Northern hemisphere June 2010

[Maggi Young]

Local Aberdeen SRGC Members Rosemary and John Lupton have just returned from a wee break up in Shetland..... it seems that they had little trouble in locating the wildflowers..... how's this for a carpet of Spring Squills? The Scilla are covering the whole area, as far as the eye can see!
Thanks to Rosemary for sending through her photo.... though it is about time the pair of them came out of the undergrowth and into the Forum light!!

 As ever: click on the photo to enlarge it....
 Scilla verna in Shetland

[Maggi Young]

Maybe the BD would give you space -  Huh  Also a bit of pink splashed around on the leaves.

While I am intrigued to see such a plant doing so well, I must confes that I cannot get enthusiatic about it... or the negundo 'Flamingo' types.... altogether too tarty for my liking 

[Martinr]

Spring Squills..........................wow

[Maggi Young]

Spring Squills..........................wow

I agree... what could be nicer than a holiday with " thrills of squills" ?   

[David Nicholson]

My little rock garden is looking pretty good at the moment, here's a shot showing Verbascum 'Letitia' and Campanula portenschlagiana at the rear and in front of them Gypsophila repens 'Dorothy Teacher'. All three are very good value and thrive with little attention or feeding.

[Paddy Tobin]

Wow, David,

Your verbascum is really doing well.

Paddy

[johnw]

altogether too tarty for my liking 

I will try to restrain myself...

johnw

[Gerdk]

After so much blue - mountain in China, spring squills and campanulas in Davids rock garden I'll start here with some more from my garden

1. - 3. Jovellana punctata - in a container, unfortunately not hardy
          here
4.  Calceolaria cana - planted in the garden but possibly also not hardy
5. + 6. Digitalis obscura - survived the last winter outside
7.  Begonia sutherlandii
8.  Oxalis valdiviensis
9.  Rhodohypoxis deflexa
10. Eschscholzia californica

Gerd

[johnw]

A new little Abies koreana called 'Silver Show' which looks like it may be a cracker.  

Potentilla dickinsii in a trough where it self seeds. Reliabe yet some may consider it weedy.

Cyrtanthus brachyschyphus  - 3-4 months of flower if held back, another month or so if watered freely in February.

Lastly Astroemeria pallida from JJA seed. Last autumn I repotted them in a lean gritty mix. This kept the plants looking reasonably compact, that was until they started to flower and now they are their floppy old selves again.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

altogether too tarty for my liking 

I will try to restrain myself...

johnw

I am most grateful for that! 

[Maggi Young]

By your lovely photos, Gerd, it seems that you have dry weather in your part of Germany at least.

 
The Digitalis obscura is charming... I love the colour.

[David Nicholson]

Cracking selections John and Gerd.

[johnw]

 I am most grateful for that! 
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"it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."

Warning heeded.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

I am most grateful for that! 

"it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."

Warning heeded.

johnw
[/quote] Dear  John, we understand eachother perfectly, I see 
How boring would it be if we all liked the same plants? Or, more to the point, how amazing would that be??!!!

[angie]

locating the wildflowers..... how's this for a carpet of Spring Squills? The Scilla are covering the whole area, as far as the eye can see!
Thanks to Rosemary for sending through her photo.... though it is about time the pair of them came out of the undergrowth and into the Forum light!!

 

Amazing... some more pictures please Rosemary and John... and i agree with Maggi it would be nice of you to come and join us here, sorry never got to say hi to you both at Ron's funeral today.

Angie