March 2010 Northern Hemisphere

[Lesley Cox]

Also does anyone know if this Adonis is A.amurensis?

I'd say it is Simon, both leaf and flower look right.

[Lesley Cox]

Oh John, you poor soul that you've had to suffer so badly through the winter. You want MORE?

[Maggi Young]

 Two interesting links to some super photos from the Alpine-L site:

This to the photos of birthday boy Panayoti Kelaidis....  many happies, PK!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/delosperma/sets/72157623557895773/show/

And this to pictures of Viola beckwithii from a Alpine Elf in Nevada......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/sets/72157604298691460/

[Lesley Cox]

Hope my two little beckwithiis survive.

[Gerdk]

Two pics from yesterday -

Anemone caucasica and Primula megaseifolia

Gerd

[WimB]

Some in flower today:

Cardamine glanduligera
Anemone blanda 'Ingramii'
Anemone blanda 'Radar'
Anemonella thalictroïdes 'Green Hurricane' 'Jade Feather' (thanks for giving the correct name, Mark)

[Otto Fauser]

Two pics from yesterday -

Anemone caucasica and Primula megaseifolia

Gerd
Gerd ,  your Anemone caucasica is beautyful, is it a smaller version of A. blanda?
  Primula megaseifolia grows well in my garden too.

         Otto.

[TheOnionMan]

One in flower today:

Cardamine glanduligera

Nice one Wim.  It looks similar to C. pentaphylla (http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4771.msg128674#msg128674) but more delicate with 3-part leaves instead of 5-part leaves on pentaphylla.  Where does C. glanduligera come from? The genus Cardamine is one that deserves more notice, every time I encounter a species, they are such choice woodlanders.

[TheOnionMan]

Some in flower today:

Anemonella thalictroïdes 'Green Hurricane'

Wim, what is the source on Anemonellla thalictroides 'Green Hurricane'?  The reason I ask, there is some confusion over the green flowered cultivar names.  See the following two links showing plants on Barry Yinger's Asiatica Nursery site:
http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/801/index.htm
http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.viewCategory/catID/37/index.htm

The confusion historically has been between two names, 'Green Dragon' and 'Jade Feather'.  In the top link, you see the rather different looking plant, not the same as yours, with green bracts and twisting whitish staminodes.  It was a surprise to me, to see the additional name thrown into the confusion on the Asiatica nursery link... namely 'Green Hurricane'.

I recounted the story to Barry, that I saw this odd form of A. thalictroides (the green one with white twsity staminodes) in the garden of Linc Foster back in the 1970s.  I suggested to Linc that this special form should become distributed, he agreed and gave me a few pieces.... but we needed a name.  Linc came up with 'Green Dragon'.  Shortly after, within a week or so, while I was working on an article with Linc's wife Timmy Foster, editor of the American Rock Garden Society at the time, Timmy wrote back telling me that she thought the name 'Green Dragon' was too harsh, and they decided instead to call the plant 'Jade Feather'... Linc & Timmy agreed.  The plant was distributed (by me) as 'Jade Feather'.  Years later, one could encounter plants under both names, the assumption being that Linc hence gave out some plants labeled 'Green Dragon' forgetting about the 'Jade Feather' name.  So, I'm quite convinced I know the answer to the controversy, this plant is properly called 'Jade Feather', as I was party to this naming transaction.  Barry isn't so convinced yet, as he requests proof that it was first published as 'Jade Feather', but I don't have the Connecticutt and New England Chapter ARGS/NARGS newsletters going back 32 years or more, nor can I find the personal letters from Timmy Foster... the letters possibly still existing in boxes someplace in my messy basement.

Now, back to 'Green Hurricane', I do not know anything about that cultivar name... it was not a name discussed with Linc or Timmy, and is probably unrelated to 'Jade Feather' and likely is a different plant.  Your single green-flowered Anemonella is very sweet thing isn't it.  And you'll see in the second link above, there is a popular light-green double flowered form known as 'Betty Blake', it was being sold at the NARGS Eastern Winter Study Weekend last week in Devens, Massachusetts, but unfortunately I did not buy one.... trying to hold the line on expenditures while still unemployed here

[Hans J]

today a view from my garden (25.March ) :

[Hans J]

here some more :

[TheOnionMan]

Hans, nice series... I can guess at the names of some of them, but not all (example:  I need to know the Paeonia species ofr cultivar).  Can you please add plant names to the images you show.

[Hans J]

Mark :

the peonies are :
Zi Ban Bai ( the treepeony )
P. clusii

[Gail]

Lovely pictures Hans and I am really looking forward to seeing those peonies open!

[Hans J]

Gail ,

Thank you 
If you like to see pics of this peonies so look for my earlier pics ( Paeonia 2008 ,Paeonia 2009 ,Treepeonies 2009 .....)