Author Topic: May 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere (Read 22836 times)

Lvandelft · « **on:** May 01, 2011, 03:21:05 PM »

I think it's ok when starting new pages here.

Some plants flowering here:
Anthyllis montana Rubra
Mosses on a big stone:
Speirantha convallarioides
Dodecatheon tetrandrum Red Wings
Rheum Hartswood Purple knop
RHeum Hartswood Purple

Lvandelft · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:22:20 PM »

Some dwarf phloxes:
Phlox Janous
Phlox sub. Benita
Phlox sub. Emerald Cushion Blue
Phlox subulata Kelly's Eye

Lvandelft · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:23:36 PM »

and a few allium :

Allium jesdianum Michael Hoog
Allium jesdianum Pendjikent
Allium jesdianum Shing

johnw · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:25:56 PM »

Bergenia ciliatum just passing peak.

johnw

David Nicholson · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:11:30 PM »

Some lovely colour there Luit.

johnw · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2011, 08:38:14 PM »

A few Shortia uniflora (ex Denmark) just coming into flower.

johnw

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #6 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:15:52 AM »

They're delicious John.

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:21:56 AM »

From SRGC seed last year, I grew both Anthyllis vulneraria - the scarlet one which I'd lost - and A. montana rubra, having seen such a fine plant on John Husband's lovely website. Neither has flowered yet but from the foliage, I'm pretty sure both are A. vulneraria, which I'm sad about, as the deep pink is a really good thing, judging from John's, and now yours Luit.

johnw · « **Reply #8 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:25:53 AM »

Quote from: Lesley Cox on May 02, 2011, 01:15:52 AM

They're delicious John.

Lesley - Shush. I'm getting nervous now with Fermi still in this hemisphaere.

johnw

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #9 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:58:20 AM »

Quote from: johnw on May 02, 2011, 01:25:53 AM

Quote from: Lesley Cox on May 02, 2011, 01:15:52 AM
They're delicious John.

Lesley - Shush. I'm getting nervous now with Fermi still in this hemisphaere.

johnw

His climate's too hot and dry to grow them but I suppose they might make a nice pre-dinner snack.

Is he visiting Canada?

Knud · « **Reply #10 on:** May 03, 2011, 10:44:09 PM »

May is here, so let me start with a plant than came into bloom the last week of april, but which is now peaking here, Ranunculus montanus.

The second and third pictures are of Tulipa sylvestris, the first ones opened a few days ago. It is such a cheerful sight on a sunny day. We have a patch that is slowly taking over an old bed, and attempting to get a foothold in the lawn as well. My mother brought it into the garden 30-40 years ago from an island outside her home village on the southern tip of Norway, where it had naturalised as a so-called ballast plant. This tulip, along with many other "exotics", were brought to Norway in soil used as ballast on sailships (18th and 19th centuries) returning empty from trips to Europe. The ballast was dumped in the harbour until that was stopped, then mainly on islands in or near the harbour (and sometimes in the captain's garden). Many of these islands now have interesting floras, and the town of Arendal even has Tulipa sylvestris as its floral symbol.

Knud

Paddy Tobin · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2011, 10:49:28 PM »

Yellow is the perfect colour to give us that sunny feeling. A lovely set of shots.

Paddy

olegKon · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2011, 08:48:13 AM »

Two of numerous pulsatillas flowering now
1,2. Pulsatilla alpina or vernalis
3. Pulsatilla rubra at the beginning of flowering

WimB · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2011, 12:18:50 PM »

A very colourful beginning of May everyone:

Here in flower now in the garden:

Cypripedium 'Emil'
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Hosta 'Cat's eye'
Hosta 'Pandora's box'
Meconopsis quintuplinervia x betonicifolia (a perennial plant)
Paris bashanensis
Ramonda myconi
Ramonda myconi 'Alba'
Sauromatum venosum

Giles · « **Reply #14 on:** May 04, 2011, 01:19:22 PM »

Meconopsis ... ....

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