April 2010 - Northern Hemisphere- Flowering now.

[Brian Ellis]

I know you have seen them before, but they are so fleeting and yet welcome, Sanguinaria canadensis, S.canadensis multiplex and S.canadensis 'Armstrong's Pink' - thanks John and Ken

[WimB]

Brian, I like the pink one:

here there's another form in flower:

Sanguinaria canadensis 'Star'

and some other plants which are flowering here now:

Adonis amurensis 'Sandanzaki'
Androsace pyrenaica rosea
Polygala calcarea 'Lillet'
Ranunculus alpestris
and Tulipa humilis 'Albocaerulea Oculata'

[Brian Ellis]

Cheers Wim, some lovely photos, I like your S.canadensis 'Star' too.

[angie]

Wim I want everyone of those plants. I love  the Sanguinaria canadensis star  Thanks for posting them its raining here and at least I can sit here and enjoy your wonderful plants.
Thanks Angie

[WimB]

Thanks Brian and Angie,

Brian, maybe we can swap when my 'star' gets a bit bigger (now it's only one year old and has only two flowers).

Angie, I would like some rain, please  A lot of plants will start suffering if it stays as dry as the last month.

[Ragged Robin]

Wim, lovely flowers altogether and I love Sanguinaria canadensis too - seems it has a fan club 

[TheOnionMan]

Wim, lovely flowers altogether and I love Sanguinaria canadensis too - seems it has a fan club 

I'll gladly join that fan club   With such narrow white petals this bloodroot almost looks like Silene hookeri ssp. bolanderi:
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[Maggi Young]

I would comment but I'm too busy hyperventilating over Sanguinaria 'Armstrong's Pink' 

[TheOnionMan]

Things growing or in bloom here today.  Note:  I used 2006 photos of Magnolia salicifolia as my current digital camera just doesn't capture white flowers well, but it is in full bloom now, 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. This unique magnolia has small narrow leaves.


1.  Jeffersonia dubia - on cloudy day (today)
2.  Jeffersonia dubia - on sunny day  (yesterday), sun brings out the beet red leaf color.
3.  Jeffersonia diphylla - plant on cloudy day
4.  Jeffersonia diphylla - plant in late afternoon sun
5.  Jeffersonia diphylla & Dicentra Cucullaria
6.  Pulmonaria rubra - on cloudy day
7.  Pulmonaria rubra - sunny break in late afternoon
8.  Magnolia salicifolia 'Kochanakee' - flowers have a sweet lemony perfume
9.  Magnolia stellata - unnamed pink grown from seed, sweet scented
10. Under Magnolia trees I grow stuff, like Trillium species.
    Two forms of Trillium decumbens just popped up the last couple of days.
    The one on the left is not a 4-leaf one, the rhizome split and it is now two
    shoots now and the leaves are slammed up against each other

[ichristie]

Hi super pictures, I add some information about Sanguinaria Star, this was a plant given to me many years ago and was then called Sanguinaria Paint creek double, I exhibited this to a Joint Rock meeting and was told it could not be called a Double hence the name now Paint Creek Star or Star I add my pictures cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[ruweiss]

Yesterday we visiteted the Town of Maulbronn, famous for its monastery.
On the way we visited again the vineyard at a suburb of Stuttgart with the
big Aubrieta plants.
In the monastery was a big art market and a fountain, decorated with
Easter symbols.

[Lesley Cox]

I would comment but I'm too busy hyperventilating over Sanguinaria 'Armstrong's Pink' 

An ACTUAL pink! For other pink forms I've seen, I needed to get out my rose-coloured spectacles.

[johnw]

S.canadensis 'Armstrong's Pink' - thanks John and Ken

Calm down now Brian.  It's just a pink.  

You may have to borrow Lesley's rose-coloured spectacles in a day or two.  Keep us posted.

Wim - Star is quite a stunner!

johnw

[Lvandelft]

Lovely flowers everyone! Not so much to offer here, just
Mukdenia rossii
Callianthemum anemonoides

[Brian Ellis]

I would comment but I'm too busy hyperventilating over Sanguinaria 'Armstrong's Pink' 

An ACTUAL pink! For other pink forms I've seen, I needed to get out my rose-coloured spectacles.

As John says it will fade however it was it's first flowering so I was pleased you enjoyed it as much as I