I shall try to save some seeds for you, Dirt, of the Anthemis tinctoria.

And I loved your picture of the Amorpha (canescens) - very vibrant. I had just come up with the last name for the Amorpha that we had on the grounds at Riverview from the Nursery days - it was Amorpha fruticosa - and then I saw your photo, GrammaChar!

Through a course at Selkirk College, in 1986, I met a lovely Horticulturist, who was interested enough to come and help identify a few plants at our place. She immediately knew the Amorpha fruticosa, as she said it grew wild in Ohio, where she had grown up. The strong grape fragrance is never mentioned, but that is what I love about this plant.
Apparently the only photo I have of it is in a bouquet with blue Spiderwort and the Rose Honorine de Brabant.

Please let me join, for the A's
Arisaema ringens


a variegated Anthirinum majus


Archidendron pauciflorum, (synonym: A. jiringa), bean cooked, used as vegetable, also for chips, but beware of the bad mouth odor and Djenkolic acid for susceptible persons


Asarum maximum, panda face ginger


Asystasia gangetica, an edible weed


Lastly, Abroma angusta the devil cotton

Some Lilies:



And some Alliums:

Beauties, jm, Nora and Tofi!

Enjoying everyones photographs'; a nice concept.


Abutilon (at the Chinese Gardens, Darling Harbour, Sydney)




Anemone (my garden)







Alyssum (my garden)



Aquilegia (Chinese Gardens again)
and another I was going to add to Landscape photos just now. I'm used to calling it Belladonna Lily, or Naked Ladies, but see it comes under Amaryllis in the database.


Seen at Ulladulla, N.S.W., Australia

I am just so impressed with all of the A's in this first soup thread, 4 whole pages, this is amazing. In the old days we worried about crashing the internet in A, C, D, and so on, those with a high frequency first letter in both common names and latin names. Here are a few more from my collection: I will start a B thread if this one peters out, but it looks like its still happenin'. The Floral Alphabet Soup is really useful as a means of thinking through what you really want to acquire, btw, as I am sure you are all thinking. The first thing I want to acquire is a plane ticket to Australia and New Zealand! Thanks so much everyone, I am loving this a lot.

A little blue and white alpine Aquilegia I no longer have the tag for. Tried to propigate from seed.



Anenome nemerosa x robinsoniana From Victoria BC



Agastache foeniculum (with Monarda), from Bee Glade Farms, grown from seed over a few years now.



Alcea rosea Nigra, grown from seed from Edmonton Alberta, showing some variation in flower color (I.e. fading to wine color) in the newer seedlings, still true as a division though.



Alium "Hair"

I'm with you on that plane ticket Kat! Let's go

great shot of 'Hair'
I planted a few of those on purpose once, after seeing a similar 'cool' photo
wish I had never done that--now they come up all over the place and in the darnedest places!

I've had the same experience, Dirt, with 'Hair' -- I don't really mind because I love the oniony fragrance when pulling the little whips, but they sure are persistent!

Kat, thanks for starting this thread. It is so refreshing (for me) to see lots of blooms of flowers other than the Big 5 (daylily-iris-lily-rose-semps) which kind of just wear me out with their repetitiveness. Lots of new and interesting blooms for me to investigate! Looking forward to B.

Anemone (wind flower) - although I don't think this is the one Seals and Croft had in mind....

It is so refreshing! isn't it?
here is a different little Anemone (nemorosa 'Stammerberg')


and a couple more


did I do Aubrieta yet?

mystery garden seeded variety

Ha ha sure! I am actually serious though. I MUST see this part of the world, that is all. Yes Hair IS invasive. I used to work on invasives, up here in Snow Mexico, and I find that if you dont give it any room, or soil or water, or light even, they only take over a tiny patch. So I have my Hair crammed up against a wooden tub in boulders, surrounded by grass. Its happy there, and any of its children are sacrificed to the Gods of Husquevarna (weed eater, lawnmower).

dirtdorphins said:I'm with you on that plane ticket Kat! Let's go

great shot of 'Hair'
I planted a few of those on purpose once, after seeing a similar 'cool' photo
wish I had never done that--now they come up all over the place and in the darnedest places!

yes many sacrifices to the Gods of Husquevarna

Well I seriously want to--NZ been on my dream list for a loooooong time!
hard to get any time off work though, especially right now

Just a few more:




Couldn't resist including them both for comparison and contrast.