May 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

a source for Iris Webmaster?

Cayeux!

[Irm]

a native stand of Jeffersonia diphylla in a nearby woods

wow 

[Yann]

thanks Wim!

[Maggi Young]

a native stand of Jeffersonia diphylla in a nearby woods

How lovely - oak woods (?) with the Jeffersonia and a 'companion planting' of  Erythronium - heaven!

[Giles]

Prunus glandulosa sinensis
-anyone grow this? with me, at best, 2ft high and not very hardy

[gmoen]

Gentiana verna in the garden to day - this violet form is rather tricky to get true to color on photo, but I think this is as close as I can get it (but still better in real)

Cheers
Geir

[Jozef Lemmens]

Geir, that's a vivid colour.

A few Gesneriads.

Ramberlea (x) 'Inchgarth'. Kirsten and Lars, is this the plant you mentioned in Tabor and on your wish list?



For the first time flowering is this Ramberlea cf.



Gesneriaceae 'CY G-60'.



Jankaemonda 'Jaromir Stibic' is new in my collection since last autumn. Thanks Zdenek R.
It is a pity that you couldn’t be attending the conference.

[Kirsten]

Yes, Jef

[Maggi Young]

Jankaemonda 'Jaromir Stibic' is new in my collection since last autumn. Thanks Zdenek R.
It is a pity that you couldn’t be attending the conference.

I also very much regret that Zdenek Rehacek was not able to join us in Tabor. 

[Yann]

Giles your Prunus is lovely, i lost mine last winter, it needs a very well drained soil and few cold winds.
I planted it in a heavy soil.

[Olga Bondareva]

So many beautiful images of marvelous plants!

Rimmer, forest pictures are very interesting. Thank you very much.

Jef, do you grow your Gesneriads outside or in a glasshouse?

It's very interesting this year my garden is synchronous with Europe. The same plants are in bloom here now.

Iris (sorry, forgotten name)


Iris tigridia


One of auricula


Picea abies Rydal is "blooming"

[Jozef Lemmens]

Olga, most (probably all) Chinese Gesneriads are not hardy.
Ramberlea (is a hybrid between Ramonda and Haberlea) and Jankaemonda (Jankaea x Ramonda) are possible in the open garden. But I don’t take the risk   .

Daphne calcicola 'Napa Hai'

   

Erinacea anthyllis



Calceolaria 'Walter Shrimpton'

[Olga Bondareva]

Olga, most (probably all) Chinese Gesneriads are not hardy.
Ramberlea (is a hybrid between Ramonda and Haberlea) and Jankaemonda (Jankaea x Ramonda) are possible in the open garden. But I don’t take the risk   .

One of my friends grows Corallodiscus lanuginosus and some other Gesneriads in open garden 500 km south Moscow. But it's a great risk I agree. 
The same to Daphne calcicola and most of Calceolaria. Sometimes they survive but their life is very short.
Thank you for the possibility to admire them.

[Gerdk]

Geir, that's a vivid colour.

A few Gesneriads.

Ramberlea (x) 'Inchgarth'. Kirsten and Lars, is this the plant you mentioned in Tabor and on your wish list?

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For the first time flowering is this Ramberlea cf.

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Gesneriaceae 'CY G-60'.

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Jankaemonda 'Jaromir Stibic' is new in my collection since last autumn. Thanks Zdenek R.
It is a pity that you couldn’t be attending the conference.
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Hi Jef,
Would you please tell me what is  Gesneriaceae 'CY G - 60' ? If here was there another reference anywhere in this forum I didn't catch this.

Gerd

[Tim Ingram]

I have small plants of Daphne calcicola and Erinacea anthyllis flowering on the sand bed, but those plants of Jozef's are magnificent. This is the first year that the Erinacea has produced more than one or two flowers; I have high hopes it might look like Jozef's plant in the next year or two. I think the Daphne might take a little longer! Forms of Daphne x hendersonii seem especially successful on sand and the bed is coming to life this spring.