Flowering now June 2007

[ranunculus]

Must welcome you back Paul (before I go...if you see what I mean)....your wit and wisdom has been missed.
Take care my mate.

[Anthony Darby]

I'll drink to that. Welcome back Paul. I hear the rains have finally arrived? Lets hope Cliff doesn't need Bicycle-repair-man on his adventure.

[Paul T]

Anthony,

Hmm.... perhaps that is overstating it a tad.  We have had some rain Yes, but not that much, and not NEARLY enough.  As of the 1st of July we go to the next stage of water restrictions...... no outside watering using mains water!!    Only recycled water from showers etc and tank water can be used outside.  If we get HEAPS of rain this month they might give us a reprieve for a month to see whether we get more in July, but otherwise we're definitely in trouble.  I have 3 small tanks put in (total of 3000 litres, which is WAY better than nothing) so I should be able to keep the rarer things alive using that and recycling washing and shower water etc.  Not looking forward to all the watering can work at all.  Might be the last time I see a few of my little treasures, that is for sure!!   I'll keep the really precious things alive though I think!! 

Moaning aside..... thanks to both yourself and Cliff for the welcome back. 

[Lesley Cox]

Welcome home (back) from me too Paul. I hope the better medication lives up to expectations.

We've had a little rain too, about 15mm Saturday and yesterday. Not enough but a help. The weeds have loved a good refreshment

David, what no-one has said, though perhaps it was self evident - Nomocharis MUST NOT be dried out. They like a cool, moist soil even when dormant. Otherwise they will shrivel and die very quickly.

[BuddyM]

Hello again everyone.

Another long absence from the forum, but now that I have a new camera (Olympus SP-550UZ), I hope to be able to send more photos.
Here are some taken in my garden in the past two days.
I would be grateful if anyone can name the lily. It was in the garden when we moved in, 11 years ago.

Lawrence, Northampton, UK

[David Nicholson]

Nice pictures Lawrence, the new camera is working well! I particularly liked the Iris forrestii and the Diplarrena moraea.

[mark smyth]

My Nomocharis is over yet the Young's arent showing so far.

Here's an assortment from my wee patch
Edraianthus ?graminifolius
unknown Daphne
Iris clarkei
Primula luteola

[Lesley Cox]

Lawrence welcome back. I often think of you as my little plants of your woolly Salvia continue to develop. They have come though the weekend's snow and ice and now frost very well but I think I'll move them to a more sheltered spot all the same, for safety's sake.

Nice Iris Mark but not I. clarkei which is very tall (up to 1.5 metres if very happy), blue and invariably with a yellow butterfly-shaped patch on the fall. There is also lots of veining and stitching in that area as well. It is the parent of many hybrids and virtually all have the butterfly patch. I'd say yours could be a form or hybrid of I. sibirica but hard to tell without seeing the whole plant. I. clarkei is in that same group but quite distinct.

[Lesley Cox]

On second thoughts, it could be a white form of I. setosa. That has almost no standards except for small, bristle-like things. Your pic shows style arms and falls but I can't see standards.

[mark smyth]

it doesnt have any standards. It was bought as I. clarkei.

[Paddy Tobin]

Lawrence,

Wonderful photographs.

Your Verbascum 'Letitia' is a wonderful plant. I am comparing it to my miserable specimen growing in the garden. Pot culture certainly seems to suit it.

Paddy

[derekb]

The first of my Disa Orchids, Derek Shaw.
Lilium Hansonii.
Nomocharis aperta ?

[derekb]

Sorry pushed the wrong thing,try again.

[johanneshoeller]

Dact. fuchsii and Rotes Waldvöglein (Ceph. rubra).
Hans

[Maggi Young]

last call for entries to the competition  to win a book.... see this page:
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Extended  entry time expires at 8am UK time Tuesday 12th June!