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Title: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 02, 2017, 08:29:35 AM
Prometheum sempevivoides from the central Taurus (Anatolia) in normal size. The third photo shows three copies the unusual one are tall. Strangely. I never had this with this type. Mutants?  :o
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Gabriela on July 02, 2017, 02:37:40 PM
Prometheum sempevivoides from the central Taurus (Anatolia) in normal size. The third photo shows three copies the unusual one are tall. Strangely. I never had this with this type. Mutants?  :o

Very cool little plant 8)
Not perennial I guess?
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 02, 2017, 03:22:12 PM
Old name is Sedum sempervivoides... monocarp. So I always hope for seed.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: shelagh on July 06, 2017, 01:42:02 PM
A quick trip around the garden to show you what is in flower today.

A single flower on our Androcymbium striata the bulbs were very kindly given to us by George Elder.

A slightly out of focus Aster alpinus var. dolomiticus it's second flush this year.

3 views of the rock garden and scree.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: shelagh on July 06, 2017, 01:45:11 PM
More views and a lovely Geranium spotted in JohnnieD's garden and kindly given to us.  Don't we gardeners rely on the kindness and generosity of others.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: shelagh on July 06, 2017, 01:48:14 PM
Last batch, including our native Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris and also a new little Sedum which looks interesting S. corralloides.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Carolyn on July 06, 2017, 03:36:01 PM
More views and a lovely Geranium spotted in JohnnieD's garden and kindly given to us.  Don't we gardeners rely on the kindness and generosity of others.
Lovely photos of your garden, Shelagh. I think the geranium is pelargonium sidoides, which always survives the winter in my unheated greenhouse - I keep it dry. I am not sure how reliable it would be outside over the winter.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 08, 2017, 06:27:03 AM
@shelagh
The Sedum corraloides with its great growth form and silver colors I like especially ... great.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 08, 2017, 06:29:34 AM
Clematis columbiana var. tenuiloba from South Dakota..., unfortunately, also this year only one blossom.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Gabriela on July 09, 2017, 12:11:44 AM
Clematis columbiana var. tenuiloba from South Dakota..., unfortunately, also this year only one blossom.

This is a very attractive little Clematis, so even one blossom is great... I don't see well the position you are growing it, but I've been lucky to see it high up the mountain (Utah) and it grows in full sun exposure (which is crazy in July/August) on wind swept rocks ledges and the likes.
It is one that doesn't like to be 'pampered' ;)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 09, 2017, 09:09:59 AM
Many thanks for the tip with regard to the lighting conditions... Gabriela. My plant stands in the shade of a tree. Therefore, maybe she does not blossom so richly. I would want my North America - area sometime sometimes reshape... then I will place these small Clematis a little sunnier.

Thomas
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leucogenes on July 09, 2017, 04:14:11 PM
Campanula zoysii
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 10, 2017, 09:13:09 AM
Well done Thomas. While it is wonderful to see perfect show specimens in pots, it is especially nice to see such plants as Campanula zoysii creeping about in an open garden situation, as if it were in the mountains. Love your Clematis too.  :)

Sheila that is certainly a delicious Sedum. And what a wonderful summer show you have there. Heart-warming in our mid winter.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Steve Garvie on July 10, 2017, 03:39:11 PM
Cremanthodium rhodocephalum -First time flowering for me (container grown).

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4230/35702676391_70d5edd238_o_d.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4261/35702676541_338066e43e_o_d.jpg)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 10, 2017, 10:29:47 PM
An amazing photograph, showing absolutely EVERYTHING about this lovely plant. It must be better that the plant itself!  (I had thought all cremanthodiums were yellow!)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Carolyn on July 10, 2017, 11:09:47 PM
Wow, Steve, lovely cremanthodium.  Hope there will be seed for the seed exchange!
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Steve Garvie on July 11, 2017, 12:04:07 AM
An amazing photograph, showing absolutely EVERYTHING about this lovely plant. It must be better that the plant itself!  (I had thought all cremanthodiums were yellow!)
Thank you Lesley.
I took care to ensure that the photograph doesn't show the hideous white polystyrene vaccine box it grows in!  ;)

Wow, Steve, lovely cremanthodium.  Hope there will be seed for the seed exchange!
Are they self-fertile Carolyn? If so I'll be out tomorrow with the paintbrush.  ;)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 11, 2017, 08:30:33 AM
Ah well, polystyrene boxes are not beautiful but they do have their uses. My best Weldenia candida lived in a large one for about 5 years, grew bigger and bigger until I had to divide it and flowered superbly each summer. It has never been QUITE so good, ever since.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Carolyn on July 11, 2017, 08:35:58 AM

Are they self-fertile Carolyn? If so I'll be out tomorrow with the paintbrush.  ;)
Steve,
I have no idea! I have never grown that one before. Always worth trying pollination though, if you can.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leena on July 14, 2017, 07:12:14 AM
Some pictures from this week. Summer has been peculiar here, the cold spring became cold summer, and in June it also rained quite a lot. Almost all  flowers started to flower later than usually and because of the cool weather the flowering has continued for a long time, so it is good in that way. :)
Primula sieboldii usually flowers here in June, but this year these started to flower in mid June and are still flowering, picture was taken yesterday. These are plants grown from Barnhaven seeds several years ago.
Lactiflora-peonies are now in their full flower, the cranesbill  is 'Orion'.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leena on July 14, 2017, 07:15:41 AM
Near our house is a small field which has not been cultivated for some years, and it is so pretty now with Leucanthemum vulgare flowering. These flowers used to be very common, but now you can't see them very often.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leena on July 14, 2017, 07:19:03 AM
Couple other native pretty flowers.
Galium boreale
I even found one Platanthera bifolia growing by the small road.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Maggi Young on July 14, 2017, 10:54:55 AM
Oh  my! Lots of colour all around you, Leena, in the garden and outside it!
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leena on July 14, 2017, 12:59:01 PM
Thanks Maggi, summer is such a great time (though spring is the best)! :)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: gerrit on July 16, 2017, 09:56:41 AM
Silene frivaldskyana is an endemic species from Macedonia, growing along the Pcinja river. It grows in a trough and seems to be hardy in The Netherlands.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Carolyn on July 16, 2017, 10:42:46 AM
Oh that's nice. I'm sure the seed exchange would welcome some seeds....
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: ruweiss on July 16, 2017, 09:45:45 PM
Flowering now in garden and Alpine House
Leontopodium andersonii is native to Sichuan/China
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: shelagh on July 17, 2017, 04:22:55 PM
Another Gerd Stopp plant has put up it's first flower. Caltha appendiculata it's in a 4inch pot now.  Also Sedum corralloides with it's minute flowers.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on July 17, 2017, 06:40:37 PM
Buddleja utahensis has survived here for several years, but has never flowered.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Robert on July 18, 2017, 01:06:56 PM
I am catching up on reading a few of the back issues of the bulb log. As per Ian's suggestion, here are a few common species that thrive in our Sacramento, California garden. I would not be without them.

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Campanula rotundifolia blooms all summer and is not bothered by 40 C heat.

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Campanula cochleariifolia is another easy-to-grow species.

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Mimulus cardinalis (Gold form). It blooms all summer. It is also a host plant for native Lepidoptera Order (Butterflies) insects.

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Mimulus primuliodes var. primuloides will bloom off and on all summer into the autumn. This one is a favorite.

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The first of the Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum are starting to bloom. With deadheading they will bloom for months. They are also a great nectar source for Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Robert on July 18, 2017, 01:11:24 PM
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Mimulus moschatus is finishing for the season. A month earlier it was full of flowers.

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I grow Silene lacianata ssp. californica all over the garden. They too will bloom on and off all summer. Common - but so easy and a nice long blooming season.  :)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Mike Ireland on July 21, 2017, 09:56:54 PM
Photographed today at Woodlands Garden in Fotherby the finest Codonopsis lanceolata I've ever seen, the flowers were huge.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Mike Ireland on July 21, 2017, 10:06:17 PM
More from Woodlands, Codonopsis sp. unknown.  Foliage & flowers.  If anyone can help with I/D please.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Gerdk on July 24, 2017, 01:36:06 PM
Here are some flowers which are pollinated mainly by hummingbirds (which are lacking here unfortunately but nevertheless setting seeds)

1.+2. Petunia exserta
3.+4. Ipomoea quamoclit
5.      Bomarea edulis

Gerd
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Leena on July 27, 2017, 07:22:15 AM
Pseudofumaria lutea flowering, and in the sunnier part of the garden one of my favourite cranesbill, G.pratense 'Plenum Violaceum'.
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Steve Garvie on July 27, 2017, 09:45:09 PM
Pulsatilla taraoi -Though out of season this is the first time I have flowered this species.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4326/35401986133_ce18579294_o_d.jpg)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: fleurbleue on July 28, 2017, 01:14:35 PM
A strongly hairy one !  :D Nice  ;)
Title: Re: July 2017 in the Northern hemisphere
Post by: Rick R. on July 29, 2017, 01:30:48 AM
And I thought that Steve's Cremanthodium photograph would never be beat! This one is beyond incredulous!

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I had an old hypertufa trough break, so I had to extract plants.  The nice thing about alpine soils is that you don't have to wash it off the roots for a pic!

Townsendia rothrockii and Erigeron compositus Red Desert
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