July 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Magnar]

And a little more from the scree this week:

Geranium nanum
Edraiainthus dinaricus
Edraianthus jugoslavicus
Allium  insubricum
Phlox diffusa var diffusa
Potentilla nitida

[ichristie]

Very interesting to see what is flowering in other gardens. We have had more monsoon rain today and over the weekend . I post a picture of Lilium canadensis which has just opened, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[fleurbleue]

Beautiful Lilium Ian !

[meanie]

A couple more to show;
The first is Eucomis bicolor, with the second being Zauschneria californica.

[ruweiss]

Sempervivum and Jovibarba flower profusely this year, even at places which are
not so sunny as usual. It is quite interesting to raise seedlings from the resulting
seeds, they grow really quick and you can select many interesting forms and colours.

[pehe]

Flowering today:
Corydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda'
Albuca shawii
Prospero (Scilla) autumnale
Rhodohypoxis bauri
Eucomis bicolor

Poul

[Michael J Campbell]

Campanula incurva

[Magnar]

Parochetus communis never before flowered as well as it does this summer. Funny enough Seedlist Handbook lists it as half hardy. Still it survives the winters here in North Norway without problems, even the winter of 2010 with hard frost and no snow cover for almost 3 months.

[Magnar]

Very interesting to see what is flowering in other gardens. We have had more monsoon rain today and over the weekend . I post a picture of Lilium canadensis which has just opened, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

What a wonderful Lily that is. I saw it once in bloom in North Sweden. Have been trying to get hold of it ever since, but bulbs seem hard to come by here.

[Maggi Young]

Parochetus communis never before flowered as well as it does this summer. Funny enough Seedlist Handbook lists it as half hardy. Still it survives the winters here in North Norway without problems, even the winter of 2010 with hard frost and no snow cover for almost 3 months.

This is one of our favourite garden plants, Magnar. The blue is bewitching.
I think that the Himalayan "version" of the plant, originally  described from Nepal is totally hardy but the African version, usually sold under the same name but, more correctly (I think!) P. africanus, though appearing identical in every way, is the one which can be rather tender.

[olegKon]

this codonopsis grown from seed was labled Codonopsis convolvulacea. This is the first flovering which suggests it is not C.convolvulacea if nice. Anyone to help with the ID?

[Magnar]

Parochetus communis never before flowered as well as it does this summer. Funny enough Seedlist Handbook lists it as half hardy. Still it survives the winters here in North Norway without problems, even the winter of 2010 with hard frost and no snow cover for almost 3 months.

This is one of our favourite garden plants, Magnar. The blue is bewitching.
I think that the Himalayan "version" of the plant, originally  described from Nepal is totally hardy but the African version, usually sold under the same name but, more correctly (I think!) P. africanus, though appearing identical in every way, is the one which can be rather tender.

Thank you, Maggi. I was not aware of that, guess it explains the whole thing. 

[olegKon]

1. Cirsium eriophorum from 63d SRGC seed is not at all an alpine but luxurious
2,3. A Maackia (not sure about the species name) chinensis?

[olegKon]

Sorry, the second picture was not OK

[Maggi Young]

Oleg, the Maackia is looking good... how old is it?