April 2010 - Northern Hemisphere- Flowering now.

[Graham Catlow]

Robin,
What a wonderful group of C. formosanum.
Graham

[cohan]

My single plant of Taraxacum albidum died out last year... for 7-8 years it reliably produced just 1 or 2 pure white flowers, but it did not have any inclination to spread or increase.  I too fantasized about the white one invading the lawn, so at least I'd have two colors of dendelion, but it was not to be. I do have a pot full of T. pamiricum coming along, described as 10-15 cm white.  The other one I used to grow, keep an eye out for this one, is T. carneocoloratum from Alaska, a tiny high alpine species with semi-nodding flowers of an odd pinkish-orange color; an adorable little item.

i will be watching for seed of various sp; are the leaves very different on any of them?
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Cohan,the leaves of T. pseudoroseum and T. albidum are exactly the same as T. officinalis. I don't know about the other species.
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thanks, wim..

[pehe]

Some highlights from my garden yesterday. Specially the tulips likes the sun - and so do the small red 'devils' on Fritillaria michailovskyi.
There are lots of them this spring. I have hoped they didn't stand the long cold winter.

Poul

[Gerdk]

Some pics made recently

1.+2. Fritillaria messanensis var. atlantica - originally from the High Atlas mts.
3. Primula incana
4. Panax trifolius - first flower in second year - seeds from a nice forumist
5. Viola epipsila - slightly tinged pink
6.+7. Viola spathulata
8.-10. Viola rubella - a shrubby species from Chile

Gerd

[arisaema]

8.-10. Viola rubella - a shrubby species from Chile

What a beautiful plant!

[Ragged Robin]

I agree, it's really dainty and such a vibrant little flower    And, pale as anything, your Viola epipsilais so cute 

Great things flowering in your garden Gerd 

[olegKon]

Some flowers in bloom now
1. Pulsatilla rubra
2. Pulsatilla flavescens is ready to flower
3. Caltha palustris alba
4. Helleborus Red Lady
5. Chionodoxa (which one?)

[ichristie]

Hi all we sure are getting some fantastic pictures the Cyp formosanum is WOW. We have more rain today but it is good for our meconopsis which I am splitting up just now. A few pictures from today I am delighted that so many plants have survived the winter, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[Olga Bondareva]

Oh Olga ... are you trying to make a grown man cry?     That Callianthemum alatavicum is just out of this world!   May we enquire where you got it?  C. farreri is glorious enough, but C. alatavicum is a DREAM.  Beautiful photos as always.

Cliff be strong.  It will be more beautiful in blooming.  It is a plant from Tian-Shan I brought in 2004. Easy floriferous plant usually giving many fertile seeds. But I like blue C. farrery more...

[Olga Bondareva]

Today...

Galanthus valentinae


Scilla armena


Pulsatilla flavescens

[cohan]

so many beauties! but i especially love those creamy pulsatillas!

[TheOnionMan]

Hey folks, I've wanted to post some plants here, but have been busy with Epimediums , so have fallen behind in this thread, so many great plants here.

Gerd - I like the small violas.  I was just on nmy annual Houstonia caerulea outing, and came across a mixed colony of Houstonia with Panax trifolius and Anemone quinquefolia, the Panax is so tiny and cute.

Oleg - beautful red Pulsatilla... I like the red ones!

Poul - good crop of lily beetles there, we've got em too   Your Tulipa is outstanding, mine died a couple years ago

Ian - Tell us about Daphne rosmarinifloius, is it hardy, where is it from?  It is SoooOOO beautiful.  And that Paris is pretty darned nice too.

Olga - just keep thos photos coming, love the micro individualized vignettes.

I'll jump in with more photos later, but I'll leave here with just one item, Magnolia 'Golden Gift'.  Most yellow Magnolia cultivars are large fast-growing trees, with the gigantic M. acuminata (Cucumber Tree) as one of the parents.  This cultivar is a "dwarf-ish" Magnolia as Magnolia go, with one of the parents being the more southern M. acuminata var. subcordata (and specifically, a smaller deeper yellow selection known as 'Miss Honeybee').  It grows approximately 6"-8" (15-20 cm) a year.  My tree was planted in from of our kitchen window about 10 years ago, and it has remained small and tightly/intricately branched, never failing to produce a bright show of small lemony yellow cups that waft a light sweet melon-like scent.  The buds have never been blasted by frosts or winter cold.  This cultivar appears sterile, as it has never produced seed in 10 years, whereas all my other Magnolias do.

[Paddy Tobin]

Magnificent magnolias, Mark.

Paddy

[Michael J Campbell]

Dianthus rivendell
Campanula tridentata
Linum Gemmells hybrid
Myosotis spec.Eyre Mt. 1

[Armin]

Super images from everybody.

Poul,
I would be happy to call such wunderful clump for T. humilis var. pulchella 'Albocaerulea' my own
Mine flowered one season and seem not like the loamy soil and I lost them
It seems I'm not the only forum person who suffers from pretty lily beetle infestation on my frits
'The Terminator' patrols daily to limit the damages.

Gerd,
impressive 'wee plants' collection! Always a surprise The violas and P. incana are in particular pretty.

Oleg,
your Pulsatillas are great. P. rubra is a stunner.
I don't know a Chionodoxa with a dark center - could it be a form of Scilla bifolia with short anthers forming the dark spot?
Do have a close shot from a single flower?

Ian,
I comply with Mark - Daphne rosmarinifolius is pretty wee thing. Would like to know more about it, too. Is it scented?

Olga,
you must have "the photograph gene" in your blood. Impressive images, always.

Mark,
the yellow magnolia is a showmaker. I wonder why it is not offered here widely. Not winterhard enough?