March 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[JohnLonsdale]

Hi Wim,

No problem - it is easily done.  Let me know if I can send you some seeds from my T. sessile this summer, assuming I get some.

Best,

John

[Giles]

My favourite daff by far:
'W.P.Milner'
short; cream flowers; slightly nodding head.
the only daff I never tire of, and I've always had in every garden.

[David Nicholson]

One of my favourites too Giles but it keeps leaving me!

Here's my annual pic of my unknown Rhododendron. We've had it more than ten years now and it's been really good value. Cost me 50p

[Onion]

David,
post a close picture of the rhododendron in the rhododendron thread. Maybe John can identify it!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Well, cheap or not, it's a nice Roddy David !!
Love your W.P. Milner Giles, it's a beauty !

Lots of colour in the garden here these days :


3) Dianthus 'Eleonor Parker' flowers first on it's sunny side !
4) Arnebia pulchra with it's brown marks
5) Draba rigida and Muscari azureum - a nice duo
6) Phylodoce Phylliopsis 'Hobgoblin' in full flower - thanks to JohnW for the correction.
7) Pulsatilla slavica alba
8. Schivereckia podolica - a nice cushion for the rock garden
9) Eritrichium howardii and the first flower opening on Lewisia tweedyi - lemon form made me believe (hope ?  ) I was in the rockies today !

[Knud]

Luc,
Lovely pictures, and a very nice garden. Early March you posted two pictures of a fine Callianthmum kernerianum, is that plant also outside in your garden? Mine is just about coming to life with what seems to be its usual two flowers.

Well, Luc, your pictures moved me to open one of the Belgian beers I keep in the basement for special occasions, and having spring served like this after a long winter certainly qualifies, - thanks!

Knud

[johnw]

Nice 'Hobgoblin' Luc, a slip of the pen?  It's a Phylliopsis, another beauty from Devon.

By the way what on earth do you have growing in that round clay pot that look like big Conophytums?   

johnw

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Knud, happy to read that my pictures promote belgian exports to Norway !!!   - as to the Callianthemum kernerianum, yes that's outside in the garden on an eastern slope.
It's in it's third season - it flowered the first year - had not one single flower last year but did very well this year.  I hope it goes on like this !  

John, obviously you're right : it IS Phylliopsis "Hobgoblin" - hurrying is never a good thing ! Thanks for mentioning it.
In the big round clay pot is an Acer japonicum who has just opened it's leaves.

[Lesley Cox]

Clever you Luc, with the Eritrichium and I really LOVE the little tight Dianthus.

Re the above trilliums, maybe it would help if we pronounced sessile, as in sessile plants, as sessile (as in isle, an island) and Trillium sessile as in the species, as Trillium sessile (as in Cecily, the girl's name).  Yes? No?

[ian mcenery]

Nice plants Luc it seems you are a little ahead of us with some of the plants  

[Hoy]

I am also impressed, Luc. What a collection you have and in such a nice setting too!

Lesley, the pronunciation of sessile is no problem in Norwegian - and no other similar word confuse us

[LucS]

Two sanguinaria in flower in the rockgarden
Sanguinaria canadensis flora plena and Sanguinaria canadensis "Star"

[daveyp1970]

One of my favourites too Giles but it keeps leaving me!

Here's my annual pic of my unknown Rhododendron. We've had it more than ten years now and it's been really good value. Cost me 50p

David that's one hell of an exclamation point,how big is it exactly i cant tell from your pic.

[angie]

Luc one of my favourite plants, mine are just showing a little white can't wait till they fully open. I like your star. I think I got a piece from Ian Christie at one of our local meetings when he was doing a workshop for us, will have to wait and see.

Angie

[Brian Ellis]

Yes I like that S.canadensis 'Star' too, not easily obtained I find.