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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on April 04, 2018, 04:14:01 PM
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The weather has cooled down here but it's still dry, dry, dry :-\
Still, the autumn bulbs have been very cheering while we wait for rain!
1) Sternbergia sicula and Zephyranthes 'Ajax'
2) Calostemma purpureum
3) Moraea polystachya
4) Cyclamen rohlfsianum
5) Sternbergia sicula - can't resist more pics of these!
cheers
fermi
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This is a seedling from Ceratostigma 'Forest Blue' which I presume is a selection of Ceratostigma willmottiana.
It has beautiful clear blue flowers which are a welcome sight as we leave the warmer weather and head towards winter.
At least one head of flowers show a hint of purple in the petals
cheers
fermi
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Fermi you always seem to have something in flower - and always colourful. Yes we really really need some decent rain in victoria.
Everywhere tiny bulbs are popping up and leaves finally starting to show autumnal colour.
i have a sylph-like crocus i can't identify that emerged from a small unmarked pot. not sure even where it came from, as the label is long gone, but seem to recall wondering what was in it last year. The first two photos. Any insight would be appreciated
other photo is of nerine pudica.
jacqui.
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Hi Jacqui,
can't put a name to your sylph - have you asked the Oracle?
I love Nerine pudica - not one I trust out of the shade-house here but I'll have to try something as it's languishing in a pot.
And finally we have some rain! Over half an inch here so far (BOM only predicted 8mm so that's not too bad!).
1) Nerine rosea is one of the best in our garden as it tolerates the level of frost we get.
Many years ago I crossed it with N. fothergilla 'Major' (which has been subsumed into N. sarniensis - but is more frost tolerant that that species so I'm not changing labels!!!) and the first seedling was a terracotta version of N. rosea - but it hasn't reflowered till now! Pic taken in the rain this afternoon!
2) Nerine seedling #1 from around 1999,
cheers
fermi
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Thank you for trying Fermi. I was hoping to ask him next time I see him. There is only one and I am wondering if it came from seed or Otto or Marcus.
I do hate losing labels but they seem to spirit themselves away of their own accord.
Love the nerine rosea. Colour and delicacy both.
The rain has been wonderful, if only lasting for an hour or two. Hope not so long before the next time. Jacqui.
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Your "sylph" looks like Crocus kotschyanus, Jacquie, with the golden "m" in the throat.
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Sadly, the rain has not been repeated and we are back to watering, watering, watering :'(
Some flowers despite the dry:
1) Oxalis flava (yellow form);
2) Nerine filifolia;
3) Narcissus viridiflora;
4) yet more Sternbergia sicula;
5) Nerine rosea x fothergilla 'Major' Seedling #1 now more developed
cheers
fermi
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A few offerings from Adelaide, where we are having a hot dry autumn, but enough showers to keep things moving along... just.
1) Narcissus viridiflorus
2) N. viridiflorus detail
3) Crocus caspius, Paul Furse
4) Crocus cancellatus
5) Crocus biflorus
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Part 2.
1) Crocus medius
2) C. speciosus f. albus
3) C. pulchellus
4) C. tournefortii
5) C. goulimyi
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Part 3.
1) Galanthus peshmenii
2) G. reginae-olgae
3) Crocus (not sure, label gone)
4) C. nudiflorus
5) C. niveus
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Lots of goodies there, Jamus - love those crocus!!
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Thanks Maggi, a lot of them are new to me, being a Crocus newbie. I am particularly happy with my Crocus caspius Paul Furse, which is three years in my garden now and the flowers seem to get bigger every year!
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I am particularly happy with my Crocus caspius Paul Furse, which is three years in my garden now and the flowers seem to get bigger every year!
An absolute picture, Jamus - in every way!
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Yay a day off mid week! Plus I have tomorrow off too on daddy duty. I hope all your gardens are perking up with the arrival of a bit of cooler wetter weather? It's feeling much more positive here now after the dreadful prolonged end to summer. I suffered a few losses in the garden, including some painful ones in the rock garden, but I'm over it now and ready to move on. :-\
I ducked out in my lunch break yesterday and did some shopping to fill gaps in the garden.
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Jamus, do I see a Hydrangea quercifolia, and an Isoplexis among your new purchases?
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Yes that's right Gordon, I need some shrubs for protection and as a backdrop for my little plants. I had a BIG Isoplexis canariensis and it died this summer, because I pruned it too hard.
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Sorry to hear of your garden losses (drought induced?). Hydrangea quercifolia is in our front garden... Isoplexis would be an annual here- or a potted plant to be shuffled into protection. I've seen a few Isoplexis/Digitalis hybrids available in the nursery trade here, doubt any can make it through our winters.
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Thank you Maggi for the identification, and to jamus and fermi for their postings. Clearly i need more crocuses!
We are crying out for rain still in melbourne, although mercifully the temperatures have dropped so can cope with less. the large eucalypts dry out the soil immensely though.
Just three:
1. Anopterus glandulosa - in my hands a very finicky understory plant that should do better than it does.
2. Oxalis massoniana from Otto (orange) and Oxalis hirta rosea (hot pink) from the last ags vic. meeting. The massoniana seems to thrive on neglect - it has been in a tiny wee pot for a couple of years in all weathers.
3. Crocus laevigatus naturalising under the cherries.
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Hi Jacqui, yes it has been a very tough summer and we're not out of the woods yet. I like your Oxalis, Otto gave me some O. massoniana a few years ago and it gets better and better each year. I love it. My second picture is a beautiful Correa reflexa given to me by my friend Matt Coulter. It's a great rock garden plant don't you think?
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Some Cyclamen in pots.
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Some more cyclamen in pots[attachimg=1]
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Beautiful plants Paul. I look forward to having more Cyclamens. Did you join the cyclamen society? I haven't as yet.
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Thanks for showing your appreciation Jamus.
That lot is half of the seedlings raised from my first shipment of seed from Jan Bravenboer and I can't believe how good some are.All the species had germination except one, but it may still.
Haven't joined the Cyclamen Society.Did you try any seed from Jan?
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No I didn't Paul, because I don't know her! Sounds like I need to.
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Jamus, sadly Jan passed away late last year.
Together with his wife, Mieke, they ran the wonderful Green Ice Cyclamen Nursery in The Netherlands.
The cyclamen collection is now in England.