May 2010 in the Northern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Lovely stuff Zedenek, I did like the Petrocallis.

[WimB]

Some plants flowering here in the garden today:

Acantholimon cilicinum
Dianthus arpadianus
Epipactis gigantea 'Enchantment'
Escobaria missouriensis var. asperispina

[Casalima]

That's lovely, Arnold. Something to look forward to!

[ArnoldT]

Clematis texensis 'Pagoda'

[cohan]

...a highly calcareous alkaline seep, pH ca. 8...

You know, that's actually our normal soil pH here...  

i actually have no idea about my soil ph, and i have done some online searching, but thus far unsuccessfully; my area is where  luvisolic soils of foothills and boreal forest meet the chernozemics of grassland/parkland, but i think right here its all luvisolic, apart from organic on common wet areas..i assume (not sure if its correct) that the organics would be acidic, as would spruce stands, but have no idea about the grey luvisolics with very shallow organic topsoils, which is mostly under the mixed woods....

[cohan]

Some plants flowering here in the garden today:

Acantholimon cilicinum
Dianthus arpadianus
Epipactis gigantea 'Enchantment'
Escobaria missouriensis var. asperispina

wim-love your escobaria! the fruits are from last year? still in great shape! i have seed in from a form of the species, not sure what colour the flowers will be, some are greener....

[WimB]

Some plants flowering here in the garden today:

Acantholimon cilicinum
Dianthus arpadianus
Epipactis gigantea 'Enchantment'
Escobaria missouriensis var. asperispina

wim-love your escobaria! the fruits are from last year? still in great shape! i have seed in from a form of the species, not sure what colour the flowers will be, some are greener....

Thanks Cohan,

the fruits are from last year indeed. I bought it last year and I've planted it outside this year (they say it's hardy outside so I'll see)

[cohan]

Some plants flowering here in the garden today:

Acantholimon cilicinum
Dianthus arpadianus
Epipactis gigantea 'Enchantment'
Escobaria missouriensis var. asperispina

wim-love your escobaria! the fruits are from last year? still in great shape! i have seed in from a form of the species, not sure what colour the flowers will be, some are greener....

Thanks Cohan,

the fruits are from last year indeed. I bought it last year and I've planted it outside this year (they say it's hardy outside so I'll see)

that species should even be hardy for me of course you need to watch drainage very closely....

[Olga Bondareva]

Trillium vaseyi


Dodecatheon sp.


Cypripedium ventricosum


Ajuga "Burgundy Glow"


Primula sieboldii Alba


Primula sieboldii "Kumor"

[Armin]

Superb images from all!

In flower now various columbines
A. alpina
A. vulgaris Blue Barlow
A. vulgaris William Guiness
A. chrysantha

[Paddy Tobin]

Armin,

A lovely set of photographs, good garden flowers.

Ogla, love the trillium photograph and that dodecatheon is very different. I've never seen one that opens its petals in this manner before.

Paddy

[Armin]

Paddy, thanks for your comment

more good garden flowers...

Allium triquetrum: nothing spectacular for many of you but a bit special for me. In winter 2008/2009 I lost the first bulbs by frost. I got new ones last autuum and worried in spring if the bulbs would have survived the strong 2009/2010 winter as the early foliage withered completely. To my surprise they've survived, recovered and even flower.

Hyacinthoides non-scripta: did not flower in the first year but now seem to have settled and flower.

Special thanks to Ashley the generous donator for above 2 species.

Papaver dubium: an annual wild weed, this poppy is very short flowering 1-2 days only, but I like it as it closes gaps in the bulb beds when tulips and narcissus go dormant and it is a good honey and pollen donator for bumble and solitary bees. Images captured the moments of unfolding...

Asphodeline lutea: winter hard perennial from central and eastern mediterranean sea territory doing very well in a sandy soil and sunny spot.

Leucanthum vulgare: simple a nice wild flower in my crocus meadow.

[Lori S.]

It snowed from Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon here.  Fortunately, the temperature did not get far below freezing, so all the plants that are now lying on the ground will perk up again.  
Well, we're glad that the May snowstorms are over... now we can move on to the June ones!  

1. Aubrieta deltoides 'Blue Indigo', still soldiering on after being frozen many times and snowed on in at least two bouts.
2. Dianthus microlepis; the sun was only out for a few minutes today, so Gentiana verna, in the background, did not deign to open.
3. Physaria didymocarpa, starting to bloom.
4. Primula saxatilis - last year's little green-eyed seedlings.
5. Ahh, a plant that is not fazed by snow! I may put the whole yard into Bergenia cordifolia!
6. A rather good photo of my hand, which also happened to include Helleborus cyclophyllus.
7. An early Penstemon procerus.
8. A purchased Patrinia sibirica, getting ready to bloom, in the tufa bed extension.
9.  Native plant, Geum triflorum, in the front yard.
10. Veronica whitleyi.

[TheOnionMan]

Lori, beautiful photos, beautiful plants, each and every one .  I really like the little Patrinia.  And a plant that can be thought of as common or easy, so easy to take it for granted, but one that I do love... Geum triflorum, nothing quite like it.  I have the white form too, but it completely lacks the charm of the regular pink form.  It doesn't seem that the cold weather and late snows has bothered your plants at all.  The opposite here, we've been getting a number of hot days, up to 94 F (35 C) and stuff is going over too quickly, but all in all, it's been a fabulous spring here.

[Lori S.]

Thanks, Mark.
A few more...
1) One of last year's seedlings, Calyptridium umbellatum (or Cistanthe umbellatum now, I guess), with Thymus neiceffii... the latter had a hard winter.  (Odd, since snow cover is usually thought of as a good thing.)
2) Veronica saturejoides
3) A very cute little Jovibarba(?)/semp(?)... must pay attention when it blooms.
4) Primula x juliana 'Allure', looking a bit droopy from the weather.
5) Mukdenia rossii
6) Draba rigida
7) Anemone trifolia - what a gorgeous plant it is! (Very dark photo, sorry.)
8 ) And various lungworts in bloom...