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Title: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 01, 2021, 11:16:04 AM

Still winter here but spring is peeking through!
1) Muscari ex'Gul'
2) Hakea & Pomaderris
3 & 4) Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'
5) Hakea scoparia (I think)

cheers
fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 02, 2021, 03:41:41 PM

1) Narcissus 'Snook'
2) Crocus flavus
3) a tazetta hybrid narcissus
4) Moraea ciliata
5) Moraea tripetala
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 05, 2021, 11:55:56 AM

We've had Muscari inconstrictum flowering for a couple of weeks but now we have a new clone raised from seed from Ashley ex a form from Oron Peri!
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: shelagh on August 06, 2021, 03:46:54 PM

Pomaderris looks like an interesting shrub Fermi how tall is it and do you think it would survive in Bury?

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 07, 2021, 10:35:55 AM

Quote from: shelagh on August 06, 2021, 03:46:54 PM

Pomaderris looks like an interesting shrub Fermi how tall is it and do you think it would survive in Bury?

Hi Shelagh,
its only 30 to 40 cm high and the same about 60cm across. Ours is growing in a sand bed so may be a bit starved!
So far I've been unsuccessful at propagating it from cuttings but it must be possible as this is a named clone
it has survived -7^oC here but supply might be a bigger problem.
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 07, 2021, 11:31:40 AM

This double galanthus has never flowered before in our garden!
I think the wetter than usual winter has helped it along.
The label is long gone but I'm sure it's one I got from Marcus Harvey.
Could it possibly be 'Jaquenetta'?
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 09, 2021, 01:27:08 AM

1) Moraea macronyx
2) Hesperantha latifolia
3) Oxalis obtusa 'Peaches & Cream'
4) Ixia rapunculoides
5) Muscari - seedlings from 'Valerie Finnis'
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 11, 2021, 02:31:09 AM

A few more South African geophytes in flower here:
1) Oxalis purpurea with pink flowers - this has been flowering on and off since mid-April!
2) first flower open on Lapeirousia montacna
3) Romulea tetragona
4) Romulea sabulosa
5) Hesperantha pauciflora
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 13, 2021, 04:23:28 PM

1) Babiana odorata hybrid (crossed with Babiana pygmaea)
2) Narcissus 'Princeps'
3) Narcissus hispanicus
4) Narcissus "Steplings" - a range of seedlings from 'Gold Step' raised by Lawrence Trevanion
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 15, 2021, 04:16:45 PM

1) Anemone coronaria - a very bright pink one from seed from "Seeds of Peace"
2) Romulea hartungii (syn R. grandiscapa) from the Mediterranean
3) comparing the above with R. minutiflora, a weed species from South Africa
4) Romulea flava
5) Asarum magnificum - I can only get this to grow in the Shade-house
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 19, 2021, 11:53:49 AM

1) Geissorhiza inequalis
2) Bulbinella eburniflora
3) Narcissus KB-N-Dec-1W-Y-1-18
4) Hesperantha pauciflora - purple
5) Tropaeolum tricolor
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 23, 2021, 02:35:29 AM

1) Cyclamen persicum
2) Bulbinella latifolia doleritica
3) Pauridia sp.
4) Narcissus 'Mitimoto' - from Glenbrook Bulb Farms "Little Detectives" series
5) Dichelostemma capitatum
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: ashley on August 23, 2021, 09:43:33 AM

A great spring selection Fermi 8)
I like your bulbinellas very much but struggle with them (they with me, rather) here in pots.  Maybe time to face the inevitable & concentrate on things happier under my conditions ;D

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 23, 2021, 10:57:51 AM

Thanks, Ashley.
I have to admit that I only have 2 types in pots - Bulbinella triquetra (which is quite small) and B. cauda-felis (still in the pot I received it in  :-[ ).
Bulbinella latifolia ssp doleritica took a few years to get to flowering size once I'd planted it out.
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 24, 2021, 03:21:22 PM

1) Anemone pavonina
2) Babiana cedarbergensis
3) Mandragora sp. which we received as M. autumnalis which is doubtful since it usually flowers in late winter/early spring
4) Babiana pygmaea
5) Tulipa cretica
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 26, 2021, 03:38:41 AM

1) Narcissus 'Halvose' 8YO
2) Pelargonium triste
3) Narcissus 'Matador' 8Y-GOO
4 & 5) Gladiolus watermeyeri - despite the first flower being caught within the spathe, the scent was still powerful
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 27, 2021, 01:36:47 PM

1) Romulea flava - white and yellow forms grown from seed from the white form
2) Narcissus sdgs grown from seed as N. hedraeanthus but probably hybridized
3) Narcissus 'Turland Gold' - "a word in your shell-like"
4) Hesperantha pauciflora with friend
5) Narcissus 'Waterperry' (7 W-YPP)
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 27, 2021, 04:19:57 PM

Eremophila brevifolia - a small to medium shrub in a sand-bed
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 29, 2021, 06:42:57 AM

1) a pot of Hesperantha - supposedly H. latifolia with with an interloper - possibly a hybrid with H. pauciflora
2) Cerinthe major 'Purpurescens'
3) Trillium chloropetalum
4) Narcissus 'Minnow'
5) Some of the "Steplings" are double-headers!
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 31, 2021, 03:42:33 PM

1) Anemone pavonina red
2) Bulbinella sp - not sure if it's B. floribunda
3) Narcissus 'Highfield Beauty'
4) Tulipa  'Little Beauty'
5) Babiana pygmaea
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fermi

Title: Re: August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere
Post by: fermi de Sousa on August 31, 2021, 04:02:59 PM

1) Narcissus  'WubWub'
2) Narcissus  'Trumpocodium'
3) Hesperantha cucullata
4) Gladiolus abbreviatus
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fermi