Author Topic: May 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere (Read 23675 times)

PaulM · « **Reply #90 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:42:37 AM »

Here are some pictures I took last Sunday of Dactylorhiza sambucina which is quite common in the archipelago here, and also at some locations along the coast. There might be excessively many pictures of one species, but they are so darn beautiful.

daveyp1970 · « **Reply #91 on:** May 14, 2011, 10:10:54 AM »

Yesterday i had the pleasure of working in my friends(Margret)garden so i took a couple of pics.I could show hundreds but don't want to overdo it.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #92 on:** May 14, 2011, 10:54:59 AM »

What a lovely lushly planted garden Davey.... and from little glimpses in some of the shots I see that the view from the garden is equally good. Thanks for sharing.

annew · « **Reply #93 on:** May 14, 2011, 07:22:37 PM »

great orchids too. It's nice to see the 2 colour forms together, with no intermediate forms.

David Nicholson · « **Reply #94 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:01:10 PM »

Your friend has a cracking garden Dave.

cohan · « **Reply #95 on:** May 14, 2011, 08:42:55 PM »

Quote from: Regelian on May 14, 2011, 06:55:23 AM

Cohan,

I do plan to overwinter them in the house (South window). There is a paucity of info on this group of plants in the internet. Lots of fotos, but few names or useful descriptions. Even the few books I have on succulents only give them a scant overview. Pity, as they are easy and quite lovely, especially in bloom.

Some of these I find much easier indoors than others, some will seem to etiolate almost no matter what, others no problem...
There may not be great sites, but there are many experts online; if there are any individual plants you'd like more info/names on, you could forward photos to me, and I could pass them along to more knowledgeable folks!

ArnoldT · « **Reply #96 on:** May 14, 2011, 10:16:21 PM »

Here's two flowering today

a Russian Medlar

and Enkianthus campanulatus

Lvandelft · « **Reply #97 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:56:28 PM »

Some plants flowering here:

Centaurea hypoleuca John Coutts
Centaurea hypoleuca John Coutts cl.
Salvia multicaulis
Saponaria ocymoides
Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus

Lvandelft · « **Reply #98 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:57:24 PM »

On a dry raised bed this little plant grows as a biennial by selfseeding:

Calendula fruticosa

Lvandelft · « **Reply #99 on:** May 16, 2011, 10:58:30 PM »

Not really flowering but both should be in every garden:

Dryas x suendermannii
Raoulia tenuicaulis

Knud · « **Reply #100 on:** May 16, 2011, 11:52:53 PM »

A very nice picture of the Dryas seed heads, Luit. I agree with you, it is a very nice plant. I have a Dryas octopetala (picture 1) blooming now, that during the last 15 years has been allowed to take over the trough it is in. Some years it is covered in flowers, but not this year.

Kalmia polifolia and Meconopsis quintuplinerva (picture 2) are blooming now, as is the lovely little Erigeron vagus (picture 3) (seeding willingly in its trough), and Dodecatheon pulchellum (picture 4).

Knud

JPB · « **Reply #101 on:** May 17, 2011, 02:34:24 PM »

Aquilegia scopulorum
Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium

cohan · « **Reply #102 on:** May 17, 2011, 07:49:56 PM »

Luit, great colour on the Salvia multicaulis!

cohan · « **Reply #103 on:** May 17, 2011, 08:00:46 PM »

A couple of shots from the month..
First two spp of Antennaria from the Nordegg area growing together.. one showing nice winter colour; not size difference...

A little Prometheum aizoon (syn Rosularia aizoon ); When I received this in spring 09, I was asking around to see if anyone knew its hardiness, no one did, but after two long winters, it is still looking good, never shows any winter stress at all...

cohan · « **Reply #104 on:** May 17, 2011, 08:49:46 PM »

Common stuff, but no doubt so late they may seem fresh to those of you long finished with these

My only reticulate Iris to come up in this bed, and this is all it opened.. will see if they are late, or maybe didn't like the extended cold/wet melt period?

Corydalis solida I think the cultivar was Munich Sunrise? from a kind forumist.....
Most of the pics don't capture the intensity of the colour, but I think the last one does...