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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on September 01, 2011, 12:24:28 AM
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To start the month - the first day of Spring officially in Australia, and "Wattle Day" - the first bloom on my very first Aril Iris _ one of Pat Toolan's hybrids, I.kirkwoodii x I.atropurpurea.
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cheers
fermi
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Also the first Tulipa greigii
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A cluster of Tulipa cretica
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And a few daffs,
"Camp Hill"
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"Kedron"
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cheers
fermi
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They all look good Fermi. Pat's arils should be "at home" in your climate. ;D
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Nice stuff Fermie.
We had summer in spring :-\
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David we have 27C forecast for Saturday which is a bit more than I would like for September - when we had a hotter day in September a couple of years ago it was a very drought year.
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We had spring in winter and now we're having winter in spring! More snow on the ground this morning. ???
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First flowering from seed sown Feb 06 of Gagea fibrosa --even allowing for the temporary visitor :) the combination of yellow/green striping ,more defined on the outside of the petals, i find most appealing.
Cheers Dave.
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While i have a number of good sized clumps of various coloured Corydalis solida such as the pink below, around the garden ,they are spread well apart ,so i've been keeping some of the spares,that are in pots ,all together this season in the hope of some interesting seed .One plant has seed forming.
Cheers Dave.
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Very nice Dave. It's lovely to be part of your spring given our absence of summer (wet!) and autumn coming on and promising to be equally wet.
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That's a nice red on the right Dave, which one is it please?
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Very nice Dave. It's lovely to be part of your spring given our absence of summer (wet!) and autumn coming on and promising to be equally wet.
Thanks David --i know the feeling --just started to rain here and I'm due to head away and help the local Landcare group plant a couple thousand native plants as part of the world cup celebrations ,(by the way best of luck to the Scottish rugby team for their match this afternoon at our local stadium).
Forecast to reach 18c here tomorrow,half that the day following with rain all week ...sigh ! >:(
That's a nice red on the right Dave, which one is it please?
Thanks Brian --i raised it many moons ago from NARGS seed as x C.solida george baker--It's a really go 'doer' multiplying well each season so I've managed to pass a number of corms around.
Cheers Dave.
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just started to rain here and I'm due to head away and help the local Landcare group plant a couple thousand native plants as part of the world cup celebrations
Arrived at the designated meeting spot ...saw no activity ...looked at my diary again.....planting day is tomorrow -- Duh !.
I know i have been called keen on a couple of occasions but 24 hours early is a bit over the top :-[ :-[ ;D
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Full of enthusiasm then ;D
Angie :)
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Spring is kicking in. These photos of Gladioli tristis and Ixia Emperor of China were actually taken a week ago.. I haven’t had a chance to post. The Glads are just outside the backdoor and smell beautiful in the evening, so that even if I do get home in the dark I can still enjoy my garden. The Ixia are blooming alongside and make a show in the sunshine. The Anemone are coming into bloom all over the garden. They self sow in a range of colors – often such color saturated reds and blues that the camera struggles to capture the vivid hues. The A, pavonina are in bud and will pose equal problems for the camera in eye-catching vivid pink.
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Cold wet and dark here, Anita.... you've made my day with those colours!
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Lovely plants all. Anemone coronaria seeding about Anita? The problems some gardeners have ;) ;D And what a great aril Fermi 8)
Yes isn't Gagea fibrosa a real beauty Dave. Here it flowered last spring from exchange seed, and I also liked how the segments turn progressively greener as the flower goes over. New season's growth is just emerging now, and popular with local gourmand slugs unfortunately.
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Anita, those Ixia hybrids you people preserve in cultivation in Oz are stunning.
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Suffering from Rugbyitis at present so it's nice to have some things in the garden to come home to. These are Crocus minimus 'Bavella' still at its peak (but the last crocus for the year) and Sax. burseriana 'Gloria.'
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OK, so reverse the order of those two. The "attach" bit didn't work properly.
Here are two more, the first I apologise for the weediness as it's still very soggy in that shady bit and I need some warm days to get rid of winter growth of weeds. It is x Chionoscilla allenii which I first saw at Otto's and fell for heavily, then was delighted to be able to import it from Marcus. (Both parents are on the Bio Index.) The colour here is NOTHING compared with the rich, intense blue of the real thing. The second rather quiet plant is Azara microphylla (I think), the vanilla tree which has an inccredible icecream scent for a couple of weeks in Sept then can be forgotten for the rest of the year. I always bring some twigs inside to have the scent nearby.
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Some pics from the Ferny Creek Horticultural Society's Spring Show on the weekend:
Helene and Karin performing Stewarding duties
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Blue ribbon in [Rock garden] potted plants, Fritillaria meleagris, shown by Lois Lucas
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More entires in RG hereunder,
cheers
fermi
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I'll borrow from Lesley and claim the "attach" didn't work properly!
Some more pics now - and just to please Maggi, there were plenty of Rhodies!
cheers
fermi
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More for Maggi ;D
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Even more!
cheers
fermi
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Funny how one's own choice is often different from that of the judge. ::)
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Funny how one's own choice is often different from that of the judge. ::)
Of course Lesley, but that's not to say that the judge had to choose the one they themselves didn't like as it was a better specimen!
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Funny how one's own choice is often different from that of the judge. ::)
The Trillium did it for me!
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Interesting Show Fermi.
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Funny how one's own choice is often different from that of the judge. ::)
Of course Lesley, but that's not to say that the judge had to choose the one they themselves didn't like as it was a better specimen!
Such as in Draba classes......... :-X ::) ::)
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Just a few more pics from the garden in Adelaide. Another of the self sown anemones – this time in the lawn.. my other half somehow manages to mow around these wildlings. They also pop up in our gravel drive and even in our paving.
However, the highlight this weekend was the first flowering of H papilio.. I can’t boast that I grew it from seed. I was given a bulb last year by a generous friend in Sydney but it’s still stunning. As it’s evergreen it’s flowering months before the other hippies in the garden send up their heads. Interestingly the parent bulbs in Sydney are flowering in the same week although our climates are very different (Sydney is subtropical and Adelaide is mediterranean with cool winters) and the cities are thousands of kms apart.
And finally Fritillaria pontica which despite rather ordinary management on my part keeps coming up each year.
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A few shots this afternoon and the other day.
grasses taking over
new growth on a foundling hybrid perpetual rose
tag has disappeared - possibles according to planting plan is Iris vicaria ex Sangardak ex ABW or Iris histrio aintabensis Vlastimil
Tulipa clusiana ex Marcus
first flowering from seed: Iris paradoxa ssp paradoxa x Iris kirkwoodii ssp kirkwoodii ex ASI seed exchange ex Hans Achilles
Iris hermona hybrid dark form ex David Shahak seed - my favourite
Iris innominata x self ( original seed from Monocot)
Auricula - certainly not the bulb seed that it was supposed to be.
Helleborus lividus
variegated hellebore ex Rosemary Brown
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Pat , your Juno Iris vicaria looks very much like I. warleyensis - it certainly is NOT I histrio v. aintabensis ,which is a reticulata , also your I. innominata x can't be that species or hybrid in this section . I like the unusual onco cross I. paradoxa x kirkwoodii ex Hans A.
Fermi , the Rhodo. lindleyii in the show is actually Rh. nuttallii x lindleyii .
You missed some other sections ,like the Floral Art ,which mostly featured tissy, oldfashioned Kitsch and therefore my entry in the section 'Still Life ' was ignored .
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In the "me v. the judges" remark, I was really thinking mostly of the rhododendron entries. Hard to tell what they're like without seeing in the flesh but several attracted me more than the ones with 1st cards. A lovely stem of R. spinulirerum for instance. I also really likes the vase of mixed epimediums.
I haven't been to this show for a couple of years. Maybe next year? :)
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"me v. the judges"
I hope I'm on your side :D
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Anita, you sound surprised. It is normal that a plant is in flower in Oz, in Sudafrica and here in Argentina within the same week and often the same days.
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You missed some other sections ,like the Floral Art ,which mostly featured tissy, oldfashioned Kitsch and therefore my entry in the section 'Still Life ' was ignored .
Otto,
probably your "Still Life" has too much colour and movement to be considered "still" ;D
Here are more from the Floral art section,
cheers
fermi
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Thanks Otto - on looking at the bed this morning and positioning it is Iris warleyensis ex JR 2002. Thanks for pointing out my mistake - you can see I don't know the junos at all well.
I liked your display at the show.
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"me v. the judges"
I hope I'm on your side :D
I'm always on yours Brian. ;)
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Anita, you sound surprised. It is normal that a plant is in flower in Oz, in Sudafrica and here in Argentina within the same week and often the same days.
Yes, same season for us all, different time of day.
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You bet. Making birthday calls in the middle of the night.
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More from the FCHS Show,
Cutflowers/posies
Hellebores
cheers
fermi
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Camellias
Daffodils
Flower Stall
cheers
fermi
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Some Aussie native plants
Epacris longifolia
Waratahs, Zieria
Banksia
Grevilleas
cheers
fermi
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Some South African plants,
cheers
fermi
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One more look at the Rock Garden Section and we leave the FCHS Spring Show with one final Rhodo for Maggi!
cheers
fermi
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My goodness, what a show! I cannot believe those huge camellia blossoms... real giants.
fermi, you are so good to me.... some great Rhodos and the Vireyas are something I can only dream about... thanks for my "treats" :-*
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My goodness, what a show! I cannot believe those huge camellia blossoms... real giants.
fermi, you are so good to me.... some great Rhodos and the Vireyas are something I can only dream about... thanks for my "treats" :-*
Well, I can't grow'em either so I can at least show you ones I see, Maggi ;D
The huge red camellia I believe are C. reticulata "Dr Clifford Parks" but I stand to be corrected as again they are another thing we can't grow. :-\
cheers
fermi
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Breathtaking Leucocoryne purpurea! I find them not so easy to grow, but they are certainly worth the effort.
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Lovely simple but stunning flower Rogan
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The first of the beautiful, fascinating Irises to flower for us this week.
The first picture is a very nice juno hybrid Iris bucharica Duschanbe X Iris vicaria, grown from Jan Jilek imported seed.
Then we have a very early Pacific Coast seedling flourishing and the last picture is one of my favourite miniature species Iris lagustris.
PS: sorry after posting I realised that should correctly be spelled Iris lacustris.
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A nice collection of different forms of the very pleasantly scented Leucocoryne vittata species, and as a cutflower last a long time in the vase, ideal for picking, floral art and indoor decoration.
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Scoliopus bigelovii: a neat woodland lily with two, broad, purple-mottled basal leaves and one to four leafless flowering stems.
A peculiar little plant with 3-12 leafless, 3-sided stalks, each topped by 1 dull reddish-brown and green flower, growing between 2 basal leaves mottled with maroon patches.
Not bad flowering for the first time, wouldn't you agree Lesley?
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That Scoliopus bigelovii looks a lovely little gem, :)
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Hello Surreylad, nice to have you join us.
Scoliopus bigelovii is a nice thing.... and I just love the name, kind of rolls around tongue somehow!
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Thanks Maggie. :)
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I'm pleased it's done all right Bill. Mine is in flower too and I took it (potted) to an OAGG meeting on Thursday night. I noticed that many people knew it ok but called it Scoliopsis! ::)
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Bill , the variety in your bunch of Leucocoryne vittata is stunning . Do you grow this species and others under cover ? I can only keep all species and hybrids for one year in the open garden and then they dwindle away .
I was interested to see the J.J. Juno hybrid , as I had the two parents in flower yesterday , but I did not repeat the cross .
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Thanks for posting the photos of Iris vicaria Otto as I photographed a juno the other day and wondered if it was correct.
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Found this little alpine beauty Silene hookeri var.Ingramii in the nursery today.
A hairy gray plant with many short spreading stems in a cluster. The flowers have deeply divided petals and can be white, pink or purple.
Still flowering is the charming Lachenalia aloides var.vanZyliae the last of the of the Lachenalia species to flower.
Most of the foliage got cut back by the frost before the flowers appeared, as can be seen, but fortunately did not effect the flowering.
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Bill , the variety in your bunch of Leucocoryne vittata is stunning . Do you grow this species and others under cover ? I can only keep all species and hybrids for one year in the open garden and then they dwindle away .
I was interested to see the J.J. Juno hybrid , as I had the two parents in flower yesterday , but I did not repeat the cross .
Otto, most of our special bulbs, including all the Leucocoryne species, are grown in pots or polystyrene boxes outside in the nursery, covered with frost-cloth when frost is forecasted, most bulbs are grown for one season in these boxes, tipped, cleaned, sorted for orders and replanted in fresh, free draining potting mix with slow release fertiliser.
Good increase and flowering prolific every season.
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One for Cliff, the stunning Ranunculus insignis.
Cheers.
Doug.
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Iris taochia with Marcus Harvey's Narcissus "Hillview Triquil"
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Linum campanulatum grown from seed from F. Hadacek via Hubi!
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Tulipa kolpakovskiana
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Velleia trinervis, an Australian native plant,
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cheers
fermi
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One for Cliff, the stunning Ranunculus insignis.
Cheers.
Doug.
That's a Cliff hanger all right. ;D
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Iris trojana just starting to flower.
An auricula. Certainly not the bulb that I ordered as seed from the seed exchange. It is a genus that I would never have tried as I had dismissed them as not suited for our conditions and probably too hard to grow from seed, but in the nursery this Auricula (?) has grown and flowered. WOW :o :o
Which species is it please?
This is an older arilbred which might be Kalifa Baltis but does not fit all the description. Certainly not Dorcas as labelled.
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Spring is still in full force here with this attractive pair from South America:
Cypella hauthalii opalina and Calydorea xiphioides.
This is a rather dull picture of the magnificent South African Veltheimia bracteata. This is a seed-grown plant of a 'yellow' form; interestingly its siblings all turned out to be pink (visible in the background).
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A few arilbreds and other iris flowering now
Rebekah of Aram
Noble Warrior
Mehetabel
PT0586 and PT0584 on right
Came as seed of Iris germanica f. florentina
03B017 Iris sp. coll. Varda Gorge Macedona
09MB447 Iris pumila ex Jensen #2 seedling - pods forming (this was a purple that I showed earlier)
The first of the Iris lactea clumps to start blooming.
Calochortus amabilis starting to bloom
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Judging by the swathes of Allium triquetrum and other imports growing in the countryside around Auckland and beyond, I would suggest any weed that could become established in New Zealand is already here! The yellow flower is cape weed (Arctotheca calendula), a low-growing annual (perennial?) from South Africa.
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Anthony, no one volunteers to spray them? With a herbicide, that is.
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It's not only foreign weeds EPA is bothered with but all kinds of animal pests, or pathogens or anything living in fact that isn't native. Also threats to habitats of native flora and fauna, also threats to established commercial or economic crops, etc.
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I was thinking of the Narcissus and Aristolochia seeds that have been selected out of my recent imports and confiscated. :(
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Anthony, no one volunteers to spray them? With a herbicide, that is.
The stretch of grass containing the yellow flower was sprayed. These seemed to fare better than the grass! ::) I am against spraying hedgerows and ditches as they tend to kill off everything except the plant you are aiming for!
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An auricula. Certainly not the bulb that I ordered as seed from the seed exchange. It is a genus that I would never have tried as I had dismissed them as not suited for our conditions and probably too hard to grow from seed, but in the nursery this Auricula (?) has grown and flowered. WOW :o :o
Which species is it please?
Don't you think it is the auricula? (Primula auricula).
(http://www.aspaker.no/Primula%20auricula%20P5242544.jpg?a=)
Magnar´s picture: http://magnar.aspaker.no/Primula%20auricula%20P5242544.jpg?a=
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Trond if I was playing cards I would say SNAP
Yes it is the same if the centres have the little white circle too.
:D :D :D :D
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Leptospermum scoparium (Manuka) 'Kea'
Magnolia 'Genie'
Trillim chloropetalum
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Pulsatilla vulgaris.
Salix species, can anyone id for me please?
Last year we were stunned by Dave and Steve's yellow Celmisia spedenii, this spring I have a nice form of Celmisia gracilenta with very yellow buds. It will be interesting to see how much they fade to white.
Narcissus hybrid.
Beginning of our garden move, Magnolia 'black tulip' not to bothered being bagged up.
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Doug, I am full of admiration for you.... you are good enough to share pix of your plants with us even as you are in the midst of this enormous move. I wonder you can keep an even keel in all this.
Best of luck for a truly happy outcome to all this. :-*
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Cheers Maggi, our whole community has been red zoned so there has been lots of neighbourhood support.
Also NZAGS members and friends have been supportive and very generous.
Looking forward to the new challenge of a 10 acre block - blank canvas.
I have already ordered my first tunnel house, so my passion for plants can go to a new level.
I can see rows of NZ alpines in my future!
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Pulsatilla vulgaris.
Salix species, can anyone id for me please?
Last year we were stunned by Dave and Steve's yellow Celmisia spedenii, this spring I have a nice form of Celmisia gracilenta with very yellow buds. It will be interesting to see how much they fade to white.
Narcissus hybrid.
Beginning of our garden move, Magnolia 'black tulip' not to bothered being bagged up.
Doug , your Salix sp. looks like the one I grow in my garden which is S. fruticulosa from the Himalayas .
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Cheers Otto, will redo a lable!