April 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Tim Ingram]

These couple of plants are from John and Carolyn Millen's garden, near to Sutton Valance, Maidstone. Their garden is high on the escarpment of the North Downs looking down across the Weald of Kent - chalky soil, sloping, full sun. The result; the most magnificent plant of Lithodora zahnii I have ever seen! If Farrer medals were awarded to plants in the garden, surely this would be one. Behind it a nice small clump of Gentiana acaulis. (See also the Pulsatilla thread).

[Graham Catlow]

Today's selection (part 1)

1. Part of the rock garden - Euphorbia myrsinites in the foreground and rigida in the back ground. Pulsatilla 'Blaue Glocke' adding the colour. The Iris is 'Black Swan' and Abies koreana is the back drop.
2. Pulsatilla 'Blaue Glocke' and Sedum spathulifolium atropurpureum
3. Sedum spathulifolium atropurpureum.
4. Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' in its winter colour

[Graham Catlow]

Part 2.

5. Trillium chloropetalum giganteum
6. Anemone blanda self seeding all over the place. Started from a single plant many years ago. A little disappointed that the pale and white  ones are appearing.
7. Narcissus 'Thalia'
8. 'Thalia' and a Hellebore

[Graham Catlow]

Last - Part 3.

9. Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign' and a tulip.
10. Hepatica nobilis
11. Trough - with Narcissus moschatus, Hepatica nobilis 'Cremar', Synthyris stellata (past its best), and Rhododendron keleticum

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fantastic pix everyone !! 

Out here, Tulips amongst others provide the colourful Spring feeling in the garden !

[WimB]

Well, the label says Anemonella thalictroides Semi Double White, from Edrom Nurseries, a highly reputable Scottish nursery, so I guess that will do.

Hi John,

even highly reputable Scottish nurseries make mistakes, labels can be very easily swapped by mistake. What you have is an Anemone (Anemone raddeana or another) but certainly no Thalictrum thalictroides and most certainly no Semi Double!! Here attached a pic of a semi-plena white form of Thalictrum thalictroides.

[WimB]

Some plants which are in flower here now:

Anemone nemerosa 'Dee Day'
Corydalis solida seedling
Hyacinthoides italica
Iris bucharica
Veronica thessalica

[WimB]

And some more:

Thalictrum thalictroides 'Amelia'
Thalictrum thalictroides 'Jade Feather'
Thalictrum thalictroides 'Pink Flash'
and last but not least two Trilliums!

[fermi de Sousa]

Today's selection (part 1)

1. Part of the rock garden - Euphorbia myrsinites in the foreground and rigida in the back ground.

Hi Graham,
we have these 2 euphorbias together and they've crossed and most of our seedlings are now the hybrid: a very vigorous thing which has characteristics of each parent. I'm trying to keep them separated so we can have the "pure" E. myrsinites again without it being over-powered by the hybrid - hard to tell the seedlings apart as well!!!
Nevertheless yours look great setting off those darker flowers!
cheers
fermi

[Jozef Lemmens]

I have been busy. Here are a few pictures taken about 1 week ago.

Dionysia 'Tango'



Dionysia khuzistanica



Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. bogenhardiana

[Maggi Young]

I don't know Dionysia 'Tango' - fine flowers - can you tell us the parentage of the plant, Jef?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Hi John,

even highly reputable Scottish nurseries make mistakes, labels can be very easily swapped by mistake. What you have is an Anemone (Anemone raddeana or another) but certainly no Thalictrum thalictroides and most certainly no Semi Double!! Here attached a pic of a semi-plena white form of Thalictrum thalictroides.

Thanks Wim!

[Tim Ingram]

Really stunning dionysias, and the Pulsatilla looks a little like vulgaris subsp. gotlandica, compact and strong coloured. I wonder where it comes from?

Fermi - we grow Euphorbia myrsinites and rigida too, but have never had hybrids. The combination could make fine garden plants because generally myrsinites is good and reliable and rigida rather less so, but rigida is the most striking. Have you ever grown denticulata which has purplish flower heads? It would probably suit your hot dry climate much better than ours.

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Graham,
we have these 2 euphorbias together and they've crossed and most of our seedlings are now the hybrid: a very vigorous thing which has characteristics of each parent. I'm trying to keep them separated so we can have the "pure" E. myrsinites again without it being over-powered by the hybrid - hard to tell the seedlings apart as well!!!
Nevertheless yours look great setting off those darker flowers!
cheers
fermi

Hi Fermi,
Thanks for the information. I have never seen any seedlings of either species or any hybrids either. I'll probably just weed out the seedlings if I ever see any - just in case.

Graham

[Irm]

some Berlin plants from today 

Anemone nemorosa "Bowles Purple"