April 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

And some more:

Hepatica nobilis var. insularis
Primula marginata 'Drake's Blue'
Ranunculus alpestris
Some Saxifraga's
and the young leaves of Oxalis adenophylla 'Purple Heart'

[WimB]

And lastly some A. blanda's in flower!

[Diane Whitehead]

I thought I had a deer-proof enclosure, but there's a pair of does this year that are having a
feast inside it.

Here is what remains of a double Polygonatum (obviously the leaves taste better than the
flowers) and Tricyrtis macranthopsis.

They are in pots, so easily moved, and are now up on a balcony.  Let's hope the eagles are
not looking for a salad.

[David Nicholson]

Draba dedeana

[johnralphcarpenter]

New growth on Podocarpus nivalis 'Bronze'

[EmmaCampanula]

some signs of spring...

[Graham Catlow]

Just the one from me for the time being. Some things finally flowering but the cold has been replaced by blustery showers. I managed to get this one this evening

Part of a woodland trough.
Rhododendron cephalanthum v. crebriflorum in the foreground. Its a young plant flowering for the first time.
Behind that is an Hepatica but I can't find the label.
The main feature is Synthyris stellata. This has taken weeks to develop.
In the background is Hepatica nobilis which should be much deeper almost purple but the camera has turned it blue

[ruweiss]

2 Callianthemums in flower:
Call. kernerianum
Call. farreri, small plant with a big flower

[Leena]

Graham, how really lovely woodland scene, the moss and ferns and blue! Too bad Synthyris may be too  tender to try to grow here.

Emma, do you know what Corydalis that is in the first picture?

[Natalia]

Colleagues, you have a lovely spring in full swing.
And to us it is only now come ...

[Graham Catlow]

Graham, how really lovely woodland scene, the moss and ferns and blue! Too bad Synthyris may be too  tender to try to grow here.

Thank you Leena.

[EmmaCampanula]

Graham, how really lovely woodland scene, the moss and ferns and blue! Too bad Synthyris may be too  tender to try to grow here.

Emma, do you know what Corydalis that is in the first picture?

Yes, Leena. I totaly agree. Graham, this scene looks phantastic!

The Corydalis in my last post is just an ordinary C. cava.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some white fever to start this month ......

White fever part 2 ....

Pleione formosana  'Cairngorm'
Hepatica nobilis x pyrenaica
Townsendia hookeri
Draba dedeana
Townsendia sp.

[Maggi Young]

......a "cool" selection, Kris   

[krisderaeymaeker]

......a "cool" selection, Kris   

With such warm spring we need to cool down Maggi