April 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[LucS]

And a few gentians from the acaulis group all flowering well after the cold winter:
Gentiana acaulis "Saturn"
Gentiana acaulis "Blue Horizon"
Gentiana acaulis "Olga's Kleine Helle"
Gentiana occidentalis var. aragonensis
Gentiana acaulis alba

[LucS]

Some pulsatilla's:
Pulsatilla georgii georgica
Pulsatilla patens pratensis ??
Pulsatilla slavica alba
Pulsatilla pratensis ssp. bohemica
Pulsatilla x gayeri

[Lesley Cox]

Well there's the answer to the question asked a few days ago by someone, on another thread I think, Does anyone have the true Verbascum acaule? All we had in reply were tales of wrong species from seed lists. Do you get any seed on yours Luc? I know it's not long-lived, alas. And what superb plants of Viola delphinantha and the stunning little Veronica. All of them, in fact.

[Lori S.]

What beauties all, Luc!
As we have been discussing over at the NARGS forum, Luc's second pulsatilla (above) does not appear to be P. patens (a native plant here), but what is it?  I would love to grow it!

[LucS]

Well there's the answer to the question asked a few days ago by someone, on another thread I think, Does anyone have the true Verbascum acaule? All we had in reply were tales of wrong species from seed lists. Do you get any seed on yours Luc? I know it's not long-lived, alas. And what superb plants of Viola delphinantha and the stunning little Veronica. All of them, in fact.

This seedgrown verbascum acaule is in its 3rd season. If there is a seedset you can have the seeds.
Otherwise the best change to find seeds is looking in the lists of Pavelka (Euroseeds) or Holubec.

[LucS]

What beauties all, Luc!
As we have been discussing over at the NARGS forum, Luc's second pulsatilla (above) does not appear to be P. patens (a native plant here), but what is it?  I would love to grow it!

I modified the names as discussed earlier.
Thanks Lori.

[meanie]

This was a nice surprise today as I tidied it's pot of the dead foliage. Much as I dislike variegated foliage, I do make an exception for this plant.
Iris japonica......

[meanie]

The second surprise of the day - my Aconitum "Stainless Steel" is in bloom.

[WimB]

Some plants flowering here now:

Haberlea rhodepensis 'Virginalis'
Taraxacum pseudoroseum
and Viola cucullaria 'Red Giant'

[John Aipassa]

Nice Viola Wim!

Does it have a fragrance?

Best,

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some flowering here over the last few days :

1 and 2) Ramonda nathaliae
3) R. nathaliae alba
4) Lewisia tweedyi - lemon form
5) Salix boydii developping catkins
6) Arenaria tetraquetra var. granatensis in flower... 
7 and 8. Lewisia cotyledon in the garden
9) Front rock garden
10) Erigeron aureus "Canary bird" starting a long flowering season !

[WimB]

Nice Viola Wim!

Does it have a fragrance?

Best,

Thanks, John,

don't know. I'll have a sniff tomorrow and I'll let you know.

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you LucS, that's kind of you. I'll email you privately.

Luc, that is a stunning Arenaria and lovely to see the catkins on S.x Boydii. My old plant (60 years) had them before I lost it but my little new replacement is a long time off I think. Love the 'Canary Bird' too. It could sing any moment.

[YT]

Sanicula lamelligera var. wakayamensis, a new comer in this season.

[WimB]

Nice Viola Wim!

Does it have a fragrance?

Best,

Thanks, John,

don't know. I'll have a sniff tomorrow and I'll let you know.

No fragrance, John!