June 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I particularly enjoy this Primula sieboldii from a friend.

johnw

I can see why John, it's a beauty ! 

[ashley]

Everything looks pristine in your garden John.  Here slugs and snails would rampage big time in that kind of 'soft' weather.

[fleurbleue]

What a nice plant   I have never seen Diphylleia in the gardens I have visited

[johnw]

Everything looks pristine in your garden John.  Here slugs and snails would rampage big time in that kind of 'soft' weather.

Ashley  - Ken has to take the credit, I just keep producing more stuff for him to look after.  I think lately it's even been too wet here for the slugs!  Heavy rain predicted for the next 48 hours after 2 full days of sunshine.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

Everything looks pristine in your garden John.  Here slugs and snails would rampage big time in that kind of 'soft' weather.

Ashley  - Ken has to take the credit, I just keep producing more stuff for him to look after.  I think lately it's even been too wet here for the slugs!  Heavy rain predicted for the next 48 hours after 2 full days of sunshine.

johnw

Aha! Well, we know who finds the time to do the posting here, of course... while K is beavering away!

[johnw]

Meconopsis in a friend's garden today. Unfortunately the label is lost. Any suggestions?

johnw

[Philippe]

Looks rather like M.grandis John, one of its forms or maybe one cross with M.betonicifolia.
Helichrysum milfordiae is preparing a fantastic flowering this year by me.
I can't wait to see the many cushions covering with flowers in a the next few days, although it's already a pretty sight, with this reddish color on the closed buds.
Lilium monadelphum is at its best for the moment, with all flowers opened meanwhile. What a scent all around it!
I have 70 young plants more to plant this month, hopping I can smell the scent in all the garden when they will be old enough to flower in 2 or 3 years 

[Lesley Cox]

That really looks like a great flowering Philippe, on the Helichrysum. Is it the shadier side of the plant without buds?

[Philippe]

No Lesley, they always have such an irregular flower display by me. This year the irregularity will be only far more generous
We didn't had much snow laying long last winter. I don't know how it is with the winters and flowering in its natural locations, but I really find they flower far much better than the other years. Perhaps there's a link here?

[Lesley Cox]

As I understand it, it comes from quite high in the Drakensberg mountains and lives in almost perpetual mist. Certainly it likes a lot of water in the garden through the summers. I find it only flowers in the centre, older part, never near the edges on new growth.

[Magnar]

Meconopsis X Marit.. very good and long flowering plant

And Meconopsis punicea

[Magnar]

First Nomocharis in bloom when I returned home tonight after a weekend at the mountain cabin.

[Magnar]

A couple more from this evening:

Corydalis pseudobarbisepala

Castilleja rhexifolia

[cohan]

Oh, oh that's what was ordered as but subbed with purpurea!!!  Label change.

Thanks

johnw

How convoluted is that?! It is lovely though!

[cohan]

Magnar-- many beauties! I do like that Caltha, which I have seen only on the forum here.. leaves are also very different from the wild plants here..