July 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ruweiss]

Some flowering plants from my garden:

[Lori S.]

Too many forums, too little time!  Anyway, here are some things in bloom now that I am enjoying...
Minuartia erythrosepala; Dracocephalum heterophyllum; Dianthus sp.; Silene uniflora:
     

Gypsophila repens; Hieracium villosum; Anthemis marschalliana:
     

Lychnis ajanencis; Penstemon virens (x2):


Oops, I guess this really belongs in July, doesn't  it?

[Lori S.]

A few more...
Saxifraga xlongifolia (x2); Edraianthus serbicus; Scilla verna nestled in Campanula topaliana:
     

Asyneuma limonifolium; Sedum pilosum - I'm happy to see that it is hardy here!; Bolanthus cherlerioides:
 

I really like this one - Hypericum aviculariifolium ssp. uniflorum - (although the "uniflorum" doesn't seem to fit):
 

[Lori S.]

Campanula hawkinsiana, from seed last year, and starting to bloom (seeming to require neither an alpine house in this climate, nor lime-free soil, re. our discussion about this some time ago, Luit); I expect it will likely be short-lived (as it is said to be) but so far, so good:
     

Arenaria grandiflora; Silene argaea (x2):
  

[meanie]

Always a highlight of the year for me - Alstroemeria psittacina.

[zephirine]

A special tribute to Lesley , one of the (very) few plants from NZ in my garden, the delightful, aerial Hebe kirkii.

[Magnar]

A few pics from my rock garden yesterday:

Castilleja miniata
Centaurea pindicola
Cremanthodium sp
Penstemon fruticosus scouleri albus
Phaypphleps biflora
Rhodiola dumulosa

[Lvandelft]

Here is a lot in flower as well at the moment 

Asclepias tuberosum     long flowering and excellent for cutting.
Gypsophila Pink Star    a good substitute for the later flowering Gyps. Rosenschleier

Aster radula            a very good low and rich flowering Aster for poor places.     

Dahlia Bishop of Llandaff  Gives the garden at several places some good color for the remaining summer   

Echinacea paradoxa         
Telekia speciosa           a real "alpine"
Amicia zygomeris          probably not hardy enough but very interesting

Veronicastrum Fascination  gives a better perforance year after year.                       
Thalictrum Elin                             
Thalictrum Elin cl.     

[Lesley Cox]

Some lovely things there in the northern summer. Thanj you Zephirine for the very nice Hebe. It's one I don't know but will look for it. I like the way it seems so excited.

I also like very much, the white Dracocephalum, the Cremanthodium and the Thalictrum, as well as the Phaeiophleps which I had from a Watson collection years ago. Lost now but I still remember the lovely perfume.

July is our coldest month and heading that way with harder frosts each morning but still almost no snow in the hills. The skiers are not happy.

[Brian Ellis]

Amicia zygomeris          probably not hardy enough but very interesting

Much to my surprise it came through last winter outside Luit so fingers crossed!

[Tim Ingram]

Just a couple of contrasting plants - first, with tribute to that great grower of alpine campanulas (and much else), Graham Nicholls, a lovely specimen of C. x wockei 'Puck' on the sand bed; and secondly the emerald mat of Azorella trifurcata, a fascinating member of one of my favourite families of plants, the Umbelliferae (which I prefer to Apiaceae). The Azorella is growing in part of the bed with much shallower gritty sand over the normal garden soil and is so much easier than its very choice relative Bolax gummifera, which hopefully I have at last found a spot to suit.

[David Nicholson]

That's a very well behaved shape to the Campanula Tim. Mind you, in my garden as soon as I put in a Campanula the slugs get the bunting out and celebrate.

[Michael J Campbell]

Hypericum buckleyii

[Lesley Cox]

That's a very fine Campanula Tim. And I like your Hypericum too Michael.

[Knud]

Three plants in bloom here the last few weeks. First picture is of Allium narcissiflorum, which was very nice this year. The second is Gentiana lutea, only the second time it has bloomed in its twelve years. The last three pictures are all of Centaurea (uniflora) nervosa, one of the plant in bud, one of the bud, and in bloom. More interesting than showy, perhaps.

Knud