What do you see on your garden walks? 2012

[cohan]

Not a bad start, Cohan!
I agree that it is A ranunculoides and a Cardamine. Maybe C. dentaria

Thanks, Trond.. there were a couple of Anemones, but I'm not sure more than one type is up so far; he only sent one Dentaria, so I just need to find the full list, which I think is in an email...lol..
I'm not at all up on the Cardamine vs Dentaria story, I did get the impression there had been some movement of names there, but have no idea from which genus to which genus for what reason...lol

Love the woodlanders, Todd- wonderful colour on the nemorosa- I've had some seeds a couple of times, but so far I have not seen any seedlings The Trillium erectum is lovely too, and a very atypical colour for spring

[Bundraba!]

Second wave Rhodies: This low growing white one was likely purchased on sale at a local big box store.

Photo2 is R. 'Aglo' as seen by Gentiana acaulis.... never mind the colors. Well; heck; you only live once.

Photo3 is of the smallest Delphinium I know. Initially there were three from central Montana south facing slip scree. Bugs,
slugs and ignorance consumed two. Though all three of these are still very much in effect, a marked decrease in the last may be putting the other two in check. This plant has two (living) children.

Photo4 is Telesonix jamesii. It has bloomed and may again this year. Like others do, I wonder if it would cross with a Heuchera.

Photo5 is Androsace villosa and Polygala calcarea. The Polygala is the more adventurous of the two in this garden. The Androsace has yet to really get going.

Anne; congrats on the Blue Broom. I'm working on (killing?) my third one this year!

[Hoy]

Bunderabi, you show some very nice plants here!
But the species name of the Delphinium is?

[RickR]

I much prefer the weedy blue foreigner, Echium vulgare, to these Echium russicum.  But I had to try them to see what they were like.

              

        

The Iris riechenbachii are blooming:

        

              

There is just something about Shooting Stars that captivates me, especially the alba form of Dodecatheon media.  The flowers seem to float in the air like butterflies.

              

        

[Todd Boland]

Rick, I am amazed your Echium is open at the same time as your Dodecatheon.....my former does not bloom until August yet my Dodecatheon is now in bud.

Here is a scene from my woodland garden.

[RickR]

Rick, I am amazed your Echium is oipen aat the same time as your Dodecatheon.....my former does not bloom until August yet my Dodecatheon is now in bud.

Here is a scene from my woodland garden.

Yes, all the photos were taken yesterday.  The echium is in the hot (temperature wise) garden.  The dodecatheon is in a much cooler garden, although I don't have a nice wet-moist place for it.  I didn't grow the Echium russicum from seed.  They came from the huge Friends School Plant sale http://friendsschoolplantsale.com/.  I collaborate with the organizer/director/buyer.  He is now on our NARGS Chapter board, too.  Henry was just visiting my gardens a few days ago, and he brought me a nice piece of Corydalis nobilis.  

Todd, love the dark hellebore in your photo.

[Lori S.]

Looks like spring is really here!  Beautiful sights, everyone!

I have some catching up to do...
Tulipa turkestanica; Chionodoxa 'Pink Giant'; Corydalis nobilis (x2); Narcissus 'Jetfire':

     

Pulsatilla turczaninovii - gorgeous flower colour; Eremostachys speciosa will bloom this year; I bought a beautiful plant of Saxifraga 'Gregor Mendel' in bloom last year, but I guess it will have to adapt to my conditions before it puts on such a good show again - I got one flower stalk this year!
   

Primula elatior ssp. meyeri; a modest bloom on Douglasia montana (the flowers are darker pink than the photo shows):
   

[Lori S.]

Draba ventosa; Potentilla nivea - as the buds begin to break, the petals appear to be orange (from the orange tip of the bud), but open yellow with an orange spot at the base; Tulipa tarda; Sanguinaria canadensis:
       

Primula rusbyi; I have almost missed Adonis x amurensis 'Fukujukai' - here's the tail-end of bloom; Pulsatilla pratensis, from seed a couple of years ago:
     

Hepatica nobilis 'Rubra Plena'; Vitaliana primuliflora v. cinerea:
 

[cohan]

Bundraba- I like the juxtaposition of the Gentiana with the Rhodo

Rick-  Iris reichenbachii is very sweet! native Dodecatheons will probably start in a couple/several weeks- we are at that odd stage where only a small handful of the very earliest wildflowers have started, but in a few weeks there will be many!

Todd- nice woodland- what sort of light does this planting get?

Lori- especially like the Tulipa turkestanica and Eremostachys

[Todd Boland]

I should have bought a C. nobilis when I had the chance!  Lori, you are pretty much smack on with me, although my P. unifolia is not open yet.

Cohan, that woodland garden gets morning sun but afternoon shade.  It can get pretty dry in summer as the large Philadelphus there sucks every bit of water.

[Todd Boland]

Some more from the woodland section of the garden.

[Todd Boland]

And from the rockery

[externmed]

It's nice to revisit spring over again, with Todd.
Moving along, Calochortus (reliable small CV) and Iris x Dardanus

Charles Swanson MAssachusetts 6A USA

[Hoy]

What beauties you all show! Here things don't grow - or are damaged by strong winds. Yesterday we had the second gale in three days. It's more like late autumn or winter weather.
I managed to sneak out an hour yesterday between the storms to take a few pictures and look for damage.

An edible mushroom but toxic if you don't prepare it correctly (Gyromitra esculenta). This dicentra (Ichtyoselmis macrantha) does good in the shade of the trees so does the Hylomecon vernalis (syn japonica). Corydalis nigro-apiculata grows among small shrubs and is completely hardy often starting growing midwinter without damage.

            


The first peony to flower is P. mairei. It is almost at schedule but all the rest of them are very late this season. Many rhododendrons have suffered in the strong winds and lost buds and flowers. Some are completely defoliated too from the hurricane last winter. However quite a few manage to flower still, here is Rh cinnabarinum Roylei. The banana plant does actually grow (in a pot) outside in the cold weather but the leaves are damaged although it sits in the most sheltered place I have!

         

[Todd Boland]

Wish I could grow cinnabarinum in Newfoundland...orange rhodies are so rare!