Flowering now May 2007

[mark smyth]

I was looking forward to my Viola cazorlensis but it died over the winter.

It's so long since I posted in here if I have at all. Here's a selection

Androsace ?
Androsace ?
Brimeura amethystina
Daphne alpina - close detail
Dianthus 'Whitehill'
Edraianthus graminifolius 'Alba'
Erigeron 'Canary Bird'
Erigeron chrysopsides
Phlox bought in Czech Republic

[mark smyth]

and a few more

Rhodohypoxis 'Kiwi Joy' - will there ever be an end to Aphids in 2007?!
Scilla peruviana
Tritonia x2
Tulip that wasnt virused last year. Probable cause visible but no longer alive. Seems like bug sprays arent working this year. How are you controlling them?

[Martin]

Pulsatilla, finished flowering but still attractive with the silky seedheads.

Martin.

[Martin]

Not strictly an alpine, but an appealing plant. Perhaps someone can suggest a name as the label has been lost, Lamium ??

Martin.

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Martin, a warm welcome to you!  Super photos, by the way. How sculptural is the pulsatilla? Lovely!

Your Lamium, yes, I agree that's what it is, is another stunning portrait....great detail shown.... but I cannot venture a suggestion as to the species.... sorry! What height is it? That might help someone to identify it.

[Diane Clement]

Perhaps someone can suggest a name as the label has been lost, Lamium ??Martin.

Looks like Lamium orvala.  Lovely thing, about a metre tall with smokey pink flowers and attractive foliage.  Compare with this:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-lifeform=any&rel-taxon=equals&where-taxon=Lamium+orvala

[Maggi Young]

That looks like the very thing, Diane! Can't say I grow it, but I like the look of it.
Did you enjoy your Czech visit?

[Anthony Darby]

Martin that pic is stunning. Should be in a flower book!

[Martin]

Thank you for your comments, and thank you Diane for the identification.

Martin.

[Maggi Young]

Martin, what took you so long to register to the new Forum? We missed you!

[Paddy Tobin]

Martin,

Stunningly beautiful photographs.

Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

A view of the garden in the early morning showing one of my wisterias - note the frost on the leaves of the tree peony.

[Lesley Cox]

Martin, what took you so long to register to the new Forum? We missed you!

And has anyone heard from or of Laurence Moon who posted such lovely pictures on the old Forum? I miss him too. He sent me seed of a stunning dwarf Salvia and the little plants are truly gorgeous and woolly.

[Mick McLoughlin]

A couple of plants taken yesterday.
First Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus.
Allium karataviense 'Ivory Queen'
Allium guttatum
and one from the greenhouse Sprekelia formisissima.

[mark smyth]

Anthony you usually comment about snowdrops being ahead of yours but your Wisteria is roughly at the stage as those in my area