April 2010 - Northern Hemisphere- Flowering now.

[Lesley Cox]

An English favorite along with an Asian Quince and a French   pear.--Here in NJ!
Arnold

Where's the partridge?

[Afloden]

 I prefer Aceriphyllum far more than Mukdenia. The former is descriptive and not so harsh sounding. Mukdenia acanthifolia is from North Korea from what little I know of it. So far, it seems as easy as M. rossii.

 Flora of China says "A second species, Mukdenia acanthifolia Nakai (J. Jap. Bot. 17: 684. 1941), has been described from Korea, but it is doubtfully distinct from M. rossii." I disagree, it is very distinct in flower and leaf.

 Mark, we found those pink Dicentra in western Illinois several years back. The plants are much better in person and in the limey soil in which we found them they were even more pink.

 Aaron

[ArnoldT]

 
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Where's the partridge?

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Holiday dinner!

[Lvandelft]

I prefer Aceriphyllum far more than Mukdenia.

 Aaron

Same with me Aaron!

Mukdenia acanthifolia is definitely one to look out for!

[Melvyn Jope]

Hello Melvyn ,it was pleasant to meet you in Rainham!
Very nice to see this Serapia.
It is also flowering here.Mine has darker flowers ,try to post it this weekend.
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Thanks Kris, always a pleasure to meet fellow forumists especially when they are visitors to the UK.

[chasw]

Managed some time out in the garden today so here are a couple of pics,
Prunus Accolade
Haquetia Epipactis
Magnolia Leonard Messel

[Gerry Webster]

Magnolia stellata

Cheap & cheerful.

[TheOnionMan]

Magnolia stellata

Cheap & cheerful.

Cheap, cheerful, and can be powerfully perfumed.  I grew my pink flowered Magnolia stellata from seed, actually this tree is actually two trees of slightly different shades of pink, the seedlings planted close together.  Unfortunately, mine only has a light scent.  Around the corner from my house, when I go on my every-other-day 5-mile runs, there is a property with one white and two pink stellata trees, and I can enjoy the heady sweet perfume 500' (167 meters) away each time I loop around the neighborhood.

[Hans J]

our 'first' trough with flowers

[Armin]

Nice trough arrangement Hans, and beautiful Magnolia stellata forms, Gerry & Mark!

My first pulsatilla of this year:
P. vulgaris 'Rote Glocke'...growing bigger and bigger
P. vulgaris 'white'...nice too.

[TheOnionMan]

Nice trough arrangement Hans, and beautiful Magnolia stellata forms, Gerry & Mark!

My first pulsatilla of this year:
P. vulgaris 'Rote Glocke'...growing bigger and bigger

Armin, you've got to stop doing that... just about giving me a heart attack seeing plants like your 'Rite Glocke'.  I used Google Translate and the cultivar name translates to 'Red Bell', is that accurate?  I want to save that photo as my computer's wallpaper background so I can keep looking at it!!!  Quick, someone slap me!

[Armin]

Mark,
I'm glad you like 'Red Bell'. It is a very good bloomer and I believe to know the red flowering form originates from the Swiss. But I don't know if it comes true from seed.
If you like a picture with 'higher resolution' for your PC or seed - please drop me a line.

[Lesley Cox]

The pink Pulsatilla is a real stunner, all that delicious colour amidst soft fur. A gem and a half! A proportion at least should come pretty much true.

[Ragged Robin]

Mark,
I'm glad you like 'Red Bell'. It is a very good bloomer and I believe to know the red flowering form originates from the Swiss. But I don't know if it comes true from seed.

It really is a superb specimen Armin - with Swiss origins too

[Ragged Robin]

our 'first' trough with flowers

Hans it's wonderful to see you first trough coming into flower with my favourites!