August 2021 in the Southern Hemisphere

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Still winter here but spring is peeking through!
1) Muscari ex'Gul'
2) Hakea & Pomaderris
3 & 4) Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'
5) Hakea scoparia (I think)

cheers
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1) Narcissus 'Snook'
2) Crocus flavus
3) a tazetta hybrid narcissus
4) Moraea ciliata
5) Moraea tripetala
cheers
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We've had Muscari inconstrictum flowering for a couple of weeks but now we have a new clone raised from seed from Ashley ex a form from Oron Peri!
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[shelagh]

Pomaderris looks like an interesting shrub Fermi how tall is it and do you think it would survive in Bury?

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Pomaderris looks like an interesting shrub Fermi how tall is it and do you think it would survive in Bury?

Hi Shelagh,
its only 30 to 40 cm high and the same about 60cm across. Ours is growing in a sand bed so may be a bit starved!
So far I've been unsuccessful at propagating it from cuttings but it must be possible as this is a named clone
it has survived -7^oC here but supply might be a bigger problem.
cheers
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This double galanthus has never flowered before in our garden!
I think the wetter than usual winter has helped it along.
The label is long gone but I'm sure it's one I got from Marcus Harvey.
Could it possibly be 'Jaquenetta'?
cheers
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1) Moraea macronyx
2) Hesperantha latifolia
3) Oxalis obtusa 'Peaches & Cream'
4) Ixia rapunculoides
5) Muscari - seedlings from 'Valerie Finnis'
cheers
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A few more South African geophytes in flower here:
1) Oxalis purpurea with pink flowers - this has been flowering on and off since mid-April!
2) first flower open on Lapeirousia montacna
3) Romulea tetragona
4) Romulea sabulosa
5) Hesperantha pauciflora
cheers
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1) Babiana odorata hybrid (crossed with Babiana pygmaea)
2) Narcissus 'Princeps'
3) Narcissus hispanicus
4) Narcissus "Steplings" - a range of seedlings from 'Gold Step' raised by Lawrence Trevanion
cheers
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1) Anemone coronaria - a very bright pink one from seed from "Seeds of Peace"
2) Romulea hartungii (syn R. grandiscapa) from the Mediterranean
3) comparing the above with R. minutiflora, a weed species from South Africa
4) Romulea flava
5) Asarum magnificum - I can only get this to grow in the Shade-house
cheers
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1) Geissorhiza inequalis
2) Bulbinella eburniflora
3) Narcissus KB-N-Dec-1W-Y-1-18
4) Hesperantha pauciflora - purple
5) Tropaeolum tricolor
cheers
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1) Cyclamen persicum
2) Bulbinella latifolia doleritica
3) Pauridia sp.
4) Narcissus 'Mitimoto' - from Glenbrook Bulb Farms "Little Detectives" series
5) Dichelostemma capitatum
cheers
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[ashley]

A great spring selection Fermi
I like your bulbinellas very much but struggle with them (they with me, rather) here in pots.  Maybe time to face the inevitable & concentrate on things happier under my conditions

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Thanks, Ashley.
I have to admit that I only have 2 types in pots - Bulbinella triquetra (which is quite small) and B. cauda-felis (still in the pot I received it in  ).
Bulbinella latifolia ssp doleritica took a few years to get to flowering size once I'd planted it out.
cheers
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1) Anemone pavonina
2) Babiana cedarbergensis
3) Mandragora sp. which we received as M. autumnalis which is doubtful since it usually flowers in late winter/early spring
4) Babiana pygmaea
5) Tulipa cretica
cheers
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