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Title: October 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on October 03, 2019, 04:55:21 PM
A kind gift from Gerd, Ranunculus bullatus. One bulb was not happy in the garden and eventually died but two in the greenhouse doing well.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gerdk on October 04, 2019, 04:32:17 PM
A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.

Gerd
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Maggi Young on October 04, 2019, 06:51:57 PM
A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.

Gerd
Oh dear - those  squirrels  can be  very  fast!  But the  leaf  colour  is  fantastic on the  hazels.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gabriela on October 05, 2019, 01:21:25 AM
A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.
Gerd

Gorgeous, a fine species which is not cultivated enough.

Bits of colors from this region, the show it's just beginning: Cornus sericea, Smilax herbacea, Ilex verticillata and Cornus alternifolia.
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on October 07, 2019, 05:27:20 PM
Fabulous Salvia dombeyi is making a fine late display in our garden. Sadly it is completely tender so has to be overwintered in frost-free conditions.

Paul
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on October 07, 2019, 06:41:53 PM
Very nice Paul. They have (or had) a good specimen of the plant at Forde Abbey.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Hoy on October 09, 2019, 07:19:19 AM
That Salvia looks great, Paul!

I also like the American hazel, Gerd :) The common one here go yellow in fall. The same does the Turkish hazel (C. colurna).

Seems the autumn is upon you, Gabriela!
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Hoy on October 09, 2019, 07:24:18 AM
A few photographs from mid-Norway


Solanum dulcamara, I like both the flowers in summer and the berries in fall!
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An unusual Hepatica nobilis in the wild.
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Saxifraga cotyledon at sea level.
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Rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Maggi Young on October 14, 2019, 03:38:45 PM
John Richards Northumberland  Diary  for the  AGS  visits Galloway, including the  garden  of  Carole  and  Ian Bainbridge , who are  both  former SRGC presidents

https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/northumberland-galloway-gardens/ (https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/northumberland-galloway-gardens/)


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Koenigia forrestii in the  Bainbridge's garden




Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: WSGR on October 16, 2019, 07:24:59 AM
Love that Salvia, Paul! I'm starting my own little collection. Here's what I have on offer for October 2019
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: WSGR on October 16, 2019, 07:33:11 AM
More on offer! A bit of a novice and messed up my last post!

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Veronne's Obsidian or Honka Black

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Myrtle's Folly

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gabriela on October 17, 2019, 12:28:30 AM
Nice Dahlias. Some are also still in flower here, but not for long.

The weather has been nice for us in Ontario (comparing with other provinces). It is the time of Crocus speciosus, Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' and more October colors.
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Also in its white form, thanks to a kind forumist.
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Woodlands look with Betula papyrifera and Aralia nudicaulis
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Mariette on October 17, 2019, 04:16:45 PM
Aconitum cammarum ´Eleanora´stood best of the autumn-flowering monkshoods summer´s drought, here together with Bistorta amplexicaulis ´Alba´ and Rosa ´Sweet Pretty´.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Mariette on October 17, 2019, 04:20:56 PM
This Rabdosia effusa flowering together with Cyclamen hederifolium is the only one of about 6 Rabdosias / Isodons to survive the excessive drought the last 2 years.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: kris on October 18, 2019, 10:43:39 PM
Nice little alliums and beautiful fall colour.
We had severe weather last week, low with -8C. Many plants perished but asters are still flowering. Here are three pictures taken yesterday in the garden.
Crocus kotschyanus
A lone crocus speciosus.  The others are in buds.
Cyclame purpurascens
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: kris on October 18, 2019, 10:49:59 PM
Cyclamen purpurascens
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 20, 2019, 04:06:01 PM
Woodlands look with  Aralia nudicaulis

Here is my Aralia nudicaulis earlier this month, the same nice autumn colour as in Gabriela's plant.

After cold nights in early October, it has now been relatively warm (5-10C) and very rainy.
Many early Colchicums are over or flat on the ground.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 20, 2019, 04:15:17 PM
'Beaconsfield' and 'Poseidon' are still looking good.
A picture with Crocus pulchellus in the foreground and Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede' in the back.
Crocus pulchellus has been a good autumn crocus for me (I have only two C.speciosum which are only now coming up- they never flower in time before winter, I should get somewhere earlier C.speciosus), it comes up in early October, and has time to flower, but in this weather the flowers never open up well. :(
Crocus nudiflorus also has been earlier one (planted 2016) for me, but hasn't increased at all. Maybe it grows in too dry place. Crocus pulchellus seems to like woodland bed better than dry slope.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 20, 2019, 04:18:13 PM
Aconitum cammarum ´Eleanora´stood best of the autumn-flowering monkshoods summer´s drought
That is a very nice colour for Aconitum, I haven't seen like that before. :)
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Yann on October 20, 2019, 07:30:11 PM
Nice Dahlias. Some are also still in flower here, but not for long.

The weather has been nice for us in Ontario (comparing with other provinces). It is the time of Crocus speciosus, Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' and more October colors.

I lost the only root of thunbergii 'Ozawa', i now know what i miss :(
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Mariette on October 21, 2019, 01:20:05 PM
That is a very nice colour for Aconitum, I haven't seen like that before. :)
´Cloudy´is similar, but after the dry summers of recent years I have to move it to a place where it enjoys a moister soil.

The bicoloured Aconitums are nice for a change, but I like the good blue of this nameless A. carmichaelii very much, too.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Mariette on October 21, 2019, 01:24:37 PM
An ordinary clone of Galanthus reginae-olgae accompanied by the leaves of a less ordinary Cyclamen hederifolium.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 21, 2019, 04:42:01 PM
An ordinary clone of Galanthus reginae-olgae accompanied by the leaves of a less ordinary Cyclamen hederifolium.

That is a very pretty combination! :)
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Mariette on October 21, 2019, 08:36:56 PM
Thank You, Leena! The narrow-leaved Cyclamen are not my favourites, but next to the smallish snowdrop they look less blowsy than the usual ones.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gabriela on October 22, 2019, 12:10:55 AM
Very nice pictures from all. Sorry you already had such cold weather Kris, at least the Crocus flowers are so cheerful!

Leena: Your Aralia looks very much 'at home' in your beautiful woodland. Gorgeous Colchicums, I have mainly fall Crocus, so something to work on!

Yann: there must be few seeds left from 2 years ago when it last produced seeds, if you want to start all over again.

It is a Maple fest in Ontario and I cropped few pictures.
Acer rubrum (the inspiration for our flag)
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Acer saccharum - from where the maple syrup comes from :)
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Sassafras albidum wearing yellow; it can also 'wear' orange and red depending on the mood :) and the amount of sun it gets.
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Jeffnz on October 22, 2019, 01:04:16 AM
For us an Ontario autumn was the best time of year, beautiful and a pleasant climate.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Maggi Young on October 22, 2019, 01:33:54 PM
Acer  leaves  against  a clear  blue  sky - magic, Gabriela!
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 22, 2019, 07:27:00 PM
Gabriela, it is still so colorful over there! Wonderful. :)
Here most of the leaves have already dropped and trees are ready for winter (which may come next week.. I hope not).
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Hoy on October 22, 2019, 08:56:04 PM
This fall has been very wet. Rain almost every day. Not all plants like it!

The Colchicums certainly do not :-\ Dianthus deltoides doesn't seem to bother though.

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'The Giant' can't stand heavy rain!

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'Waterlily' doesn't like water!!

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: TC on October 23, 2019, 02:14:39 PM
Some autumn colour from Benmore on 21  0ct. No sunshine!

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: TC on October 23, 2019, 02:15:54 PM
Five more.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leucogenes on October 26, 2019, 02:45:54 PM
Due to the warm temperatures of the last weeks some plants in the rock garden play crazy... Physoplexis comosa var. pubescens.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on October 26, 2019, 03:50:27 PM
Wonderful autumn colours! Here most are gone, only Rosa spinosissima (Finnish white double) has still good colour.

This fall has been very wet. Rain almost every day. Not all plants like it!
The Colchicums certainly do not :-\

How big clumps of Colchicums you have, they really like your garden.
I have also both 'The Giant' and 'Waterlily', and they fall over here, too. Some cultivars/species are more prone to it, I think. C.autumnale is flat on it's face almost the next day after it has come up, even in good weather, but I like them anyway.
'Poseidon' has quite sturdy stems in flowers. This picture was taken last week and it's first flowers came up in the beginning of October.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on October 31, 2019, 12:08:57 PM
October (and indeed September) have been very wet here with Maureen having logged 22 wet days in October. Certainly the early part of November promises to be just as wet (if not wetter!) if the Met. Office proves right. A very late (or early) Pulsatilla has at least struggled to put up a bit of colour.

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on November 02, 2019, 07:57:52 AM
Here the last week of October was cold. Several nights between -4 and one even -6, and days barely above zero, but also sun from tim to time.
Last night it started to rain and now it is +5°C.
'Poseidon' with frost.
Sun shining through ferns.
Just before frosts I started to make a new bed for spring plants. This is a spot where snow melts first in the spring, and in the bed behind are my earliest snowdrops, so I'm thinking also this bed is going to be a good one for early flowers. In the summer it is quite dry and shady. I already planted Hepatica americana, grown from Gabriela's seeds, and some crocus bulbs and moved two small snowdrop clumps, but I will plant more of them next summer. :)
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Hoy on November 02, 2019, 11:02:38 AM
......

How big clumps of Colchicums you have, they really like your garden.......

Like a weed...

Here the last week of October was cold. Several nights between -4 and one even -6, and days barely above zero, but also sun from tim to time.
Last night it started to rain and now it is +5°C.
'Poseidon' with frost.
Sun shining through ferns.
Just before frosts I started to make a new bed for spring plants. This is a spot where snow melts first in the spring, and in the bed behind are my earliest snowdrops, so I'm thinking also this bed is going to be a good one for early flowers. In the summer it is quite dry and shady. I already planted Hepatica americana, grown from Gabriela's seeds, and some crocus bulbs and moved two small snowdrop clumps, but I will plant more of them next summer. :)

Exciting with a new bed! I also have planted some Hepaticas from Gabriela's seed but the sheep unfortunately damaged some.

We have just had one night with -1C but many plants struggle in the wet weather.

Here is one example, Crocus sativus
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Leena on November 02, 2019, 05:22:42 PM
Thanks Trond. You may have noticed that the fern in the new bed is one from you some years ago. :)
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Stefan B. on November 02, 2019, 09:39:17 PM
autumn :)
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gabriela on November 02, 2019, 09:40:51 PM
autumn :)

Beautiful pictures Stefan!
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Gabriela on November 02, 2019, 09:46:56 PM
Here the last week of October was cold. Several nights between -4 and one even -6, and days barely above zero, but also sun from tim to time.
Last night it started to rain and now it is +5°C.
'Poseidon' with frost.
Sun shining through ferns.
Just before frosts I started to make a new bed for spring plants. This is a spot where snow melts first in the spring, and in the bed behind are my earliest snowdrops, so I'm thinking also this bed is going to be a good one for early flowers. In the summer it is quite dry and shady. I already planted Hepatica americana, grown from Gabriela's seeds, and some crocus bulbs and moved two small snowdrop clumps, but I will plant more of them next summer. :)

You seem to have unlimited garden space Leena :) Always making new beds! which all turn out wonderful. Hepatica with Crocus and Snowdrops, I already picture how beautiful will be in the spring time!
 'Poseidon' looks very nice with frost.

Just few pictures I did before the weather turned bad 3 days ago; the fall has been all gold this year: Polygonatum 'Spiral Staircase', Aruncus aethusifolius, an Epimedium among Carya leaves. There are still C. speciosus flowering.
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Joakim B on November 03, 2019, 07:39:12 PM
Nice Autumn photos
I was surprised when I during a lunch work saw a flowering plant and looking closer it looked like something from the malveaceae
Not something I would expect to see in full flower in end of October even if there had been light frost some days earlier
There was an other plant on the other side of the road.
Is this a different one than the normal summer one we have?
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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: ian mcdonald on November 04, 2019, 11:51:19 AM
Joakim, could you get a close up picture of the flowers and leaves?
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: ashley on November 04, 2019, 11:55:30 AM
... something from the malveaceae ...

Malva moschata?
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: ian mcdonald on November 04, 2019, 07:38:11 PM
Thats what I thought Ashley but the leaves look a bit broad.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Joakim B on November 04, 2019, 08:03:22 PM
I will try to get a better photo tomorrow of the leaves
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Joakim B on November 05, 2019, 07:49:11 PM
I did manage to get a photo of the foliage and I turned one leaf
The flowers looked a bit tired maybe lack of sun and a bit of rain
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: ian mcdonald on November 05, 2019, 09:45:50 PM
Joakim, I can,t find a plant which matches. Perhaps it is an alien. Maybe seeds, if any, would be a clue. It looks similar to the solanum family.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Roma on November 05, 2019, 10:46:25 PM
Here is Malva moschata in my garden.  I was going to copy [attachimg=1]the picture to crop and resize but Office Picture Manager would not cooperate. Will try again tomorrow.
Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Roma on November 06, 2019, 02:12:32 PM
Found some older pictures and after a computer crash and restart am now able to copy photos.

Malva moschata alba

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Title: Re: October 2019
Post by: Joakim B on November 07, 2019, 03:08:14 PM
I have not seen any other Malva flowering now and I think they are almost gone done for rest
It does not look solanum to me but very Malva and in the first picture of the second posting by Roma there are leaves that are similar. On the Malva moschata alba
It might not be alien but for sure hybrids if it came from a garden as it is not a normal Swedish October plant.
I tried to find "normal summer flowering Malva in my parents garden but could not see them. Maybe due to it was too dark as well.
I will look to see if it sets seeds :) If so I will update with the seed photo
Thanks for Your inputs
Joakim
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