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shelagh

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December in the Northern Hemisphere
« on: December 24, 2018, 02:09:51 PM »
This might be thought a bit of a cheat as we have 2 Adntipodeans to show you. Firstly Correa pulchella which is looking very festive at the moment also Melicytus alpine looking frosty with it's white berries.

Also known as the Christmas challenge or the Cuckoo in the nest.  Brian found this pot of Cyc. pseudoibericum but we appear to have a stowaway.  Any suggestions?
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2018, 10:56:22 AM »
What's better than a walk in the garden after a gargantuous meal  ;D
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2018, 11:36:58 AM »
Looks like a chilly walk Yann.
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2018, 02:27:14 PM »
Lovely Correa Shelagh 8)
Here 'Federation Belle' has been going since about August & should continue well into the spring.  Very cheery in the winter greenhouse.
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2018, 04:00:27 PM »
Quote from: shelagh on December 24, 2018, 02:09:51 PM
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Also known as the Christmas challenge or the Cuckoo in the nest.  Brian found this pot of Cyc. pseudoibericum but we appear to have a stowaway.  Any suggestions?

Looks a like C. creticum or C. x meiklei. Better to see the flowers, so when those buds open it will be clear.

I like the correa- is that seed grown?
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2018, 08:45:50 PM »
Quote from: shelagh on December 25, 2018, 11:36:58 AM
Looks like a chilly walk Yann.
not so much as you can think, minus 2
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2018, 02:40:46 AM »
Quote from: ashley on December 27, 2018, 02:27:14 PM
Lovely Correa Shelagh 8)
Here 'Federation Belle' has been going since about August & should continue well into the spring.  Very cheery in the winter greenhouse.
Nice to see some "Aussies" in the Northern winter!
cheers
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2018, 04:25:16 PM »
Ashley what a cracker that is.

Bart no not from seed I'm afraid, they don't seem to set seed here in Bury.

Glad you like them Fermi.

Yann it's 8C today and we could do with some frost to slow things down, Brian spotted a Hepatica coming into flower today.
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2018, 01:20:31 PM »
A grey old day here but dry at the moment (for a change) just a chance to take a few pictures.

Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill',  two shots, after a pretty severe hair-cut last year so no flowers on the top part of the plant.
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Just coming through, Eranthis hyemalis, with lots more to come.

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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2018, 01:25:17 PM »
My first couple of Snowdrops.

Galanthus elwesii

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Galanthus 'Godfrey Owen' just pushed through the 'porridge' that passes for soil in my garden. Many more to come.

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Pieris 'Valley Valentine'



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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2018, 01:30:31 PM »
Just a couple of my Hellebores that I could get to without getting my shoes 'clarted up'.

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Skimmia japonica. This one grown from a cutting taken from a neighbour's garden some 20 years ago.

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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2018, 01:33:00 PM »
Lots of goodies there for the end of the year, David!  Bodes well for 2019, I hope!
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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2018, 01:47:26 PM »
Viburnum tinus having re-established from a shrub badly worried by an attack of  Viburnum beetles some five years ago and cut back to some 2 feet high.



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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2018, 01:50:22 PM »
and to finish Tulbaghia 'Purple Eye' with still a few flowers after flowering wonderfully since last March and surviving  'The Beast from the East'.

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Re: December in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2019, 12:34:23 PM »
David, how lovely big Helleborus and already so full of flowers! :o
Yours is truly a winter garden, so much flowering in winter.
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