April 2010 - Northern Hemisphere- Flowering now.

[pehe]

Stunning pics! I particular like the Eranthis stellata.
Are you a professional photographer?

I do not know what to answer. I do not have photographer diploma. But there no any high schools here that could give it. I use mirror camera but professionals use more expensive and more complicated. I sell images and many magazines and publishers use them. But it is not my main earning. So… am I a professional photographer? 

Professional or not - that doesn't matter. It is obvious that you love photographing and the quality of your photographs is very high.
And the fact that you love plants too and will share your wonderfull photos with us at the forum is only our luck. Thank you very much for that!

By the way is Eranthis stellata difficult to grow?

Poul

[Paddy Tobin]

I agree very strongly with Poul. Olga's photographs are always exceptional - and there is a high standard of photography on the forum. I certainly always enjoy them.


Re anemones: does anybody grow A. bulbiferum and A. aconitifolium? I spent an hour today spraying them with weedkiller. Blasted weeds!

Paddy

[Giles]

It's Spring 
Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis 'Brilliant'

[pehe]

One or two ordinary things looking good in the garden today, Chionodoxa - beginning to do rather too well, but lovely all the same!  At the other extreme of the size range a Fritillaria imperialis - the red ones are not going to flower again this year - any clues as to why?  They are treated as well as the yellow ones

Brian,
My Chionodoxa are doing well too among Narcissus, Ornitogalum and Eranthis. This bed started with 10 Chionodoxa bulbs.
How do you feed your F. imperialis?

Poul

[Luc Gilgemyn]

The Lewisia tweedyi seedling always enjoys me with its unusual large flowers.

They're beautiful Rudi !  I can never get enough of them either !

[Brian Ellis]

How do you feed your F. imperialis?

Poul

Poul They get blood, fish and bone fertilizer in the Autumn, growmore in the spring and almost a mulch of pelletted chicken manure at that time too.  I know they are gross feeders, when I was a boy my father grew them on the compost heap!

[gote]

Any recommendations on sowing Ypsilandra seed?  There's remarkably little information on the subject in the books here. 

johnw

I am afraid I have no info. The seed I have tried did not germinate. I can only assume that it is the usual woodlander problem.
A: the seed must be sown immediately B: It will wait unitil next spring until it germinates. I have not tried any seed of my own.
Sorry
Göte

[gote]

After some discussion and advices to me on this Forum about two years ago, I tried to plant one tuber of Trillium nivale outdoors in summer 2008. I enclose here the result of it taken in this month. In both winters it was however covered with dry leaves and a glass plate. On the other picture is my original plant which has 11 years now.

Looks good. I have tried a couple of times. They died the first winter both times. What would your minimum temperature in the winter be?
Göte

[gote]

I took a quick walk through part of our woods yesterday. The Hepatica have hardly started but Galanthus woronowii and Leucojum vernum seed themselves quite happily and are at their best just now.
Cheers
Göte

[Zdenek]

After some discussion and advices to me on this Forum about two years ago, I tried to plant one tuber of Trillium nivale outdoors in summer 2008. I enclose here the result of it taken in this month. In both winters it was however covered with dry leaves and a glass plate. On the other picture is my original plant which has 11 years now.

Looks good. I have tried a couple of times. They died the first winter both times. What would your minimum temperature in the winter be?
Göte

According my notes minimal temperature was minus 18 degrees in the time around Christmas and at that time we had no snow. From  January on we had plenty of snow and minimal temp. was minus 16 degrees. My plant was however covered, as I remarked.

[ashley]

Another woodlander, Glaucidium palmatum

[gote]

After some discussion and advices to me on this Forum about two years ago, I tried to plant one tuber of Trillium nivale outdoors in summer 2008. I enclose here the result of it taken in this month. In both winters it was however covered with dry leaves and a glass plate. On the other picture is my original plant which has 11 years now.

Looks good. I have tried a couple of times. They died the first winter both times. What would your minimum temperature in the winter be?
Göte

According my notes minimal temperature was minus 18 degrees in the time around Christmas and at that time we had no snow. From  January on we had plenty of snow and minimal temp. was minus 16 degrees. My plant was however covered, as I remarked.

Thank you!
that is no worse than here. i might try a third time
Göte

[Stephenb]

Hepatica transsylvanica is not reliably hardy here and is often cut back but the hevy snow cover seems to have been beneficial.

Really? I had the impression that you didn't have colder winters than we do. We had a minimum of -24C this winter with very little snowcover and my transylvanica has come through without any problem (just coming into flower now). I thought it was perfectly hardy.

On the other hand, it seems that I have lost all of my Eranthis this winter, so I'll have to rely on the plants reseeding.

[Lori S.]

Hepatica transsylvanica is not reliably hardy here and is often cut back but the hevy snow cover seems to have been beneficial.

Really? I had the impression that you didn't have colder winters than we do. We had a minimum of -24C this winter with very little snowcover and my transylvanica has come through without any problem (just coming into flower now). I thought it was perfectly hardy.

Hepatica transylvanica is completely hardy here too. 

[Paddy Tobin]

Ashley,

The Glaucidium looks fabulous, very early.

Paddy