June 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

If I'm out of order starting this, please tell me......

[meanie]

I had to start this as I have a few to show off.

The first is Penstemon pinifolius. Bought cheaply in the end of season sales last year, this is the first time that it's bloomed for me.
The second is another new bloomer for me, Roscoea scillifolia.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, meanie, about time we got this started.

Love the dark Roscoea.... are you growing this in a pot/under glass or outside. Lovely colour.

[meanie]

Maggi - it was started off under glass, but is outside now.

Two more, both recent purchases though.
The first is Diplarhhena moraea, which was bought to replace the D.latifolia that copped it over the winter.
The second is Arisaema costatum, which was to replace my no show - the same no show that poked it's head through the next day!

[Lesley Cox]

I think your Penstemon is a form of pinifolius called 'Mersea Yellow' though there are others just about the same but given different names. I like the Roscoea. All my scillifolias are a quite pretty pink but they seed around like billyoh.

[meanie]

Lesley - that was indeed the full name on its tag. I'm just pleased that it made it through the winter.

[daveyp1970]

I think your Penstemon is a form of pinifolius called 'Mersea Yellow' though there are others just about the same but given different names. I like the Roscoea. All my scillifolias are a quite pretty pink but they seed around like billyoh.

Lesley if you ever have spare seed from your scillifolias could you think of me,I am waiting for seed from a very dark form called Blackbird.

[meanie]

One final one.
I'm really made up by this as I've failed repeatedly before. This is the product of what appeared to me to be very large bulbs of 70/80mm. I had clearly been buying substandard bulbs in the past. It's Hymenocallis festalis.......

[Maggi Young]

The second is Arisaema costatum, which was to replace my no show - the same no show that poked it's head through the next day!

Ah well, you can't have too many! 

[ashley]

What a striking arisaema meanie, complemented by the penstemon in the background.

[meanie]

What a striking arisaema meanie, complemented by the penstemon in the background.

Thanks - P.hetrophyllus "Heavenly Blue" which blooms like crazy for months on end. Grown from seed which was sown September '09.

[johnw]

I was visiting the garden of a forumist-lurker today. She pointed out this variegated aberration on a Papaver orientalis.  I don't know much about these poppies and what's out there in the trade but said it looked very special to me.  Are there other variegated orientalis about?  Also comments welcomed.  (She has since removed all normal shoots.)

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Bob Brown  of Cotswold Garden  Flowers has a variegated orientalis... see this link:
http://www.cgf.net/popup.php?image=./photos/PapFro01.jpg&title=CGF%202005&width=300&height=400

 PAPAVER ORIENTALE 'FROSTY'Described as

White-edged hairy foliage red-orange flowers May-Jun, 50cm."

He has £8.50 against it, so pretty special since the average one is £5.50 

[daveyp1970]

Maggie my friend has it in her garden.You can see a growth to the side that has reverted back,i must remember to let her know.

[daveyp1970]

Three from me.
1 is a black calla lily(the other latin name is just to hard to spell)
2. is a campanula i have in my crockery i don't have a clue which one but it is very well behaved.
3. is a Dianthus seedling that kept  for the colour.