May 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

I thought Vancouveria hexandra had white flowers Wim, perhaps yours is chrysantha ?

Nicole,

you're right of course, it is chrysantha

[arisaema]

I thought Vancouveria hexandra had white flowers Wim, perhaps yours is chrysantha ?

Nicole,

you're right of course, it is chrysantha

Keep a very close eye on it, V. hexandra is perhaps the worst weed I've ever introduced in my garden - and I've grown Aegopodium 'Variegata'...

[WimB]

I thought Vancouveria hexandra had white flowers Wim, perhaps yours is chrysantha ?

Nicole,

you're right of course, it is chrysantha

Keep a very close eye on it, V. hexandra is perhaps the worst weed I've ever introduced in my garden - and I've grown Aegopodium 'Variegata'...

Really  . Thanks for the heads up, Bjørnar. If this species get's invasive too I'll have to find a solution for it, cause I want to keep, maybe in a pot.

[arisaema]

Watch out for seedlings as well, it's one genus that will never be allowed back into my garden! (...and unlike the aforementioned Aegopodium it's fairly Roundup-resistant )

A few odds and ends below;

Clematis hirsutissima flowering at last! Not sure it was worth the 9 year wait...
Anemone nemorosa 'Green Fingers'
Trillium hybrid
Trillium camchatscense (or something like that)
Uvularia grandiflora 'Pallida'
Disporum megalanthum
Anemonella 'Diamant'
Corydalis sp. in sect. Mucronatae, or maybe a hybrid with Elatae
Trillium sulcatum

[johnw]

Trillium kurabayashi and thThe Trillium cuneatum that I posted sometime ago is still in flower.

Epimedium wumengense wushanense.

Glaucidium palmatum.


johnw

[cohan]

Trond-- I hope not, I have not yet seen any sign of anything disturbing seed pots so far--my only loss was a culinary dandelion in a pot eaten to the root by something--rabbit, squirrel, mouse, vole....lol

Wim, yes, finally starting, and now the wildflowers are going to come quickly...

Luc--lovely rock garden plants!

Bjørnar and John--great woodlanders, love the Trilliums and that Cory! 

[annew]

What a great display from everyone - but Wim's red polygonatum is my absolute favourite!
Vancouveria hexandra is quite vigorous here, but I wouldn't be without it, and it can be controlled. V. chrysantha seems not as hardy, as it didn't survive a winter with me.

[olegKon]

I have two tiny phloxes I don't know the name of. Both  look similar to the phloxes shown by Luk (Phlox hoodii and sileniflora). Any suggestions?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I would definitely say the second picture is sileniflora Oleg - I'm not so sure for the first picture, but it very well could be P. hoodii ... 

[Lesley Cox]

You've been waiting 9 years for your Clematis hirsutissima, Arisaema? I've been waiting more than 20 and STILL no flower!

Trond, Dicentra 'Ivory Hearts' and I think also 'Burning Hearts' are hybrids of D. peregrina so perhaps can be expected to be a little more difficult than some other dicentras. I have a beautiful book sent to me many years ago written by the aurthor, Kazuo Mori. The photos are superb but all the text except for botanical names, is in Japanese characters. But the pictures speak for themselves and there are several of D. peregrina in the wild, where it is growing in harsh, rocky scree similar to the scree where Ranunculus haastii would grow in New Zealand.

I've lost 'Ivory Hearts' twice but find it does well in a really gritty, gravelly compost. Fortunately, both times I had a few seeds so could carry on.

[ashley]

Ashley,does your Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' set seed? My 'Ivory Hearts' does and it comes true. Looks exactly like yours in flower and foliage except for flower colour of course. Maybe we could swap sometime?

Unfortunately none so far Lesley, I assumed because it's a hybrid.  However should any set then of course they're yours.

Wonderful plants everyone, both alpines and woodlanders. 
Like Anne, I find Wim's red polygonatum hard to resist.

[WimB]

Bjørnar, love those 'green fingers'.

John, Epimedium wumengense??? I've never heard of a species called like that. Is it newly named or is it Epimedium wushanense?

[olegKon]

I would definitely say the second picture is sileniflora Oleg - I'm not so sure for the first picture, but it very well could be P. hoodii ... 

Thank you so much, Luc for the ID

[Lvandelft]

Luit, was your Raoulia tenuicaulis from a NZ source? I ask because you seem to have a nice little Craspedia coming up through the mat.

No Lesley, it is grown here in Holland for many years, but was never a good selling plant.
I had it more than 30 years ago already and got it from a friend in those days. It is the most hardy Raoulia here without cover in winter!
The grey leaved seedling is a Hieracium which I always thought to be H. villosum, but maybe it is a H. bombycinum.
I will pull it out before it gets to big and I might loose the Raoulia
Here a picture of a bigger plant with some seedlings and a picture of it together with a seedling of Campanula portenschlagiana Major.

Hieracium ? villosum 2x

[Knud]

You've been waiting 9 years for your Clematis hirsutissima, Arisaema? I've been waiting more than 20 and STILL no flower!

Well worth waiting for, Lesley, I hope it will bloom for you. Ours is clearly a different variety than Ariseama's, we got the seed as Clematis hirsutissima var. hirsutissima. It first bloomed after 6-8 years, and since then offers its single flower each year, early June, normally. A highlight of my gardening year. It is in bud now, but I have included a picture from last year.

Knud