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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
March has arrived. Figured that I would start this thread (I won't actually post any pictures at this stage though) for people to post in if they want to, even if some feel that they aren't worth posting in as most people don't look at these threads. At least now I know why there aren't that many pics posted in the SH threads *grin*...... but if that is the case then should we continue to bother with the Southern Hemisphere threads at all?
Cheers.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Come on Paul there are heaps of posts and pix is Southern Hemisphere threads |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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OK All,
Here's some stuff flowering at the moment!!
This is Colchicum atropurpureum again as I just LOVE it. This one far better shows the nice shape and the lovely white stripe at the base of each petal. Still so much nicer in real life though.
Colchicum neopolitanum micrantha - this is only about an inch wide and absolutely adorable. Very delicate, yet comparatively wide petalled unlike some of the miniature species.
Duranta erecta needs winter protection here, but is worth it for the sprays of wonderful flowers. It takes a bit of frost but can't be out in the open. I grow it in a pot and put it under the eaves during winter, then it reshoots in spring.
Habranthus estensis is my favourite of the Habranthus. The flower looks just like a miniature hippeastrum, and glistens wonderfully in the sun as you can see in the pic. It almost always for me has 2 flowers per stem, but supposedly there can be quite a few more. This is the paler of the 2 forms that I have.
Typhonium brownii is flowering for me again (complete with stink of course). Last year I was so pleased to get a flower for the first time... this year I've had 3 so far and there is another bud coming up on the second plant as well.
I hope y'all enjoy the pics.... I know I'm enjoying the southern hemisphere colour we're seeing up here.
Cheers.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia
P.S. Carol.... I was trying to be a bit tongue in cheek, hence the *grin*. Obviously didn't work. Sorry if I offended. |
Irm Preinesberger (Irm)
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yes, I enjoy your flowers too, but in the moment, it makes me unhappy to look out of the window, cold and snow, and snow and wind  and cold ...
show more, show more ..
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Irm,
Definitely not cold and snow here. We had a maximum of around 34'C here today. Not exactly our hottest day, but still warm enough to be a bit uncomfortable outside. Currently at around 10:15pm it is still about 25'C or so. We'll probably only get down to about 18'C tonight.... maybe 14 or 15'C if we're lucky. Not quite snow weather eh? *grin*
And.... as you asked so nicely here are some more shots of flowers blooming in my garden at the moment!!
Belladonna 'Johannesburg' (I think).
Haemanthus coccineus. This is the first of them to flower this year. Only a small flower on this one, probably half the size of the larger bulbs. After the flowers a pair of huge strap leaves emerge, so very cool in themselves.
This is a white 'Southern Belle Hibiscus' (not sure what species derivation) which is a herbaceous hibiscus. The flower in the picture was about 9 inches across. Very impressive, particularly in our climate! LOL
A new purchase of recent weeks.... Kniphofia 'John Benary'. Lovely reddish colour and only about 1m tall.
These were some Rudbeckias I bought locally recently. Gorgeous chocolate colour that I just couldn't resist. They're now planted in clear view of the window near the computer so that we can enjoy them whenever we like. Currently a little dark to see them, but I know they're out there.
This is possibly something that even qualifies as an alpine? Scabiosa japonica var alpina. Diminutive little Scabiosa that grows to only a few inches tall. Not long lived but should set seed and reproduce itself quite moderately. I rather like Scabiosas (such unfortunate name for them) and I very much enjoyed it when I added this to my collection.
I'll leave it there for now. I hope these continue to cheer you up Irm.
All the best.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Irm Preinesberger (Irm)
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yes thanks, I feel better 
Wait 1 or 2 months - and I will show you the plants in my garden ... so they are alive ... |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Jings. That Haemanthus is stunning. Guess that's another one for the alpine house? |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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Paul, I do not know where you got the idea that no one looks at the Flowering Now In The Southern Hemisphere threads.
We have just had to upgrade our site with our server again, for the third time in around six months, as we have yet again exceeded our band width, we are now up to the 15Gbytes per month range - this is a massive amount of usage.
When we check the hosts served for the last month I fully expect that the figure will have gone way beyond the 10,000.
So it could be that some ten thousand people from all around the globe are viewing your wonderful pictures of stunning plants. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Paul you didn't offend me, I have a pretty thick skin - and no I hadn't realised you were saying it tongue in cheek perhaps if you typed : ) but without the space I would have realised put together they create
I love those colchicums - like Irm I am fed up of winter. The snow did go but has come back again... oh well roll on April! |
John humphries (Greenmanplants)
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Ian,
I'm sure part of the issue is that people like me get email notifications with no pictures so link onto the site to get a thread of 100+ items, this is a massive waste when you consider they probably skim past all but the last(being the one they want to see) giving a potential for (n/2)n images scanned,
for 100 images/links in a chain this is 5000 images/links viewed, for 150, this explodes to 11,250.
Those without broadband must spend forever waiting on the load to finish, even with broadband, "what's flowering now Feb" was taking a couple of minutes by the end of Feb. Likewise the generic "Snowdrops".
A partial solution might be to restrict the chains to a certain length. Especially once the spring season gets underway, what about early march, late march, etc.
Cheers John H. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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John, what's a couple of minutes between friends? We do find that we can bring in even the long pages quite quickly when we've had them in before, though I admit that by the end of the month we need to clear out the temporary internet files to speed everything else up a bit!
I odn't think there's any problem with starting new threads when some are getting very long... use your judgement, folks! Now I'll probably get a clip in the ear from Fred and Ian for sticking my oar in!!
By the way, Paul, more good plants... thankyou! |
john forrest (Jof)
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Margaret
Can you remind me where Ian's advice about temporary internet files was in the forum. I carried out his advice and it did speed things up. I can't remember how and have done a search but it only comes up with your March 1st entry. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Crikey, John, now you're asking!! As Anthony D. might say, "I haven't a scooby!"
I think it was last month when the question of slow downloads was raised, but not surewhere exactly. Must go now to settle Pops for the night (!!)... I'll try to find it later, or remember myself how to do it!
See you later!
M |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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I'd go along with what John (H) says, re the length of threads. And he's right, without broadband, the downloading of photos takes forever. And I too, would like a reminder about the clearing of temporary internet files please. I'll print it out this time and stick it on the wall above. |
J.Ian Young (Iyoung)
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John, at the top of your page click on tools, select internet options at the bottom of the drop down menu.
Another menu will pop up and shold be on the 'general' sub menu, if not click the general tab at the top. Half way down in the 'temporary internet files' click the 'delete files' button, you can also delete the cookies as there will be a lot of junk there as well.
As I said before it will take your PC some time to delete all this garbage. |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Well done, Ian clever man! For some reason as a Mac user I do not seem to need to do this! |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
My comment was prompted by one by Lesley in another thread, re posting her wonderful pics of Gentian depressa .... was a quiet swipe at that which failed miserably! *sigh* LOL
I notice when I first started here a few months ago that there were "page numbers" on the threads (they don't appear to be there now) yet we only ever use one page (it used to say "Page 1" at the top right of each thread) for each of the threads. I assumed that there was a function that could be activated to start a new page every however-many postings to the thread? That would mean that you can go to a particular page and not have the whole thing load. It no longer seems to be there so this may be somewhat moot, but it struck me at the time that using this multiple page setup for each thread would allow quicker loading as each page would not have to load the whole thread every time.
BTW.... is there a technical" area where computer type threads can be posted? That would be the ideal place for discussions like this and would mean that for things like the clearing of cache areas would easily be found by people if they needed it again. There is always the General Forum but it could get lost in there fairly easily! LOL
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Anthony,
Re the Haemanthus coccineus.... grows fine outside here without any problems. I have some in pots, and some in the ground both under the eaves and out in the open. None are bothered by frost. Don't try this with H. albiflos though as IT doesn't like frost at all.
The H. coccineus slowly multiply over time but if you have the one clone they pretty much won't set seed. I have a bunch of seedling grown ones that I have bought, plus others from various sources and I hand pollinate each year and get lots of seed that way. They take about 6 years to flower from seed though so it is a laborious wait! LOL Still the best way to increase your stock though as 6 years would only give a few offsets to a mature bulb.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia.
P.S. That reminds me Anthony that I was going to send you some stuff. Better get my butt into gear. *grin* |
Brent A. Hine (Bcalpinist)
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Paul, by the way, how cold did you get last winter, and on average? I purchased some cutting of ANBG (Austr. Nat. Bot. Gdn, for some of you) woody material and unfortunately a lot of it perished the first winter (this) after planting out. - yes, I sheltered it! We experienced just (!) -6C in Vancouver this winter. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Brent,
We get down to at least -8'C to -9'C most winters. We certainly get down below -6'C every winter, at least a few times.
The ANBG is situated on sloping ground so they don't get the level of frost we get in my garden, but if you had it sheltered and only got to -6 then I don't think it was the temp that got to it. It might be something to do with the hemisphere change. Are you part of a botanic garden?
Obviously all this depends what species etc you were actually trying to grow.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Brent A. Hine (Bcalpinist)
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I work for a university botanic garden in Vancouver, looking after alpine and rock plants. I agree with you that the problem must be one of hemisphere change. I didn't foresee that as a significant problem. Our nursery manager feels the same. The cuttings were taken at ANBG in early Autumn (semi-ripe) and arrived here at 49 degrees north lat. in early Spring. This means quite a change in daylight, although they were in a greenhouse with supplemental light. Some of those that failed to strike were Hovea montana, Oxylobium ellipticum, Banksia canei & Telopea mongaensis & 'Braidwood Brilliant'. On the plus side, I've succeeded with Kunzea muelleri and Leptospermum namadgiensis, a newly described species, so that's exciting. They're not planted out yet.
Pardon to others for the diversion here... had to get this off my chest with Paul, who's in the 'neighbourhood'! |
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Divert away, Fellas, it's very interesting! |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Brent,
Even more in the neighbourhood to some of those than you realise..... I grew up near a little town called Braidwood. Monga State Forest was part of my stomping grounds. That is where the "monga" comes from in the T. mongaensis. From memory the 'Braidwood Brilliant' is a hybrid between T. mongaensis and T. speciossissima I think? I've never seen Telopea in the wild in the state forest though..... but I just loved the most beautiful area of tree ferns (Dicksonia antarctica mainly) and native orchids (Sarchochilus, Dendrobiums etc).
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Brent, if I may stick my nose in here? As I read your post, you had CUTTINGS of Telopea and Banksia? Paul will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong, but generally speaking, members of the Protaceae are virtually impossible to propagate from cuttings, seed being the thing to go for.
Certainly this is the position of the horticultural industry (commercial as distinct from scientific). In New Zealand in the last 15 years or so, a certain amount of success has been obtained using a liquid rooting hormone whose trade name is Liba 10,000. It was developed at the Ruakura Plant Research Station in NZ's North Island, specifically for use on Protaceae, eucalypts, Feijoas etc. In fact, I now use it (very dilute) for all my cuttings. But with all due respect, I'd not expect a lot of success with Telopea and Banksia, given the known difficulties and the seasonal change between hemispheres as well. On the other hand, don't we all love a cultural challenge? |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Lesley,
You've got a point there. I think that many of the named varieties of Banksia and Telopea are grafted plants, or sed grown plants from stable species or varieties that have names attached (for example Banksia 'Birthday Candles' is a prostrate species form which I think is grown from seed?).
I am sure that there actually are successful methods for striking cuttings of these difficult plants (or else the ANBG wouldn't be selling them!) but what I would be doing if I was getting these cuttings was to use them as scion wood and have seed grown plants waiting to be grafted onto. That way once you have an established plant you can take all the cuttings you want to experiment with, but you at least have a source plant to work from.
Brent, if the cuttings were unsuccessful is it worthwhile thinking along these lines? Can you get seed of the more basic Telopea species and grow them as rootstock for grafting things like 'Braidwood Brilliant' onto? Do you already grow any Telopeas? If so, can you propagate cuttings from them for grafting onto?
Fascinating discussion, even if perhaps not exactly "flowering now" *grin*. Can't think of anywhere else that this could be moved to though, so we just continue it here eh? LOL
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
Some pics from today....
Not technically "flowering now" but lovely none-the-less. This is a lovely variegated form of Abutilon. Such a lovely bright and clean variegation.
A Calibrachoa in flower at the moment.
Clematis 'Gypsy Queen' putting on some late flowers.
Clerodendron ugandense. This needs some winter protection from heavy frost. It drops its leaves in winter but reshoots in spring. It predominantly flowers towards autumn, but sometimes flowers in spring as well. It really is a lovely blue!!
One of my Eucomis that is still in flower. In real life this looks whiter than in the picture.
Nerine masoniorum. This is a tiny little thing with flowers less than an inch wide. Once established it flowers very well each year, setting seed heavily without affecting its flowering prospects. One of my favourites (but I have a lot of favourite nerines! LOL)
I hope you all enjoy.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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Paul & Lesley, Your comments are probably bang on. Sounds like we should have spoken with you first! It seems odd that ANBG would have struck up a deal to sell their cuttings and not enquired as to whether we had rootstocks - I suppose they assumed it was so. As for the other genera and species, I'm sure there are a number of different reasons why they didn't strike. Taking too long to clear through customs is likely a major contributing factor.
Wow, Paul you really are in the neighbourhood!
Lesley, as to your rooting hormone, I'll google that and see if we can find some available for sale. I'd love to bring it in and try again with some of the harder to root choices. In the meantime, I can hunt for some rootstock material from seed. Thanks to you both for your valuable insight.
I wanted to send a pic of our Grevillea victoriae, blooming through the snow in January last year in the alpine garden. However, file size is too big. To my greater surprise, Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. debeuzevillei already bloomed in late January, after a two week mild spell - shocking.
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Flowers & Foliage, for now:
Gentian Paradoxa cross.
Grown from seed & self seeding. Exhibits evenly its paradoxa habit & I presume septemfida including time of flowering. Later,by 3wks usually, the real,true gentian paradoxa will begin to flower whereas septemfida over now.
And not mine, in the sense I didn't grow these 2yr babies but mine to hold & have forever after till death do us part....
Ranunculus buchanani
Glaucous as rue.
Quite different, but the first leaves of R.buchanani aren't that different to R.godleyanus. That wrap of leaf in the centre is enticement for aphids but I've grown Ranunculus godleyanus for years. Still put it into the wind which it likes & the aphids disappear. It's mountain home, for both, maybe 7,000ft but godleyanus was quite at home in dry peat 30 degree heat, part shade - just don't sweat the roots which is what I did 3wks ago!! & now I know once again. Still promising baby here to cherish. It'll stay green all winter, -12 frosts, whereas R.buchanani will die down - I hope to pop up again in spring. A minilog I could write on these but then mini might yet be the keyword so enjoying for now.
Ranunculus godleyanus
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Paul, I also have a Clerodendon ugandense, but in a pot and in the house from November to may (this morning -8). It also flowers from spring to autumn, leaves are always green. |
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Lyn, I hope death don't do you part too soon! I ordered these two from Hokonui but they are apparently sold out. Louise didn't send me a list when she sent out the others. Dammit. |
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These are flowering here at present. The verbascum and the gentian are out-of-season but no less welcome for that. The others seem to bloom ad infinitum.
This is Geranium papuanum and it makes a tight, glossy mat, a lovely thing. Hardy to about -8degC but sets very little seed.
A seedling from Gentiana angustifolia and the best of these pale turquoise shades, I've called `Aorangi' the Maori name for our highest mountain, Mt Cook. As well as lovely flowers, the foliage is always bright and clean.
Lathyrus nervosus (aka Lord Anson's Blue Pea) is a climber to about 2 metres but is even better as a ground cover or falling over a wall. It is scented, but a rather cosmetic perfume, like talc or lipstick. Lots of seed which pleases me as it's my all time best selling plant. It has been known to stop log truck and oil tanker drivers in their tracks, coming to the house to find out what it is and where can they get it!
Verbascum `Lindisfarne' is a seedling from V. dumulosum, pollinated by V. chaixii album. Low and tufty, it is reliably perennial dying back to a woody framework for winter. Named for my previous garden.
I showed a picture earlier of Rhodanthemum mawii `Ruapuna.' Here is a comparison between that (on the left) and its parent, straight mawii. The former is much hardier and flowers literally all year round, though it benefits from the occasional trim over. Another exceptional nursery plant.
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Lesley and lyn-- and who collected the Ranunculus buchananii seed then !!! good to see my seed collecting of the last few seasons is starting to pay dividends.I hope to obtain fresh buchannii x lyallii seed in the next couple of weeks .Dave |
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 07, 2005 - 8:35 pm: | |
Dave
I wonder if the R.buchananii that I got from Jim Sutherland's was your seed also ? It has grown well but refuse to flower. I have now split it up and am giving each bit a different treatment to see if I can frighten it into flower.
Nice pics above Keep em comin
Ian
Thanks for repeating the advice, I have made a copy for the next time I forget!!! |
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John, I wonder if your Ranunculus buchananii has the same problem as my R. semiverticillatus. I grew it from John Watson's seed (1988 coll, germ 1992) and after 13 years I have a good plant with 8 growing points last winter but never a single flower yet. It's outside in a trough and I suspect it just doesn't get cold enough. It always comes into visible growth in autumn and by what should be its proper flowering time (Nov here) is already dying down again. Very frustrating plant which if it continues with this pattern, won't ever be seen on THIS thread! Seriously thinking of digging it up, potting it and putting it in the deep freeze for winter. I'll have to throw out the lamb. |
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Might make a change from mint sauce if you put them together. |
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John --not sure ,could be some of Steve Newalls seed although i don't know if he is collecting as much as he used to.At least it appears that way, as i noted he wasn't listed as donating seed to the NZAGS or Otago group last year.
I cannot help you with flowering hints although i read an article in a farming magazine once, about a farmer playing music to his cows and how he thought that boosted production. !!!The article went on to quote his wife about the success she had with talking to her plants!!!
Best of luck. (At least the first paragraph was on a serious note). Dave |
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Lesley - All for that, I have suspected for some time that your Ranunc.semivertillicus could be wanting a greater cold period & been very keen to propose that idea together with the digging it up and I know a place it'd do well in with great winter cold chilling potential - I have referred to the -12's before.
Dave ask me! you can have my postal address anytime - you did talk soon & freshly gathered seed, didn't you?.
John - don't talk too loud (don't want to dissuade Lesley) but what winter temps do you do - outside.
LYN
(ps. any hints fully intended)
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Hello Lyn ,how are things up your way--Sure--As i mentioned to lesley --Seed is offered only in return for seed swop.I,m sure you'll have something of interest up there for me. Email has been sent .Dave |
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Howdy All,
Some current stuff from my garden....
This is the real Arum pictum (as opposed to Arum italicum var Pictum which is often called Arum 'Pictum'). This is the only Arum species to flower with its emerging leaves in autumn. The leaves as they first emerge also have a strong edge of purple to them, giving a rather striking effect. This is the first time this species has ever flowered for me.
A closeup of the satiny appearance of the spadix.
This is a view down into the base of the flower. The tendrils are bright yellow and glow in the light that passes through the almost translucent walls of the flower base.
A very strong pink belladonna.
Streptocarpus 'Bristol's Luvit' which is a rather different flower colour for a Strep. I do grow this with some protection though... this one is inside under lights although I do grow some streps outside in protected areas on my back verandah etc.
I hope you all enjoy the pics. Sounds like you're getting a few requests for the seed Dave..... I wouldn't even know what to offer you as swaps so I won't ask! LOL
Off to bed now as I need my beauty sleep (and how!!)..... although to look beautiful I think I'd have to sleep for about a century..... actually maybe I'm being optomistic there! LOL
Cheers.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Brent A. Hine (Bcalpinist)
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Thanks for the pics, Paul. I feel that we're all quite fortunate to see what most of us cannot hope to grow, esp. out of doors. I think Canberra (and your place) must now go onto my personal list of places that I must visit before I die! |
Anthony Darby (Adarby)
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Hi Paul
I had an Arum pictum on the sale bench at the early bulb show in Dunblane, but sadly no takers. One small tuber a year and a half ago has yielded one flower (autumn 2004 - see photo in an earlier posting) and two, now flowering sized, offsets. |
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thanks for the photos everyone.
I have a Rhodanthemum which hasnt been without blooms all year althought they appear infrequently right now. Even more so because I had to cut half away because it was swamping Galanthus |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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Lyn, if you seriously think my plant is going up the road to Alex, think again! On the other hand, we could negotiate and of course I'd have to arrange visiting rights. It would be a case of "Have Ranunculus, will travel." We'll talk about it. |
Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Few things are still flowering...
Cyclamen cilicicum:
Cyclamen africanum maybe:
Red Begonia:
Cheers,
Lauren |
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Nice pics Lauren
Do you guys grow Alyogyne huegelii monterey? I grow it as a conservatory shrub with a thermostat to keep it only just frost free. It is a super thing with an abundance of 5" flowers as shown.
It's rarely out of flower and is just starting again after a severe pruning. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Good grief, John, I thought you'd choked as I read that plant name!! I was going to offer to rub Olbas ( as recommended by Jack Brownless) or Vick (as preferred by Alan Newton) on your chest!
I've never heard of this plant. Pretty thing, though... is it related to Hibiscus? It's the sort of flower one expects to see tucked behind the ear of a pretty girl.. but at five inches across, you'd never see her face, would you?
The foliage looks a bit pelargonium-ish, cut and furry. How strange! Thanks for the introduction, John! |
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Thanks for the offer Margaret but something more perfumed would be nice.
Not sure about Alyogyne but I Googled it (not gargled, sticking to the theme) and I believe it is a native Aussie shrub. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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John et al,
Yep, native Aussie shrub. Quite a range of colour forms of it and I love the leaves too. Not something that would grow easily for me here due to frost, but if I wanted to grow it I definitely have areas in the garden I could do it..... just a bit large for my lack of space unfortunately. LOL
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Howdy All,
Some autumn flowerings in my garden..... still pretty hot for autumn though, with 34'C yesterday and around 19'C overnight (YUK!) "Supposed" to rain today and we can but hope as we desperately need it.
Colchicum byzantinum album putting on a lovely show in a pot right now.
Colchicum kotschyi.
Gloriosa superba - this was a sport back to the parentage from G. 'Rothschildiana' a couple of years ago. I keep hearing that the Gloriosa won't grow in cold climates, but they do very well here both in pots and the ground.
Nerine fothergillii major - one of the various nerines I have in flower at the moment.
Roscoea scilloides - a tiny little cutey. It and R. purpurea var procera are flowering at the moment.
The good old Sternbergias are starting to flower now as well.
I hope you all enjoy.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Lauren Bertoni (Laurenlolly)
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Great photos Paul!! I love the nerine, I have that one too (can't remember if I posted a photo? Maybe in the Feb thread). Here's some of my flowering now's.
This was sold to me as Lilium speciosum, but it's obvious that it's not! I'm betting on L. formosanum. Any takers? Here she is:
My Monkshoods are just comming into flower, a welcome sight this late in the season. These are new for me as of last Autumn, I was hesitant in trying them because I thought they really needed to be in the ground, but these ones have come out okay. I'm assuming they're A. napellus:
My most favourite Nerine opened up today:
And I've decided to put the most exciting one last! This is Tricyrtis latifolia, I had no idea what the flowers would look like until now but I'm very happy with them! New to me last Autumn as well. Does anyone know if toad lilies are meant to die back at the end of the season? I'm thinking I might divide this one a bit because it has just taken off since I planted it. I just love the fuzzy leaves on it. Lovely white flowers too:
That's all for now!!
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Lauren |
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Lauren,
Your Lilium might be L. phillipense as well.... mine are flowering for me at the moment. Is that Nerine rosea? I have it flowering now as well. Also 2 hybrids called 'Lucinda' and 'Smoky' (the latter at least is Aussie bred I think) so far with more in bud.
The Tricyrtis is great. That is a species I don't have as it happens, but mine are just starting to open their first flowers here at the moment. Tricyrtis 'Mayazaki Gold' (spelling wrong I think) is open with lovely spotted flowers. It has a fine golden edge, particularly when the leaves are young. I also have buds on T. formosana, T. hirta, T. hirta alba and buds just starting to think about appearing in the leaf axils of T. macrantha ssp macranthopsis.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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From Lesley, cheeks still burning fiercely after reading a post on Trillium-L
Lauren, all the Tricyrtis species here ARE deciduous though in a much milder climate that may not be so. It suits me that they are, because sometimes evergreen stuff gets frosted whereas it's safe when underground.
Paul, according to a friend in OZ who is a lily specialist, formosanum and philipinense are the same thing. What do you think? |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Lauren, how tall is your lily? We grow L. formosanum Pricei which is very short, but still has the huge trumpets. Bit odd to look at, but smells great!
Lesley, well, now we've all been to T-L to see what's up, haven't we? Well, I have! Poor Lesley, that's the bane of having a name like yours, or Evelyn or Hilary and so on! Poor Carl, now, too, he'll be blushing more, methinks!!
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Robert Krejzl (Rob_krejzl)
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Lesley,
At one time L. formosanum was of course known as L. philippinense v formosanum. Your friend must lie at the 'lumper' end of the great divide.
The two cross so easily in the garden that I suspect that few are pure - in the same way that few L. regale are. That was certainly the opinion of the ALS way back in the sixties about the forms going around then.
I've got some 'wallichianum' in flower now which is also likely a hybrid with one or other of these two. The late flowering of Paul & Lauren's could indicate some wallichianum genes as well - just to throw a little more confusion onto the subject.
My own 'phillipinense' normally flowers in early to mid summer, a little after the 'formosanum' and well after the v. pricei.
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Paul Tyerman (Tyerman)
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Robert,
Whatever I grow is sold around here as Phillipense, and I initially had the same thing from somewhere else ages ago..... I only put the name phillipense to it once I saw the otehrs for sale. If it is a hybrid then it has been around for quite a while and propagated heavily.
On other matters...... I've been away for the last while sick, and noone has been putting up Southern Hemisphere pics. What gives? Surely there are some flowers in gardens of the members in the SH?
I'll post a few here to get things started again.....
Viola hederacea - a pure blue form (the normal is white with a lovely purple centre, plus I have a pure white and a blue with a darker centre). Lovely small ground cover. Is this grown overseas? I would imagine that a pan of it in full flower would be quite stunning!?
Tricyrtis hirta 'Miyazake Gold' has these spotted flowers. The foliage has a fine gold edge to it, particularly noticeable when young. The flowers appear in the leaf axils all the way up the stem.
Moraea polystachya has just started flowering and will go on for a few months now.
Gladiolus breviflorus is a delightful little gladiolus which is hysteranthous (i.e its flower stems emerge prior to and separately to the leaves). Always a joy every year.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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A couple more.....
This is one of my Abutilons, in this case a smaller flowered pink. These have to be the single most bird-attractant plants in my garden given that they flower for close to 9 months of the year. The honeyeaters love them, plus there are always some aphids that the other birds like the Wrens etc enjoy. They are also fairly thick in growth which makes them ideal hidey-holes for smaller birds. I also have a larger flowered red, and an orange with red veins. I think I have posted a pic elsewhere of my strongly variegated variety? Such good doers here, despite the fact that so many people feel that they do not grow here without protection. I have some of them out in the full open and they have been doing fine now for up to around 7 years.
And lastly for now..... the other morning I got up bright and early at 6am (which for someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or ME as it is known in some parts, is a pretty rough experience let me tell you! LOL) to go and see the balloon fiesta that has been on here in Canberra.
I took a bunch of pics and was going to post them in the general area then realised that they really aren't that relevant to the SRGC forum as definitely NOT gardening based *grin*. There were all sorts of balloons including 2 bees that took off linked together and then separated in mid air, plus a large tree with birds all over it (which was definitely something balloon-wise).
I still thought that some of you might not mind at least one picture?.....
This is one of the balloons floating past a fountain as it took off. I thought it worked out quite well as a picture.
Enjoy.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
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Good to have you back Paul. There's plenty out here but little bits at a time, no great mass of anything except the autumn gentians. Might be able to do something with those. And a few Cyclamen, especially cilicium is good but under an oak tree and I have to lie flat on my face to get near it.
I'll have some pics in a week or so of nerines, a strain of quite low forms in brilliant colours. More about those soon.
LOVE that spotty Tricyrtis! |
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I like your Tricyrtis Miyazake Gold. I don't know what disease it's got but I hope it doesn't recover. (grin) |
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I thought Paul was being very arty in his colour-co-ordinated post with the viola, tricyrtis etc!!
All tasty plants, I love the spotty Tricyrtis... I've found it is listed by several nurseries in the RHS Plantfinder book.. just as T. Miyazaki, though, no mention of the "Gold".. but I really only want the spots!!I had forgotten that Tricyrtis were in the family convalleriaceae... since I am no botanist, it often astounds me how some plants were classified into certain families! There are some real oddities in berberidaceae, for a start!!Ho! Hum! I know I should study all this technical stuff, but I'm too busy looking and smelling and feeling the plants to have time!! |
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Howdy All,
Glad you're liking the pics. The "Spotty Tricyrtis" certainly is a nice flower, but my favourite Tricyrtis would have to be Tricyrtis macrantha ssp macranthopsis which has almost tubular golden yellow flowers with red spots in the throat. It flowers later than the rest of the ones that I have so it will be a little while yet.
Here are a couple more things that I have flowering now.....
Biarum ochridense, another of my stinky plants but this one only slightly so.
Habranthus estensis is flowering again for me.... each flower is about 2 inches wide and just perfect!!
Colchicum speciosum album flowering for the first time for me (recently purchased). Not sure how available this is overseas but very expensive and hard to come by here in Aus. The clone that we have here is notoriously difficult to grow I have heard (from others experiences) so I was pleased to find someone who had had a relative manage to get a white one to appear amongst seedlings. This seems to be a hardier form so hopefully it will grow and multiply for me rather than struggling on like my other one.
Paul T. Canberra, Australia. |
Lesley Isabel Cox (Lcox)
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John, That disease is called "gold in the head." |
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