March 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Mike Ireland]

Maggie it looks quite "humpy" today, the buds are just a little larger.

[Maggi Young]

Just fascinating how plants develop, isn't it? Plenty to keep a photographer occupied!

[Roma]

Corydalis malkensis making a nice picture with a Scilla  -  sibirica ssp. armena?

[johnw]

Aha! The fattest fairy in the west has finally twigged what the "move" comment was about....  welcome to the northern hemisphere again John. Hope thw speed of the trip hasn't left you with too much jet lag?  

No jet lag but I'm still waiting for the furniture Maggi....

johnw

[Tim Ingram]

I shall never look at Paeonia tenuifolia in the same way after Maggi's comment! Ours is quite a bit behind that one pictured but it is such a wonderful species in the garden, neat and well behaved (until you tread on it!). My wife was strongly tempted by a double form on Potterton's stand at the Kent Show but they had all gone by the time we came back... (very reasonably priced, less than half that of a sought after snowdrop).

A few things in our garden just now - Hacquetia epipactis 'Thor', very fresh as it first comes through the soil; Helleborus odorus, a good form from Blackthorn; Primula 'Gigha'; Hyacinthus orientalis, the wild type form, much looser and smaller flowered than the normal forms grown and a lovely plant; Helleborus ex. 'Cosmos', grown from seed from one of its originators, Jim Archibald, and probably pretty true to the original; and finally one of the most beautiful small cherries, Prunus x blireana, a compact shrub with reddish foliage and smothered in double-pink flowers in early spring. An all round excellent plant which we have paired with Daphne odora in our garden, a marriage of equals!

[johnw]

Podophyllum pleianthum x versipelle seedling
Podophyllum difforme best x 2nd best
Podophyllum versipelle seedling - 1 year old

I could sit all day long looking at these as they emerge.

johnw  - +16c

[jomowi]

Looking good in RBGE today


Narcissus cyclamineus





Saxifraga oppositifolia growing through Raoulia hastii



Raised bed with Pulsatillas with cleared site for the new alpine house in the background.



Daphne blagyana



Trough with Saxifraga 'Meteor' and S. oppositifolia 'Bridget'

[angie]

Maureen I am so jealous that you are now living so close to the botanics. I would never be away from their if I lived close by.
Still its nice that you will be able to post some pictures for us all to see whats flowering at this time of year.
The Daphne looks good.

Angie 

[Hoy]

Maureen, do I spot a working water sprinkler in the background?
Here it is so wet that everything floats! I can grow bog plants on a vertical wall. But the temperature is nice - the last month's mean temperature is +4C above normal.

[jomowi]

Yes, indeed Hoy and it was not the only sprinkler in use.  A large area with Rhododenrons was also being watered.  I was rather surprised to see them myself.  I know that parts of England are desperate for rain and have been for a couple of years, but that is not the case in Scotland.  I had tried to get closer to the Pulsatillas but kept getting caught out by the sprinklers, so had to give up in the interest of my camera!

[johnw]

22c at 9:39pm in coastal Nova Scotia on March 21st.  Madness.  Sidewalk cafés full. Have never seen this before.  At freezing Tuesday next week.

johnw

[astragalus]

Enjoyed in the garden today, both 3+ weeks ahead of schedule.  Crazy weather in the Northeast.

Douglasia nivalis

[astragalus]

  Here's the other one.

Narcissus 'Jetfire'

[ranunculus]

Beautiful images everybody.

[Sinchets]

Flowering here now:
Ranunculus calandrinioides