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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on October 02, 2017, 11:44:27 AM
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"Pinkbells", Tetratheca ciliata, are making quite a splash on the roadside near the Langley School which I pass on my way to work,
cheersfermi
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Now there's a pretty roadside view!
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Indeed it is!
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Hi
A few photos from our garden.
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Hi
Our red trilliums have different leaves. Does anyone know whether this is just a variation or whether they are different species.
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Hello friends. I've been absent for a while, dealing with life's ups and downs and too distracted to enjoy the garden. I noticed this Fritillary flowering last night; it's one that Marcus gave me but I don't know what it's called.
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Jamus I hope as many ups as downs, and that things are okay with you.
Exceptionally cute fritillaria - wonder what it is.
Otto will know.
Lovely plants from Canberra, Graeme.
I have just two.
1. A dear little daphne from Otto. Daphne x Eschmanii. I'm so pleased to see it looking so healthy. I have mixed luck with species daphnes - transplant shock seems to be an issue.
2. Cardamine pratensis - a soft pink double. It is my second try, as the varmints polished off the first as soon as it got to a decent size.
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Cardamine pratense is a UK native plant. It is not as common as it was, due to habitat loss. I have not seen a double flowered form before.
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Now there's a pretty roadside view!
About the only bit worth stopping at along that stretch sadly ::)
Here are a few things in our garden today:
Pat Toolan's hybrid Iris kirkwoodiae x Iris atropurpurea;
Moraea aristata;
One of Graham's triandrus hybrids: Narcissus KB-5WW-51-2015 (Quickstep x NTT);
Dwarf Bearded iris 'White Bow-Tie';
Iris lutescens SRGC Seedex 2009;
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fermi
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Hello Ian. Yes, i hope it doesn’t disappear.
Apparently the double form does occur in the wild, albeit rarely.
It doesn’t set seed so limited to vegetative spread.
I read somewhere that the double was first noted on record in the 17th century, albeit hearsay.
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What a lovely form of Moraea aristata Fermi - I'm smitten!
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What a lovely form of Moraea aristata Fermi - I'm smitten!
Yes, I agree it's lovely.
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Yes, I agree it's lovely.
Would you have room in your glasshouse, David? ;)
In our garden today:
Moraea setifolia
Olearia pimeleoides
A yellow Aril Iris Hybrid we got from Marcus Harvey, originally from Pat Toolan - not sure if the other flowers will be four-fold
Delosperma cooper hybrd
A very dark Sparaxis
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fermi
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Oh my - that dark, velvety Sparaxis is a cracker!
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Would you have room in your glasshouse, David? ;)"...............................
It wouldn't be easy Fermi, there's hardly room for me, but I' d have to.
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Jamus, I think your fritillaria above, is a form of F. meleagris. I have one similar, rather foreshortened and almost pink with very pale chequering. There's actually a lot of variation in meleagris. A friend has this same shape, the colouring delicate pink and very soft green, quite exquisite.
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A few late daffs (hardly worth starting a Southern Hemisphere Daff page for October!)
1 & 2) a very late Narcissus bulbocodium which came up in another pot!
3 & 4) La Belle
5) unlabelled late short cup
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fermi
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Fermi, your 'La Belle' looks like what we have as 'Beryl.' Is it likely they are the same? Most of mine are over now though the white triandrus still goes on - and on. :)
Irises are taking over now as the main performers. I have out good clumps of lactea, ruthenica, verna, the first setosas, evansias and many PC forms. Nice time of year though still quite chilly here except for the occasional scorching day, always followed by more cold wind.
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The little bearded forms are doing well too and after three years are now in big clumps so I'll have to divide them all. It will be a big job and I can hardly walk on some days, my knees are so painful now.
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Fermi, your 'La Belle' looks like what we have as 'Beryl.' Is it likely they are the same?
Hi Lesley,
La Belle is a very late hybrid between a jonquil and a N. poeticus; Beryl is an early Div 6, from an old N. poeticus hybrid and N. cyclamineus. Both were raised early in the 20th century. I think my pic made it look like the petals reflexed like Beryl's but they don't really.
By the way, that Asperula orientalis has flowered and it is true to name!
Apparently it's an annual and known as "Blue Woodruff"
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fermi
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A few other flowers open today:
1 & 2) Ixia scillaris
3 & 4) Aphyllanthes monspeliensis (when's the best time to divide this?)
5) Dichelostemma sp (? D. congestum?)
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fermi
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Thanks Fermi, re the narcissus and the asperula.
I divide my aphyllanthes approx three yearly and after flowering. It doesn't grow so fast with me that it needs more and though I love it, very few people seem to know it so there's no great demand. I've found that it's best not to make the divisions too small; make sure they have a decent cluster of roots on each piece. They take a little time to re-establish too.
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This very choice Pacific Coast iris seedling opened yesterday.To my eye, it is perhaps the most attractive that I've bloomed, and[attachimg=1] on a very small plant.
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Stunning, Paul! Wish I had something that exceptional growing among my seedlings!
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Thank you Gordon
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A very attractive flower, Paul!
What is its breeding? Did you do the cross yourself?
Worth keeping the seed from that one!
cheers
fermi
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Beautiful little Iris Paul.
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This very choice Pacific Coast iris seedling opened yesterday.To my eye, it is perhaps the most attractive that I've bloomed, andon a very small plant.
What a VERY showy flower - a real show -stopper!
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Looks as if Joe Ghio in the USA quite likely had a hand in the breeding of this one's parents. He has bred stunning blue PCs.
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Found the planting plan that now confirms the faded tag.The seed came from the 2013 seed exchange of the SPCI and is seed lot 620.13. Seed donated by Joe Ghio, pod parent ''Line Drawing.'' All plants from this cross are very small plants, completely swamped in the row, must dig them out in autumn.It is indeed a beautiful bloom.
620.13
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Line
Drawing
(Joseph
Ghio,
R.
2009).
Seedling
IP-159S2.
CA,
14”
(36
cm), Mid bloom season. Standards white ground lined dark blue; style
arms
deep
blue;
falls
white
ground,
dark
blue
lines
overall,
intense
blue
stitched edge, green-gold dotted signal
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I divide my aphyllanthes approx three yearly and after flowering. It doesn't grow so fast with me that it needs more and though I love it, very few people seem to know it so there's no great demand. I've found that it's best not to make the divisions too small; make sure they have a decent cluster of roots on each piece. They take a little time to re-establish too.
Thanks, Lesley,
I wouldn't want to lose it as I've only ever managed to germinate it once and only have a single plant.
Here is Babiana spathacea in a white and a cream forms in the garden. It has now seeded itself into the path and can't be dug out because of the depth and the path material!
cheers
fermi
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This weekend FCHS held its "Floral Festival" and there was a great display of flowers in the Hall - as someone commented, there's nothing subtle about it!
Starting with the Rock garden section:
1 & 2) Jon (AKA Mini-Bulb Lover as this Forum) got a Blue Ribbon for this small trough planted with a single Dianthus (probably a hybrid);
3) Cynthia got a First for this Stylidium ( I think it's S. bulbiferum);
4 & 5) Helen is a new member who was entering the Show for the first time and her Disporum sessile Kinga was considered for the Blue Ribbon.
Don't worry, Maggi, I didn't forget to take some Rhodie pics ;D
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fermi
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More from FCHS:
Mary-anne's Geum rivale 'Jessie'
Mary-Anne and Pam's prize winning mixed posies
Cynthia and Helene's Pallenis maritima
Cynthia's Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Norm and Jill's Blue-Ribbon pink Lily of the Valley
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fermi
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More from the Rock Garden Section:
Foliage for the Rock Garden and Woodland
Mary-Anne's Origanum dictamnus
A Lachenalia hybrid raised by Ruth Tindale and exhibited by...? maybe Rex,
Otto's Saxifraga cochlearis 'Minor'
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fermi
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Some of the Rhododendrons;
The Full Bench;
Maisie's Blue Ribbon Winners
More of the "Mollis Azaleas"
Some more, including species;
Some Vireya Rhodendrons
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fermi
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More Vireyas at the FCHS Show;
Rh suavolens;
Rh wrightianum ssp cyclopense;
Rh 'Popcorn' won the Blue Ribbon for the Beggs;
Rh quadraisin var rosmarinifolium,
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fermi
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More Vireya Rhodendrons;
more small hybrids
Some larger hybrids
Rh Joan McLelland
More larger hybrids,
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fermi
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Very nice to see Fermi 8)
Can vireyas be grown there in a shade-house or do they need more winter protection?
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A wonderful show as always! And those vireyas!! Well, scrumptious! :D :) :)
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Well filled benches and some quality plants.
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The Vireyas are certainly beautiful. I don't have any myself but a couple of people in Dunedin are growing them well in what amount to microclimates. Provided they are frost free they grow well outside and I remember that Gavin Clark when he and Daphne lived on the peninsula had many species growing even to tall bushes so that being among them was a bit like being in Sinapore or somewhere similar. They were underplanted with pleiones and these were also tucked into branch joints.
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Lovely show. Nice to see helps brighten up our cold day here.
Fermi love those Babiana spathacea 8)
Angie :)
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Very nice to see Fermi 8)
Can vireyas be grown there in a shade-house or do they need more winter protection?
Hi Ashley,
Vireyas are grown in the Dandenongs (too hot and dry here for them!!) and as Lesley said as long as they are frost free they can be grown outdoors.
This past winter we had some very low temperatures and places where they had been okay before had them badly damaged.
Thanks, Maggi, David and Angie - I have more pics to add when I get time! I took a lot of pics of Rhodies! ;D
cheers
fermi
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Continuing with pics from the FCHS Show:
More vireyas!
A rare lepidum - see if you can read the name!
Some small flowered hybrids;
Rh 'Satan's Gift'
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fermi
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There were other rhododendrons there as well.
Some of the large rhodies;
Rh basiculum and Rh nuttallii were particularly impressive!
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fermi
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More rhodies on the bench;
A white hybrid with pink centre;
Rh yakushianum takes first prize!
Rh crinigerum;
Rh periclymentoides,
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fermi
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3 Distinct Rhododendrons;
More trusses;
Rhodies under 1 metre;
Single trusses,
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fermi
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Last ones from last weekend's Show:
Some of the General exhibits;
Tall Bearded iris
Pacific Coast iris
More PCI
Exhibits from my Garden by Mary-Anne
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fermi
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A few cacti and succulents including a magnificent Gasteria;
A very pale Dendrobium kingianum;
And the children's section to finish off,
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fermi
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Impressive display of Rhododendrons in particular Fermi.
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So many great plants on display - I had to highlight this paeony from one of fermi's shots - so VERY dark!
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Even the lower one is quite rich - but the upper one is as dark and shiny as I have seen.
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Never seen one as dark as that. Wouldn’t mind having it in my garden .
Angie :)
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Sorry that I didn't get a pic of the name on that one!
It's possibly Paeonia 'Thunderbolt' or 'Black Panther' or some such thing!
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fermi
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It may also be the American hybrid 'Hephestos' bred by Nassos Daphnis or the Saunders hybrid 'Black Pirate'. (They both tend to look redder in sunlight.)
https://pivoinesriviere.com/index.php/pivoines-arbustives/hephestos-2705.html
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Wow Fermi! Great pictures from the show; so many species and all those rhododendrons....a dream!