What do you see on your garden walks? 2012

[cohan]

I forgot to mention the peonies, Trond- nice! We have several oldish ones here, which are all more or less pink and more less fully double (quadruple?)while I like them well enough,  I do appreciate some of the simpler ones, and peonies in any colour other than pale pink

[Hoy]

Thanks, Cohan. Do you want some seeds

[McDonough]

Here's a couple from 'The Rock': Soapworts and Allysum oxycarpum. Mark; you may want to check your shed (carefully) these A. o. don't smell like skunk!

I can assure you, my Alyssum oxycarpum has flowers that smell skunky; I do believe I can tell the difference when sticking my nose in the actual flowers that the flowers are the source of the skunky scent, versus an aroma that might be eminating from under a shed, it isn't that difficult an observation. There are plant species (I know of some Allium species) where nearly identical plants, but from different known sources, will show different scent characteristics, one will be odorous, and the other will be inodorous.

[Michael J Campbell]

Paeonia 'Bowl of Beauty'

[cohan]

Thanks, Cohan. Do you want some seeds

You could probably guess the answer....  lol

[Bundraba!]

Thanks all for the nice compliments on the garden walk.

John, yes it is a clustering Pedio. The center rotted, or began to and the thing split!

Tim, it is interesting that the two sections of the garden I posted last are so different and that both "themes" -dryland; and cushion steppe -are obviously to some degree doable here. I can't help but wonder how either would appear on a much grander scale.

[Palustris]

I thought you might like to see what our garden looked like on the 1st of June 2012.
Not put names to the flowers, but none of them are particularly rare or recherché so I reckon all you experts will have no trouble recognising them.
http://s703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/June%202012/

[Hoy]

You have a nice place, Palustris.How big is your property?  And yes, I recognized most of the species

Here are some pics from my (very untidy) garden yesterday:

I suddenly noticed that the asphodel (Asphodelus albus) had started flowering in a crab apple!
It is the shrubs that dominate: Rhododendrons, Pieris, Enkianthus(and peonies) . . . .

[cohan]

Michael, that is a beauty!
Palustris, I'll have to wait for a stronger internet time to check the link..lol

Trond- some nice views! I only have a vague idea at best of what I am seeing, esp in the last view, but nice! Better shrubs dominating than the sea of yellow I have right now 

[Lori S.]

Beautiful, Trond!

Draba kitadakensis and Thymus neiceffii:


Hellebore, that's been blooming for a long time now:


Primula polyneura:


Paeonia mlokosewitchii:


The narcissus are down to the last few... a trio of Narcissus poeticus:


Viola canadensis:


Omphalodes verna and Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum:


Phlox cultivar:

 
Phlox bifida:


Erigeron pinnatisectus:

[Lori S.]

Penstemon nitidus:
 

This time of year is so wonderfully fragrant, with the trees in bloom...
Malus 'Royalty':
 

Ornamental crabapple:
 

Sour cherry, Prunus cerastus 'Evans':
 

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana 'Schubert' (the leaves turn purple later on):
 

[Lori S.]

Clematis alpina - a seedling ex. 'Pamela Jackman' that turned out to have white flowers:


Linum sp. and spent flowers of Muscari:


One of the first Aquilegia canadensis:

[Hoy]

Lori, you certainly have some beauties yourself! And despite your later start you are ahead of me now. Your warmer days have brought you in front in great strides

Here a cold desiccating wind from north makes it almost as cold as February As I have said before: We have two seasons, one long spring and one long fall mixed with a few wintry days almost anytime and a few warm days anytime from April to October.

[RickR]

After a couple of false starts from seed batches, I think I finally may have the real Pensteomon nitidus.  I picked up a couple seedlings from our Chapter plant sale, and so far they look like the real thing.  Lori, I hope they look as nice as yours or John's someday.  

My supposed Penstemon pocerus seedling is blooming... I am very pleased, even though it is not procerus.

               

[Hoy]

I would be pleased if I had a blue Penstemon! Last year I sowed several different batches of seed but all the seedling looked very similar though. I planted them out but none has started flowering yet.