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Paul T

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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #90 on: April 15, 2012, 08:45:50 AM »
Lovely pics, Folks.

That double Adonis in particular caught my eye.  I just love it.  And the Adonis vernalis with it.  Beautiful.  And those lovely Lewisias.  Thanks everyone. 8)
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #91 on: April 15, 2012, 11:50:07 AM »
Quote from: ruweiss on April 14, 2012, 10:28:15 PM
Flowering now in the open garden and the Alpine House.

Fantastic Lewisia's Rudy !
Quote from: Lesley Cox on April 15, 2012, 12:24:58 AM
Funny though, in Luc's picture of Linum/Erysimum, the foliage on the flower stems looks very like what a Linum stem would be like as do some of the other leaves, but right at the bottom of the image, there are what definitely seem to be wallflower (Erysimum) rosettes of foliage. Is it slightly possible Luc that there are two seedlings there, one a Linum and one the Erysimum? (although, the Linum leaves seem to be on the Erysimum flower stems. Better forget that suggestion. ???)

You're not all that wrong, Lesley.  There are in fact 2 seedlings in there, but both were/are identical...  ;)

A few days on and more flowers :

1) Anemone obtusiloba "Pradesh" - fond memory of a great visit to Ian Christie's nursery a couple of years ago !  :D
2) Androsace muscoidea "Schacht's Form" - I can't get enough of it !!
3) Androsace alpina - first flowers opening
4) Dianthus x "Conwy Silver" - another little gem from Keith Lever !
5) Phlox bifida "Ralph Haywood" getting started
6) Primula x loiseleuri "Lismore Yellow"
7) Primula marginata "Linda Pope"
8-9-10 : some garden views


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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #92 on: April 15, 2012, 01:10:10 PM »
Luc,

That Anemone looks interesting.  Interesting shape to the petals?

Lovely to see some broader pics of your garden.  Looks great!  Thanks.
« Last Edit: April 15, 2012, 01:12:00 PM by Paul T »
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #93 on: April 15, 2012, 07:05:33 PM »
wow Luc! I'm coming on the next plane. I really have to remake my rockery ..

After all of Luc's colour I darent show a short video of my front garden. Spring is over but the summer flowerers are still thinking about what they should do.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wxr4UvfCY[/youtube]
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #94 on: April 15, 2012, 07:14:10 PM »
Cracking pics on this thread over the last few days folks.
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #95 on: April 15, 2012, 07:19:59 PM »
Thanks for the comments folks !  Glad you like it !
Always welcome Mark !  8)
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #96 on: April 15, 2012, 07:25:28 PM »
Quote from: Luc Gilgemyn on April 15, 2012, 07:19:59 PM
Always welcome Mark !  8)

Thanks, great to know
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #97 on: April 15, 2012, 09:37:35 PM »
Daphne x susannae cheriton
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #98 on: April 15, 2012, 11:06:28 PM »
Wow, that's a beauty Michael. :o
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #99 on: April 15, 2012, 11:33:07 PM »
Michael maybe you or me should start a Daphne thread? I have 3 to show
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #100 on: April 16, 2012, 01:29:03 AM »
I was just admiring Anemone obtusiloba on Wrightman's list- seems like a nice one!
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #101 on: April 16, 2012, 09:44:13 AM »
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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #102 on: April 16, 2012, 07:30:29 PM »
Quote from: Michael J Campbell on April 15, 2012, 09:37:35 PM
Daphne x susannae cheriton


..... and snap, here's mine, first flush of flowers beginning to go over now but looking forward to another crop in July. Still a heavenly scent though. I bought the plant from Robin White's stand at the South West AGS Show, I think three years ago now and it's spent most of that time in a pot but now planted out on a new rockery I'm working on. Just behind it is a very small plant of D. blagyana 'Brenda Anderson' bought from the same source at this years South West Show.

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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #103 on: April 16, 2012, 08:07:31 PM »
Apart from the Daphneys mentioned above I'm gradually planting up the rockery with plants that are freely available from garden centres. Two reasons for this. Firstly there are no specialist alpine nurseries within easy travelling distance of home, and secondly, since I've scrounged all the stone I've used from skips, I thought I might plant it with stuff that is avaiable in the locality to see if I could entice others in the neighbourhood to have a go too. Who knows, they might get interested enough to join us!

Here's some examples so far:-

Aethionema 'Warley Rose'
Two Mossy Saxifrages-'White Star' and 'Mossy Pink'
Aquilegia flabillata 'Cameo Blue'

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Re: April 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #104 on: April 16, 2012, 08:31:07 PM »
A touch of winter to the forum which is a touch of spring in these parts. Or may be a touch of summer as with the snow layer of 50 cm today it's +20C.
The first 2 pics of Galanthus "Cordelia" were taken yesterday morning and afternoon respectively. So were the second 2 pictures of Iris 'Blue Ice"
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