May 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Penstemon virens-

[Hoy]

Here the Rhododendrons dominate the show but in the "wilderness" of shrubs Tulipa sylvestris roams. This tulip grows wild in Norway now - a garden escape and ballast plant from the tall ships age.

   

[Hoy]

Penstemon virens-

David, a very fine plant!
I spot a garden snail in your first photo. Does this kind of gastropod damage anything in your garden? her it sometimes is a pest climbing high in the plants eating the flowers.

[Lesley Cox]

That is a stunning Anthyllis. Unfortunately mine from the seedlist 09/10 has turned out to be A. vulneraria.

[Gerdk]

An alpine form of Embothrium coccineum

These are the first flowers of a small Embothrium - collected 2003 as a tiny sucker near Antillanca/Chile around 1350 m in the Andes.

Until now I didn't dare to plant it outside.

Gerd

[Hoy]

An alpine form of Embothrium coccineum

These are the first flowers of a small Embothrium - collected 2003 as a tiny sucker near Antillanca/Chile around 1350 m in the Andes.

Until now I didn't dare to plant it outside.

Gerd

Nice and short!
I have three plants in my garden but they haven't flowered yet. They are about 5 years.
A friend has a shrub in his garden which is 4m tall now and flower every year. They are from the same batch - he collected seed in Chile and I grew them and allocated seedlings!

[johngennard]

A few images that I thought worth showing fro my garden in the last few days.

Standard wisteria'Lipstick'
Close-up
Round the corner
Deciduous azaleas
      "           "
Woodland path
Tree paeony with 70 blloms
Close-up

[johngennard]

and the rest

Phlox stolonifera'Arianne'
Phlox stolonifera 'Anne and 'Blue Ridge'
   "           "          "       "     "     "
Tree paeony 'Flight of Cranes'
Close-up
Viburnum plicatum grandiflorum
     "       Mariesii
Staphyllea colchica
Close-up

[Lesley Cox]

Magnificent pictures of stunning plants John. I have P. 'Flight of Cranes' under the name 'Renkaku.' I think they are the same?

[Gerdk]

Nice and short!
I have three plants in my garden but they haven't flowered yet. They are about 5 years.
A friend has a shrub in his garden which is 4m tall now and flower every year. They are from the same batch - he collected seed in Chile and I grew them and allocated seedlings!

Thank you Trond!
We are USDA - zone 7 b, I suppose you are about in the same region.
What are the minima there last winter?

Perhaps I'll plant my shrub into the garden also.

Gerd

[arisaema]

I may have said it before, John, but you have a stunning garden! The Staphylea went straight to the top of my "wants-list", but I notice a few sites mentioning a suckering habit - is it bad?

Ribes lobbii below, first time flowering from seeds + a Filipendula multijuga.

[Lvandelft]

I hardly dare to show some pictures from my plants after the stunning GARDEN pictures of John.
This must be a gorgeous garden!

Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing               
   This plant seeds itself and I often think that I've lost it,
   but in the next spring they suddenly appear somewhere again.

and a few other plants in shady places:

Melittis melissophyllum Rosea                 
Arisaema ringens                           
Smilacina trifolia                                 
Convallaria majalis Variegata
Trollius Maigold         

[Lvandelft]

Carduncellus pinnatifida   
Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii                 
Paeonia lutea Yellow Queen                     
Paeonia lutea Yellow Queen cl.
Iris barbata MDB ?                 
Iris pallida ssp. cengialtii
    This I. pallida form is not often seen in gardens here.
            

[Lvandelft]

5. Oresitrophe rupifraga - Saxifragaceae from China, acquired at the occasion of the Galanthus event at Oirlich

Gerd

  (from Gerd K. March 2011.)
Gerd, I had this plant outside without cover this winter, but the buds were so early out
and were frozen. Now I have some nice leaves and know that it is hardy at -15C at least but should not flower to early  !

Oresitrophe rupifraga

[David Nicholson]

Penstemon virens-

David, a very fine plant!
I spot a garden snail in your first photo. Does this kind of gastropod damage anything in your garden? her it sometimes is a pest climbing high in the plants eating the flowers.

They do indeed Trond, if the weather is damp, as it is at the moment, they can devastate a plant overnight.