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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on August 02, 2010, 12:27:46 AM
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Still winter here in the South!
Cyclamen coum is now making a good show
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And Crocus flavus, (bought as "Sunkist" but Thomas H has disputed that name!)
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Narcissus cordubensis, a self sown seedling which came up through a tangle of Jasminum parkerii,
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cheers
fermi
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funny idea you have of winter ;) nice flowers!
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Yes it may be an unusual winter to those accustomed to snow but I guess Fermi is also having that bone chilling wind and rain that we in Australia call winter. The sunshine can be quite pleasant in between the showers but the wind seems to be coming off the south pole.
Fermi you do have some lovely plants flowering.
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i may tease you southern folks ( as i tease friends in florida, california, arizona etc) but in reality i know the feeling of cold is really relative to temperatures before/after and what your body has got used to..our idea of cold here changes several times through the year, and what we'd call a really warm day in winter would make us complain bitterly in summer!
at least you can take comfort knowing your winter will not be that long, and i guess the rain is much needed? those lovely spring flowers help take off the sting :)
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Thanks, Pat.
Cohan,
we have winter: you have the Ice Queen's Narnia! ;D
A lot of Aussie native plants flower in the winter as it's the only reasonably reliable time of rainfall! This is Phebalium glandulosum
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cheers
fermi
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Cohan,
Yes our temps are relative to what we are used to. I was more than happy to work inside today rather than prune some rose outside in the 13C and rain. The arils seem to be the latest they have ever been - usually I have first bloom by this time.
Yes the rain is very welcome. Way below normal.
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Well I think spring is getting quite close and I've put some crocuses in Crocus August 2010, to prove it, also a couple of reticulate irises in that thread. :D
As well, Nertera depressa, still in a pot but looking very nice. If anyone would like seed, just say so.
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I picked up this double primrose at the market last weekend. It's the darkest red I've seen with reddish foliage as well.
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Colchicum luteum is smaller than I expected but still a delight. (Awful photo though.)
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Sternbergia candida is finally out. Just the one. I was reading the wrong label when I said earlier there would be two flowers. The two are Gal. 'Lady Beatrix Stanley.' I may have missed it but I don't recall that anyone showing Sternbergia candida has mentioned that it has a delicious sweet scent. :D
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Thanks, Pat.
Cohan,
we have winter: you have the Ice Queen's Narnia! ;D
A lot of Aussie native plants flower in the winter as it's the only reasonably reliable time of rainfall! This is Phebalium glandulosum
cheers
fermi
sad but true...lol.. always good to see those natives
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Colchicum luteum is smaller than I expected but still a delight.
I'm really rapt to see the Colchicum :P :P :P --tried a few times over the years to raise it from seed --all failures and yet i have reasonable success with seed of most Colchicum sps i come across--Your success has fired my enthusiasum again. :)
Cheers dave.
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While the weather continues to be mild, many new exciting new Narcissi starting to open up for the first time.
I am pleased with these two, good shape, colour and substance.
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That is a smart pair of seedlings, Bill, very nice.
I've changed the posts to the existing August thread ..... ;)
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Lesley,
Your dark red primulas are very like one we grow here named, 'Weather Hill'. Good colour.
Paddy
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I think mine is deeper than that Paddy and yours seems almost bicoloured? Whatever, I'm not too bothered about the name. Just love the colour though it seems not to be perfumed. I bought another yesterday so will plant out three, once the current rain stops and the temp warms a little. Yours may be mild Bill, but we have reverted to winter with snow to low levels predicted and heavy snow for the hill country. I almost drowned at the market yesterday and could feel water running in waves down the skin of my back. The car seat was soaking by the time I arrived home.
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Just discovered some more Narcissus N.romieuxii nicely frilled seedlings amongst the bulbocodiums, nearly up to 50 mm.
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Could not resist taking a few pictures of my neighbour's exotic orchids, flowering at the moment.
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Despite nearly 100 mm. of rain over the last 2 days, the weather is still mild up here in the North Island, with more Narcissi seedlings opening up.
This time three more Narcissus Snipe X N.cyclamineus on display
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Those last 3 are lovely Bill, such an exciting thing when one's own seedlings start. I'm looking at my first seedlings from 'Julia Jane and 'Atlas Gold.' this week. Both seem reasonably tru(ish).
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Bill,
those are seriously nice seedlings! But way earlier than our N.cyclamenius varieties over here - mine are only in bud!
Some flowers open on the weekend:
Romulea grown from seed as R. cruciata but more likely to be R. hirta or discifera
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A couple of seed raised Gagea fibrosa,
the first is quite rounded
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the second is more starry
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To complete the "little yellow jobs" trio, A Moraea which used to be Galaxia fugacissima, a common weed of areas around Bendigo!
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cheers
fermi
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I was waiting for a better shot of my Adonis to post but the storm passing through at the moment has just stripped it of flowers. Maybe next year!
An exceptionally coloured Helleborus in a friends garden.
A nice double Snowdrop.
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Went for a wander in the Christchurch Botanical gardens last week, the native gardens have just had a spruce up. The Tree ferns were looking amazing. Had to share.
Cheers.
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I LOVE tree ferns - if only....
Bill that no 3 narcissus is especially nice, a real character.
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Doug that's on OK Adonis, storm or not. I have had serious drought for several years and this time thought I had totally lost my Adonis amurensis. Just at this last weekend I found a couple of small leaves through so it's still with me but most has gone and there are certainly no flowers. I'm having to start over with it. >:(
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More pics from the garden on the weekend,
Hybrid hoops and Lachenalia aloides
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Oxalis obtusa
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Scilla greilhuberi
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Babiana odorata (yes, it's scented)
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A close-up of Iris "Harmony"
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And a muscari grown from seed which Oron has identified as Muscari azureum
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cheers
fermi
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What a fabulous clump of hoops!
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Fermi if your Babiana odorata clumps up I would love a bulb/corm sometime. I grew it years ago when I was first growing plants from seeds. It has a lovely scent.
The first of the arils is just unfurling its flower today. There are others budding up but so late this year.
This winter seems to have been so cold with chilly winds on sunny days. Only good in the garden if you can find a patch of sunshine out of the wind to weed.
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I can't resist another couple of pics of Sternbergia candida, I'm so pleased with this lovely bulb. I have a good sniff each time I go near it. There's a lot of pollen so I've transferred some to the stigma. Hope it works, with a single clone.
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Crocus angustifolius
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Iris reticulata 'Pauline.' I'm posting this with the one below, just to show the very real differences.
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and Iris histrioides 'George' with larger, solider flowers, orange on the blade and much shorter, stouter leaves (at flowering time). The leaves are typically those of histrioides rather than reticulata. Thought I'd totally lost this but found it yesterday in an unlabelled pot. Thank goodness!
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Narcissus seedling from 'Julia Jane.' This is the first of many to flower, as I have about a dozen pots of JJ and 'Atlas Gold' seedlings, all just approaching flowering. Since the parents have all been in much the same place, there will have been cross pollination, I'm sure. I'll probably sell them and just as Narcissus 'Gala seedlings' after my little nursery. I don't want to put the cultivar names on them. It only confuses with the correct plants. This one is wide open, absolutely round and flat and of very good substance. All these little N. romieuxii forms will be doubly precious now, with their close association with Jim Archibald.
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And now for something completely different, I bought 7 tiny cactus plants in my supermarket a while ago. This one suddenly made some nobs at the top and is now in flower.
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That Narcissus seedling is stunning
I can't resist another couple of pics of Sternbergia candida, I'm so pleased with this lovely bulb. I have a good sniff each time I go near it. There's a lot of pollen so I've transferred some to the stigma. Hope it works, with a single clone.
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Crocus angustifolius
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Iris reticulata 'Pauline.' I'm posting this with the one below, just to show the very real differences.
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and Iris histrioides 'George' with larger, solider flowers, orange on the blade and much shorter, stouter leaves (at flowering time). The leaves are typically those of histrioides rather than reticulata. Thought I'd totally lost this but found it yesterday in an unlabelled pot. Thank goodness!
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Narcissus seedling from 'Julia Jane.' This is the first of many to flower, as I have about a dozen pots of JJ and 'Atlas Gold' seedlings, all just approaching flowering. Since the parents have all been in much the same place, there will have been cross pollination, I'm sure. I'll probably sell them and just as Narcissus 'Gala seedlings' after my little nursery. I don't want to put the cultivar names on them. It only confuses with the correct plants. This one is wide open, absolutely round and flat and of very good substance. All these little N. romieuxii forms will be doubly precious now, with their close association with Jim Archibald.
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And now for something completely different, I bought 7 tiny cactus plants in my supermarket a while ago. This one suddenly made some nobs at the top and is now in flower.
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What a fabulous clump of hoops!
If you liked those, Anne, have a look at these!
All Hoops raised at Glenbrook Bulb Farm, but a few self sown seedlings are showing up.
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This one is "Orcleuse"
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cheers
fermi
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They are beyond fab, fermi!
Here in Aberdeen, of course, the weather at flowering time would never allow them to look so good so we are rather envious to see these flourishing so gracefully in your garden.
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Fermi what absolutely great clumps of hoops.
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They do look great outside, don't they? When I've tried them outside here they succumbed quickly to the weather and slugs. It's good to see how they could be grown.
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They're really brilliant Fermi. I wonder how yours manage to make an all directions clump (pics Nos 1 and 3). Mine always seem to face the same way, i.e. towards the sun or where it would be if there were any. :)
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They're really brilliant Fermi. I wonder how yours manage to make an all directions clump (pics Nos 1 and 3).
I neither confirm nor deny the use of mirrors (or mirror-balls) in the garden! ;D
I think it's because these ones are in very exposed raised beds and get light from all directions.
They do look great outside, don't they? When I've tried them outside here they succumbed quickly to the weather and slugs. It's good to see how they could be grown.
Anne,
closer inspection would reveal that we've had more damage than usual because of slugs this year - a downside of the increased rainfall! Every silver lining has to have its cloud! ;D
This morning I got a pic of "Ianmon", another GBF hoop,
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This little trumpet is possibly "Topolino"
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And this one just opening is labelled "Tatiana x ?cyclamenius" but that is possibly "Titania x...."
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a clump of something which came as a Triandrus, but appears to be a species, maybe Narcissus wilkommii
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cheers
fermi
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Bill that no 3 narcissus is especially nice, a real character.
Thanks for the compliment Anne, always an exciting time when new seedlings open up for the first time.
I also am pleased to tell you that your Cyclamen purpurascens ex Limone seed arrived safely and without any problems,
Thanks once again, and as soon as our special Cyclamen hederafolium seed will be ready, will let you know.
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Lunch time today greeted me with the breathtaking blooms of Babiana pygmaea. This plant is, without a doubt, one of my 'desert island' plants (the palm tree will always be my first choice though ;D).
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This juno Iris flowering at the moment came originally from Jan Jilek as Iris magnifica seed, but doubt if that is the right name.
Anyone recognises this species?
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Another juno Iris I am not sure about its identity is this species, to early for Iris bucharica I think, which is barely showing above ground. Any idea?
Sorry about the damage caused by the slugs, not to worry, I found an second more presentable, identical plant flowering right next door.
This has got absolutely nothing to do with Photoshop ;D ;D ;D
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All Hoops raised at Glenbrook Bulb Farm, but a few self sown seedlings are showing up.
Those clumps of Hoops look fantastic Fermi, you grow them well, hope you collect the seed. ;D ;D
Posted a picture of N. wilkommii for you to have a look at for comparesing.
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Narcissus seedling from 'Julia Jane.' This is the first of many to flower, as I have about a dozen pots of JJ and 'Atlas Gold' seedlings, all just approaching flowering. Since the parents have all been in much the same place, there will have been cross pollination, I'm sure. I'll probably sell them and just as Narcissus 'Gala seedlings' after my little nursery. I don't want to put the cultivar names on them. It only confuses with the correct plants. This one is wide open, absolutely round and flat and of very good substance. All these little N. romieuxii forms will be doubly precious now, with their close association with Jim Archibald.
That's a mighty fine seedling of Julia Jane Lesley, I wouldn't mind swapping a few bulbs next time for some of our seedlings?
What does Atlas Gold looks like? do you have a picture?
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Here's Lesley's pic of 'Atlas Gold' from an earlier thread...
and there are others for different parts of the world if you have a search,Bill....
such as here :http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=157.msg3501#msg3501
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1195.msg29465#msg29465
and in Bulb Log No. 8 of 2009... and and and ..... ;)
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And now for something completely different, I bought 7 tiny cactus plants in my supermarket a while ago. This one suddenly made some nobs at the top and is now in flower.
congrats leslie! i asked some friends again, and now that its in flower, the suggestion (from brasil and nebraska) is Parodia chrysacanthion..
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Above average presentation, Bill!
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Raining cats and dogs at the moment, the forecast is for up to 200 mm here up north for the weekend, the slugs will have a fieldday.
Just managed to take this picture of a PCI bought at the flea market before the big dump came down.
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The early flowering mini daffies starting to pop up everywhere now, here three more yellow Narc. cyclamineus seedlings putting up another fine display.
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This great thread certainly puts the sunshine into a day when it's damp an drizzly in the NH. Thanks for all the stunning photos :D
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Beautiful seedlings Bill, keep posting the pics.
Here is an Atlas Gold pic for you.
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Bill I'm not sure about the blue juno, mine have behaved so erratically over the last two or three years that I've got some mixed I think. Hopefully, Peter, Otto or Pat will check in here and give an answer. It's beautiful, whatever.
The little yellow could be a bucharica hybrid. It's rather like one I had as seed some time ago and it flowered well for 3 years then gave up. The seedlings from it have had a chequered life too and I'm not sure if any are left. Anyway Tony Hall at Kew thought it could be an orchioides hybrid or rather a hybrid from within the orchioides group. Here it is. Mine was pale jade green and a real honey.
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Could you take a picture of yours from the side please?
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This is Iris nusairiensis alba, late this year. It usually flowers in June
and Iris x Sindpers
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I was bending down to focus this whenTeddy rushed up to me and smashed the flower right off. I just got the click done in time. :(
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Two pics of one of my favourites, Iris histrioides x danfordiae 'Sheila Ann Germaney.' Similar to 'Katharine Hodgkin' Sheila is silvery blue without the yellow on the falls. No doubt someone will point out the slight blue streaking on some style arms and say she is virused. That may be so but she remains isolated from others and in good vigour so I'm not too bothered at present. It would be impossible to replace her as everything of this form in NZ came from a single bulb I imported in 1993. I should apologise for the weedy background. It's been so wet lately that it's impossible to weed thoroughly. But they're all annuals and when the weather dries a little I should be able to get to it.
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Re-reading your post about the blue Juno Bill, something rings a bell and it is that some years ago I had some seed from Jilek, by way of Kristl Walek. I'm pretty sure I had a juno called zenaidae from that source. Looking at yours, that is a possibility.
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congrats leslie! i asked some friends again, and now that its in flower, the suggestion (from brasil and nebraska) is Parodia chrysacanthion..
Thanks Cohan, I'll do a label for it. And I'd better get the 7 repotted soon as they are growing. One has made half a dozen little babies round the side. I sniffed the flower as I always do with something new, but only pricked my nose.
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Lesley , 3 beautyful Junos in your collection . My (yours) I nussairiensis flowered about 3 weeks ago , but it lives in the open garden . Your handsome I. bucharica hyb , I think rather belongs in the orchioides group. - also I think Bill's blue one is not zenaidae as you suggested but perhaps a good coloured form of I. vicaria .
just was reminded : must ring Maggi.
Otto.
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Lesley , 3 beautyful Junos in your collection . My (yours) I nussairiensis flowered about 3 weeks ago , but it lives in the open garden . Your handsome I. bucharica hyb , I think rather belongs in the orchioides group. - also I think Bill's blue one is not zenaidae as you suggested but perhaps a good coloured form of I. vicaria .
just was reminded : must ring Maggi.
Otto.
I am inclined to agree with you Otto, I did get Iris vicaria seed from Jan Jilek years ago. Thanks.
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This time a few of the more colourful spring flowering South African species: Lapeirousia oreogena and Lapeirousia silenoides
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Crumbs! They woke me up! :o 8)
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congrats leslie! i asked some friends again, and now that its in flower, the suggestion (from brasil and nebraska) is Parodia chrysacanthion..
Thanks Cohan, I'll do a label for it. And I'd better get the 7 repotted soon as they are growing. One has made half a dozen little babies round the side. I sniffed the flower as I always do with something new, but only pricked my nose.
welcome leslie--there was one possible vote for another P species--saint-pieana-it seemed to me to have softer spines, but perhaps you might google images of the two species and see which seems closer to your plant in person; of course, as with other types of plants, hybrids etc are possible; the genus, at least should be good ;D
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This Oxalis obtusa is the last of the colourful South African species, with another early flowering Clivia interspecific seedling to cheer up the benches.
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Ipheion dialystemon syn.Nothoscordum dialystemon, and referred to by some as Nothoscordum felipponei is a yellow-flowered plant with 8 tepals instead of the normal six.
Ipheion sellowianum or Nothoscordum sellowianum. What to call this plant is very confusing. Whatever the name, it's a cheerful little plant that's easy to grow in a pot or garden.
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Bill according to the Kew Checklist it is nowTristagma sellowianum
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Bill according to the Kew Checklist it is nowTristagma sellowianum
Yes David, what to call this plant is very confusing. The RHS plant finder still lists both species under Ipheion.
Who is right, and what to believe, I wish the 'bots' would make up their mind one way or another.
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Lachenalia rubida is one of the most attractive of all the species, and has ruby-red flowers and is easy to grow in pots or any container.
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Things starting to get exciting in the garden, many bulbs just poking through.
We have had rain all week so excuse the dirt on flowers.
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You're well ahead of me. Finally some sun today
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Hesperantha cucullata from seed flowering tonight. Smells like summer ;)
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Well ahead of me too. Is your 4th picture a mandrake Doug? If not, what?
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I was wondering too, and what's the last but one? Nice daffodil as well.
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I think 01662 is a Mandragora.... and I too would like to know what the next pic 01665 is as well as the one Anne asks about... 01679.......
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I think 01665 is Edgeworthia and the 01679 is probably Sparaxis or Tritonia. Something like that, whatever they're being called nowadays. ::)
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Sorry about the names guys.
1. Narcissus cyclamineus x
2. Galanthus elwesii
3. Scilla siberica?
4. Mandagora officinarum
5. Edgeworthia crysantha
6 and 7. Helleborus hyb.
8. Galanthus atkinsii
9. Sparaxis tricolour
10. Corydalis solida
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Yes, it's almost spring here as well :D
This is what I have as Bulbinella caudafelis though it's not "typical" - so may be misnamed!
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Moraea ciliata has short-lived but exquisite flowers
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And as it was closing I noticed the buff exterior to the petals
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cheers
fermi
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Sorry about the names guys.
1. Narcissus cyclamineus x
2. Galanthus elwesii
3. Scilla siberica?
4. Mandagora officinarum
5. Edgeworthia crysantha
6 and 7. Helleborus hyb.
8. Galanthus atkinsii
9. Sparaxis tricolour
10. Corydalis solida
Thanks, Doug!!
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Moraea ciliata has short-lived but exquisite flowers
Fermi, this Moraea is truly exquisite - how hardy is it and does it multiply easily for you?
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My little cactus has opened its second flower. There hardly seems room for it. Lovely colour though.
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Erythronium caucasicum flowers before others are even through the ground. Even so, it is late this year, usually early August or even July.
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I've also posted some crocuses to the Crocus August 2010 page.
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The first of my spring Narcissus to flower:
Josie is going to be amazing this year
Rival just in the process of opening
Wilma - One of Bill Dijk's
Wilma showing scale
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I just loved this little Lapeirousia (L. silenoides) bedecked with rain drops - it reminds me of a mantis about to strike (...or something :)).
In my opinion this is one of the finest Lachenalias - L. carnosa. In Namaqualand this Lachenalia often grows in association with the Lapeirousia and little blue and yellow daisies (Felicia and Cotula species), filling sandy pockets with bright colour.
Another noteworthy plant making a statement at the moment is Geissorhiza tulbaghensis. It is a tiny plant with relatively large glossy flowers.
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Hi Robin,
The Moraea grows outdoors where it gets down to -7oC; I haven't had a huge increase in numbers but I think it maybe the sort you have to propagate by seed. I'm hoping the bees had enough time to do their work ;D
Hi Ross,
will you try some hybridizing of your own with these beaut little daffs?
Rogan,
I have to admit I really love the South African spring bulbs and that geissorhiza is stunning!
This little helleborus (possibly H. multifidus) has changed from white on opening to a subtle pink.
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Next to my original clump of Babiana odorata a seedling is showing the distinct possibility of being a hybrid -
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mostly likely with B. pygmaea - which would explain why last year's B.pygmaea seedlings look like hybrids with B. odorata!
cheers
fermi
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Sorry about the names guys.
1. Narcissus cyclamineus x
2. Galanthus elwesii
3. Scilla siberica?
4. Mandagora officinarum
5. Edgeworthia crysantha
6 and 7. Helleborus hyb.
8. Galanthus atkinsii
9. Sparaxis tricolour
10. Corydalis solida
Doug , no.3 ? Scilla sibirica is Scilla bifolia -also comes in different shades of pink and white .
Otto.
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Hi Ross,
will you try some hybridizing of your own with these beaut little daffs?
Yes, have 3 years worth of seedlings on the go and intend to use these wee ones this year
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"- which would explain why last year's B.pygmaea seedlings look like hybrids with B. odorata!"
Interesting indeed Fermi - are the seedlings scented at all?
I have one ancient clone of B. pygmaea in my collection which flowers every year but never sets seed. Last year, for the first time in a long time, Silverhill Seeds offered seed of this Babiana, and now I have 8 little seedlings in addition to my mature plant - I certainly treasure this Babiana as there is nothing quite like it.
Just one more picture of mine again - please? ;D
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Sorry about the names guys.
1. Narcissus cyclamineus x
2. Galanthus elwesii
3. Scilla siberica?
4. Mandagora officinarum
5. Edgeworthia crysantha
6 and 7. Helleborus hyb.
8. Galanthus atkinsii
9. Sparaxis tricolour
10. Corydalis solida
Doug, your Galanthus 'Atkinsii' is wrongly named. The mark is wrong for 'Atkinsii', which has a much less flat mark, more upright and heart-shaped. The flower shape isn't right for 'Atkinsii' either. Your snowdrop looks more like one of the 'S. Arnott'/'Brenda Troyle' group.
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Next to my original clump of Babiana odorata a seedling is showing the distinct possibility of being a hybrid
How exciting, Fermi, it's a sensational flower and I am wondering if it is a tropical perfume?
Thanks for the info on Moraea.
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A stunning little Lapeirousia Rogan, the shape so different, never mind the rich colouring. A beauty. :P
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Rogan if you ever get seed from your B. pygmaea I would love a seed. Fabulous simple.
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Sorry about the names guys.
1. Narcissus cyclamineus x
2. Galanthus elwesii
3. Scilla siberica?
4. Mandagora officinarum
5. Edgeworthia crysantha
6 and 7. Helleborus hyb.
8. Galanthus atkinsii
9. Sparaxis tricolour
10. Corydalis solida
Doug , just went out into the garden to take a photo of G. niv. 'Atkinsii' to show that your's is NOT true 'Atkinsii' ,but all were finished . maybe next year.
Doug, your Galanthus 'Atkinsii' is wrongly named. The mark is wrong for 'Atkinsii', which has a much less flat mark, more upright and heart-shaped. The flower shape isn't right for 'Atkinsii' either. Your snowdrop looks more like one of the 'S. Arnott'/'Brenda Troyle' group.
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Yes spring is not very far away, and with the recent rain and mild temperatures, the many miniature daffies and lots of other genera exploding all over the place, with more than 50% flowering already.
The charming Narcissus Snipe seedlings are of coure one of my favourites.
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Not to forget the beautiful juno Iris magnifica and I presume a seedling of Iris bucharica raised from seed??
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To stick with the mini's, this time 3 more pics of the beautiful yellow flowering miniature seedlings.
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Thanks Martin and Otto for the ID's. Will change my name tags.
I better post some shots of other Snowdrops I have to get them named correctly also.
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Doug if you go to Mark Smyth's galanthus website, there are many excellent images there, for ID purposes.
Do the link someone please. When I try to, it vanishes between copy and paste.
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Here you go: www.snowdropinfo.com ... oh, David's done it too! :D
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This one:-
http://www.snowdropinfo.com/
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Thanks Maggi and David.
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Doug, you can also post photos of snowdrops you're not sure about here http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5087.0 for identification in the ID thread of the galanthus section of the forum.
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I will post some onto the Id page soon.
This one was bought as S.Arnott and is similar to the other so I guess would be right.
I was very lucky to be given this bulb of Narcissus hybrid.
A new Helleborus hybrid in the garden.
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That narcissus is very sweet, Doug, even soaking wet!
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A few flowers taken late afternoon - hence the darkness.
Helleborus from June Morley many many years ago
Narcissus
Narcissus
Both Narcissus have lost their tags.
I will add another aril hybrid to the onco thread.
A couple of photos taken a couple of days ago of
Sorry having a very bad senior moment for names.
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Hermadactylus tuberosus and Narcissus odorus 'Campernellii' for the last two?
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Yes those were the names needed Lesley.
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Something for exellent foliage, Pseudowintera colorata or Horopito. Native to NZ, shade lover.
Never seems to stop flowering Ipheion sellowianum.
Narcissus tete a tete.
Galanthus ikariae (Bought as)
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Well maybe we down under could compare it with what's out here at present - or maybe not. The only one I can think of is G. nivalis 'Viridipice' or however it's spelt. (I have it as 'Viridipicis' which makes it easy to spell with all those alternate i's)
Doug, the foliage on yours looks like G. plicatus. Not sure how close that is to ikariae. Come in please Martin or Mark.
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No more snowdrops in my garden but Otto says he has thousands! Actually he gave a talk on Galanthus on Saturday night at our local group meeting which went very well.
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Viv Condon put on a display of snowdrops in little vases as well as some superb auricula primulas.
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And this wondrous Adonis vernalis!
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Remember these are my pictures but the plants are grown by Viv Condon!
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A few from our garden,
Retic iris "Natascha" is now in bloom!
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And the rather stunning Romulea sabulosa
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Romulea atrandra ssp atrandra
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Romulea (maybe hirta or discifera - came as seed of R cruciata)
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The delightful elfin Anemone heldreichii is new this year from Marcus Harvey,
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And this clump ofNarcissus "Stymie" raised by Rod Barwick (Glenbrook Bulb Farm, Tasmania) is nicely set off by some rock plants,
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cheers
fermi
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And this clump ofNarcissus "Stymie" raised by Rod Barwick (Glenbrook Bulb Farm, Tasmania) is nicely set off by some rock plants
This is what I love about your rockery Fermi, everything socialises so well :D
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Fermi some lovely little gems in your garden and on show.
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No more snowdrops in my garden but Otto says he has thousands! Actually he gave a talk on Galanthus on Saturday night at our local group meeting which went very well.
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Viv Condon put on a display of snowdrops in little vases as well as some superb auricula primulas.
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And this wondrous Adonis vernalis!
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Remember these are my pictures but the plants are grown by Viv Condon!
And so our kind thanks to you and to Viv! 8)
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Viv Condon put on a display .... as well as some superb auricula primulas.
Remember these are my pictures but the plants are grown by Viv Condon!
those prims are interesting, i don't know anything about these---interesting colours/textures
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Lovely stuff Fermi and Doug.
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Viv Condon put on a display .... as well as some superb auricula primulas.
Remember these are my pictures but the plants are grown by Viv Condon!
those prims are interesting, i don't know anything about these---interesting colours/textures
Have a look at this Wisley log to see some more, cohan...
http://www.srgc.org.uk/wisley/2008/240508/log.html
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This is what I love about your rockery Fermi, everything socialises so well :D
Fermi does too Robin. ;D
That's a lovely colourful lot of Romuleas. Hope I get a chance to see these. Otto may well have thousands of snowdrops at present, but I bet in a couple of weeks he'll do a Ruth Draper on me. ::)
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Oooh, such Romulea's! They are really beautiful Fermi.
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Oooh, such Romulea's! They are really beautiful Fermi.
Thanks, Luit,
unfortunately because the area is infested with weed species of romulea I have to grow most of the "ornamental" ones in pots to stop them being weeded out of the garden! Of course Romulea tetragona would be okay but I only have one flowering-size one of it!
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Another hazard for romuleas in the ground is the fact that our native parrots, the sulphur-crested cockatoos, have learned to dig down to the corms for a bit of extra feed!
This is what I love about your rockery Fermi, everything socialises so well :D
Fermi does too Robin. ;D
That's a lovely colourful lot of Romuleas. Hope I get a chance to see these. Otto may well have thousands of snowdrops at present, but I bet in a couple of weeks he'll do a Ruth Draper on me. ::)
Thanks, Robin and Lesley,
but Lesley, you'll have to explain the RD reference!
cheers
fermi
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I bet in a couple of weeks he'll do a Ruth Draper on me.
Sorry. Can't resist.
“As a matter of fact, you know I am rather sorry you should see the garden now, because, alas! it is not looking at its best. Oh, it doesn't compare to what it was last year.”
Some of us get 'em even when we say nothing. :)
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Just before the rain came down again I managed to take a few pictures of the always welcome Lachenalia contaminata, Lachenalia splendida and a rather nice spike of Lachenalia mutabilis.
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Wont be long before the beautiful Irises start flowering again, in the meantime the first of the Iris Sindpers and a container of the the Pacifis Coast iris seedlings coming into flower, one of our own from seed.
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No need to say that I am always looking forward to the Tropaeolums showing their colours, like the Tropaeolum brachyceras and especially the exquisite Tropaeolum azureum.
Will take more pics of the Trops when the weather improves, I am getting sick of the rain now, and the blasted weeds grow twice as fast.
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Fermi, Rob is right. Ruth Draper was the (presumably English) woman who famously said,"Oh but you should have been here last Thursday...(or whenever). In other words, it was always better, or will be, than it is now. ;D
A good form of Saxifraga oppositifolia is named for her.
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Viv Condon put on a display .... as well as some superb auricula primulas.
Remember these are my pictures but the plants are grown by Viv Condon!
those prims are interesting, i don't know anything about these---interesting colours/textures
Have a look at this Wisley log to see some more, cohan...
http://www.srgc.org.uk/wisley/2008/240508/log.html
thanks maggi..i did a little googling as well--hard to see how some of these forms arose from the species! not generally a fan of hybrids (which is prob why i didn't pay attention to this group before), but it is intellectually fascinating to see what some plants are capable of... in the case of this group, i do like the natural yellow species, and then some of those odd sort of non-flower coloured things are interesting ....don't care for the pretty frilly ones, but the browns, greys, off-yellows are rather cool..i wonder if there is any way to make those make visual sense in the open garden , maybe they must be in pots? interestingly, the species is hardy to zone 2-3 reliably! don't know about the fancy ones, but wrightman's offers some...