Alpines in June

As you may remember, I started D. palmata from seed last year also. Mine didn't bloom then, but it is now! Botryoides has a pinky mauvy bloom, while palmata's flowers are purply-blue. Palmata has a much more "weird" and interesting detail in form and spotting. Botryoides is more flowery. Don't worry, I'll be posting pics.

And guess what! I found the primrose book I have: it's by John Richards, Primula. (We have such good taste, LOL)

Actually, I may have D. botryoides?... one of the rare ones that didn't make it onto the map... will try to confirm when it starts to bloom (soon).
How lucky to get it at a good price! I occasionally go to used book stores, hoping that someone has just abandoned their wonderful collection of Timber Press plant books... but it's never happened yet, LOL!

Campanula alpestris; whopping great flowers on a smallish plant.

Raining again here... Myosotis decumbens, a new plant from this spring:

I figured it out; I do have Dracocephalum botryoides... good, that fills in one question mark on the map.

Here's a cute little erigeron(? - the buds in particular make me think fleabane), about 4" tall, that's been blooming for a while. It was (mis?)labelled as Aster alpigenus var. alpigenus when I got it. Any suggestions as to what it is?

Here's a little erigeron I've had for a number of years. This is my very first trough.
Its a bit of a ramshackle of self sowed volunteers but the erigeron has made itself
at home in the corner.

Lots of great plants and many I'm not at all familiar with. I just love that about this forum. Alta your little Erigeron looks alot like my E. simplex. It's a great little fleabane although it is somewhat short lived for me.

I agree the Erigeron looks like simplex. Tammy, your Penstemon is definitely not lyalii..I have that one and the leaves are elongate and narrow. My Campanula alpestris won't be flowering this year but it looks like ones of my Saxifraga longifolia will even though the rosette is quite small.

More studio alpines...Pulsatilla patens ssp. flavescens...much later than the regular species

Primula laurentiana, grown from Newfoundland wild-collected seed

Happlopappus species (I think)..it came from seed collected wild in the mountains west of Denver

Aquilegia viridiflora

Phlox douglasii 'Boothman's Variety'

Blooming in the Newfoundland wilds are our Loiseleuria procumbens...the flowers are minute

and a close-up. I've tried this one several times but they do not seem to like cultivation.

Wonderful photos everyone!

it's been a very warm spring here and June's been warm too so far so everything is flowering about 2 weeks early for me :-)

Campanula tridentata - I love this one. Huge flowers on a very tiny plant :-)

Rann

Well after a miserable May we had a week of descent weather in early June now we are back to misery...rain, fog for last 2 days and apparently no changes in the upcoming week. Temps barely reach 50 F. I still have daffodils which haven't bloomed yet! It will be July this year...a first! As a testiment, here is my Tulipa vvedenskyii.it is a mini.

and Tulipa maximowiczii, another mini.

and Tulipa batalinii 'Bright gem'

Geum montanum...a common alpine

what I sowed as Anemone palmata 'Lutea'...its yellow but not a palmata.

not really an alpine, but I wanted to share my double marsh marigold.

Todd - so sorry about the bad weather. I know how horrible those cold springs are ...... makes the good ones even more special :-)

Very pretty tulips!

I bought this phox last week. It was only labeled as "Phlox, light pink". Anyone have an idea what it might be?

Rann

Silene nigrescens:

Valeriana montana, a nice low groundcover plant.

Ptilotrichum spinosum - quite fragrant:

Rann, your phlox is actually Arenaria purpurascens..lovely! Alta, I really like that Silene. The Valeriana montana in our BG is almost open too.

Thanks Todd. It didn't really look like a Phlox to me. Arenaria purpurascens is a plant I've been wanting to see for a few years now so this is good news to me :-)

Another cool round of plant pics, everyone. Love that Silene negrescens. I grow Valeriana montana between stepping stones. Also Veronica liwanensis, V. pectinata, Antennaria neglecta var. gaspensis and several spp. of thyme.

I bought this as Phlox subulata.

Rann, I agree that that one is indeed a Phlox subulata....looks like Crimson Beauty.

First flower on Geranium farreri:

Androsace primuloides... I guess:

My G. farreri is just barely budding.

Todd - I can't imagine having to wait 'til July to see all my daffodils. But you grow
such beautiful alpines there I guess there are compensations.

I'm vacation and we visited Montreal's Botanical Garden. I didn't realize how wonderful
it would be! The Apine and Rock Garden area was huge and gorgeous.

Primula veris: