March 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ian mcenery]

Wonderful spring pictures from you all, and lovely plants.

What's the narcissus in your second photo Ian?  It resembles one of my 'lost labels'.

Ashley I got this as Queen of Spain over 30 years ago but that name is no longer correct because the name had already been taken by a pseudo narcissus clone. I am not sure but it maybe now called The Usurper . Maybe someone else knows what it' current name is

[ashley]

Thanks Ian.  Although I have no memory of buying The Usurper it may have come to me under the wrong name.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Ian.  Although I have no memory of buying The Usurper it may have come to me under the wrong name.

 Perhaps it came as "'Englander'?

[ashley]

Yes I think that's it Maggi.  Thanks.

[ian mcenery]

Thanks Ian.  Although I have no memory of buying The Usurper it may have come to me under the wrong name.

 Perhaps it came as "'Englander'?

Yes I have heard that name also. It is a pity it couldn't still be Queen of Spain as I bought the "true" one and it was a poor thing with me and has since departed this life

[WimB]

Some plants which are flowering here in my garden now:

Caltha palustris 'alba'
Ranunculus crenata
Ranunculus ficaria 'Greenpetal'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Ken Aslett'
Saxifraga scardica f. olymp and Saxifraga marginata
Saxifraga sempervivum f. stenophylla and Saxifraga marginata f. milica
Soldanella 'Spring Symphony'
and the first Trillium of the season

[Paddy Tobin]

Wim, lovely selection. I particularly like the white caltha and the soldanella. Both beautiful.

Paddy

[alpinelover]

Nice springshow, Wim. I've some more.
Draba bryoides (photo 1 and 2) on a tufarock.
Draba azoides (photo 3)
Primula 'Adrian' (photo 4)
Hepatica nobilis (photo 6)

[annew]

Wim, your Ranunculus ficaria 'Ken Aslet' is a beauty, I haven't seen that one before.

[Diane Whitehead]

What a sweet Draba!.  I've never bothered to look at them,
partly because of the name, I guess, but that one is as
pretty as a sax.

[ian mcenery]

Hi Wim is that Trillium albidum it looks very like the onw I have under this name?

Some things from me

Pulsatilla vulgaris
Trillium rivale Winifred Marray
Erythronium Pagoda

[David Nicholson]

Isn't this a great time of the year. Lovely images folks. Ian, your E. pagoda is about a week in front of mine.

[Paddy Tobin]

Ian, there's an amazing density of flowers on that pulsatilla. Have you it on steroids?

Paddy

[ashley]

Ian, there's an amazing density of flowers on that pulsatilla. Have you it on steroids?

Spectacular, isn't it?  The Trillium is superb too

[WimB]

Thanks for the compliments Paddy and Ashley.

Hi Wim is that Trillium albidum it looks very like the onw I have under this name?

Ian,

it's not Trillium albidum. T. albidum is completely white. This is a hybrid, being correctly sold as "Trillium western sessile hybrids white pink base".