January 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[daveyp1970]

Frosty foliage

It looks familiar Roma . Here also some frost but this is  the first frost of this winter  ....
But during day a blue  sky and a lot of sun ....Tomorrow the dream already has to finish  ...again some rain and warmer temperatures..
Some pics of the sunny weekend.
Dionysia aretioides x archibaldii
Dionysia 'Judith Bramley'
Ranunculus calendrinioides in bud
Tristagma sellowianum
Narcissus romieuxii

Kris your Tristagma looks fantastic can't for my seedlings to flower.

[angie]

Chris thats a smashing cyclamen coum 

Angie 

[ChrisB]

Thanks Angi 

[Tim Ingram]

Cyclamen coum so far are not flowering brilliantly for us but there are some marvellous forms I have had from Tilebarn Nursery, including these two forms. The third photo shows a unique form of hederifolium again from Tilebarn, with an early flower spike of one of the loveliest of muscaris, M. pseudomuscari (chalusicum). And finally a Corydalis new to me, quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars' (from our autumn visit to Edrom Nursery), growing with cyclamen and Astelia nervosa.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cyclamen coum so far are not flowering brilliantly for us but there are some marvellous forms I have had from Tilebarn Nursery, including these two forms. The third photo shows a unique form of hederifolium again from Tilebarn, with an early flower spike of one of the loveliest of muscaris, M. pseudomuscari (chalusicum). And finally a Corydalis new to me, quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars' (from our autumn visit to Edrom Nursery), growing with cyclamen and Astelia nervosa.

Superb Cyclamen coum Tim .The first one has nice leaves with very good silvers and good pattern . You even forget that he has to flower....The Corydalis is also new to me, a very unusual colour but it fits wel with many other colours in your border. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

The first bud of Adonis amurensis rise above the ground...It looks this one has to scope with havy frost this week ...
In the glashouse Ranunculus calendrinioides is almost ready to open his flowers .
In the rockgarden Cyclamen alpinum is already that far .

[David Nicholson]

Cyclamen coum so far are not flowering brilliantly for us but there are some marvellous forms I have had from Tilebarn Nursery, including these two forms. The third photo shows a unique form of hederifolium again from Tilebarn, with an early flower spike of one of the loveliest of muscaris, M. pseudomuscari (chalusicum). And finally a Corydalis new to me, quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars' (from our autumn visit to Edrom Nursery), growing with cyclamen and Astelia nervosa.

Lovely leaf forms on the Cyclamen Tim. I like the Corydalis too. When I Googled it for more information I came across this:-

http://www.rizreyes.com/Corydalis_temulifolia_Chocolate_Stars.html

so it could be C. temulifolia.

[Maggi Young]

Cyclamen coum so far are not flowering brilliantly for us but there are some marvellous forms I have had from Tilebarn Nursery, including these two forms. The third photo shows a unique form of hederifolium again from Tilebarn, with an early flower spike of one of the loveliest of muscaris, M. pseudomuscari (chalusicum). And finally a Corydalis new to me, quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars' (from our autumn visit to Edrom Nursery), growing with cyclamen and Astelia nervosa.

Lovely leaf forms on the Cyclamen Tim. I like the Corydalis too. When I Googled it for more information I came across this:-

http://www.rizreyes.com/Corydalis_temulifolia_Chocolate_Stars.html

so it could be C. temulifolia.

 Riz used to be an active forumist.... we have had discussions and photos before of this interesting Corydalis..... sadly it has been lost with the loss of the old archive of the Forum.    
 Diane Whitehead wrote about it in 2008....

[Maggi Young]

The first bud of Adonis amurensis rise above the ground...It looks this one has to scope with havy frost this week ...
In the glashouse Ranunculus calendrinioides is almost ready to open his flowers .
In the rockgarden Cyclamen alpinum is already that far .

Great plants beginning, Kris. I know what you mean about the threat of frosty weather.....



Super portrait photos of them too.  

[Maggi Young]

Cyclamen coum so far are not flowering brilliantly for us but there are some marvellous forms I have had from Tilebarn Nursery, including these two forms. The third photo shows a unique form of hederifolium again from Tilebarn, with an early flower spike of one of the loveliest of muscaris, M. pseudomuscari (chalusicum). And finally a Corydalis new to me, quantmeyeriana 'Chocolate Stars' (from our autumn visit to Edrom Nursery), growing with cyclamen and Astelia nervosa.

Lovely leaf forms on the Cyclamen Tim. I like the Corydalis too. When I Googled it for more information I came across this:-

http://www.rizreyes.com/Corydalis_temulifolia_Chocolate_Stars.html

so it could be C. temulifolia.

 Riz used to be an active forumist.... we have had discussions and photos before of this interesting Corydalis..... sadly it has been lost with the loss of the old archive of the Forum.    
 Diane Whitehead wrote about it in 2008....

  here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1469.msg37034#msg37034 .... it is only shown as foliage in  a pic with Cardamine.

Prefers some light  shade, we discovered..... now feeling even worse about the loss of the Archived Forum.

[David Nicholson]

I share your loss Maggi

By the way noticed that the first post in the link that you gave was one from the late, and sadly missed, Hans Hoeller.

[Maggi Young]

And that's another great loss, David. Hans is sorely missed.

[Maggi Young]

Links to the FOC for the two Corydalis, just for interest:
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242314864   C. quantmeyeriana


http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242314926   C. temulifolia

[Tim Ingram]

Thanks David and Maggi - yes temulifolia it must be. I do hope it sets seed after flowering. Some corydalis do and others seem to need to cross pollinate. It is certainly a plant we should propagate!

[WimB]

Eranthis hyemalis is heralding spring while they predict frost down to -10°C for the following week  
Eranthis hyemalis 'Schwefelglanz' should be in flower too, if the snails hadn't found him first  

And Fritillaria raddeana is in flower already, normally this species flowers here in March, so he's vey early this year!