May in the Northern Hemisphere

[Maggi Young]

Tchihatchewia isatidea, a little too big for my alpine house.

Ebbie - does Tchihatchewia isatidea  set seed for you? If so I would be very pleased if you could spare me some 

[astragalus]

Spring has arrived.  The Magnolia soulangeana is in bloom depite being frosted a number of times and things are popping up everywhere.  Just a few pictures of the early garden plants.

[astragalus]

Blooming now down at the stream garden - various hellebores which are lush in comparison to those growing at the end of the cliff.  In the stream garden they are constantly moist, but not soggy.

[Maggi Young]

Anne- after all that snow you had, it is a great comfort to see so many beauties in your garden.  But plants like that are a joy anytime, really!

[Maggi Young]

Foliage emerging now from the Acers in our garden - all seed grown apart from the 'Osakazuki' in the centre



Found these critters on one sample :


I presume they may be an aphid of some sort 

[meanie]

Found these critters on one sample :

I presume they may be an aphid of some sort 

I presume that they're some sort of pancake shape now! 

I found a Lily Beetle on an Aquilega today. Whilst I'm happy that they're leaving my Frits and Tricyrtis alone whilst they're on the Aquilega I'm not sure that I want them getting a taste for adventurous cuisine 

[ebbie]

Ebbie - does Tchihatchewia isatidea  set seed for you? If so I would be very pleased if you could spare me some 

Maggi, I do not know. The Tchihatchewia blooms with me the first time. If it make seed, I will send you a message.

[Maggi Young]

I presume that they're some sort of pancake shape now! 

I'm afraid so - thought I'd act now and ask questions later. 

[Maggi Young]

Maggi, I do not know. The Tchihatchewia blooms with me the first time. If it make seed, I will send you a message.

  Thank you ,Eddie!

[astragalus]

In for a bit of a break.  Some more in the garden now.  You can call this the plant that refuses to die.  It was pulled out 3 times during the winter by deer, stuffed back into the ground each time with little hope, and here it is showing signs of life.

[fixpix]

Lovely Xanthoceras, How many years is it? My own attempt at raising it from seeds back in Norway failed miserably, too cool and wet.

Thank you, I'm also fascinated. New flowers yellow and become dark red as they grow old
I think I sowed the seeds in 2010.
We get it hot and dry in summer so it looks like my little trees like it.

[Philip Walker]

Aquilegia-sown as saximontana
Lewisia
Phlox kelseyi 'Rosette'

[David Nicholson]

Aquilegia-sown as saximontana

Ah, yet another of life's interminables

[krisderaeymaeker]

Foliage emerging now from the Acers in our garden - all seed grown apart from the 'Osakazuki' in the centre

Great Maggi , love it !

[krisderaeymaeker]

Spring has arrived.  The Magnolia soulangeana is in bloom depite being frosted a number of times and things are popping up everywhere.  Just a few pictures of the early garden plants.

Pictures that every gardener want to see Anne .