August 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Maggi Young]

Here are a few more from our garden:

2) Bulbinella latifolia var doleritica from Silverhill Seeds

cheers
fermi

  Do you hve to keep this  well watered /in a damp area, as suggested by the PBS wiki fermi?

[fermi de Sousa]

  Do you hve to keep this  well watered /in a damp area, as suggested by the PBS wiki fermi?

Hi Maggi,
I used to have it in a pot and treated it like most South African bulbs with a dry summer and watered from autumn till then.
I planted it out into a mixed bed with a lot of bulbs so it didn't get a heavy watering during summer but it probably wasn't as dry as it used to be.
I think the main problem with it is that the frost can kill the flower-spike (see pic now attached!).
We haven't have a very wet winter so far and this is the best it's ever been - as our American friends say "Go figure!"
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Nippy in New Zealand!!
Winter is clearly not over in the  South Island  of NZ - these pix are of a heavy frost  on the night of 18th August -  via Lesley Cox.....

[Lesley Cox]

How did you manage to do that Maggi?

[Maggi Young]

   I clicked on your photos to save them then reposted - simples!
You can post them here direct using the "inline full-size image  "  option from the choices  for attachments

[cohan]

Still frost for Lesley, and we had our first frost warning, though I don't think we got any on the acreage yet...

[cohan]

Hi Cohan,
Yes, the Pomaderris and the Hakea are Australian native shrubs.One of my favourites, too! And the scent is reminiscent of lemon meringue pie!
Here are a few more from our garden:
2) Bulbinella latifolia var doleritica from Silverhill Seeds
cheers
fermi

'Lemon Pie Bush'? The Bulbinella is lovely...

[cohan]

Some late winter colour.
1. Romulea sabulosa
2. Romulea sabulosa again

I do love that Romulea colour!

[fermi de Sousa]

Funny Fermi, but that Arisarum is a bit of a thug! I am trying to think of a solution to its spread... Maybe a barrier? Or a big container?

Hi Jamus,
it can be a thug but where we have it the conditions keep it in bounds. It's under a Chinese Elm which keeps the soil pretty dry and the root competition seems to be limiting the expansion of the Arisarum...for now at least! A container would be one way of stopping it taking over the garden.
Here are 3 Bulbinellas in flower now:
1) Bulbinella latifolia var doleritica
2) Bulbinella floribunda
3) Bulbinella eburnifolia
Two others (B. cauda-felis & B. triquetra) are yet to bloom
cheers
fermi