What do you see on your garden walks?

[RickR]

Spiders frequent my flowers, too.  So much so that, especially on certain ones, I carefully look for them before I touch the flower.

Nice pollen sacs on that bumble bee...

[Lori S.]

Minuartia erythrosepala; Dracocephalum heterophyllum; Dianthus sp.; Anthemis marschalliana; Lychnis ajanencis(?):
       

Silene uniflora; Gypsophila repens (or something like it); buds of Hieracium villosum; Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Wabasca'; Saxifraga longifolia hybrid
         

[cohan]

Lori, interesting that your Silene uniflora is much taller than the one that Philippe showed here--but he mentions a wide range, so no doubt it has a lot of forms.. in any case, lots of great stuff happening in your garden as usual!
http://www.alsacephotos.fr/chitelet/site/actualite/actualite.htm

[Lori S.]

It certainly is a nice Silene uniflora on the site you linked... very tight foliage!

The Osteo is cool--you could always try some seeds in a sunnier spot...

I've never been certain that seeds actually get a chance to ripen - maybe I just need to pay closer attention.

[Spiegel]

Here in my "other" garden, the Dolomites, every day brings new flowers.  Just a few from yesterday.

[Spiegel]

And a few more.  Off for another day of hiking.

[Todd Boland]

I see that the Dolomites has to be added to my 'places to see' list!

Lori, FYI...Ptarmigan Cirque was a bust...still 4 feet of snow in the forest! Around the parking lot, only Pulsatilla occidentalis and snow buttercup were in bloom.  I head down to Waterton today...I think they are ahead of Kananaskis...we shall see!

[cohan]

The Osteo is cool--you could always try some seeds in a sunnier spot...

I've never been certain that seeds actually get a chance to ripen - maybe I just need to pay closer attention.

Ahh, non-ripening is a possibility too... if so, you might try cutting a couple flowers to go indoors to ripen, if they are being fertilised in the first place.. I had a Hymenoxys cutting from Southern Alberta a year or two back, which didn't root, but it made seeds

[Lori S.]

Splendid photos, Anne!  

Thanks for the info, Todd.  I think we'll head out to the Red Deer River valley this weekend... no snow there!

I'll give that a try if I remember, Cohan.

A few pretties for today...
Edraianthus serbicus (with foliage of Satureja montana ssp. illyrica on the right); Scilla verna, peeking up through Campanula topaliana; Asyneuma limonifolium starting to bloom; another shot of Saxifraga xlongifolia:
     

I grew this as Saponaria pumilio from the NARGS seedex... I'm hoping to find out if this is it or not, and if not, what is it?  And it has been confirmed as Saponaria pumilio at the SRGC forum!
   

And from no-man's-land out along the sidewalk.... Anemone canadensis, beautiful but invasive:


And perhaps it is time for an update on Hypericum avaricularifolium spp. uniflorum... nice plant!  These were started from seed in 2010 ordered from Mojmir Pavelka; the info provided was: "2500m, Dedegol Dag, Turkey; small plant 5cm, pubescent glaucous leaves, golden yellow flowers, very good."
 

[Hoy]

Your "other" garden is very nice and open for everybody I presume, Anne!
And Lori, I hope your garden is open for an interested visitor as well if he gets the chance!

Some plants from my "garden". It is mostly native plants in a natural setting but some are planted and some have found the way themselves!
Geranium pratense, Geranium sanguineum, Helianthemum nummularium, Leonurus cardiaca, Lotus corniculatus.

[Spiegel]

My "other" garden is open to all.  It's amazing to see people on trails walk right by beautiful plants without looking at them.  Perhaps that helps to preserve them.
Frequently we see cast aside flowers that have been picked and there must be a reason that the oldest, biggest and best Eritrichium nanum are accessible only by the most powerful zoom lens.  Waiting for the rain to clear so we can have at least a half day.  Can't complain - the weather has been superb.

Dryas octopetala
Doronicum
Valeriana sp.

[Spiegel]

And a few more .......

Loiseleuria procumbens
Geum reptans
Papaver rhaeticum
Primula minima
Pulsatilla vernalis
Gentiana acaulis
Eritrichium nanum

[Booker]

Superb images Anne ... can't wait to experience these gems in person in a few days time.  Have a wonderful time while it lasts.

[cohan]

More beauties Anne - I guess that's a danger in an accessible place, but luckily, as you say, some of the plants are out of reach...

Trond, your garden is looking great--love the two colours of geranium ( so far, I only have many square metres of 'blue' himalayense, I don't like the colour...lol Orange Lotus is pretty.. the yellow is an occasional weed here-- though where it gets established it can be extensive...

[Lori S.]

And more Hypericum aviculariifolium ssp. uniflorum (sorry!):
 

Sedum pilosum; Bolanthus cherlerioides; Arenaria grandiflora (x2):
     

Silene argaea:
 

Campanula hawkinsiana:
 

... all from seed last year or previously.