May in the Northern Hemisphere 2020

[Gabriela]

more pictures from the rock garden

Beautiful plants Kris!  P. nitidus has a fantastic color.
Same like Leena, I cannot abstain and have large plants mixed with smaller ones; my true rockery is tiny (but plan to expand it

[cohan]

more pictures from the rock garden

Good stuff, love the Townsendia montana

[cohan]

Do you know why Drabas are called Whitlow Grass? I assumed they were named after a Mr. Whitlow, but no, apparently Whitlow is a finger, toe or nail infection caused by the Herpes virus... never heard of such a thing! and apparently Draba (mainly/only? D. verna) was/is used to treat it! Huh! Well, here, the 3 that I grow are just prized for their early season flower power Draba aizoides is usually one of the very first things to flower here, though the full show is a week or two later; it has tidy but not tiny dark green shiny foliage and bright yellow flowers, largest of the 3. Draba dedeana comes next, with some overlap, also dark green shiny foliage, a bit lower, but very attractive almost geometric mounds. Draba bruniifolia ssp olympica is last- this one has  nice slightly paler yellow flowers, and slightly grayish fuzzy foliage, tiny mounds, not so organised as the other two; it was slower to take off and start to occupy real estate, but is doing pretty well for itself now.
First photo has all 3 species, with D aizoides toward the rear of the photo (front of the bed);
Second photo shows D aizoides in a sea of D dedeana
Third photo is D bruniifolia ssp olympica with semps and D dedeana in mid-ground and D aizoides in front

[kris]

just amazing Cohan

[kris]

Can anyone identify this Draba? very tight clump and flowering now!! looks like a sea urchin .I call it Draba "sea urchin"

[cohan]

just amazing Cohan

Thanks-- each of those Drabas was started with only a few seedlings each-- they seed around pretty generously! I'm at the point where I'll need to start removing a few where they crowd smaller things...

Don't know what sp yours is, but nice tight little mound!

[ian mcdonald]

Could it be D. longisiliqua?

[kris]

Thanks Ian. I googled the plant and mine looks similar to the one on the web.

[ruweiss]

Some pictures from last month:

[ruweiss]

More pictures:

[cohan]

Some pictures from last month:

Good colour on that Primula somehow I only have yellow Primulas (not very many...)