May in the Northern Hemisphere 2020

[kris]

Thanks Cohan and David.
Ranunculus parnassifolius  is flowering now.

[shelagh]

Yes Cohan it is a Pelargonium, my gardener (Brian) pointed that out when he read the post. We have kept that one over 2 winters now in the greenhouse. In fact all three Pelargoniums survived the winter.

[ashley]

Ranunculus parnassifolius  is flowering now.

Magnificent plant Kris

[cohan]

Nice Ranunc, Kris!

Shelagh-- good going only in the house would keep them over, here!

[cohan]

Still playing catch-up-- when am I not?
Tulipa urumiensis (maybe)-- from mixed commercial bulbs (as is the next tulip)-- with its small  bright yellow flowers with nice dark outers, and flowering early-- with the Crocus, starting a couple of weeks before the related tarda (hort), this has been very welcome in the garden.
White flowered Tulipa turkestanica has also been a joy, also starting early, in a good spot it has got better each year, with more and more flowers per stem.
(Pseudo)Muscari azureum is one of the earliest things of all to flower, and not even in the earliest bed to melt out.. shown here a couple of weeks or more later at peak.. May 13-18 2020

[ArnoldT]

Here's two Clematis.

C. integrifolia
C. texensis Pagoda

 
 and an unknown that I would appreciate and ID for.  It was a volunteer which turned out to be attractive.

[Gail]

and an unknown that I would appreciate and ID for.  It was a volunteer which turned out to be attractive.

Tradescantia andersoniana?

https://www.classicroses.co.uk/tradescantia-andersoniana-isis-spiderwort.html

[ArnoldT]

Gail:

Loos to be it. 

Thanks,

[cohan]

Here's two Clematis.
C. integrifolia
C. texensis Pagoda

Did you grow the integrifolia from seed? I think I have seedlings, planted out a season or two ago, wondering if they will do anything exciting this year, but still pretty tiny last year, I think..

[ArnoldT]

They were purchased at a specialty nursery which in no longed in business.

[kris]

more pictures from the rock garden

[Leucogenes]

world-class...Krish.  The luminosity of this Penstemon nitidus is outstanding. 😎

[Leena]

Kris, you have so lovely rock garden! I sometimes wish I could grow small plants, but  my big plants always take all the sunny places and smother smaller ones. Every garden is different.

[kris]

Thanks Thomas.
Leena it was a difficult decision to change some sunny parts of my regular garden into an alpine garden. It took some time and effort but finally I did it with my husbands help. The one advantage is that I get flowers from the beginning of April. Saskatoon is very cold and regular garden starts around May end.

[Leena]

Kris, you are right that also in my sunny part of the garden with bigger plants flowering starts only in late May, so in sunny rock garden it could start earlier  . I hadn't thought about it like that!
My woodland part of garden is my earliest with snowdrops and crocuses first and then flowers all April or after the snow has melted.