April 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ian mcenery]

Arum creticum clumping up quite nicely

[cohan]

A few pics from my friend Margaret's meadow(front lawn) today.

really fantastic!

[annew]

Goodness, Ian - they seem to be unaffected by the recent winter.

[John Aipassa]

Just a few Magnolias in my garden:

1. Magnolia denudata 'Gere'
2. Magnolia 'Peachy'
3. Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra'

Cheers,

[cohan]

Scoliopus bigelovii
Traxacum ?
Cammelias in the back garden.

So many glories, everyone!
Michael, is that T albidum with simple, linear/spathulate leaves? Sweet flower

[cohan]

Wim, Anne, Luc, gorgeous plants! Prior to this flowering of our gardens - even a month or more ...

Some comfort-- I am even farther behind you!

[John Aipassa]

A nice Helleborus hybrid. Dark purple but red when the sunrays hit the flower

[johngennard]

The final phase of my alpine lawn before the japanese acers take the stage and some shots of the early rhodos.adjoining.

[ian mcenery]

Goodness, Ian - they seem to be unaffected by the recent winter.

Only prolonged cold without snow cover seems to be a problem and so far (over 30 years) it hasn't been terminal

[David Nicholson]

The final phase of my alpine lawn before the japanese acers take the stage and some shots of the early rhodos.adjoining.

John, you have a very special garden.

[Armin]

John,
breathtaking garden.

[Knud]

Knud, my Heloniopsis must be self fertile as it is the only one I have. It is a relatively new plant but when I had it previously, also a single plant, it always set seed which I sometimes was able to harvest but more often it just drifted away before I realized the capsules had dehisced. I lost it a few years ago after several years of bad summer drought.

Thank you, Lesley, that is encouraging. I will be watching that plant more carefully as the flowering finishes, to look for seed set. Thank you also for a 'new' word - dehisced - a nice one.

Summer and autumn flowering gentians do quite well here, but again, we have only ever found seed/seedlings of G. asclepiadea, and for some reason they have all been white (our one plant is blue).

Knud

[johngennard]

Thanks David and Armin,I'm still working on it.

[Gunilla]

A garden paradise, John.  I'm full of admiration.

[cohan]

John, that mass of fritillaries is something I have not seen!