May 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

Primula sieboldii 'Snowflake'
Ranunculus parnassifolius
Scilla amoena
Tulipa 'Absalon'
Tulipa aximensis

[WimB]

Tulipa 'Insulinde'
Tulipa platystigma
Uvularia grandiflora 'Gold Leaved Form'
Uvularia sessilifolia 'Cobblewood Gold'

[Ian Y]

Took Clay Koplin out on a botanical expedition and we hit our targets of Primula vulgaris and Viola canina perfectly.

[Mike Ireland]

From the garden today,
Lewisia tweedyi
Degenia velebitica growing on tufa wall
Primula marginata Linda Pope on tufa wall
Glaucidium palmatum, first time flowering from seed

[David Nicholson]

Lovely plants there Mike.

[Mike Ireland]

Thanks David, a little warm weather & out they come.
Two more from today.
Lewisia tweedyi apricot/yellow a self sown seedling in the raised bed in the alpine house
Berneuxia thibetica x 2, leaves have been attacked by very tiny caterpillas

[Maggi Young]

My goodness - that Berneuxia is a bosker!  Well done on that, chewed leaves or not!
Up here out Glaucidium is only just emerging through the soil.

[johnw]

My goodness - that Berneuxia is a bosker!  Well done on that, chewed leaves or not!
Up here out Glaucidium is only just emerging through the soil.

Bosker? That coldframe pot looks like The Garden of Earthly Delights! 

[Mike Ireland]

Bosker? That coldframe looks like The Garden of Earthly Delights! 

My goodness - that Berneuxia is a bosker!  Well done on that, chewed leaves or not!
Up here out Glaucidium is only just emerging through the soil.

John the plants are in 90 ltr pots packed with peat blocks & left uncovered at all times
except for a large, upturned plastic coated wire hanging basket frame, to keep the blackbird out.

Bosker Maggi, that sounds like it must mean its OK

[johnw]

Two decent days in the past 4 days and things are moving here.  Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii 'Dr. Borgeson' has been in flower since late February and no signs of slowing down. Is there a UK primula nursery I could contact to see if it is in production over there?  Apparently the good doctor, a specialist in marine algae, was from New Zealand and brought it along with other plants to Denmark.

Paeonia tomentosa from Don Armstrong
Erythronium revolutum (?) - have a tough time getting these going
Primula marginata Dwarf f. from Jim Sutherland
Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii 'Dr. Borgeson'

john - a chilly +6c and intermittent heavy rain.

[Maggi Young]

Bosker Maggi, that sounds like it must mean its OK

I've always thought it was a Scots word, but I think it is widely held to be Australian!  Yes, is means "very good"  "top-hole" "spiffing" ..... take your pick!

( The Aussies seem to use it as an adjective rather than a noun)

[David Nicholson]

..............Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii 'Dr. Borgeson' has been in flower since late February and no signs of slowing down. Is there a UK primula nursery I could contact to see if it is in production over there?  Apparently the good doctor, a specialist in marine algae, was from New Zealand and brought it along with other plants to Denmark............................

Never heard of this one John and can't find reference to it on Google or on any of the Web Sites of Nurseries I know of doing Primulas. I think, these days, anyone who tried to get the real plant of ssp sibthorpii would be disappointed.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely day today, as it was yesterday too. Some colour from the garden:-

Iberis, subspecies not known. I had thought it to be something like 'fischerii' but don't see this or similar on the The Plant List.
Phlox bifida in white
Phlox bifida blue. Would these stand a haircut after flowering please, just to keep them to a reasonable clump?
Aethionema 'Warley Rose'  Cracking value plant, will be flowering it's socks off until Autumn then gets a haircut.
Bergenia 'Mrs Crawford'. A small, well-behaved Bergenia bought last year from Beth Chatto's Nursery.

[David Nicholson]

.... and a few more.

Cassiope (I think this is the cultivar 'Edinburgh') Bought quite a few years now from Potterton's and has sulked in my back garden, with nary a single flower, until last year when Barry Starling advised me to move it into full sun.
Penstemon 'Six Hills'
Ajuga, no idea what ssp it might be, I just love the colour
Corydalis a nice lost label blue Corydalis

[Carolyn]

Corydalis a nice lost label blue Corydalis

David, this looks very like C. Blue Heron. Lovely plant, good foliage and flower.