make pictures to show us?

[Sinchets]

Can anyone help identify this digitalis At first I thought it would be Digitalis lutea which selfseeds everywhere, but it is not. Thanks in advance for any hint.
Oleg

Oleg, I had a hybrid which I took to be D.lutea x D.purpurea appear in my garden one year- it looked very much like D.lutea but the flowers had a purple flush. Is there any chance yours could be the cross D.purpurea x D.lutea.
Cheers Fermi, it's happy seeding around whatever it is :-)

[Ragged Robin]

In Scotland I have just visited Evelyn Steven's magical garden and she has created many wonderful planting effects that are quite stunningly beautiful in arrangement and effect of form and colour.  I was blown away with the last of her Meconopsis in the late afternoon light and her use of light filtering through the tree canopy.

 Robin, did you make pictures to show us?

Luit, sadly although I took my camera I felt it was rather an intrusion to go around clicking photos, especially as she was so kind to spend time with us explaining everything.... sorry 

[olegKon]

Simon, I believe you are right, as both species selfseed freely in the garden. It's really something intermediate. Thank you.