June 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Lina Hesseling]

Can someone explain what JJA collection is?

Lina.

[WimB]

Can someone explain what JJA collection is?

Lina.

Lina, it means the seeds were collected by Jim & Jenny Archibald!

[Lina Hesseling]

Thank you, Wim.

Lina.

[johnw]

Rafa - I will trying crossing the two pallidas here. if they set seeds quickly all will be fine but I need to divide these in the next few weeks while they are briefly dormant.

john

[Rafa]

thank you John I will also try to get seeds or divisions.
Lori really nice garden, It seems very big.... Ian, here in Spain, in my region  there is no rains since a month, but my problem is ia have a very little gardening space!!
Today blooming Campanula rotundifolia subsp. hispanica, and Alstroemeria pallida

[krisderaeymaeker]

Lori
Your garden looks wonderful -  bright and sunny with so may interesting plants - so pleased you popped back to post.
Our garden along with may others in this part of Europe is looking somewhat battered by heavy rain and wind.

I agree with Ian , beautiful and interesting  plants Lori ! And have the same experience with this summer ...
Altough some plants like it ...
Here some flowers of our garden .

Again Silene bolanthoides growing in a crevice here .
Also in a very narrow crevice between two big tufarocks (the crevice was filled with pure sand)  : Convolvulus compactus  .
The blue Aquilegia einseleana is an endemic of the Alps and stays very compact here .
Campanula trogerae also in crevice-conditions .
Dactylorhiza x grandis feels happy in my peatbed .
 

[Rafa]

wow really beautiful and interesting alpines Kris.

[Brian Ellis]

Super plants Kris, we have just come back from a weeks holiday to find the last flower on Gentiana georgei from Rob Potterton, I knew we'd miss them flowering so was pleased that one of the five is still out.  Just to prove we have been away, the plants on the bench and in front left had to be transported back...good job no one was sitting in the back of the car 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Super plants Kris, we have just come back from a weeks holiday to find the last flower on Gentiana georgei from Rob Potterton, I knew we'd miss them flowering so was pleased that one of the five is still out.  Just to prove we have been away, the plants on the bench and in front left had to be transported back...good job no one was sitting in the back of the car 

Thanks Brian , I was never very succesfull with that Gentiana ....
It is a real gem anyway , I like it ! 

wow really beautiful and interesting alpines Kris.

Thanks Rafa , I must admitted that I enjoyed your Alstroemeria's to ! Never paid any attention to this genus before until the day we find Alstroemeria patagonica in the wild in Patagonia . From that moment on I start to like them !   

[WimB]

Some plants in flower here today:

Arisaema fargesii
Arisaema flavum var. flavum
Dianthus ?? (Edit: D. haematocalyx subsp. pindicola, thanks to Franz for the correct name)
Epipactis gigantea
Lonicera crassifolia 'Little Honey'
and Pulsatilla turczaninovii

[Rafa]

Brian, good place to take a cup of Tea!

Wim, I love this Arisaema fargesii
Here som plants blooming in the garden, I lost the label of the last blue delphinium. It is a little one, from last SRGC seed list, maybe it is any species from China?

    Alyssum minus
    Molucella spinosa
    Delphinium requienii
    Delphinium sp SRGC
    Dianthus hyssopifolius

[Tim Ingram]

Wim - what a great little plant that Lonicera is! New to me - do you know anything more about it?

[hadacekf]

Some plants in flower here today:

Arisaema fargesii
Arisaema flavum var. flavum
Dianthus ??
Epipactis gigantea
Lonicera crassifolia 'Little Honey'
and Pulsatilla turczaninovii

Wim,
suberp plants und pictures. I think the Dianthus is D. haematocalyx ssp. pindicola

[Lesley Cox]

Carpenteria californica

Something for me to look forward to Michael. They are exquisite and I couldn't believe how quickly and freely they germinated from what appeared to be just dust.

[WimB]

Wim - what a great little plant that Lonicera is! New to me - do you know anything more about it?

Tim,

you can find some more info here: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=1315.msg249732#msg249732.

It's a very small, slowly creeping honeysuckle, without scent (which is a shame). Survived our last winter of -18°C perfectly growing in a shady part of the rock garden.