April 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Tim Ingram]

E. californicum
E. citrinum hybrid
E. 'Pagoda'
General view of display
General view of display

A super show in addition to Ray's piece de resistance with a lovely range of plants (and I will put some examples on the AGS website - but I know erythroniums are close to the heart of certain SRGC members!).

[Maggi Young]

Enormous amount of work from Ray to mount such a super display- but I'll bet the audience were quite delighted by the range of those beautiful Erythroniums - never mind the other fine plants! Thanks for sharing, Tim, some lovely cultivars there that are new to me.

[Zdenek]

Several pictures from this month:
Erythronium americanum - it flowers at me only when fertilised. We have about a square meter of it and total 7 flowers
Primula amoena
Primula bracteata subsp. dubernardiana
Primula clusiana - reputedly ceases to flower, it however is a young plant, so that is why?
Primula rosea - grows almost in water on a bank of our pond
Pulsatilla halleri
Veronica thessalica - it flowers exactly in the time of kabschias

[Zdenek]

... and two remaining pictures are here:

[Kirsten]

A few more pictures:
Daphne modesta
Townsendia spathulata (cottonball)
Saxifraga dinnikii alba in tufa

[Tim Ingram]

What a wonderfully appealing saxifrage with those almost fluted flowers. The Townsendia is great too. Zdenek's Pulsatilla halleri must be how the species grows in its natural environment with the foliage hardly beginning to expand - here the leaves are much more evident at flowering and the whole plant rather taller; beautiful, but not as beautiful! I wonder if pulsatillas might be a talking point at Tabor?

[Gene Mirro]

Corydalis nobilis:



Podophyllum pleianthum:



Trillium ovatum:  the flowers change color as they age:

[astragalus]

Starting to bloom now on the back of the cliff, Eriogonum thymoides.  The buds are a deep pink, usually open yellow and then revert to pink as the flowers go over.

[Jozef Lemmens]

Everyone is showing wonderful plants here, with a lot of variation in interests. 

Today only Androsaces.
An unnamed species from China collected by J. Jurasek.
Androsace sp. 'JJ-20/06'



Androsace 'Pink Gin'



Androsace villosa v. barbulata



Androsace wulfeniana



And Androsace x advena. This is a hybrid between mathildae and hirtella made by Fritz Kummert many years ago. The name “advena” has never been officially published. But Fritz Kummert promised to write something about this plant, ….. maybe for IRG. Probably someone need to convince him a little bit   .

[krisderaeymaeker]

A few more pictures:
Daphne modesta
Townsendia spathulata (cottonball)
Saxifraga dinnikii alba in tufa

Stunning plants Kirsten !
Any chance that Daphne modesta is growable in the garden ? Some experiences by anyone ?   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Everyone is showing wonderful plants here, with a lot of variation in interests. 
Today only Androsaces.
An unnamed species from China collected by J. Jurasek.
Androsace sp. 'JJ-20/06'
Androsace 'Pink Gin'
Androsace villosa v. barbulata
Androsace wulfeniana
And Androsace x advena. This is a hybrid between mathildae and hirtella made by Fritz Kummert many years ago. The name “advena” has never been officially published. But Fritz Kummert promised to write something about this plant, ….. maybe for IRG. Probably someone need to convince him a little bit   .

Great Androsaces Jef !

[Jozef Lemmens]

Stunning plants Kirsten !
Any chance that Daphne modesta is growable in the garden ? Some experiences by anyone ?

Kris, I had one in the open garden last winter.

[Kirsten]

Kris
We have only grown Daphne modesta in an unheated greenhouse.

[Jozef Lemmens]

A few Daphnes.

Daphne x rollsdorfii 'Arnold Cihlarz'



Daphne x susannae 'Tichborne'

   

Daphne gemmata

   

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, I had one in the open garden last winter.

Jef , do I understand correctly that you lost it due the severe frost from last winter ?