What’s Blooming – 2020_05

What’s Blooming – May 2020

This is the May 2020 archive for the Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society’s ‘What’s Blooming’ galleries.   Click here to return to the main archive.

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May 25, 2020


May 25, 2020 Back to top
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Azalea mucronatum Sekidera
Azalea 'Jolie Madame'
Rhododendron 'Buzuki'
'Point Defiance'
Purple Passion - Bob Baird
Rhododendron Decorum
Rhododendron Kelsap
'Oh Gina' at Geddes Garden
Dryopteris complexa Robust..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Dianthus arenarius from Margot's garden.
Wallflower Erysimum - lemon mauve - Nicola
Loderi King George, nice fragrant rhodo
R. 'Nova Zembla' at Phill and Diane's
Campylogynum
Geum...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Azalea 'Elsie Lee'
Tradescantia virginiana (spiderwort) at Phill and Diane's
'Horizon Monarch' at Geddes Garden just about to start dropping petals
Azalea
White rhodohypoxis..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Lupinus-KatherineW
ragrant 'Washington Centennial' - First year flowering in Craig Bay garden of Christine Aldred
'Mother's Day'
Wisteria year 4 Susan and Roelof
Rhododendron 'Ebony Pearl'
Rhododendron 'Karl Murray'
Cherries and Merlot foliage
Rhododendron Blue Boy
Poached Eggs Susan and Roelof.
Loderi King George
'Caroline Gable'
Tradescantia Virginiana - Nicola
Lupinus - KatherineW
Ranunculus constantinopolitanus..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Loderi King George 1
ery fragrant Azalea “Antelope” 2 - originally in Beate’s QB garden
Lem's Cameo
This is Whitney's dwarf and is my newest favorite red dwarf with Mood Indigo who is almost finished blooming
Unknown rhododendron..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Hammerhead of the unknown Loderi, this truss was amazing
Poppy
Blue Boy
Columbine at Phill and Diane's
Allium schubertii-just starting-KatherineW
Viburnum pragense..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhododendron Blue Peter - Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Very fragrant Azalea “Antelope” - originally in Beate’s QB garden - Nicola
R. 'Pomegranate Splash' at Phill and Diane's
A look at my over crowded back bed in full bloom
May Day
R. 'Tapestry' at Phill and Diane's
Keleticum. Maria’s garde
Azalea Deciduous Rosata Susan and Roelof
Rhododendron Anna Rose Whitney
Weigela in Walker’s garden
Golfer.
Trollius europaeus..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Garden slowly being claimed from the rocks at Phill and Diane's
'Purple Triumph'
Sedum
'Gibraltar'
Lem's Cameo 1.
Allium spp.
Unknown Rhododendron in Walker’s garden 2
Bees hard at work on R. 'Goldflimmer' at Phill and Diane's
President Roosevelt
Lewisia cotyledon from Margot's garden . . . never quits blooming
Unknown Rhododendron in Walker’s garden
Sun Spray 1
Allium schoenoprasum-KatherineW
Digitalis purpurea-KatherineW
Blaney's Blue
R. 'Busuki'
Don Juan CLimbing Rose Susan and Roelof
R. ‘Satin Memories’
Blaney's Blue full.
Rhododendron Lemon Dream
Tree peony
Aster alpinus 'Pinkie' at Phill and Diane's
from Liz Campbell's garden 2
'Maraschino' at Phill and Diane's
unknown loderi
Unknown rhodo in Dawn and Jim's yard
Siberian Iris - Nicol
'A. Bedford'
R. ‘Nelda Peach’
Digitalis purpurea-Katherine.
Narrow-leaved cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium)
Rhododendron Trude Webster.
'Mount St. Helens'
Azalia 'Girard's Crimson' - KatherineW.
Rugosa Rose - Nicola
President Roosevelt with bee
'Mothers Day' at Phill and Diane's
Rhododendron 'Red Walloper'
R. ‘Golden Gate’
Allium
Hosta Sunpower..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhododendron Nova Zembla


May 18, 2020 Back to top
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Jean-Marie de Montague
R. 'Tapestry' at Phill and Diane's
R. dichroanthum ssp. scyphocalyx at Phill and Diane's
R. 'Goldflimmer' at Phill and Diane's
R. 'Kabarett' at Phill and Diane's
R. 'Carey Ann' at Phill and Diane's
Fallen blossoms from R. 'Medusa' at Phill and Diane's
R. 'Golden Gate' at Phill and Diane's
Iris at Phill and Diane's
Chives and hosta at Phill and Diane's
Skimmia japonica at Phill and Diane's
Susan and Roelof Climbing Red Rose Don Juan
Susan and Roelof Pieris
Girard’s Fuchsia azaleas - Judy Wood
Rigidum
Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow ‘..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Garden scene featuring Viburnum plicatum..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhodo (unknown) in the ‘wild' garden - Nicola
R. Black Widow 2
Photo 1 - Diane Schuller
From Lars - Photo 3
Camassia...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhododendron Oudijk’s Sensation..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. Black Widow
Photo 3 - Diane Schuller
Pacific coast iris...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
From Lars - Photo 8
R. Black Widow 3
From Lars - Photo 4
R. Honeybutter
From Lars - Photo 7
Azalea - Nicola
Rhodohypoxis...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Lathyrus aureus...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Bridal wreath - Nicola.
From Lars - Photo 1
Hino Crimson Azaleas, Nishiki Willow Judy Wood
Rhodo in full bloom - Nicola
Paeonia mlokosewitschii ( Molly the witch ) Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden.
Cypripedium formosanum...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Meconopsis lingholm...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Photo 4 - Diane Schuller
Paeonia mollis...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Photo 2 - Diane Schuller
Hosta Chinese Sunrise...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
From Lars - Photo 2
From Lars - Photo 6
From Lars - Photo 5
Susan and Roelof Rhodo Blue Boy
Susan and Roelof Canna Lily
Susan and Roelof Winsome
R. Holden's Solar Flair (foreground), R. Francesca - KatherineW
First Papaver orientale -KatherineW
Mirror in Judy Wood's garden
Rose unknown - Katherine W.
Actinidia Kolomicta Vine, Hino Pink azalea - Judy Wood
Corokia cotoneaster at the Jamiesons
'Lem's Monarch' at the Jamiesons
'Sierra Sunset' at the Jamiesons
'Blue Ensign' at the Jamiesons
'Vineland Pimpernel' at the Jamiesons
Qualicum Pride'
'Klondyke' at the Jamiesons
R. cephalanthum at the Jamiesons
'Loderi Venus' at the Jamiesons
R. degronianum Berg at the Jamiesons
'Lem's 121' at the Jamiesons
Lilac at the Jamiesons
Iris douglasii at the Jamiesons
Tamarix chinensis at the Jamiesons
'Purple Passion' with 'Kaye Player' at the Jamiesons
Wisteria sinensis at the Jamiesons
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish lavender) at the Jamiesons
R. 'May Day' at Phill and Diane's
R. orbiculare at the Jamiesons
'Bloomathon Lavender' at Phill and Diane's
'Maraschino' at Phill and Diane's
R. 'May Day' closeup at Phill and Diane's
'Holden' at the Jamiesons
R. oreotrephes at Phill and Diane's
R. retusum (vireya) at the Jamiesons
R. 'Neon' at Phill and Diane'
R. lateum X R. phaeochitum (vireya) at the Jamiesons
R. nervulosum (vireya) at the Jamiesons
Kerria japonica at Phill and Diane's
Kerria japonica closeup at Phill and Diane's.
Lithodora 'Grace Ward' and friends at Phill and Diane's
Parrot tulip at Phill and Diane's
'Trilby' at the Jamiesons
'Anna Rose Whitney' at the Jamiesons
'Towner Crest' at the Jamiesons
R. kesangiae bud at the Jamiesons
'Fragrantissimum' at the Jamiesons
'Stardancer' at the Jamiesons
'Lord Roberts' at the Jamiesons
'Pink Jeans' at the Jamiesons
'Roslyn' at the Jamiesons
'Red Velvet'
'Mrs Furnivall's Daughter' at the Jamiesons
Clematis montana at the Jamiesons


May 11, 2020 Back to top
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R. 'Dreamland' in Margot's garden
Agapetes serpens at the Jamiesons
R. oreotrephes at Phill and Diane's
Aquilegia Red Creme Susan and Roelof
Dactylorhiza ( emerging )..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
In Gibson Garden Tofino - 2
Daconia Hummas dwarf peony Susan and Roelof
Iris burgundy Susan and Roelof
Lithadora - KatherineW
Point Defiance in Diane Schuller yard
Glaucidium
Aquilegia pink double Susan and Roelof
'Qualicum Pride' at the Jamiesons
Aquilegia - Katherine W
R. diversipilosum 'Milky Way' at the Jamiesons
R. 'Koromo Shikibu' at Phill and Diane's
First bloom on this rhodo - Nicola
From the garden of Lars 2
R. 'Maraschino' at Phill and Diane's
From the garden of Lars 5
Pasque Flower seed heads Susan and Roelof
Jennys Stonecrop Susan and Roelof
Another view - with rhodo, apple blossom and pieris japonica - Nicola
R. 'Holden Solar Flair' - Katherine W
R. 'Dreamland' in Margot's garden
Magnolia 'Susan' at Phill and Diane's
Lilac
R. lyi at the Jamieson
R. dalhousiae var. dalhousiae at the Jamiesons
R. dichroanthum ssp scyphocalyx at Phill and Diane's
From the garden of Lars 3
R. 'Golden Torch'-KatherineW
Papaver nudicaule - Katherine W
R. 'Mother's Day' at Phill and Diane's - another teeny-tiny rhodo
KatherineW
Oudijk's Sensation at the Jamiesons
Penstemon davidsonii in Margot's garden
In Gibson Garden Tofino - 3
R. lateum X R. phaeochitum at the Jamiesons
Paeonia Rockii ( pink form )..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Perennial Poppy yellow Susan and Roelof
From the garden of Lars 1
R. 'Bloomathon Lavender' at Phill and Diane's
Podophyllum veitchii...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Iris pumila ‘ cat’s eye ‘ ...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Paeonia spp. at the Jamiesons
Oxalis adenophylla at Phill and Diane's
R. dielsianum
Percy Wiseman Rhodo in the garden of Christine Aldred.Craig Bay
Crabapple 'Rescue' at Phill and Diane's
R. Hachmann's Picobello-KatherineW
'Martha Wright' at the Jamiesons
White tulip with Brunnera macryophylla at Phill and Diane's
R. augustinii in Walker’s garden
'Egret' at the Jamiesons
R. Francesca' - Katherine W
A corner of the garden - rhodos, lilac, honeysuckle, skimmia - Nicola
Dogwood Eddie's White Wonder
Canadian Sunset, Rhodo growing in a tub in the Craig Bay garden of Christine Aldred
'Mi Amor' at the Jamiesons
White iris at Phill and Diane's
Rhododendron Cunninghams White
Rhododendron Ginny Gee
R. 'Silver Skies' at Phill and Diane's
Rubus spectabilis...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Trillium sessile in Margot's garden
Tiny R. 'Neon' putting on a show at Phill and Diane's - even the pansies are taller
R. Virginia Richards in Walker’s garden
Unknown (possibly Lem’s Monarch) in Diane Schuller yard
R. vaseyi at the Jamiesons
Veltheimia bracteata...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhododendron Blaney's Blue
Rhododendron yunnanenese
Unknown Rhododendron...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Rhododendron Windsong
White Dogwood Susan and Roelof (2)
Lathyrus vernus...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
From the garden of Lars 4
Asphodelus...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Two different rhodos beside a hydrangea - Nicola
'Rosy Lghts' at the Jamiesons
In Gibson Garden Tofino - 1
Unknown large flowered white violet, in the garden of Christine Aldred Craig Bay
White Dogwood Susan and Roelof
Rhododendron Maestro
Rodgersia...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Starbright Champagne' in Margot's garden
'Apricot Fantasy' at the Jamiesons
R. degronianum var. yakushimanum X R. bureavii at the Jamiesons
'Victor Frederick' Iat the Jamiesons
'Fire Rim at the Jamiesons
'Girard's Fuchsia' at the Jamiesons
Camassia at the Jamiesons
'Marie Starks' at the Jamiesons
'Cranberry Lace' at the Jamiesons
R. degroniaanum var. yakushimanum 'Angel' X R. makinoi 'Harvey' at the Jamiesons
'Hallelujah' at the Jamiesons
Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' at the Jamiesons
'California Blue' at the Jamiesons
Prunus 'Shirofugen' at the Jamiesons


May 4, 2020 Back to top
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R. 'Jingle Bells' in Margot's garden
R. 'Starbright Champagne' in Margot's garden
Columnar apple- Scarlet Sentinel - Judy Wood
This was supposed to be 'Paeonia rockii', but it looks as though it was mislabelled. Anybody have a guess?
R. ‘Nikko Red’ from Linda Derkach's garden
Cowslips in a pot in the Craig Bay garden of Chris Aldred
Unknown camellia in the Craig Bay garden of Chris Aldred
R. Canadian Sunset, Blooming in a tub in the garden of Christine Aldred..Craig Bay 1
R. Medusa closeup in Phill and Diane's garden
Bloodroot Susan & Roelof
Tulips in Phill and Diane's garden
R. 'Neon' in Phill and Diane's garden
R. 'Medusa' in Phill and Diane's garden
R. concinnum in Phill and Diane's garden
R. luteum 'Golden Comet' in Phill and Diane's garden
Fading trillium grandiflorum in Phill and Diane's garden
Saxifraga mertensiana (native plant) in Margot's garden
Actinidia kolomikta at the Jamiesons
R. luteum 'Golden Comet' at the Jamiesons
'Marie Starks' at the Jamiesons
'Komo Kulshan Kiusianum' at the Jamiesons
'Teddy Bear' at the Jamiesons
'Apricot Fantasy' at the Jamiesons
'Kaleinani' at the Jamiesons
'Hino Crimson' at the Jamiesons
R. augustini 'Caperci' at the Jamiesons
R. augustinii 1 at the Jamiesons
R. augustinii at the Jamiesons
R. Canadian Sunset, Blooming in a tub in the garden of Christine Aldred..Craig Bay 2
Hosta - Janet Tullis
Rhododendron Nancy Evans - Janet Tullis
TNT_Front yard
'Hallelujah' at the Jamiesons
TNT_Back yard
TNT Rhodo Campylognum
Rhododendron ‘Charm La’ from Linda Derkach's garden
Rhododendron ‘Brickdust’ with Choisya ternata in the background from Linda Derkach's garden
White pulsatilla..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. President Roosevelt
Primula rosea..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
TNT Olga Mezitt
TNT Horizon Monarch.
Unknown rhodo 2 from Nicola - any idea of name
Berries on a holly from Nicola
Polygala chamaebuxus..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Trachystemon orientalis..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R ‘Landmark' from Nicola
Lilac from Nicola
Japanese maple and Marsh marigolds - One of Nicola’s ponds
Rhododendrons Jeda x pachysanthum, moonstone, Chrysoplenium davidianum, Meconopsis foliage Dan and Vel's Port Alberni garden
Honeysuckle - Nicola’s domain
Cyclamen peloponnesiacum..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Dentaria californica, showing under leaf colour..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Trillium albidum..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Unknown rhodo from Lars
R. Bubble Gum
Unknown azalea from Nicola (1)
Dodecatheon hendersonii..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Violets - Nicola's garden
R. Versus
Unknown azalea from Nicola (2)
Pink Azalea Bonzai
Unknown rhodo from Nicola - any idea of name
Daphne cneorum..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Ribes sanguineum..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Polygonatum betberg..Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
TNT I am violet
Azalea (unknown)
English Cowslip from Nicola
R. 'Starbright Champagne' in Margot's garden
R. 'Tara Too' in Margot's garden
R. 'Jingle Bells' in Margot's garden
R. 'Jeda' in Margot's garden
R. horlickianum at the Jamiesons
Tulips, Sedum acre, Sedum takisinense 'Atlantis Nonsitnal', Sedum rupestre 'Angelina', Sedum spurium 'Fuldaglut', Alyssum wulfenianum 'Golden Spring', Lithodora difusa 'Grace Ward' in Phill and Diane's garden
R. stenopetalum linearfolium at the Jamiesons
R. davidsonianum ‘Ruth Lyons’
R. ‘Ink Spot’
R. 'Chorus Line' from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden
R. ‘Blaney’s Blue’
Rhododendron edgeworthii from Linda Derkach's garden
Rhododendron ‘Conroy’ and Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ from Linda Derkach's garden
Nancy Evans. One corner of it
Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ from Linda Derkach's garden
Rhododendron ‘Cotton Candy’ from Linda Derkach's garden
Rhododendron morii from Linda Derkach's garden
R. rigidum bodineri from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden
R. orbiculare from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden.
R. pingianum from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden
R. fulvum from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden
Rhododendron Yeti
Rhododendron Am I Blue
Rhododendron Seaview Sunset
Rhododendron Milky Way
Maple Yubae
Flowering Cherry
Maple Orange Dream
R. johnstoneanum (nicely fragrant) from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden
R. macabeanum from Ron & Rea Sutton’s garden

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