April 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Irm]

and A. apennina

[Irm]

Last the Haquetia  I love my garden this week 

[johnralphcarpenter]

Bongardia chrysogonum - delicate and reliable.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Perhaps the Viola experts can comment on this - Viola labradorica seeds itself everywhere in my garden, but this one has seeded into a pot and has plain green leaves, unlike all the others.

[WimB]

I have been busy. Here are a few pictures taken about 1 week ago.
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Pulsatilla vulgaris ssp. bogenhardiana
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Love that Pulsatilla, Jef. Is it really that intense in colour?

[Jozef Lemmens]

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

Dionysia 'Tango'  JM-MK 98/07/3   "bryoides 'Harold Esselmont' × tapetodes" – pin -  F1
Maggi, are you really interested in Dionysias 

Love that Pulsatilla, Jef. Is it really that intense in colour?

Wim, the flowers are quite dark and strong. But the picture has been taken in shade and this creates a more intense color compared with a picture taken in full sunshine.

[Jozef Lemmens]

A few more.

Daphne odora 'Mae Jima'



Dionysia khuzistanica 'JLMS-02/69'



Androsace laevigata 'Gothenburg Form'

[Maggi Young]

Dionysia 'Tango'  JM-MK 98/07/3   "bryoides 'Harold Esselmont' × tapetodes" – pin -  F1
Maggi, are you really interested in Dionysias 

Ah! Now that is interesting - because the late Harold Esslemont    (note spelling - Esslemont) was our mentor- a wonderful kind man who is much missed.
Now, is it not strange that  should be drawn to a plant with a such a  connection as to be raised from a plant named for my old friend?  "Often a clue" as I am fond of saying - perhaps there is a "spooky vibe" at work here.
Yes, I have quite an interest in dionysias, Jef - though there are too many hybrids with muddy pinky purple flowers (like there are too many pleiones with messy pinkish flowers!)
We don't grow them any more since we gave our glasshouses over to bulbs, but I am interested to see good cultivars.

[hadacekf]

Fantastic plants and pix everyone !!

Saxifraga sempervivum + grisebachii + P. frondosa
Draba lasiocarpa
Draba rosularis
Veronica caespitosa
Vitaliana primuliflora

[Mike Ireland]

Sanguinaria canadensis fl. pl.

[Gail]

That is stunning Mike - I've only got about half a dozen flowers on mine, how old is that planting?

[Mike Ireland]

Berneuxia thibetica
Primula warshenewskiana

[Mike Ireland]

Hi gail, the clump is about 20 years old but it has from time to time had large sections taken away for propagation.  I find a winter top dressing with leafmould/home made compost keeps it in good health.

[Tim Ingram]

I would dearly love to grow Veronica caespitosa like that plant of Franz's - I'm sure I remember a similar picture from last year. Maybe a sunny crevice trough is the answer - so far it has not grown anything like this on the sand bed, although some of the other veronicas look to be doing nicely.

A couple of plants that would actually look good together but are in different parts of the garden at the moment - Adonis vernalis, always amazing when the sun shines; and Scilla melaina.

[Gene Mirro]

Arisaema sikokianum, grown from seed: