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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #120 on: April 18, 2014, 12:36:41 AM »
Tremendous, Robert! Maybe it'll survive our 43oC summers! ;D
I'll be on the look out for seeds!
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It has been 43c here. Thank God not too often!
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #121 on: April 18, 2014, 01:57:12 PM »
David, I think your Arabis is Iberis.
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #122 on: April 18, 2014, 02:21:48 PM »
Aquilegia saximontana
Lamium orvala

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #123 on: April 18, 2014, 04:01:59 PM »
A vase of flowers which my wife picked from the garden today.
Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #124 on: April 18, 2014, 04:07:12 PM »
The dark, regal red, velvety Tulip is a cracker - have you the name?
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #125 on: April 18, 2014, 04:58:02 PM »
Aquilegia saximontana
Very lovely but not A. saximontana... there is some excellent info on identifying A. saximontana here:
https://www.nargs.org/forum/north-american-columbines-starting-aquilegia-saximontana
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-30 C to +30 C (rarely!); elevation ~1130m; annual precipitation ~40 cm

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #126 on: April 18, 2014, 06:11:32 PM »
David, I think your Arabis is Iberis.

Many thanks Roma.
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #127 on: April 18, 2014, 06:14:36 PM »
Aquilegia saximontana


Join the club Philip. I've a couple grown from Exchange seed that aren't.
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #128 on: April 18, 2014, 07:37:19 PM »
The dark, regal red, velvety Tulip is a cracker - have you the name?
Alas no, Tulipa x gesneriana, but I don't know the cultivar name.
Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #129 on: April 18, 2014, 07:41:53 PM »
Thank you Ralph. I am very taken with that colour.
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #130 on: April 18, 2014, 09:50:01 PM »
A few plants from today

Pulsatilla albana, Erysimum kotschyanum, Viola delphinantha, Dionysia involucrata, Androsace vandellii.
South Germany, 270 m.

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #131 on: April 19, 2014, 02:42:19 AM »
Thanks Lori.
AGS seed David.Although I don't mind being corrected on names.

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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #132 on: April 19, 2014, 03:30:05 PM »
A few things showing in the garden at the moment

plieone limprictii which has been outside in the garden for years but had become a bit conjested so I divided it in late February. I think it will take a year to forgive me so only a few flowers this year  :-\]
Erthronium rev hendersonii - I think
Clematis alpina Pamela Jackman over a pergola
Arum creticum
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #133 on: April 19, 2014, 07:36:29 PM »
Some Geum at their best
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Re: April 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #134 on: April 19, 2014, 07:38:25 PM »
The Epimedium are now near the end of the flowering season

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