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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Michael J Campbell on September 02, 2012, 06:50:44 PM
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Fuchsia procumbens 'Wirral'
Fuchsia procumbens 'Wirral,' showing the blue pollen.
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A new one to me, Michael. You're sure you haven't been spilling paint on it? !! ;) ;D
(I ask because after the house painter was here we've a few plants that weren't variegated before! ::) )
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Saussurea stella.. late this year, but good :)
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Amazing, Magnar!
Like a Rock garden star-fish ;D
cheers
fermi
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Dahlia Lancaster and York. All these flowers are on the same plant.
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From today Lilium flore pleno!
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Anemone x hybrida - trying to take over the garden
Another thug - Geranium procurrens
Colchicum
Gentiana paradoxa
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Kniphophia - not sure of the name. A slug has eaten the stem half through in a long strip, hence the kink in the stem
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A few more
Acis autumnale
Codonopsis greywilsonii 'Himal Snow'
Crepis incana
An out of season flower on Helleborus x ericsmithii
Another out of season flower - Celmisia - it now has three flowers with more buds to come
Hesperantha baurii in the greenhouse
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There is not so much in flower in our garden now, but prompted by Ian Y's talk to the Norfolk Group these are some examples of small and enjoyable groupings of plants in the sand bed...
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Nice juxtapositions, Tim!
cheers
fermi
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Sorry... Jungle John here with some more non alpine late season pics from a Kentish semi exotic garden. :D
1 - Roscoea Cinnamon Stick
2 - Roscoea Cinnamon Stick
Some in my 'Hardy Begonia trial corner'
3 - Begonia Benitochiba
4 - Begonia ConnieBoswell
5 - Begonia Taliensis (I so hope this turns out well as the leaves look just like my combat trousers 8) )
6 - Begonia SilverSplendor
A pic for Davey of a seedling Eucomis I have with a lively coconut scent (not a special looking plant - but I keep it for the scent). If anyone wants to try a few leaf cuttings let me know. :-)
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p.s.
Sorry for the weeds I have just spotted in the pictures. lol ;D
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Some Petrocosmeas flowering for the first time for me.
P. martinii & grandiflora to follow soon I hope.
The flowers of minor & sericea are very similar.
P. forrestii
P. iodiodes
P. minor
P. sericea
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Some Petrocosmeas flowering for the first time for me.
Great photos. P. iodiodes is a wonderful colour 8)
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Nice colours in the autumn.
1. Codonopsis convolvulaceae
2. Commelina tuberosa
3. Schizostylis (Hesperantha) coccenea
4. Colchicum speciosum hybrid
Poul
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A late flower on Meconopsis x cookei 'Old Rose' with an early one on Helleborus x ericsmithii
Plantago major 'Rosularis'
Seedling from Geranium 'Lawrence Flatman'
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This amazing little (tiny!) Cyclamen intaminatum is seeding around more and more on a raised bed. The flowers close up are delicately veined and often flushed pink, the leaves unmarked (at least in the plants I have). These are a few examples of it consorting happily with Asperula and Gentiana, and I think rather beautifully with Artemisia.
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It's so cute among Artemisia ! :D
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Some first autumn flowers from here
1. Colchicum variegatum
2.+3. Cyclamen persicum var. autumnale - 'normal' and dark tinted
4. Cyclamen hederifolium - dark form
5. Cyclamen purpurascens - white
6.+7. Sternbergia lutea/greuteriana (with pollinator)
Gerd
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Gerd - that Sternbergia lutea/greuteriana is very attractive. Do you know where it came from?
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1. Brugmansia
2. Aconitum alboviolaceum
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Hi Skipster, welcome to the forum!
Some good fall flowers there.
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Flowers for months and months, in the fireplace, Streptocarpus 'Crystal Ice'
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"Help" This thing is taking over my greenhouse and every time I go near it I get attacked. :P
Loasa coccinea
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For 'all year round' flowers, this Streptocarpella saxorum, flowers profusely every month except for December, when it rests. Time to take cuttings I think! ;D
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"Help" This thing is taking over my greenhouse and every time I go near it I get attacked. :P
Loasa coccinea
Indeed dangerous..... but always nice to see the flowers 8)
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Michael,
That really is amazing architecture in the flower. Very, very cool. Never heard of Loasa until recently on this forum. Very poppy-like in leaf by the look of it.
So is it really taking over your glasshouse and attacking you? Looks kinda small to attack a full grown man. Or is it lurking and jumping out at you when you aren't expecting? ;)
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1.Zauschneria garrettii "Orange Carpet"
2.Zauschneria garrettii "Orange Carpet"
3.Dictyolimon macrorrhabdos
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Michael,
I've now had the Loasa explained to me privately..... Yes, I can see why you'd call it an attack given that the whole plant is covered with stinging hairs. Here I was thinking they were beautiful (which they are) but now I understand that they are vicious beauties. Are the stings bad? Sounds like they can be so to some people, now I've done some reading up on them.
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Michael - why not plant the Loasa out in the garden? I've seen the same species making quite a big shrub at West Acre garden in Norfolk - I can see why it might take over the greenhouse!
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why not plant the Loasa out in the garden?
I might try that Tim,but the last one I planted out in the garden quickly succumbed to the elements.
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Gerd - that Sternbergia lutea/greuteriana is very attractive. Do you know where it came from?
Thank you, Gerry! These plants came originally from Karpathos - according the petal measurements a little bit
too large for fitting greuteriana.
Gerd
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Many thanks Gerd.
I have a supposed S. greuteriana from Karpathos which is quite large & another one from Crete which is tiny. Really, these sternbergias are as bad as, or worse, than narcissus. Wonderful plants though!
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After years of trying to get proper seed, I've grown one Omphalodes luciliae from AGS seed. Hoping for seed off it so I can have some spares.
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I am trying Omphalodes luciliae in our sand bed, also hoping for seed! Gwendolyn Anley in her book 'Alpine House Culture' (1938) speaks of growing it in a 'scree frame' and getting very free seeding, but the fact that such an exquisite plant is so rarely available indicates that conditions have to be just right. I've never had much seed either on the Caucasian O. lockjae, which grows in cooler moister conditions in Nature but would also be a great plant to increase. Another species worth looking out for is O. nitida from the Iberian peninsula.
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We already had the first night frost ... But ...
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We already had the first night frost ... But ...
Very beautiful pictures Natalia ! Super !
I don't like the tought that winter is on his way but like the light of the autumn ...
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I am trying Omphalodes luciliae in our sand bed, also hoping for seed! Gwendolyn Anley in her book 'Alpine House Culture' (1938) speaks of growing it in a 'scree frame' and getting very free seeding, but the fact that such an exquisite plant is so rarely available indicates that conditions have to be just right. I've never had much seed either on the Caucasian O. lockjae, which grows in cooler moister conditions in Nature but would also be a great plant to increase. Another species worth looking out for is O. nitida from the Iberian peninsula.
Never tried one of these Tim , but maybe I must trie it in the future .
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Gorgeous photos, Natalia. You certainly do have the eye for taking great pictures. 8)
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Chris, thank you! Autumn light an incredible, sometimes the crystal ...
Paul - I am very pleased ... :)
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Most Agapanthus in my garden are nearly finished but I have found that Agapanthus inapertus selections have lasted very well, the two photos were taken about ten days ago.First is Agapanthus inapertus Graskop and then my favourite, Agapanthus inapertus Sky
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Puya mirabilis is in partial flower today. Perhaps it is simply mature enough to start flowering regularly. Last summer was extemely wet and cool and this summer was extrememly dry and steamy. It flowered both years so we still know little of what it wants or perhaps should not concern ourselves. ???
Last spring I reported an old dead stump from the previous flowering had sprouted again. See last photo. I now wonder if it sent up these side shoots and they just happened to come up through the old stump?
Love green flowers.
johnw - +11.25" of rain this month, most in the last 2 weeks and another inch or two expected by evening. Still we found a few pots with dry centres outside.
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Melvin, what beautiful you Agapanthus!
johnw, thanks for the wonderful photos - very interesting - this beautiful plant I not familiar! :)
We again anomalies - Gorjanki bloom in autumn ...