October 2012 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Natalia]

Colleagues, thank you for the great photos!
Add some recent photos from my garden ... Photos were taken a few days ago, now all in the snow ...

Corydalis sp. after frost - purchased as  Corydalis elata
Primula amoena

[KentGardener]

I managed to see my garden in day light for a change!  A few pictures of things that attracted my attention.

1 - Crocus longiflorus.

2 - 5 Cyclamen leaves.

6 - Variety in seedlings.

7 - an interesting new Asplenium scolopendrium form.  Still very small and only the one plant in existence - but I have a good feeling about this one.  :-)

[KentGardener]

Winter seems to be arriving in the UK.  All my Summer jungle planting is now packed away in my little breakfast room.

I'm sad that the garden is now looking so bare - but it is nice to come downstairs in the morning and glance into that room.   

[Maggi Young]

I have a horrible feeling the coming winter is going to be a stinker, John - good that you've got your tender plants safely tucked up already, I reckon.

[Tim Ingram]

John - great variation in those cyclamen leaves! I have been collecting these for years and there always seems to be something new, a bit like hellebores which they combine with so well.

Maggi - I hope we don't get such cold snowy weather as further north (though its good for the seeds!). We want a spell of good sunny weather in mid-February for the snowdrops, and then in March for the AGS Show...

[Maggi Young]

John - great variation in those cyclamen leaves! I have been collecting these for years and there always seems to be something new, a bit like hellebores which they combine with so well.

Maggi - I hope we don't get such cold snowy weather as further north (though its good for the seeds!). We want a spell of good sunny weather in mid-February for the snowdrops, and then in March for the AGS Show...

Tim, crazy optimist that I am, I am hoping that  winter, having made an early start, will also  get its "bother" over and done with early, leaving February as fresh and crisp to encourage the early blooms  and March to be an early spring delight.......
After all, hope costs nothing.......

[ashley]

All my Summer jungle planting is now packed away in my little breakfast room.

That's a lovely begonia on the right John.  What is it?

[KentGardener]

Hi Ashley

I've just had a look (and I didn't have to go out into the rain!    ) - the label says 'Limeaid'.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great set of Cyclamen leaves, John !!   

[ashley]

I've just had a look (and I didn't have to go out into the rain!    ) - the label says 'Limeaid'.

Looks a good'un, and well grown.  Thanks John
- and for going to the trouble in the middle of the night

[annew]

Doreen looks very nice - is it a wild find or a sporeling?

[KentGardener]

Hi Anne

It was a sporeling found in my aunty Doreen's garden.  I must get round to propagating and distributing it as a safeguard.

[ruweiss]

It is nice to see such a beautiful fern and it would be nicer if you could manage to
propagate this beautiful thing.Thank you for showing!