I was Just totally Jumped by all the Is, and now its time for J, a very delicate ingredient, subtle and often sparse in the collections of photographs, (except for you lot, of course), I have a few to start, and possibly this is all I have, I was a biologist for many years and collected a few native (and non native species of Juncus) and of course there is Joe Pye weed, and Japanese maple, if you haven't already spent all of these in the first part of the alphabet (see, didnt I tell you?) but I am sure there will be Jasmines and Josephs Coat of Many Colors and who knows? The first Juncus is J. effusus spiralis, not a native, the second is a very common Juncus of ditches and waste places i have next to the upper pond, Juncus tenuis. The other two Js are self explanatory, soJ away!

Lilies with a 'J'

July Snow has and continues to be my favorite white lily, I think it was bred by Buggy Crazy.

Tulips with a 'J'


Daffodils with a 'J'

(was this used in E?)

So we are starting with the 'J's. Here are a couple of Jays - (of the Stellar variety) - to kick things off with:


Just sitting in the Saskatoon tree, waiting for me to feed them some Walnuts.
The bear likes walnuts too.

And now for some other J's.



And two creeping Junipers.

Ah,
I should have known
That HemNorth and JMorth
would not let me down
But load up some J's
And then drive off to town
To buy up more letters
As you will soon see
The soup maybe missing
An X, Y or Z.

Judas Tree - 'Judas Tree is a common name for a flowering tree, Cercis siliquastrum from which Judas Iscariot is reputed to have hanged himself. Judas Tree may also refer to: Other flowering tree species in the genus Cercis' · Wikipedia ...






Jasmine Tobacco - common name for Flowering Tobacco


aka Japanese Star Jasmine









- aka Japanese Basil

I will pick few "Java" (an island in my country) for this J

or perhaps few Japan...

Two shots of the Winter Jasmine - sadly, not fragrant.



And a dear sweet Bee Balm with a bee - Jacob Cline.

Jonquilla - Division 7 of 13 of the Narcissus (as determined by the American Daffodil Society and Royal Horticultural Society). Usually with multiple flowers per stem (1 to 5). Sweetly fragrant. One of the better performers for more 'southern' gardens. Most are forcible.
Zones 4 to 9.

Example -

J as in Blue Jay >


J as in Ebony Jewelwing >
Note the heart formed, very appropriate for this Valentine's Day.

'Gin is liquor which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries' Wiki

cheap gin not used for any drinks here but 1/7th of a water/gin combo that is used to keep paperwhite forcers manageable sized.
Here's the scoop - https://garden.org/ideas/view/...

Here's some paperwhites using the 'gin' method, much shorter...

Lovely pictures, people. Just one J here but two different sexes. First shot shows females, second shot has 2 males at the right.

I only have a couple of 'J's'.
Dusty-Miller Jacobaea maritima 'Silver-Dust'


Alligator Juniper (Juniperus deppeana)

This is Gerbera Jamesonii Jaguar

Some Joe Pye Weed in October.



Now - a Question - Is this a Jasione - Sheep's Bit Scabious or does it belong to the Globularia category?
Sorry for the blurry photo.
Has anyone grown both of these?

And now to the two Japanese Irises that I was saving for the J's.