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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Lesley Cox on December 01, 2010, 11:14:16 PM
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Some oddments in flower now. The iris is in long grass but still flowering happily and looking good with the sunlight through the grass. It always sets good seed which comes true to size and colour, so let me know if you'd like some.
Iris douglasiana dwarf form
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Sedum pilosum in a raised bed. This is monocarpic but I never need to resow it, there are always some seedlings to take over from the dying plants.
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Jasminum parkeri which is spreading about by stolons
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Silene hookeri ssp bolanderi. This is grown from Mr C. Booker's seed, thanks Cliff.
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Myosotis capitata in a trough
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Myosotis 'Hokonui,' a hybrid between M. capitata and M. uniflora, a tiny, yellow-flowered bun-like mat.
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In the same trough, a Saponaria seedling between S. pumilio (syn pulvinaris) and S. lutea
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and Saponaria lutea itself
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A couple of years ago Fermi sent me some seed of a Dianthus. Here are two of the seedlings.
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Dianthus alpinus albus
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and finally, a little cactus from the supermarket. Of the 7 I bought, this is the 5th to flower, all different colours which is nice. Another bud is developing as well.
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lots of colour :)
this little cactus looks like an Aylostera, commonly included in genus Rebutia now
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A couple of years ago Fermi sent me some seed of a Dianthus. Here are two of the seedlings.
So glad they've flowered for you, Lesley.
The second one looks similar to the parent which makes a lovely fringed, circular flower.
cheers
fermi
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Very nice picture Dave, try saving a few seeds please if possible, use to grow it, would love to try again, Thanks
No problems Bill
Might even be able to provide you with a bulb later on as well.
Cheers dave.
Thanks Dave, look forward to whatever you have to spare.
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Recieved my paper copy of the SRGC seedlist yesterday, but did my seed order online last week. Hallelujah.
All done and dusted. From another addict
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Thanks for the colourful displays Southerners !! It helps to keep our (frozen) moral high ! ;D ;D
Lovely fringed Dianthus Lesley and the Silene hookeri ssp bollanderi looks wonderful as well !
Keep 'em coming !!
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Leslie,
I really like the way you intersperse your photos with text. So much more easier to read than having to flip back to a list of plant names.
How do you do that? do you post with one picture and then modify and add another? I can't figure it out. Please help. ???:) :) :)
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Maren,
I'll contact you.... but look in the HELP pages (accessed from the top row of option buttons near the top of each page) for all details....
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Leslie
Some lovely pictures, love your Silene hookeri 8), keep saying it but love white flowers.
Thanks for showing.
Angie :)
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My morning constitutional took me past two more of my favorite plants:
One of my seed-grown Lilium cultivars with huge, highly scented flowers;
and a Phalaenopsis hybrid given to me as a tiny, deflasked seedling.
Both plants suffer great neglect, but still have the grace to reward me with an annual display of colour!
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Maren, I'm sure Maggi will explain it better than I can but it's really simple once you remember to put a square bracket rather than a curly or curved one. Sometimes it won't work for me and I get a message in the posted text that I did it wrong or haven't got access but I just do it all again and it's OK.
My printed seedlist arrived last night and I'll use that. For some reason I have felt quite intimidated by the online version this year. I don't think it's reasonable to expect a member to note a password back in July when the journal comes, and remember it for months until the seedlist is online.
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My printed seedlist arrived last night and I'll use that. For some reason I have felt quite intimidated by the online version this year. I don't think it's reasonable to expect a member to note a password back in July when the journal comes, and remember it for months until the seedlist is online.
I'm sorry you feel that way, Lesley. The idea of having the password in the journal was that it was thought that people were more likely to have the Journal to hand to check the password if they wanted to order without the paper list than to find the yearbook or Secretary's pages, which an awful lot of people seem not to read anyway or throw out. It's a simple way to add to the security of members only ordering.
As it is, there are a lot of folk who contact me for both a note of their membership number and the password and that's fine.... though I am glad not all the thousands of members do that. ;D
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Flowering for the first time for me at present. And very nearly missed.
Must be a way of planting these out so you can see the flowers??
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That's a beautifully coloured form John. Herpolirion likes moist soil but with a lot of grit in it and in that position, the leaves tend to be flatter to the ground and not too vigorous. It is even a scree plant if plenty moisture is applied and then it grows in a tight mat. It's my favourite native plant I think. Your native too.
Really thrilled today to find some flowers (!) on Coprosma moorei. Hoping for fruit to follow. :)
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John , the one flower on your Herpolirion is a good blue -there are many plants here in our alps with flowers of a washed out blue.
I find in cultivation it needs a lean scree mix ,moist and full sun ,otherwise it will just run about and hardly any blooms.
Recently went on a shopping spree ( for the Ferny Creek Hort. Soc.) to Kuranga -Australian native plants only - nursery , the best on this continent .
a few general shots ,no names .
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Lesley and Otto - thanks for those comments. I am going to plant it out in to a shallow pot soon so I will make up a special lean mix with plenty of drainage.
Otto I have checked out that nursery on the internet and am impressed. Worth a visit when next visiting Melbourne.
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a few photos from Kuranga Nursery
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And not only is Kuranga, as Otto says, the best native nursery..... it is also one of the best appointed nurseries in general that I've come across, with method of display, cleanliness and layout etc. Absolutely brilliant. Probably a VERY good thing it is 800km from me. ;D Great pics, Otto! 8)
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Otto you are so lucky to have Kuranga Nursery "just around the corner".
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seriously cool nursery! there are such wonderful plants in australia, this nursery must be an amazing place to visit!
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Looks fantastic, there would be no controlling me.
Wish I could just pop over.
Angie :)
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John, in a thread I can't find, you were mentioning that you would soon plant out your Herpolirion in a shallow pot. Be very careful with that unless you mean to plunge the pot as it really likes lots of moisture. I've just recently lost mine through a couple of days of drying winds and warm temps and will have to replace from a nursery if possible. A shallow pot may not be the best idea.
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Just about the last of the few remaining Irises flowering round the place.
The first lot are the Iris siberica"Ceaser's Brother" I believe, also some of the beautiful Louisiana irises can't remember the names, easy to grow, but like plenty of moisture this time of the season.
The last picture is another easy Iris and the label says Iris kemaonensis
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John, in a thread I can't find, you were mentioning that you would soon plant out your Herpolirion in a shallow pot. Be very careful with that unless you mean to plunge the pot as it really likes lots of moisture. I've just recently lost mine through a couple of days of drying winds and warm temps and will have to replace from a nursery if possible. A shallow pot may not be the best idea.
Lesley... see post number 17 above in this page....
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John, in a thread I can't find, you were mentioning that you would soon plant out your Herpolirion in a shallow pot. Be very careful with that unless you mean to plunge the pot as it really likes lots of moisture. I've just recently lost mine through a couple of days of drying winds and warm temps and will have to replace from a nursery if possible. A shallow pot may not be the best idea.
Lesley I was going to ask you about that very thing. The cultural notes that came with the plant say "best grown in a pot placed in a saucer of water". I guess your experience suggests this approach.
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Couple of other endemics "flowering" for me at present.
Centrolepsis monogyna and
Caesia parviflora
Collecting seed from Centrolepsis obviously poses some difficulties. Tweezers and a large magnifying glass?
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From http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_14/rsnz_14_00_005830.html - I thought this was interesting vto see how long ago some of these plants were "new"...... 8)
The Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961:
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Art. LIX.—Notes on recent Additions to the New Zealand Flora.
By T. Kirk, F.L.S.
[Received by the Wellington Philosophical Society, 13th March, 1882.]
"Centrolepsis monogyna, Benth.
Alepyrum monogynum, Hook. f.
This moss-like plant occurs in swampy places, at an elevation of 3,000 feet in Arthur's Pass, where it was observed by the writer in 1877, when specimens were distributed under the MS. name of Alepyrum viride.
It forms large patches, scarcely ½″ in height when in flower. Leaves deep green, subulate, acute, dilated into a broad membraneous base, with a few short hairs at the back. Bracts sub-opposite, narrow. Flowers two, each invested by a semi-transparent scale which nearly equals the bract, and consisting of a single stamen and a single carpel."
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Thanks Cohan, the rose is lovely. They're great here this year too, we've had wet and warm for quite a long time and they're loving it. I am almost tempted to try some myself. ::)
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Thanks Cohan, the rose is lovely. They're great here this year too, we've had wet and warm for quite a long time and they're loving it. I am almost tempted to try some myself. ::)
glad you liked it lesley :) roses are pretty easy here, assuming they are hardy, which plenty are, we don't really have any issue with summer heat...lol
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Lesley,
I hope you'll be feeling better visiting the Forum and seeing pics and messages from your friends here. And of course you'll have received Marcus Harvey's latest catalogue! ;D I'm sure that will help! (If anyone else wants a copy electronicaly please send me a PM with your e-mail address)
Here are a few things that flowered before we went away in November that I feel still warrant a showing!
This is the first flowering on Amsonia jonesii which came form a Seedex (?NARGS) in 2004 and has finally seen fit to bloom, but sadly no seed set!
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This is a volunteer seedling from the lovely duck-egg blue Ixia "Teal" but who was the father?! Quite a different colour to its seed parent.
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This is a seedling Helianthemum which came up when a large sprawling plant of "Ben Fhada" died last summer.
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A bright clump of Triteleia ixioides
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A rather striking mix of Sprekelia and our native Dampiera rosmarinifolius
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and finally Clematis integrifolia
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cheers
fermi
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Bloomeria crocea, aka Golden Stars,a small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico with beautiful clusters of bright yellow star-shaped flowers
The Sisyrinchium angustifolia belonging to the iris family, with grass-like foliage and violet-blue flowers, the Blue Eyed Grass wildflower is ideal for naturalizing ground cover in all types of gardens.
BTW: received an early Christmas present from our friend t00lie down south in Invercargill. Thanks Dave, I owe you one, or two... :) :)
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Bill, both are beautifully grown, nice to see familiar north americans on the other side of the world. Your Bloomeria looks particularly densely flowered; one of my favorite bulbs.
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I have just come across this web site on Tasmanian Ground Orchids with images so impressive I had to share it.
It probably doesn't fit in this thread so I hope Maggi will place it appropriately if necessary
http://www.upclose.net.au
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In flower a few weeks ago before the big freeze.
Oxalis perdicaria cetrino
Oxalis hirta x 2
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Michael: the creamy Oxalis is charming.
John: great link.... I've repeated it in the Australian Terrestrial Orchid thread. 8)
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Michael: the creamy Oxalis is charming.
John: great link.... I've repeated it in the Australian Terrestrial Orchid thread. 8)
I heartily agree on both accounts. We're in for a solid week of rain & snow, so it'll be good to curl up with an outstanding AU Terrestrial Orchid site.
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Michael,
that is an amazing Oxalis perdicaria! :o I wish it were available here in the Southern Hemisphere. The O. hirta looks like the form called "Rosea".
This is an Aristea species imported many years ago by Ken Gillandere in Tasmania; I bought it as either Aristea species #1 or #2! This year probably because of the extra rainfall it has made a stunning display.
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If anyone wants seed of it please let me know before I dead-head it all! If you can identify the species it would be even better! ;D
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First flowering on Calochortus argillosus from NARGS seedex 2008.
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Erodium glandulosum "Spanish Eyes"
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cheers
fermi
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Fermi, it comes from our Hemisphere! All the stock comes from a single bulb I found many years ago.
I wonder who gave it a name?
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The Irids are having a wild time in the garden at present: yesterday it seemed as though a host of bright blue butterflies were frolicking in the foliage! Neomarica caerulea somehow manages to coordinate its blooming cycle and then does nothing for a few more weeks before the next show - amazing :D
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O. perdicaria is, of course, the new (old, correct) name for O. lobata so probably someone like Marcus could bring it south if he can locate a bulb or two.
You know the Brits Alberto. If it's put in a show and maybe up for an award, it has to have a cultivar name. even if it's a totally wild plant with no cultivated origins.
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The Neomarica is a gorgeous thing Rogan. I'm not sure that it's quite hardy here though. Pity. :'(
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Fermi, it comes from our Hemisphere! All the stock comes from a single bulb I found many years ago.
I wonder who gave it a name?
Alberto, I'm not clear which plant you mean... are you referring to the Oxalis perdicaria cetrino ?
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O. perdicaria is, of course, the new (old, correct) name for O. lobata so probably someone like Marcus could bring it south if he can locate a bulb or two.
You know the Brits Alberto. If it's put in a show and maybe up for an award, it has to have a cultivar name. even if it's a totally wild plant with no cultivated origins.
Unfortunately, although the type species (Oxalis perdicaria/lobata) is already in the country it's not on ICON so not even Marcus can import it into Australia! The State of New South Wales has actually banned ALL oxalis - even our own native species!! - so it is illegal to trade/sell any oxalis in that state. Most likely because of pest species such as O. pes-caprae which put all the genus in a bad light!
cheers
fermi
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The Neomarica is a gorgeous thing Rogan. I'm not sure that it's quite hardy here though. Pity. :'(
Lesley,
I grow Neomarica caerulea here, just near by front door where it gets some shelter from the worst of the cold. It probably doesn't actually get "frost", but not much warmer than that. Mine came from seed that came from Bill in NZ (via the ABA if memory serves me correctly?), so perhaps he might have a spare plant or two? It flowered for the first time for me last year and it is just amazing. Flowers are larger and more substantial than N. northiana. I also theoretically have a yellow species, which is in bud and I am awaiting the first flowers opening to confirm what colour it is. It was given to me by a friend here in Canberra, so hopefully it is correct. 8)
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Re. Neomarica caerulea: my seed originally came from the environs of Wellington, N.Z. - it now seeds itself slowly and harmlessly and is quite variable in a subtle flower-colour way. It is a great plant to have and the grey-green foliage is quite attractive too - it seems to appreciate a semi-shaded spot in the garden.
While on the subject of blue - I have a curious South American Utricularia species (Bladderwort - U. nelumbifolia), that colonises the watertanks of certain large Bromeliad species in its natural habitat. I grew my plant from seed years ago and as is the case with so many of my plants, I only notice it once a year when it flowers - the rest of the time nature is allowed to take its course... The flowers are quite large (for a Bladderwort) and produced at the apex of an extremely long, thin stalk which pops up here and there in odd places. It also has the interesting habit of producing long, probing shoots which colonise any suitable container of water, such as drip trays, nearby bromeliads, or anything else within reach - a cool plant indeed :D
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Rogan,
I have a little yellow species in any of my water features that don't have fish in them. Makes for no mosquitoes. ;D I do rather like your little purple one. Very nice.
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Love the Utricularia Rogan. We have a pretty native one, U. monanthos which is very tiny and bright purple. A real cutie but it needs constant water. It should be happy in similar conditions to Pinguiculas.
Tough about the Oxalis Fermi. Our permitted list includes 49 species at present which can be imported as seed and most of those as bulbs though some require assessment. We are even allowed to bring in pes-caprae, though who would want to? What was the magnificent species I saw along the highways on the way to your place? Great clumps of bright yellow?
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While on the subject of blue - I have a curious South American Utricularia species (Bladderwort - U. nelumbifolia), that colonises the watertanks of certain large Bromeliad species in its natural habitat. I grew my plant from seed years ago and as is the case with so many of my plants, I only notice it once a year when it flowers - the rest of the time nature is allowed to take its course... The flowers are quite large (for a Bladderwort) and produced at the apex of an extremely long, thin stalk which pops up here and there in odd places. It also has the interesting habit of producing long, probing shoots which colonise any suitable container of water, such as drip trays, nearby bromeliads, or anything else within reach - a cool plant indeed :D
cool one for sure!, we have a basic native yellow...
so how large is this plant? does it make seed?
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It's that time of the season again, when the colorful, beautiful fuchsia's in our local Te Puna Quarry Gardens putting up yet another dazzling display.
That should brighten up some of our Northern Hemisphere friends who are experiencing some adverse weather, with frost and snow just before Xmas.
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Bill thanks you have brightened my day.
Lots of snow and freezing weather now. I think I won't have much fuchsia's survive this winter.
Keep the pictures coming.
Angie :)
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Neomarica caerulea somehow manages to coordinate its blooming cycle and then does nothing for a few more weeks before the next show - amazing :D
Yes, Neomarica caerulea is flowering here as well. :) :)
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What a treat Bill! Beautiful fuchsias :o, nice to see them growing like shrubs in the ground as opposed to hanging basket plants, the only way we see them here.
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Bill, thanks for showing those pics of fuchsia's. They are wonderful and they brightened up my day for sure.
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Just a few more closeup pictures of the beautiful fuchsia's, tell me when you get sick of them.
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Stunning fuchsias Bill. Do you have names for any of them? I'd particularly like to ID the fourth last picture (2893), so elegant and pagoda-like.
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I like that one too. My 'hardy' fuchsias are looking terrible, but I'm hoping they will sprout from the base, as they did last year.
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Oh I do like that Neomarica. I suppose that having any success with them in the UK is out of the question?
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Yes, Maggi, sorry for the mess. The Oxalis perdicaria 'Citrina' (this should be the right spelling although 'Lactea' is more adequate) I was referring to.
Lesley the oxalis in the picture is a perdicaria form (year round rainfall even when it is dormant in summer). Oxalis lobata is a even smaller species from Chile that demands a Mediterranean cycle cultivation. Both are supposed to be the same species now but their cultivation requirements are really different.
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Stunning fuchsias Bill. Do you have names for any of them? I'd particularly like to ID the fourth last picture (2893), so elegant and pagoda-like.
Lesley, I try to find out if possible, but labels in public gardens always seem to get lost or misplaced, perhaps one of our keen, knowledgeable (fuchsia) growers on the forum might be able to ID it.
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Oh I do like that Neomarica. I suppose that having any success with them in the UK is out of the question?
David,
If I can grow it outside here without too major cover (i.e near the house) then you should be able to I would think. They don't require lots of sun, so that should help you. ;D
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Thanks Paul. Just noticed there was discussion a little earlier on Neomarica which I shall go and read now.
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Re the Oxalis - My stock appeared to sport in a pot of the yellow form I'd had for some years, but I was told it should be given the cultivar name 'Cetrino" (spelled like that) - there was an article in a recent AGS bulletin about it when it was given an award at one of the shows. I just used to call it "pale form'. Where did you find yours, Alberto?
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By the way, mine is treated as are my narcissus and completely dried out in the summer, so maybe they are a different species?
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I received en email from Australia this morning to say the fuchsia we liked Anne, is probably called 'Checkerboard.' We have a couple of fuchsia nurseries in NZ so I'll try to locate it.
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I received en email from Australia this morning to say the fuchsia we liked Anne, is probably called 'Checkerboard.' We have a couple of fuchsia nurseries in NZ so I'll try to locate it.
It should be readily available Lesley. It is an old and popular variety. I may still have a plant in the garden somewhere
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The difficult to flower (in my experience) Tasmanian alpine plant Isophysis tasmanica surprised me with 2 flowers last week -but the snails got to it before my camera did .
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and a few early flowering lilies in my garden at the moment
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Lovely lilies Otto. I especially like L. ledebourii. :)
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Cynthia went to the plant sale in Tassie in October and bought this Haemanthus humilis hirsutus for me from Marcus Harvey, I was very pleased to see it flower so soon!
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Alstroemeria hookeri is in flower again in the Rock garden (maybe this year it'll set seed for someone I promised last year!)
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And Habranthus robustus "Russell Manning" produced some early blooms thanks to the recent rain,
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cheers
fermi
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Anne, the cream colored O. perdicaria was a single plant I found in a vacant lt here, Ezeiza, in the Buenos Aires region, at least 20 years ago. It was sent to Brian Mathew and Maurice Bussard among others and from them, the world. It used to offset well.
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The rare Karoo lily, Ammocharis coranica is a handsome South African bulb found over a wide range from the Karoo into the Eastern Cape. The wide, blue-green leaves stay fairly close to the ground, while the showy umbel of reddish-pink flowers is displayed on a sturdy stem.
Requires sun and wel-drained condition, and delighted to see it flowering for the first time after 8 years grown in container.
The Veld lily, Crinum lugardiae is another rare species from South Africa to Botswana, and small compared to other Crinum.
The short leaves form a rosette almost flattened on the ground and the flower stalks are short too, no more than 30cm tall.
Flowers open at late afternoon and are very scented.
The flowers in bud have a nice reddish stripe outside, which almost disappears as the flowers open, the interiors are pure white.
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Ammcharis coranica demand copious watering while in growth and it can easily flower twice in the same spring under this regime.
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The difficult to flower (in my experience) Tasmanian alpine plant Isophysis tasmanica surprised me with 2 flowers last week -but the snails got to it before my camera did .
Otto, I use to grow that beautiful Isophysis tasmanica, but unfortunetly I lost it. :( :(
What is the secret to grow it successfully? Thanks
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The difficult to flower (in my experience) Tasmanian alpine plant Isophysis tasmanica surprised me with 2 flowers last week -but the snails got to it before my camera did .
Otto, I use to grow that beautiful Isophysis tasmanica, but unfortunetly I lost it. :( :(
What is the secret to grow it successfully? Thanks
Bill ,it grows well for me in a terracotta pan in a cool ,halfshady spot : gritty, peaty soilmix , welldrained but always moist ,but as mentioned shyflowering . Good luck with it should you be able to find it again ,
and my best wishes for a Happy Christmas and the New Year ,
Otto.
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Bill,
that Ammocharis is stunning! will it last for X'mas as a table decoration? ;D
Another little Alstroemeria, A. angustifolia is now blooming
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Another Southerner I love is Oenothera acaulis (though I would one day love to get O. caespitosa) with our cooler weather the flowers re-colour in the morning to a light pink.
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From South Africa we have Relhania pungens, a daisy with silver-backed foliage, and the maroon flowered Pelargonium sidioides
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cheers
fermi
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To all our SRGC friends: we hope you have a wonderful season, and that all your plants and bulbs may grow well and flower true.
Merry Christmas and a Happy, and Prosperous New Year.
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The first of the exquisite and beautifully scented Lilium orientalis "Nymph" and Lilium regale "Golden Trumpet" to flower for us.
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Very colourful Christmas flowers, Bill.
Merry Christmas to you!
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good to see your continuing colour while all is white here!
fermi--nice haemanthus, and the yellow daisies with purple pellies look great together.. the pellies are the med violet behind, right? what are the black spots within the daisies?
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Howdy All,
Some stuff that has recently been in flower here in Canberra, Australia.....
Albuca nelsonii, a reliable flowerer every year for me. Grows to maybe 1.5m tall in the flowering stems.
Arisaema candidissimum. Nearly the latest of the Arisaema to flower, and such a cool colour combination. There should be more flowers that are striped in white and candy pink. ;D
Deinanthe caerulea did not take kindly to being divided and repotted. I lost nearly all of it, but thankfully there are still a couple of surviving stems. I won't do that again in a hurry. Thank you so much for this Otto. It had done so well in the couple of years since you gave it to me, and I was mortified that it went so badly backwards when divided. ::)
My big Echinocerus sp. in flower, this year there were 30 flowers out on the one day. Gorgeous!! And so beautifully perfumed.
A yellow variety of Epiphyllum. I do have the name of it (something like Bearn's yellow from memory)
A lovely double flowered Hydrangea I have in flower at present. 8)
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And some more recent flowerings......
This is a little Australian native bulb called Hypoxis hygrometra (well we think that is the name, not 100% certain). The flowers are about 1cm across, bright yellow as you can see, and seem to set seed freely. I've had it in the same pot for years and it always flowers every year with nothing at all added by way of fertiliser or anything. An excellent (although diminutive) native bulb. 8)
Linaria vulgaris is colonising my front garden and I don't mind in the slightest (yet!). Very tall this year due to the extra water.
Monarda citriodora is the first species that I've been able to successfully grow here. Apparently they like more summer water than I've been able to give them, but I bought this species as the most drought hardy, and it lived through last summer so I take that as a good sign (particularly as it was so small and not well established then). Lovely flowers.
This little iris relative is Neomarica northiana, one of the walking irises. Fleeting but beautiful. I theoretically have a yellowy species as well, but I still haven't managed to catch it with a flower open to confirm the colour. ::)
This purple climber is growing up an arch and flowers for most of summer. I think it used to be an Asarina but isn't any more?
A Salvia that I can't remember the name of. A beautiful pure blue, with large flowers to it. The colour is pretty accurate. I have a vague recollection of Salvia patens?
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Paul T,
Nice to see plants from your Canberra garden. Some are familiar and some are not!
I grow some of the plants in my garden but your plants seem to do better than mine :'( My Deinanthe never makes that good flowers (it is often damaged by slugs) and I think your warmer summers do a lot in difference. But be careful with the Linaria. I once had it but had to eradicate it when it threatened to take over the whole garden.
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By jove, Paul, what a great selection of plants. Your photos are really lovely and a special treat for those of us in the north deprived of sun and colour 8)
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Trond,
Yes, I realise that the Linaria has great potential for invasion. I was aware of that when I planted it, and there is really only a certain area that it can overtake where I have it. Well I hope that is the case anyway. if worse comes to worse I start poisoning it in certain areas to eradicate it there. I just love the flowers in summer, and so many of them. ;D Thanks for the warning though, it is appreciated. I'm glad you liked the Deinanthe. I just love it, and hope that it will now repopulate the pot and return to it's glory of last year. ::)
Maggi,
Glad you enjoyed the pic. I have things toasting to death in the garden at the moment, because the summer has finally hit and after a mild spring nothing is prepared. I think I am going to lose a number of plants in the next 2 days, when we hit 35'C and 37'C. :o Not good. :'(
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Wow Paul - wonderful to see all your pictures when it is so dull here. That Echinocerus is splendid!
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Howdy All,
Some stuff that has recently been in flower here in Canberra, Australia.....
Albuca nelsonii, a reliable flowerer every year for me. Grows to maybe 1.5m tall in the flowering stems.
Arisaema candidissimum. Nearly the latest of the Arisaema to flower, and such a cool colour combination. There should be more flowers that are striped in white and candy pink. ;D
Deinanthe caerulea did not take kindly to being divided and repotted. I lost nearly all of it, but thankfully there are still a couple of surviving stems. I won't do that again in a hurry. Thank you so much for this Otto. It had done so well in the couple of years since you gave it to me, and I was mortified that it went so badly backwards when divided. ::)
My big Echinocerus sp. in flower, this year there were 30 flowers out on the one day. Gorgeous!! And so beautifully perfumed.
A yellow variety of Epiphyllum. I do have the name of it (something like Bearn's yellow from memory)
A lovely double flowered Hydrangea I have in flower at present. 8)
great stuff in both posts, paul! i think you meant 'trichocereus' maybe instead of echinocereus? according to some trichos are now in echinopsis..
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Howdy All,
Some stuff that has recently been in flower here in Canberra, Australia.....
My big Echinocerus sp. in flower, this year there were 30 flowers out on the one day. Gorgeous!! And so beautifully perfumed.
Great flower show Paul. We love to see it in our dark days.
The cactus is not a Echinocereus . It is a cereus for shore but not Echinocereus.Maybe it is a Trichocereus.
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Thanks. I thought it had been identified in the past as an Echinocereus, but obviously my memory is wrong. It's around 1.8m, perhaps a bit taller. I'll try to keep the Tricho in mind in the future. :D
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I decided to be kind to my Gloriosa carsonii vine for a change; it rewarded me with several of its striking blooms... A nice bonus for the New Year! 8)
To you all: Have a Happy and a Prosperous New Year - don't drink and drive! ;D
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This is a little Australian native bulb called Hypoxis hygrometra (well we think that is the name, not 100% certain). The flowers are about 1cm across, bright yellow as you can see, and seem to set seed freely. I've had it in the same pot for years and it always flowers every year with nothing at all added by way of fertiliser or anything. An excellent (although diminutive) native bulb. 8)
Just back from holiday travel and catching up. Paul, nice selection of plants, Neomarica northiana is stunning. I grew Hypoxis hygrometrica for a while, in my days of searching out members of the genus; might this be the same as your plant? It wasn't hardy for me, and eventually I gave up on 10 or so non-hardy Hypoxis species, even though I rather like them.
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Paul,
great flower show. Like your big cacti, fabulous ;D 8) 8)
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McMark,
The Neomarica northiana unfortunately sets no seed, or I'd offer to send you some. 'Twas easier when one could send plants to the US, not just seed. And Yes, the Hypoxis is probably a mispelling somewhere along the line, although it shows up as the metra on the Net so I never realised. I've not looked for it under metrica, but noticed someone on another list refer to hygrometrica recently. A cute little thing I must say, although there are far larger and more showy Hypoxis, that is for sure. ;D
Armin,
Glad you liked the Trichocereus. Very spectacular on that day, but haven't been many other flowers on it as they used them all up on that day pretty much. ::)