May 2010 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A very nice set of pix Lori !!
They do give us the true "mountain feeling" ! 

[Maggi Young]

Lori is being snowed on, McMark is being fried alive ( or that's how it appears from chilly Aberdeen!)... all have wonderful plants in their gardens to share with us....this encapsulates all the joy and charms of the little mountainplants ....is there any wonder we are so enthrall to them? 

[Giles]

Lilium pumilum
Magnolia x weiseneri

(no lily beetle here, yet)

[Paddy Tobin]

Giles, love the magnolia. Brilliant!

Paddy

[fredg]

A couple of yellow/cream Roscoea cautleyoides

[cohan]

Lori is being snowed on, McMark is being fried alive ( or that's how it appears from chilly Aberdeen!)... all have wonderful plants in their gardens to share with us....this encapsulates all the joy and charms of the little mountainplants ....is there any wonder we are so enthrall to them? 

true--i haven't even thought about being frost free, we've had days of almost 30C and other days of 3C, snow, rain, fierce dry winds and my sempervivum have been actively growing for ages, as are some natives from the foothills/mountains...
my muscari are still at the low bud stage!

[David Nicholson]

(no lily beetle here, yet)

Oddly enough I haven't seen one this year but had loads last year. Must have squashed them all before they laid eggs.

[David Nicholson]

Lovely stuff Paddy, Armin and Lorri. I moan about my climate Lorri but yours would drive me to suicide

Like your Roscoea Fred.

[cohan]

a few  land/skyscapes from the same day (may 02) as the above shots..not really flowers or foliage, but....

[Mark Griffiths]

hi there, I'd appreciate an ID on this. I got this as A.saximontana from AGS seed..not particularly suprised it's not, does it look like A. bertolinii? 

Whatever it is it's very nice, big flowers on a tiny plant, has survived outside in troughs and in the rock garden.

The other pic is of Polygonatum hookerii which is flowering for the first time and is just tiny, hopefully more flowers as more tufts are breaking through.

[cohan]

lori had asked me some time ago about Caltha palustris
they did not flower as early as the petasites, but i managed to find exactly one plant in flower for mother's day (i usually pick a bouquet of caltha and petasites)..
funny thing is, i realised i forgot to photograph the caltha before picking it, so i later stuck the flowering stem into another caltha plant for a couple of shots  
many more plants were in bud, and by now they are in full flower all over, including shady areas where they are slower..

[cohan]

Calypso bulbosa arguably our loveliest native orchid; this is on the farm my acreage was once a part of...just a few minutes walk from my house into the bush..

[Paddy Tobin]

Cohan,

How wonderful to have such a lovely selection of plants on your doorstep.

Paddy

[Michael J Campbell]

Campanula nitida blue.
Campanula oreadum
Clematis ?
Dianthus pavonius.
Edrianthus pumilo.
Gypsophila cerastioides.
halmiocistus Merristwood cream.
hypericum cerastioides.
Nemisia confetti.
Penstemon cardwellii.

[Michael J Campbell]

Phyteuma confusum.
Silene Elisabethae.
sisyrinchium macrocarpum.
Viola Molly Sanderson.
Wisteria amethyt falls.