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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: ian mcdonald on October 01, 2016, 12:14:01 PM
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We have just had Michelmas day and the Michelmas daisy,s are in flower being fed on by Red Admirals. img. 1020022.
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This is Aconitum episcopale - climbing in Sorbus koehneana
Gerd
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This is Aconitum episcopale - climbing in Sorbus koehneana
Gerd
Lovely combination. We cannot say it's fall until the late Aconitums start flowering :)
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Today in my rock garden ...
Vaccinium macrocarpon (Newfoundland, area around St.John) and
Fruit of Gaultheria parvula (NZ, South Island).
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Kniphofia rooperi is spectacular this year. Almost the only poker I have had any flowers off actually - snails are very fond of the flower stems and constant vigilance is needed as the leaves make an ideal hiding place for them.
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This michaelmas daisy is a nice dwarf. I bought it as 'Winston S. Churchill' but that is supposed to be dark pink-red. Anyway, very nice and if the sun ever comes out the insects love it.
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This is a taller one - a New England aster - which is mildew resistant but tends to get knocked over by the rain. The flowers also get damaged sadly. Still, a nice plant and heaps of flowers.
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Hypericum inodorum 'Magical Grace'
Pictures taken today.
My daughter (Karen) and I, attended a Plant Hunters Fair at Weston Park, Shropshire, on September 11th. 2016.
We purchased this plant. It adds a nice colour to the garden at this time of the year and has the added bonus if the attractive pink berries which I believe will turn black in the coming weeks.
Apparently there are a number of “Magical” hybrids. Are other members familiar with these? 8)
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The following pictures are more of trees than of flowering plants but I put them here anyway.
The most interesting pictures disappeared completely both from my camera and from my laptop after I had transferred them to my laptop :'(
A hazel tree (Corylus avellana) in the pasture we passed today. Usually they are multistemmed.
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The oak forest (Quecus sp) is still green. No frost here yet but the nights are getting chillier.
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Juniper tree (Juniperus communis). Trees are not uncommon and the tallest juniper ever recorded in Norway was 17m. In the 19th century millions of juniper logs were exported from Norway so the tree-formed ones are scarcer now.
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The ash tree (Fraxinus exelcior) is still green while the birches (Betula pubescens) have lost their foliage. The birch foliage is usually infected by a fungus and fell off early here at the west coast.
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Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is common in the forests and also in the open landscape. They are among the first plants to change colour in fall. It depends more on date (shorter days) than on temperature as it has been quite warm until now.
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The bog-myrtle Myrica gale) is still green. The leaves and stems have a special fragrance when crushed.
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The moist pine forest (Pinus sylvestris) had bog-myrtle as dominating understorey.
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Other places the understorey consists of Molinia caerulaea.
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A small tarn. Not even a little breeze today.
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The rest of the pictures are gone . . . .
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nice landscape Hoy, it's a bog?
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Male flowers of bog myrtle on the local patch. They are easy to find when in flower img 3003.
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nice landscape Hoy, it's a bog?
Due to all the rain lately the soil is soaked everywhere. (It usually is soaked in fall.) It is also a lot of permanent bogs here even in sloping landscape. Some bogs are very soft and consist of sphagnum moss, other are grass (and similar) covered and some have shrubs like bog myrtle.
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Beautiful! A very nice debut for October Trond. Sorry for your lost pictures.
Talking Myrica - is Osmunda regalis found to grow together with it in some places in Norway?
This year, in the same habitat close to Myrica found the NA Osmunda (spectabilis they call it now); most impressive, large specimens in full, blazing sun! From the distance you couldn't say what it was, then coming close was unbelievable. I was used to see it only in moist areas/ shade.
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Trond,
I enjoyed the photographs of your countryside. Norway is such a beautiful place!
We had our first meaningful rainfall of the season yesterday. The scent of Tarweed, Madia sp. , etc. is everywhere in the countryside. The fragrance is divine! I wish that I could package the fragrance and send it on to everyone on the forum. The scent is so ephemeral, here today and then gone tomorrow.
A few photographs from our Sacramento garden before the rain.
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A seedling of Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens blooming for the first time. This seedling is a bit different in color than most forms of variety pubescens. Most are bright yellow. I have a number of other seedlings coming on and I am very curious how they will turn out.
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Rhododendron kiusianum - a violet form - blooming out of season. The plant came from the Rhododendron Species Foundation and preforms extremely well for us.
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Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans has started into its blooming season.
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Zinnias and Pea wire. I planted green Shell Peas and Purple Podded Snap Peas the other day. We have had very few pollinators this summer. It is kinda scary as it seems like "Silent Spring". I left the Zinnias as they do attract various incests, bees, butterflies, etc. In addition, I like to create my own Zinnia hybrids to my liking. For me it adds to the fascination of growing Zinnias, a very common annual. :)
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Beautiful! A very nice debut for October Trond. Sorry for your lost pictures.
Talking Myrica - is Osmunda regalis found to grow together with it in some places in Norway?
This year, in the same habitat close to Myrica found the NA Osmunda (spectabilis they call it now); most impressive, large specimens in full, blazing sun! From the distance you couldn't say what it was, then coming close was unbelievable. I was used to see it only in moist areas/ shade.
Thanks Gabriela :)
Osmunda regalis is rare in Norway and I have never seen it in the wild here myself. As far as I know it is not connected to habitats where Myrica grows.
But I have seen it in Madagascar! (The books say it is the same species!) No bog myrtles there but a lot of other ferns - and a bunch of palefaces in the "shady" canyon.
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Trond,
I enjoyed the photographs of your countryside. Norway is such a beautiful place!
We had our first meaningful rainfall of the season yesterday. The scent of Tarweed, Madia sp. , etc. is everywhere in the countryside. The fragrance is divine! I wish that I could package the fragrance and send it on to everyone on the forum. The scent is so ephemeral, here today and then gone tomorrow.
A few photographs from our Sacramento garden before the rain.
A seedling of Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens blooming for the first time. This seedling is a bit different in color than most forms of variety pubescens. Most are bright yellow. I have a number of other seedlings coming on and I am very curious how they will turn out.
Rhododendron kiusianum - a violet form - blooming out of season. The plant came from the Rhododendron Species Foundation and preforms extremely well for us.
Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans has started into its blooming season.
Zinnias and Pea wire. I planted green Shell Peas and Purple Podded Snap Peas the other day. We have had very few pollinators this summer. It is kinda scary as it seems like "Silent Spring". I left the Zinnias as they do attract various incests, bees, butterflies, etc. In addition, I like to create my own Zinnia hybrids to my liking. For me it adds to the fascination of growing Zinnias, a very common annual. :)
Robert, although I don't know the scent of tarweed I can imagine how it feels!
Some nice flowers you have in bloom now. Zinnia is used as a summer bedding plant here but it is not common. I have grown it a fewtimes myself also but it prefer more sun and drier climate than we have here, I suppose.
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Thanks Gabriela :)
Osmunda regalis is rare in Norway and I have never seen it in the wild here myself. As far as I know it is not connected to habitats where Myrica grows.
But I have seen it in Madagascar! (The books say it is the same species!) No bog myrtles there but a lot of other ferns - and a bunch of palefaces in the "shady" canyon.
(November 2015)
Quite rare in Ontario as well and when growing in the shade it looks like the one in your picture. In full sun though, wow! - I'll look for the pictures later.
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We have both Osmunda and Myrica on the local patch. The tallest osmunda is about five feet in height img 2865 (this is not the tallest).
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Robert, although I don't know the scent of tarweed I can imagine how it feels!
Some nice flowers you have in bloom now. Zinnia is used as a summer bedding plant here but it is not common. I have grown it a fewtimes myself also but it prefer more sun and drier climate than we have here, I suppose.
Trond,
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Centromadia fitchii This native annual species is responsible for much, but not all, of the pungent scent after a rain in our area.
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This species grows mostly in waste areas. It is extremely glandular (both long and short glandular hairs) - very sticky. The flowers open at night, or stay open on cloudy days. It is extremely xeric.
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Madia elegans is another one of our native scented species. Once again the flowers are open mostly at night, or on cloudy days. What a shame as the flowers are quite beautiful. It is another xeric species.
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Epilobium brachycarpum This native species is most likely considered weedy.
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It can grow up to 2 meters tall and does not have much in the way of foliage. It is extremely xeric and is often seen in waste areas.
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Horseweed, Erigeron canadensis, is a native species also seen is waste areas. It is extremely xeric. Plants often grow 2 meters tall or sometimes a bit more.
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Prickly Lettuce, Lactuca serriola, a common non-native species often seen in waste areas.
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Salix lasiandra, a common native species. Hydric!
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Helianthus 'Sheila's Sunrise, at the farm. It moves around a bit in the garden, however I still enjoy using this tall late blooming species.
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Salvia sonomensis at the farm. It gets no irrigation during the summer (and no rain for 5 months or so). This species has highly scented foliage. It does not grow near the farm so I now grow them in our garden.
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Eriogonum ursinum growing in the rock garden at the farm. It is looking great considering it was completely neglected this past summer.
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Penstemon hetrodoxus, also in the rock garden. It too is looking good considering the lack of attention this past summer. I am looking forward to a good crop of flowers this coming spring. :)
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Robert,
Erigeron canadensis (syn Conyza c.) is a weed here also. Do the Helianthus spread by runners or seed? Penstemon heterodoxus looks great!
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E. canadensis is also an alien weed here.
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Robert,
Erigeron canadensis (syn Conyza c.) is a weed here also. Do the Helianthus spread by runners or seed? Penstemon heterodoxus looks great!
Trond,
I am not surprised to find that Erigeron canadensis is weedy in Norway. Although "native" in our area it certainly is weedy. 30 + years ago when I was grafting fruit trees it was a pesty weed in the fields where the rootstock/grafting stock grew.
Yes, the Helianthus spreads by runners - caution is needed! - some can be extremely invasive (this may not be a strong enough term! :o ). Even in our Class I farm soil in Sacramento it does not spread too much. Other species can be terrible in their ability to spread and regenerate from the smallest of pieces. So I guess we have lucked-out! :)
The Penstemon hetrodoxus was grown from seed gathered in the Carson Pass area of the Sierra Nevada. Now that my growing methods have improved, it has been easy-to-grow and generally blooms well. The heat at the lower elevations causes the flowers to fade in their intensity. I wish that I could find a form that retains the rich flower color - so I keep growing more hoping for the chance seedling that might provide something different.
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E. canadensis is also an alien weed here.
How pesty? For us E. canadensis grows mostly in waste areas and disturbed sites. I never find it in wild areas. This seems odd to me since it is listed as a "native" species. ???
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E. canadensis seems to have spread through the country via the railway tracks from the south of England. It has now reached many areas due to its seeds which are wind borne.
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E. canadensis seems to have spread through the country via the railway tracks from the south of England. It has now reached many areas due to its seeds which are wind borne.
Seems pesty to me. Not a good situation.
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How pesty? For us E. canadensis grows mostly in waste areas and disturbed sites. I never find it in wild areas. This seems odd to me since it is listed as a "native" species. ???
Here E. canadensis also grows mostly on disturbed sites Robert, occasionally can be seen in wetlands. Rarely that tall as you mentioned (2 m +) though. To note that there are other Erigeron species very similar and hard to distinguished.
It is mainly a bother for farmers being one which developed fast resistance to glyphosate.
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We have both Osmunda and Myrica on the local patch. The tallest osmunda is about five feet in height img 2865 (this is not the tallest).
That was about their height here as well, even if the picture doesn't show it very well. Also in very large patches - Osmunda spectabilis (August, 2016).
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And a picture of yesterday, even if it seems out of place - Viola nephrophylla in the garden, confused about the seasons ;)
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Nice violet, Gabriela :)
Nice Osmundas also. Have to try more of them in the garden!
Clematis heracleifolia has been in flower for weeks now.
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I have two Chusquea culeau in the garden - from seed sown 2013. They are only 1/2 m tall. One of the plants is in full bloom now! A bit early (I would rather have waited a few more years!). I am afraid it dies after flowering but I hope for fertile seeds.
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"I have two Chusquea culeau in the garden - from seed sown 2013. They are only 1/2 m tall. One of the plants is in full bloom now! A bit early (I would rather have waited a few more years!). I am afraid it dies after flowering but I hope for fertile seeds".
Trond, a bit unusual Latin name for a plant - first I thought you wrote something else by mistake ::) ;D
Did my homework afterwards...very interesting species (C. culeou).
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Gabriela, not all Latin is real Latin!
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Good to hear you have this bamboo going. Chusquea culeou is a notorious frequent flowerer and seed producer but I wonder what sparked a young seedling to flower? Have never had such a young C. c. flower here.
Be warned it is a runner and roots go down to Hades making digging extremely difficult. Seems to be hardy to about -15c but have a few hardier ones ex C. culeou 'Aisan #2' on the go. Worse for deep diving is Bashania fargesii but it has wonderful huge green culms.
Sorry Trond thought it was Gabriela growing Chusquea...
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I am also fascinated by bamboo. I have 26 different kinds in the garden. In fact, what is strange about bamboo is that at the same time (sometimes a few months delay), all the bamboo of the same variety in the world will flourish. This happens, either a bamboo established for years or young newly planted young plant. It's almost as if it was a great organization that reacts the same time, regardless of location. This often leads to the grove by the death of the plant or lossy after kilos of seeds. For a freshly planted seedling, sign it certainly plant death due to lack of reserves. I lost, like many, my Fargesia nitida few years ago. It was not until that nurseries provides young plants from seeds to have again.
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Fred - We saw a few flowers on Fargesia nitida at Inverewe in about 2001 but ours in Nova Scotia did not flower till 2010. We got nitida seed about 2007 from the AGS and more seed in 2008 from Massachusetts. On the west coast of NAmerica I think it flowered a few years before ours. Our nitidas had some flowers in 2011 but those few remaining culms died a year later. There were some nitida cultivars that only started flowering in 2013.
F. murielae was apparently collected as single clone but flowers were reported in Denmark in 1972. We got seed from a few sources in the mid 90's and then our Wilson clone flowered in 1999; a few culms flowered the year before and some flowered in 2000 as I recall. Of about 5000 seedlings there were many dwarf and semi-dwarf seedlings and a very few were as beautiful as the original, inbreeding likely. Here are our two best shot this week, we gave both away to friends, by sheer luck they were the first two we parted with.
And the last two photos of F. nitida at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens in 2008 and then post-flowering in 2012. Note the two self-sown seedlings in the last photo.
john - +20C & sunny, +24 tomorrow - it's October and should be wet. ???
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Good to hear you have this bamboo going. Chusquea culeou is a notorious frequent flowerer and seed producer but I wonder what sparked a young seedling to flower? Have never had such a young C. c. flower here.
Be warned it is a runner and roots go down to Hades making digging extremely difficult. Seems to be hardy to about -15c but have a few hardier ones ex C. culeou 'Aisan #2' on the go. Worse for deep diving is Bashania fargesii but it has wonderful huge green culms.
Sorry Trond thought it was Gabriela growing Chusquea...
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John, I didn't notice that you didn't address me ;D
I had 3 thickets of Fargesia nitida which flowered during a 3 year period several years ago. A 3 died but left many seedlings. I had to dig seedling for many years afterwards, they popped up everywhere.
I also grow two other species. I am not sure of the names though, but think this one is Fargesia muriale:
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We have both Osmunda and Myrica on the local patch. The tallest osmunda is about five feet in height img 2865 (this is not the tallest).
Here is one of my Osmunda regalis plants. It is not tall, but prostrate.
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Happy to see you have Sasa oshidensis, it's reputed to be a good one and hardy as well.
Maybe you can post a shot of your mystery Fargesia.
john - up to +23c
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I currently have a phyllostachys nigra and a phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis who are flowering for the 2nd season, it started for both plant the first week of september. I guess i gonna lost them?
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I currently have a phyllostachys nigra and a phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis who are flowering for the 2nd season, it started for both plant the first week of september. I guess i gonna lost them?
I have not seen any bamboo surviving blooming. But if you get seeds of P nigra I am interested in swapping/buying!
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Happy to see you have Sasa oshidensis, it's reputed to be a good one and hardy as well.
Maybe you can post a shot of your mystery Fargesia.
john - up to +23c
Do you mean a close up of the supposed muriale?
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Trond - Sorry thought you had three Fargesias.
Many bamboos survive flowering and carry on, mostly tropical ones but some Sasas & others do as well. Pseudosasa japonica flowered in NS in the late 80's, no seed, died completely then rose from the dead 2 years later.
Phyllostachys flexuousa flowered here in the late 90's and a number of people in the USA had it re-shoot the next year, P. kwangsiensis flowered in 2012 in Holland and/or Germany and is back up to lofy heights already, its abundant seed were viable and insane growers . P. aureosulcata flowers on and off on a few culms with no ill effect.
This summer P. propinqua 'Beijing' flowered here head to toe but one culm is flowerless. Not a single seed has been produced.
john
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Good to hear you have this bamboo going. Chusquea culeou is a notorious frequent flowerer and seed producer but I wonder what sparked a young seedling to flower? Have never had such a young C. c. flower here.
Be warned it is a runner and roots go down to Hades making digging extremely difficult. Seems to be hardy to about -15c but have a few hardier ones ex C. culeou 'Aisan #2' on the go. Worse for deep diving is Bashania fargesii but it has wonderful huge green culms.
Sorry Trond thought it was Gabriela growing Chusquea...
john
Chusquea wouldn't be hardy here John and I never had the space for bambou species - kept a Fargesia in a container for a while and then gave it away...They look great in the garden but with proper space and climate. Have seen impressive stands of Phyllostachys in Victoria this year.
Trond - I have to say your Sasa looks very handsome and also hardy! maybe it starts flowering and sets seeds ;)
Don't give to Yann something bad to think about; as far as I know Phyllostachys are the kind that survive flowering.
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Hoy: this is the true nigra, got it from a renowned nursery.
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Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis who are flowering for the 2nd season, it started for both plant the first week of september. I guess i gonna lost them?
Someone reports a few culms of 'Spectabilis' in flower almost every year and yet no one ever gets seed and the plants survivie with zero effect. Mine flowered 3 years ago, only a few flowers and no decrease in vigour, would run across the street if permitted :o
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Mon P. aureosulcata spectabilis a voulu fleurir timidement il y a quelques années. Il n'y a pas eu de suites fâcheuses.
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Trond - Sorry thought you had three Fargesias.
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john
My fault ;)
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Trond - I have to say your Sasa looks very handsome and also hardy! maybe it starts flowering and sets seeds ;)
Don't give to Yann something bad to think about; as far as I know Phyllostachys are the kind that survive flowering.
Sorry Yann ;)
Gabriela, if my Sasa flower and set seed I'll think of you!
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Hoy: this is the true nigra, got it from a renowned nursery.
Lucky you!
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I hope it'll survive
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I hope it'll survive
Have you done the pinch test? Squeeze the flower and if you feel a sizeable "grain of rice" then you've got a seed, hopefully a viable one. Problem is the chances of getting another 'Spectabilis' with its yellow culm & green sulcus is just about zero, the progeny will likely be all P. aureosulcata 'Alata' which is completely green. One of those instances where a yellowed-sulcused was named as the type and the true type was found later & given a cultivar name.
I'd say the chances are extremely high that your P. will survive as if nothing happened.
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I've seeds all around the plant, i tried to put them in a pot because i don't want to be invaded. all my Bamboos are circled in a HPE 1.4m heigh.
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Though m any of the native maples started to colour up in early August due to the severe drought no such shenanigans from the ever-reliable Cercidiphyllum in the local Public Garden. And on a happier note....
john - +19c & overcast
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Bright as the sun John - could you smell the burnt sugar fragrance as well?
This part of Ontario preparing for the first night with below zero temp. (-2C).
The brilliant autumn shades of red, orange and yellow are in not full effect just yet, but the woodland aspect has greatly changed. It was not easy to choose only a few pictures from today’s hike - softly glowing witch hazels (H. virginiana - the last ones to flower) and beeches:
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Fagus grandifolia
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Acer rubrum is one of the first trees to turn red, together with the staghorn sumacs.
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Rhus typhina stand
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The evergreen Hepatica clumps are once again conspicuous on the forest floor; and although there wasn’t too much rain lately - lots of mushrooms…
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Gabriela,
Beautiful scenes from your part of the world. 8)
I was home for a few hours today.
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Helianthus angustifolius in full bloom. It a bit over 2 meters tall. It creates quite the screen and show in the back of the border during the autumn.
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Salvia chiapensis With a little compost spread around their roots they have kicked into bloom again. They will bloom for us for about 12 months. Only below average cold temperatures during the winter will put an end to their flower production.
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I enlarge the garden. I juste finished planting and sowing new fowerbeds.
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I agree with you if you tell me it is not verry nice. Last year this massive resembled the previous photos.
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We have a saying Fred, "you cannot make an ommlette without breaking eggs" - next year your new plantings will be lovely and the year after that, wonderful!
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Nice fall colours, Gabriela! I like the leaves of that Fagus!
More like summer at your place, Robert ;)
Cred, seems you have a big and interesting garden!
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It is cold nights here at the cabin (about 1000m asl).
We had thick fog the other day and the moisture literally froze out of the air.
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Geranium sylvaticum, fall colours and a lone late flower.
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Yellow sphagnum moss.
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Frosted Empetrum leaves.
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Late Salix catkin.
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Winter green - Orthilia secunda.
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Winter green - Pyrola sp.
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Waiting for spring - catkin buds on Salix lanata.
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This is Aconitum episcopale - climbing in Sorbus koehneana
Gerd
Lovely!
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Some autumn colour from Benmore, Dawyck and Culzean. First Dawyck
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Kniphofia rooperi is spectacular this year. Almost the only poker I have had any flowers off actually - snails are very fond of the flower stems and constant vigilance is needed as the leaves make an ideal hiding place for them.
That is a really exceptional Kniphofia Tristan! Straight onto my wishlist.
ps to everyone - forgive my posting several posts consecutively but I haven't been on for a few days. Sorry.
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A seedling of Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens blooming for the first time. This seedling is a bit different in color than most forms of variety pubescens. Most are bright yellow. I have a number of other seedlings coming on and I am very curious how they will turn out.
I have a soft spot for Mimulus but sadly they're too tender to see out all but the mildest rural Cotswold winter.
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Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans has started into its blooming season.
Mine is in bud but it's a race against the first frosts. Not sure why I bother with it really as even if I do get it into bloom the foliage is pretty ropy by then.
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More from BENMORE.
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Culzean.
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Salvia involucrata in bloom at last.................
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Tibouchina urvilleana was very late to bloom...........
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Meanie,
Your plants look great as usual.
What a difference climate can make...
Tibouchina urvilleana has been blooming outside our kitchen window since May. Most likely it will continue to bloom into November. ::)
Salvia elegans looks fantastic right now. Not only is the plant habitat good, but it is also blooming profusely.
As I left to drive back to the farm yesterday, I saw a male Anna's Hummingbird feeding at our Salvia semiatrata in our front yard. Its blooming cycle has just started.
I was pleased to see your photograph of Salvia involucrata. As we redo our front border, this species will be perfect to mix into the back of the border with other tall species. Here in California, Salvia involucrata makes 2 meter tall unbranched stems topped by their florescent pink flowers.
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Great colours Tom, Autumn is not that forward here.
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Terrific autumn colours from the west of Scotland, Tom. I particularly like the reflections of the trees in the water at Benmore.
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Meanie,
Your plants look great as usual.
What a difference climate can make...
Doesn't it just! Kinda sums up my fascination with plants that are not suitable for our climate, kidding them that it is ok to bloom. Deppea splendens has the first sign of buds emerging now.
As I left to drive back to the farm yesterday, I saw a male Anna's Hummingbird feeding at our Salvia semiatrata in our front yard. Its blooming cycle has just started.
My S.semiatrata died last winter in my greenhouse disaster. S.lasiantha (which is supposedly more tender) survived and is just starting to bud up.
I was pleased to see your photograph of Salvia involucrata. As we redo our front border, this species will be perfect to mix into the back of the border with other tall species. Here in California, Salvia involucrata makes 2 meter tall unbranched stems topped by their florescent pink flowers.
I would expect S.atrocyanea to thrive there as well. Have you tried S.oxyphora?
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The first major storm of the season is bearing down on us. Tomorrow's forecast is for heavy rain and strong winds.
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Tibouchina urvilleana is still blooming outside our kitchen window.
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In another part of our yard Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans, is putting on a good show.
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Epilobium 'Wayne's Silver' has been blooming for months now. In our Class I farm soil this variety performs much better than in our naturally rocky, clay soil at the farm.
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Salvia semiatrata has started into its bloom cycle for the fall-winter season.
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There are plenty of flower buds still to open. I like the textured foliage of this species.
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Disporum flavens going into winter dormancy. As the foliage turns yellow it can brilliantly light up when back lit by the sun.
I am looking forward to this coming dormant season as it will expose the "bones" - the basic structure of the garden. Our garden needs some hard pruning of many of the trees ans shrubs. Also many plants will need to be removed or moved to improve the basic structure and flow of the garden.
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No Salvias up here and most trees and shrubs have lost their foliage but not all is grey.
Lycopodium annotinum. Always green except the strobili.
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Some Loiseleuria procumbens change colour in winter, others stay plain green.
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Rowan trees are the last ones which loose their foliage.
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The local "chaparral" - almost impenetrable waist high juniper.
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Trond,
The photographs are from your cabin near Myking?
There are beautiful plants and scenery at all times of the year. I like your snowscapes too! :)
Even here in Placerville autumn has arrived. It rained all day! 25mm of rain and 58 F, 14.5 C for a high temperature. The wind was gusty too with leaves being blown all over the place. The forecast is for more rain tomorrow and Sunday. For us this is a great blessing. May it continue like this all winter and spring, "from my mouth to God's ear!" (an old saying)
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Corydalis "Craigton Blue" is again in bloom. It is trust voluntary and redone new foliage. I really like it a lot.
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Corydalis "Craigton Blue" is placed before a Rabdosia effusa. Small tubular flowers that will be able to harmonize with.
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It is just beginning to bloom.
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On a plant fair, I noticed a small plant marbled foliage. It flourished and started To die because of a colony of ants that s' were installed at its foot. She still managed to make some seeds before dying. I have sown. New plants developed. They earn more has to be next each other. I sent the seeds to "exchange seeds SRGC". It is à question of Hieracum maculatum " Léopard ".
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A productive couple of weekends sowing a whole load of Fritilliaria seed along with some crocus and primula aswell mostly from the SRGC seed exchange. Fingers crossed they germinate and I care for the correctly.
In other areas Dahlias, Alstromerias and a Delphiniums are still flowering well.
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Trond,
The photographs are from your cabin near Myking?
There are beautiful plants and scenery at all times of the year. I like your snowscapes too! :)
Even here in Placerville autumn has arrived. It rained all day! 25mm of rain and 58 F, 14.5 C for a high temperature. The wind was gusty too with leaves being blown all over the place. The forecast is for more rain tomorrow and Sunday. For us this is a great blessing. May it continue like this all winter and spring, "from my mouth to God's ear!" (an old saying)
Robert,
Yes, they are from the area where we have our cabin. About 1 hour walk. I agree there are beautiful plants but not very many compared to your area.
Glad you get some rain at last! Hope you getmore :)
View from our cabin (in the other directions we see cabins etc).
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It already looks like winter wonderland out there Trond ;D
A very nice stretch of sunny weather here (ending tomorrow >:( , so probably next I'll have to start taking pictures of seeds...
The woodland is quite magical right now:
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More colours from a nearby public garden: the sugar maple - Acer saccharum
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Another beautiful NA species - Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweetgum
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And from the garden - Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
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Robert,
Yes, they are from the area where we have our cabin. About 1 hour walk. I agree there are beautiful plants but not very many compared to your area.
Glad you get some rain at last! Hope you getmore :)
View from our cabin (in the other directions we see cabins etc).
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Trond,
This is a priceless photograph!
It brings back wonderful emotions and memories of my grandfather's cabin at Calpine, California on the west side of Sierra Valley. Sierra Valley is north of Lake Tahoe. I have some photographs on my other laptop that I can share sometime. Sierra Valley is another great place to explore for interesting plant species, especially lilies.
Yes, the rain is good, and it is still raining. Still too warm for snow in the high country, but maybe Sunday night when some colder air moves in this will change. Still plenty of wind.
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It already looks like winter wonderland out there Trond ;D
A very nice stretch of sunny weather here (ending tomorrow >:( , so probably next I'll have to start taking pictures of seeds...
The woodland is quite magical right now:
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More colours from a nearby public garden: the sugar maple - Acer saccharum
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Another beautiful NA species - Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweetgum
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And from the garden - Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
Gabriela, the snow can come anytime now up there. Usually it doesn't last long at this time of the year as warmer spells may occur. Some years it is very little snow until December.
Nice trees! Most trees here get yellow leaves.
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Trond,
This is a priceless photograph!
It brings back wonderful emotions and memories of my grandfather's cabin at Calpine, California on the west side of Sierra Valley. Sierra Valley is north of Lake Tahoe. I have some photographs on my other laptop that I can share sometime. Sierra Valley is another great place to explore for interesting plant species, especially lilies.
Yes, the rain is good, and it is still raining. Still too warm for snow in the high country, but maybe Sunday night when some colder air moves in this will change. Still plenty of wind.
Thanks Robert :)
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Yesterday it was -3C at our cabin during the day. Today, at home it is 14C.
Some flowers of today:
Crocus sp. Someone trod on it in bud (could be myself :o)
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Forsythia in fall colours and flower simultaneously. Not bad.
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Schizostylis coccinea is in a pot in my little pond.
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Roses. Several are still in flower. This is 'Chinatown' I believe.
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Impatiens omeiana is late to bloom but in a couple of days . . . .
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Trond,
The autumn Crocus are starting to poke up at the farm.
Back at our Sacramento garden the Schizostylis are in bloom, but need some renewal as the tree roots rob the soil of fertility.
I like Impatiens omeiana. I do not grow this one and I will have to look for it on the seed lists. I like the subtle flowers of the species Impatiens with their interesting shape and often unusual color combinations.
We had another 36 mm of rain last night and it is still coming down. 73 mm total over the last 3 days so far. I have to admit that this sort of rain is worrisome. Too often a wet October is followed by a dry winter.
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Last flowers of Fuchsia magellanica gracilis
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lovely pictures all.
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Yes, indeed lovely photographs. :)
I have given up on Fuchsias in general, especially F. magellanica types. Fuchsia mites make a mess of them all. There are a few species that are hardy and strongly resistant. They are a little boarder-line on their tolerance to the heat, however we will keep them for now.
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Fred, hieraceum maculatum grows wild on the site of a colliery near here. One specimen was identified as sub-species fictum.
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In south western part of Finland autumn has been very dry, it has rained only in two days since the beginning of September. Autumn colours are very nice this year. It's been also not so cold, only couple of nights below freezing so far. My asters are flowering well this year (last year they stopped flowering early because of so cold nights). Red and pink asters are nameless ones, the purple on the right is 'Violetta' (A.n-a).
Also colchicums flowered well in September, right now the best is 'Glory of Heemstede', very nice and doesn't fall over easily)
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It is interesting to look at Hoy's pictures from mountains in Norway. My husband was hiking in Finnish Lapland the last week of September, in National park in Saariselkä. In some parts it is similar than in Norway, but mostly there are more trees, and the leaves had already fallen from the trees in September.
He has put pictures from his week in Saariselkä in his blog, here are links to his journey. He hiked 60 km, and slept in a tent. Weather was not so good, because it was cloudy or rainy most of the time, but it wasn't snowing like it was when he was there two years ago the same time, and he had a good time. I couldn't go with him, because one of us had to stay home.
Day 1 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/ensimmainen-retkipaiva-22-9/)
Day 2 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/toinen-retkipaiva-23-9/)
Day 3 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/kolmas-retkipaiva-24-9/)
Day 4 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/neljas-retkipaiva-25-9/)
Day 5 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/viides-paiva-26-9/)
Day 6 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/kuudes-retkipaiva-27-9/)
Day 7 (https://jouniriihela.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/seitsemas-retkipaiva-28-9-ja-kahdeksas-30-9/)
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Oh my word, Leena - what outstanding photos from your husband Jouni. I see that skill with a camera runs in the family! The scenery is stunning - though I think I am quite relieved that I did not have to camp in such places!
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Thank you Maggi. :) He has taught me to take photos, he has had a camera since he was a teenager. ;)
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Leena,
Thank you for sharing your husband's photographs. It was very fascinating and I enjoyed them greatly. I wish that I could have read the text too, but that is okay. A little bit was in English. :) My wife can speak several different languages and can learn new ones easily. Wish I had those skills. :)
Thank you again for sharing the photographs.
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A big thank you to your husband Leena! and to you, of course for posting the links :)
Breathtaking landscapes - make me start dreaming!
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Leena, landscapes and pictures are stunning. it makes me think of our landscape Hautes-Fagnes in Belgium but with a more natural "tortured". ;)
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Very enjoyable Leena, thanks for posting them.
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Thank you, all. I will tell him. :)
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I have this Euphorbia blooming in the garden. I speak of the plant that bloomed with white petals. someone knows it? I lost his name. (Attachment Link)
I don't know that Euphorbia, but I would like to ask if you know the name of that Aster in the background?
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Leena, I do not have the name of the Aster. A friend had given me a small piece of its plant. I will send you a piece if you want.
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In south western part of Finland autumn has been very dry, it has rained only in two days since the beginning of September. Autumn colours are very nice this year. It's been also not so cold, only couple of nights below freezing so far. My asters are flowering well this year (last year they stopped flowering early because of so cold nights). Red and pink asters are nameless ones, the purple on the right is 'Violetta' (A.n-a).
Also colchicums flowered well in September, right now the best is 'Glory of Heemstede', very nice and doesn't fall over easily)
Leena,
What I see of your garden looks good still! I like both the asters and the colchiums :)
And I also like your husband's pictures! The terrain and vegetation look both familiar and not so familiar. Did your husband walk alone?
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And I also like your husband's pictures! The terrain and vegetation look both familiar and not so familiar. Did your husband walk alone?
Thanks Trond. Yes, he was alone, none of his friends could get time off work. In the first couple of days he walked in bigger paths (to get faster away from the road) and saw a few other people, but then he went his own way with compass and map, and didn't see anyone else except in the last day. The time was late for most hikers which are there earlier in September.
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And you stayed at home, Leena? Didn't you wish to come with him ;)
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Yes, in the spring we had planned to go together in the autumn, but still in September there was too much work for to do, so I wasn't able to go away from business for so long. In the winter and spring it would be different, then I can have holiday :), but as I don't like snow and skiing, I don't want to go to Lapland then. And in August I had sudden low back pain, which is now ok, but I was a bit worried if it came back (in cold tent) while a long way from the roads.
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Sorry to hear that you couldn't join him! And a cold, wet tent . . .. In my youth I wouldn't mind but now I like warmer weather!
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The many faces of Cyclamen hederifolium this autumn :).
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The many faces of Cyclamen hederifolium this autumn :).
Before opening the thumbnail I thought it was a painting :) Very pretty, I couldn't choose only one from all.
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I have this Euphorbia blooming in the garden. I speak of the plant that bloomed with white petals. someone knows it? I lost his name.
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I have the answer. I remembered, it is a question of Euphorbia corolla.
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Corylus americana - a gift from a nice forum member
- the colour change within one week -
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Kalopanax septemlobus has the good sense to drop its big leaves early.
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Corylus americana - a gift from a nice forum member
A nice selection. The native ones here have yellow fall color and only a tinge of orange.
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The many faces of Cyclamen hederifolium this autumn :).
What a beautiful selection, and artful arrangement! My sole plant is in bloom, the foliage just now beginning to show itself.
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Hornbeam in autumn colours img. 1020092. Closer view img. 1020093. Fruit and 18 spot ladybird ? img. 1020096.
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On a cushion of Hydrangea flowers wilted, a Aconitum is asked.
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1) A Persicaria pierce a umbel of Achilaea and gives a beautiful combination.
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2) This Fuchsia comes every year for ten years to the garden. I do not know what his name is but it is resistant to cold.
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3) The young Liquidambar is taking pretty fall colors.
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4) Shropshire Lass still hangs a few flowers in the cold weather. They have difficulty s' flourish properly. They still lots of charm.
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5) Asters are at their peak yet.
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A nice selection. The native ones here have yellow fall color and only a tinge of orange..
Rick,
Our Corylus avellana are yellow in autumn also. The plant shown was raised by a French Forum member
ex introduced seeds. 2 additional seedlings he sent me were yellow with a hint of orange.
Gerd
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last roses
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A beautiful pink
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Nice. The late fall flowers on roses are particularly attractive :)
One that looks like Mozart's brother :D (have no idea about the name but is one that thrives on neglect) Undecided weather so I took more pictures instead of working.
Corydalis ophiocarpa - amazing foliage all year long (you can forget about flowers)
Crocus speciosus flowers mid week (sold hear as C. sativus! Dutch provenience material)
Heptacodium miconioides - 'flowering' again (red calyces)
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, the porcelain vine - the best is yet to come but I have to move it/prune
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Lovely subtle colours there Gabriela 8)
Low October sunlight also tempted me away from gardening jobs:
Cyclamen hederifolium under a liquidamber tree
Hamamelis - fleeting autumn colour
Paeonia lutea
Vitis coignetiae & Hydrangea petiolaris
Cyclamen cilicium
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Yes, I see now the difference between Cyclamen cilicium and C. hederifolium
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The autumn colours are good this year, thanks to the dry and relatively calm weather.
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Blueberry bush (I think this is 'Northland')
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Salix hastata, probably a few days too late for the best picture.
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Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' on the turn.
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I like the way the light shines through this Corylopsis.
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so beautiful pics put (for me) the best is the crocus speciosus, so clearly
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Thank you for sharing the autumn flowers and colour :D
The forecast said the temperature would jump up to 27˚C today. I thought it would rise more at sunny spot and covered all my pots with newspapers :-\
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Tatsuo,
27 C seems unusual for this time of year. Is this a record high temperature for the date? or perhaps such temperatures are not that unusual this time of year in your part of Japan? I am quite curious.
I hope that your plant fair well. They certainly receive loving care. :)
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Tatsuo,
27 C seems unusual for this time of year. Is this a record high temperature for the date? or perhaps such temperatures are not that unusual this time of year in your part of Japan? I am quite curious.
I hope that your plant fair well. They certainly receive loving care. :)
Thanks Robert :) Yes it's very unusual at this time. The mean maximum temperature of October at my place is 23.1˚C and now is already end of the month. I'm worrying leaf/flower burn and bulb rot are caused by this hot weather.
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Clethra barbinervis, the dwarf form from Weston Nurseries always colours reliably.
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Ranunculus bullatus - an autumn flowering buttercup from Andalucia
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well done this isn't the easiest one!
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Ranunculus bullatus - an autumn flowering buttercup from Andalucia
Gerd
That is very sweet!
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Gail and Yann,
Thank you for compliments - cultivation isn't too difficult when kept dry during the summermonths.
The only problem is its susceptibility to powdery mildew which it shares with other ranunculus species grown indoors.
Gerd
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Today in my rock garden ... Arctous alpina with autumn coloring.
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Today in my rock garden ... Arctous alpina with autumn coloring.
A glowing effect - super for these short, dark days!
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A glowing effect - super for these short, dark days!
This is true ... the October was also very wet and dark. In the Alpinum almost everything looks sad ... except the New Zealand bed. That always looks interesting. :)
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This is true ... the October was also very wet and dark. In the Alpinum almost everything looks sad ... except the New Zealand bed. That always looks interesting. :)
I was only referring to the short days, I don't find it sad in the garden (at least not yet ;) I agree that there are many great looking NZ species but I think so are many others of other origins. Even here in a cold region you can have in the rockery many species with beautiful foliage until very late in the fall; in fact until the snow will cover everything.
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Hello, with us it was a wonderful day. It started in the garden. We had a wonderful sun for the season.
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The day was too beautiful than to stay at home. So we went to walk along the Ourthe between Esneux and Honny.
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It's so hot that we removed the sweater. We walked in shirt.
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Not often there is such a beautiful day at this time of year! The river views are lovely, so peaceful.
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Very nice pictures Fred, it was a nice day here too.
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Late October in the garden some colour still hanging on.
Unfortunately the Hypericum is a Lost Label variety but has put up a tremendous amount of flowers.
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And here are the very last few. I must admit it is lovely to go out and see colour still hanging on so late in the year.
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Sedum spectabilis your are barely in bloom?
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Autumn has caught us, Larix Blue Ball has changed its colour,
but some plants are still in flower:
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Salvia leucantha has come into bloom before the frosts arrive..............
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Salvia involucrata is suffering some cold burn on the foliage but continues to bloom well.............
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My Tibouchina is surprising me. Despite some overnight lows of 2 or 3°c fresh blooms continue to come and are undamaged. The plant saw -5°c in the greenhouse disaster of last winter so it seems tougher than I'd previously given it credit for.............
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Eccremocarpus scaber continues to bloom its heart out and will do so until the first frost.............
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Finally, part of the display that I've planted up outside my parents house. Salvia coccinea, Salvia Amistad, Salvia Black and Bloom, Commelina tuberosa and an Amaranthus in the background..............
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We got the first snow yesteday, and the temperatures are going to be below zero at least for ten days now (as long as the weather forecast shows), so winter has come. :-[
These pictures are from last week-end when it was still autumn. :)
I like ferns, and grasses.
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Some more. Iris leaves look also good in the autumn sun.
Geranium phaeum leaves
Geranium x magnificum 'Rosemoor' autumn colours
Some unnamed asters
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Meanie - your salvias are a delight!
Leena - hope your winter goes well - love your photos - have you seen Ian's autumn leaves?
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Meanie - your salvias are a delight!
Thanks! Still a couple of species to come hopefully.
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Thanks! Still a couple of species to come hopefully.
Crikey! They are a good long term project, aren't they?
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We got the first snow yesteday, and the temperatures are going to be below zero at least for ten days now (as long as the weather forecast shows), so winter has come. :-[
These pictures are from last week-end when it was still autumn. :)
I like ferns, and grasses.
Lovely pictures Leena! and sorry for your first snow; many times it creates beautiful garden scenes though. :)
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Thanks Maggi :), yes we looked at Ian's photos Wednesday, and admired how lovely red leaves you have. Also R.bureavii leaves are great (I have small seedlings of R.bureavioides, and they survived last winter outside when for instance all my R.wardii seedlings died. I have high hopes that R.bureavioides will grow to nice plants even here :)). There is so much beauty in autumn leaves, and Ian has so nice compositions in the pictures.
Gabriela, yes I'm too sorry about the snow, though it is good for the plants, but for me it is going to be a long winter when it starts so early. ;)
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Crikey! They are a good long term project, aren't they?
With close to a thousand species plus all the cultivars, new introductions and species still being discovered it is possible to have a Salvia in bloom all year with a little effort. One thing that I am picking up on is that with a lot of species quality of light is more important for blooming than warm temperatures. The winter bloomers, or to be more accurate autumn and spring in the UK, are better in seasons when the days are sunny than in milder but darker winters. Amistad (and Black Knight) will bloom all year to some degree if kept frost free.