Flowering Now - June 2009

[Sinchets]

Sinchets, I like those Gentianaceae, where did you find seeds of the Comastoma?

The Comastoma was from Mojmar Pavelka's seedlist in 2007.

[arisaema]

The Comastoma was from Mojmar Pavelka's seedlist in 2007.

Thanks, it's a really lovely one!

[Katherine J]

Sedum dasyphyllum is beginning to flower in a Römertopf.

[Sinchets]

Flowering now in the garden:
Anthemis sancti-johannis
Allium rotundum (parent plant and seedling)

[BULBISSIME]

Calvin, very nice compact form of Haemanthus albiflos !!

[Lvandelft]

This is the natural home of Luit's Helichrysum species - Lesotho behind me and KZ-Natal straight ahead (...and down!). A short distance further down the pass such beauties as Gladiolus flanaganii, Eucomis schiffii and many other choice plants can be found on the steep slopes below.

Thank you for showing the place Rogan! 
Plants from this height seem to be hardy enough to grow outside here.

[Tony Willis]

This is a Ramond myconii I collected as a cutting at Montserrat in southern Spain in 1989. Last year it went wild and produced its first side rosette.

I lived many months within viewing distance of Montserrat but at that time it was in the northeast - near Barcelona. 
If you intend to go there again I can tell you where the really big ones grow.
Göte

Gote

perhaps I thought it had slid downhill in the intervening years!  I went again about three years ago in May and it was still quite near Barcelona in the northeast. There were huge clumps of the ramonda in flower at the time,

[David Nicholson]

Sinchets, I like those Gentianaceae, where did you find seeds of the Comastoma?

The Comastoma was from Mojmar Pavelka's seedlist in 2007.

Current seedlist here

http://www.pavelkaalpines.cz/

[Ragged Robin]

Sedum dasyphyllum is beginning to flower in a Römertopf.

Your Sedum dasyphyllum looks very happy brimming over in the terracotta container Katherine - I love the simple design, it's so effective and reminds me of Hans' Troughs 

[Ragged Robin]

my wife your Physoplexis comosa

What an intriguing looking plant collection belonging yo your wife, Wolfgang - I would like to know more about it please... and why the style of planting in a double pot, is it for humidity?

[Ragged Robin]

To day some pictures from my garden.

Anne Karin, your garden is truly gorgeous, generous and romantic in your plantings and association - it feels as if you have painted it in that wonderful setting.  Please keep us posted as the seasons change.

The steep banks give a sunken garden effect and shows off the poppies to perfection!

[arisaema]

Current seedlist here

http://www.pavelkaalpines.cz/

Thanks, David! It's still listed, so I've managed to overlook two years in a row

Katherine; love your crock pot!

[Lori S.]

Stunningly beautiful garden, Anne Karin!

A few from the sub-arctic barrens...
1) A young Eremurus himalaicus, planted last year.
2)  Cortusa matthioli.
3) Penstemon confertus, a native plant, this batch starting to bloom.
4) Lamium orvala.
5) A charming little (though mislabelled) Erigeron spp..
6) Valeriana montana.
7) Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow' - in bloom, though the foliage is still sparse (as is its habit).
8, 9) Silene x robotii 'Rollie's Favorite' (x2)
10) Dracocephalum nutans, from seed last year (I like this plant!), with Paeonia tenuifolia 'Plena' in background.

[Lori S.]

Continuing...
1) Anemone canadensis - a very beautiful native, though shockingly invasive.  (I didn't plant it - it just showed up, and as it was lovely and withstood the horrid conditions on the street-side outside the fence, I was too soft-hearted to get rid of it... it's now outlived its welcome.   )
2) In case you thought it was safe to forget about pulsatillas for another year, Pulsatilla vulgaris is still putting out a few final blooms here, but is mostly in seed.
3) Phlox bifida cultivar.
4) Verbascum atroviolaceum.  (Please excuse the dirt kicked up by the planting of a rose nearby... didn't notice it until now when it's too dark to reshoot!)
5) Phlox stolonifera... I'm delighted to report that the white specks are not snow... they're just petals from the chokecherry tree. 
6) A lovely native whose identity I need to key out!  I grew it from seed a few years ago... a Hedysarum, I think, possibly H.  boreale...

[David Nicholson]

Every one a gem Lori.