September in the Southern Hemisphere 2016

[Parsla]

Thank you Maggi,

not sure i am winning against the rabbits, but some small battles have fallen my way 

1. Another pretty iris of unknown species
2. The last of the hellebores giving way to spring
3. A moderately tall triandrus hybrid from Rod Barwick 'Lapwing'
4. An Australian native: Grevillea rosmarinifolia lutea
5. The blushing heart of Magnolia liliiflora 'Holland red' after the petals have dropped

Jacqui.

[Maggi Young]

I believe that  Saturday  and Sunday are the two days of Otago Alpine Garden Group's Spring Show - that's October  really, but sending best wishes to all taking part for a great weekend!

[Jupiter]

I'm enjoying Tropaeolum pentaphyllum which every year climbs my sleeping Laburnum tree and provides some decoration on the bare branches.

[Maggi Young]

I'm enjoying Tropaeolum pentaphyllum which every year climbs my sleeping Laburnum tree and provides some decoration on the bare branches.

If that sets seed, Jamus, I'd be very pleased to get a couple. 

[ranunculus]

Obviously a woman of taste, Maggie … such a delightful species.

[Jupiter]

Very easy from seed and it sets a lot. I think I lost azureum this year. Not a sign of it unfortunately. It's a bad year for Trop. tricolor too, which doesn't look good at all.

[fermi de Sousa]

Glad you haven't been washed away, Jamus!
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Well... we are very soggy over here but no major damage fortunately. We were lucky. There's something to be said for living on the side of a hill. Higher up, strong winds, lower down, flooding. We are about in the right spot I reckon. My biggest Cynara cardunculus 'Gobbo de Niza' broke in the wind on Thursday night and I had to cut most of it off. I hope it will regrow nicely and look good again within a month or so. 2016 will be remembered as the year it rained... and rained... and rained...

[Maggi Young]

Not every day you see a cardoon used to make a flower arrangement!