[John J]

I believe when I included this plant on the A-Z list I said it was not yet old enough to flower, well it has now come of age.

[Fermi]

This is one of the Cyclamen graecum raised from seed from the NARGS Seedex many years ago. I planted it in a space between the rocks as I'd seen pictures of them growing this way in the wild,
cheers
fermi

[Charithea]

what a beautiful colour Firmi

[John J]

Following the cracks in the path.

[Fermi]

John,
I had no idea Asteriscus maritimus had changed its name to Pallenis maritima!
cheers
fermi

[John J]

Fermi,
I often wonder if there are some taxonomists out there with a nasty sense of humour that go around changing the names of plants just to tax the ageing brains of people like me. I spend years memorizing names only to find that they are no longer accepted and I have to start all over again.

[John J]

Ours has been producing its 'birds' for a few weeks now.

[John J]

Ours is in full flame right now.

[John J]

This thread has been a little neglected of late but here is a low maintenance shrub, Spartium junceum. The strange weather patterns we've been experiencing this year seem to have affected a lot of the spring flowering plants, these included as they are only now beginning to bloom, almost a month later than normal.

[Umbrian]

Whereas here in Italy the Spartium junceum is in glorious full bloom already, about a month earlier than usual.

[JTh]

And I lost my four Spartium bushes the last two years, I have no explanation why. They are in full bloom everywhere here in Halkidiki now, obviously the season for insects liking yellow.

[David Dickinson]

I bought the "Clotted Cream" last year in the uk. It grew well on my balcony in a pot but didn't produce any flowers. When I moved house at Christmas all the plants were left in their pots in the garden (and most of them still are even now!). This year at ground level and more sheltered from drying breezes, it has decided to start flowering. I have included a picture of my standard white Jasmine to show the difference in colour and the difference in flower shape. The perfume is equally good in both.

[David Dickinson]

Well spotted Alisdair, must confess that I hadn't noticed the six petalled flower! I will keep an eye on the flowers as they open during the next few weeks and let you know if this was a one-off, or not.

[David Dickinson]

Two more six-petalled Jasmines today and one four-petalled. Looking at the photo it seems that one petal has fallen off the latter but in real life they form an almost perfect cross. Now I'll have to keep an eye open for four-petalled flowers too!

[David Dickinson]

This plant struggled on for years on my balcony, I tried full shade, part shade, the lot. When I moved house at Christmas pots were placed randomly in the garden. Houttuynia cordata was put in afternoon sun. The plant has not been moved since and has not been repotted yet, From the tiniest little shoot that survived the balcony experience and winter in the new place, new life has sprung forth and I just noticed a first flower this evening (low light, hence he poor quality photo). I bought it originally as I read it was tolerant of full shade but it seems to enjoy full sun even more.