What’s Blooming – 2021_05

What’s Blooming – May 2021

This is the May 2021 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 3, 2021 May 10, 2021


May 10, 2021 Back to top
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Podophyllum from Doug
Stately R. 'Yeti' is looking stunning in Deb's garden
Yellow Bellwort - Uvularia grandiflora from Nicola
Gold Mound spirea with R. ‘Rose Blewett’ in Deb’s garden
Another first time bloomer R. ‘Fire Rim’ in Deb's garden
R. (unknown) +25 years from Nicola
R. (unknown) +25 years from Nicola (2)
Solomon's Seal (with Jack) from Nicola
A Rhodo coming into bloom from Nicola
R. ‘The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague’ stealing the show in Deb's garden
Brunnera from Doug
R. platypodum from Doug
R. roxieanum from Doug
R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ from Katherine Wasiak
R. 'May Day' from Doug
Aquilegia, pink, from Susan & Roelof
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' from Susan & Roelof
Sword fern, Katherine Wasiak, (not blooming, but sure is pretty)
R. 'Am I Blue' from Doug
R. 'Oh La La' from Doug
R. 'Nancy Evans' in Deb's garden
From Liz Campbell's garden (1)
R. cinnabarinum 'Concatenans' from Doug
Paeonia mascula russoi...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Ruth Lyons'...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Purple Passion' in Margot's garden
R. 'Sumatra' in Margot's garden
Glaucidium...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Penstemon davidsonii in Margot's garden
Corydalis scouleri...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Caltha polypetala...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Paeonia rockii...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Anemone nemorosa...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Excited that R. makinoi is blooming for the first time in Deb's garden
Tulips...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. Silver Skies in Phill and Diane's garden
R. May Day starting to bloom at Phill and Diane's
R. luteum Golden Comet still in bloom at Phill and Diane's
The last of the daffodils at Phill and Diane's
White tulip with R. Taurus in the background at Phill and Diane's
Crabapple blossoms at Phill and Diane's
R. Medusa in full bloom at Phill and Diane's - hummingbirds love it
Rhodo from Liz Campbell's garden
Paeonia tenuifolia...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Pleione...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Marie Starks' from Doug
R. 'Naselle' from Doug
R. 'Naomi nautilus' from Doug
R. 'Melrose Flash' from Doug
R. 'Oh La La' from Doug - 2
Viburnum tinus...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Southern Skies' from Doug
R. 'Primary Pink' from Doug
R. 'Atroflo' from Doug
R. 'Glenna', Katherine Wasiak ( first year for blooms! )
R. 'Francesca' from Katherine Wasiak
R. 'Golden Torch', Katherine Wasiak
Iris, white, from Susan & Roelof
Pink Blue Bells from Susan & Roelof
R. 'Horizon Jubilee' from Susan & Roelof
R. yakushimanum 'Hydon Dawn', Katherine Wasiak
Iris, purple white throat from Susan & Roelof
R. kiusianum 'Komo Kulshan', Katherine Wasiak
False Solomon's Seal - Smilacina racemosa from Susan & Roelof
Anemone, purple, from Susan & Roelof
Clematis montana 'Broughton Star' from Susan & Roelof
Erysimum 'Sunstrong Orange', from Susan & Roelof
R. 'Golfer' from Doug
Epimedium grandiflorum higoense...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni
R. 'Thalia' from Doug
Papaver cambricum (Meconopsis cambrica) - Welsh Poppy from Susan & Roelof
Aquilegia, purple, from Susan & Roelof
Choke Cherry from Susan & Roelof
Allium, purple, from Susan & Roelof
Iris 'Golden Muffin' from Susan & Roelof
Sedum 'Double Apricot' from Susan & Roelof
Aquilegia, crimson, from Susan & Roelof
Heartleaf Foam Flower from Susan & Roelof
Valerian, red, from Susan & Roelof


May 3, 2021 Back to top
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R. augustinii 'Electra' from Doug
Pincushion Hakea, Bron & Rick, South Australia
R. macrophyllum (BC native) in Margot's garden
R. 'Horizon Monarch' in Margot's garden
Vireya ‘Charming Valentino’, Bron & Rick, South Australia
R. 'Tara Too' in Margot's garden
Trillium sessile in Margot's garden
Apple blossoms in Nicola's garden
Forget-me-nots in Nicola's garden
Gentian acaulis in Margot's garden
R 'Ilam Violet' from Doug
Banksia ‘Birthday Candles’, Bron & Rick, South Australia
Epimedium in Nicola's garden
Azaleas - Girard's Red - from Judy
Monkey Puzzle Tree (Arucaria) from Judy
Columnar apple tree- Scarlet Sentinel - from Judy
Dainty Allium neopolitanum in Deb's garden
Hosta ‘Liberty’ brightens a shaded corner in Deb's garden
“Spring vetchling” Lathyrus vernus packs a punch in Deb's garden
Dwarf R. ’Razorbill’ in Deb's garden
Maple, Weeping Birch & N Z Flax in Nicola's garden
Rhodo - name unknown, won at MARS meeting in '20 - in Nicola's garden
R. 'Blue Diamond' from Susan & Roelof
Rhodo 'Horizon Jubilee' from Susan & Roelof
Rhodo Seaview Sunset' from Susan & Roelof
Dogwood white from Susan & Roelof
Geum 'Tequila Sunrise' from Susan & Roelof
Clematis 'H.F. Young' from Susan & Roelof
Acer palmatum from seed - unusual weeping form in Margot's garden
Helleborus hybridus - almost black - in Margot's garden
R. keiskei in Margot's garden
Enkianthus campanulatus in Margot's garden
R. 'Nancy Evans' from Bob Baird
R. 'Thor' from Bob Baird
Autumn still developing, Bron & Rick, South Australia
R. Shrimp Girl putting on a show at Phill and Diane's
R. 'Girard's Hot Shot' first flowers at Phill and Diane's
R luteum 'Golden Comet' in Phill and Diane's garden
Daphne odora scenting the garden at Phill and Diane's
Anemones with R. Goldflimmer at Phill and Diane's
R. concinnum making up for lost time at Phill and Diane's
A cascade of bells from R. Medusa at Phill and Diane's
Painted tulip at Phill and Diane's
R. Neon just opening in Phill and Diane's garden
Anemones almost finished in Phill and Diane's garden
A perfect tulip with T. Taurus in the background at Phill and Diane's
Exuberant pansies with Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald and Gold' in Phill and Diane's garden
R. Jean's Favourite in Phill and Diane's garden
The garden slowly taking shape at Phill and Diane's
The first flower on our tiny camellia plant at Phill and Diane's
Tulips 'Red Wine' from Susan & Roelof
Pale yellow Erythronium (seed collected in California)...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
R. 'Golfer' in Margot's garden
R. 'Ramapo' in Margot's garden
Saxifraga mertensiana (BC native) in Margot's garden
Erythronium hendersonii...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Upturned flower of Erythronium hendersonii...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Single flowered Sanguinaria canadensis...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Upturned flower pale yellow Erythronium...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Anemone ranunculoides...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
A diminutive Epimedium...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Aquilegia - pale pink double from Susan & Roelof
R. rigidum from Doug
R. 'Cinnkeys' from Doug
R. 'Augustine Hobbie' from Doug
R. 'Playfair' from Doug
R. 'Eleanor' from Doug
R. 'Bob's Blue' from Bob Baird
Grevillia from Doug
R. 'Carmen x Ken Janek' from Doug
Trillium ovatum, Erythronium oregonum...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Trillium pusillum...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Pulmonaria...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Mahonia, variegated Holly, Pyrus salicifolia pendula...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Iris, dwarf burgundy from Susan & Roelof
R. 'Capistrano' coming back from near death in Deb's garden
Persistent holly berries...Dan and Vel’s Port Alberni garden
Iris, dwarf 'Absolute Treasure' from Susan & Roelof
Iris, dwarf 'Chanted' from Susan & Roelof
Euphorbia myrsinites from Susan & Roelof
Bergenia from Susan & Roelof
Bleeding Heart white from Susan & Roelof
Pansy from Susan & Roelof

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