Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on August 07, 2025, 03:09:32 PM
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It's still winter, so here are a few more snowdrops!
1) Galanthus rizehensis (or maybe woronowii?)
2) a seedling with pale green marks on the exterior of the outer petals
3-5) Galanthus 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'
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fermi
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Some more "hoops"
1) One of the "Winter Colours" range
2) a seedling white hoop
3) Narcissus 'Looking Noble' from Keira Bulbs
4) Narcissus possibly 'Ben Bler' from Glenbrook Bulb Farm
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fermi
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The rather misnamed "Summer Snowflake", Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
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fermi
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Last week at Ferny Creek Hort Society we held a "Buy Swap Sell". One of the vendors, Craig Gardiner, specialises in South African Bulbs, especially Oxalis. Here's a pic of one of his trays
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fermi
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How many oxalis did you get?
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How many oxalis did you get?
Hi Diane,
;D None this time - I've bought a few from him previously!
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fermi
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Last Saturday our local AGC Vic Group held its inaugural Plant & Flower Show combined with a conference "Flora of the Veld - featuring South African Bulbs".
We awarded the first medal in honour of our dear friend, Otto.
So the Rock Gardening world has now 3 F's - The Forrest, The Farrer and The Fauser!
It was won by the largest Cyclamen rohlfsianum I have ever seen, exhibited by our membership Secretary and Journal Editor, Helen Batty,
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fermi
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Wow, fermi, that is one LARGE cyclamen! Congrats to Helen Batty on winning this first Fauser medal!!
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Thanks, Maggi.
And thank you for your help - I heard that Luca contacted you for advice about running our first Show! I liked to think that this one would be close to an Early Bulb Day as run by SRGC.
Here are some more pics from the day.
Narcissus
Snowdrops
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fermi
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More exhibits:
1) Romulea and crocus
2) Massonia sempervirens
3) Some of the other cyclamen
4) The Panel led by Jane Tonkin: Garry Reid, Gilles Lardy, Keith Tollis and Colin Hunt. They all shared wonderful stories of plant hunting and seeing Flowering bulbs in South Africa.
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fermi
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Bulbinella latifolia ssp doleritica over a week
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fermi
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Another one, Bulbinella eburniflora
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fermi
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One of Keira Bulbs' hoop hybrids a couple of days apart
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fermi
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Some tazettas
Narcissus Double Roman
Narcissus Straws
Narcissus 8W-O
Narcissus panizzianus
Narcissus Autumn Jade
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fermi
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A few more tazettas
Narc Golden Rain
Narc 8 W-Y
Narc bertolinii
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fermi
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A miscellany of narcissus
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fermi
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A trio of muscari
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fermi
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Great selection of good plants, fermi! I particularly like Narcissus 'Viristar'.