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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Tim Ingram on October 01, 2012, 07:37:19 PM
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Rather a glorious sunset tonight with a rainbow and low warm light. These pictures don't really do it justice but the plants seem to join in with the rich colours of foliage and cyclamen flowering.
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Great display Tim. Just collecting seeds of this Gentiana asclepiadea - is the white stripe unusual enough to mention on the packet when I send it to the exchanges?
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Rather a glorious sunset tonight with a rainbow and low warm light. These pictures don't really do it justice but the plants seem to join in with the rich colours of foliage and cyclamen flowering.
Fantastic Autumn scenes, Tim !
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here is my first galanthus open
Galanthus peshmenii
together with an Iris unguicularis I collected in Turkey. I cannot usually flower these iris as we do not get enough dry weather to ripen them. We have had thirteen inches of rain in September.
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Rather a glorious sunset tonight with a rainbow and low warm light. These pictures don't really do it justice but the plants seem to join in with the rich colours of foliage and cyclamen flowering.
Beautiful colours.
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Великолепный октябрь! :)
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Gorgeous October indeed, Natalia ! 8)
Thladiantha dubia
http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=THLDUB (http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=THLDUB)
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Some plants in flower here now:
Saxifraga 'Cheap Confections'
and Saxifraga 'Cherry Pie'
Tricyrtis 'Miyazaki Hybrids'
and some late flowers on Ranunculus alpestris and Ranunculus crenatus
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This is a closer up view of the Solidago in the first picture of this thread. Unfortunately we have lost the name but for a 'Golden Rod' this is singularly elegant and attractive. Like all such good things it came from a small Hardy Plant Society plant sale, and gives great autumn colour in our dry garden where such things as asters and dahlias are not so successful.
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Tim, I have the same solidago, it is a beauty and much more elegant than the earlier species. I got it as S. rugosa 'Fireworks'.
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I noticed a strange smell in the garden earlier this week. After a bit of detective work I tracked it down to this Arum pictum 'Primrose Warburg' that someone kindly gave to me last year.
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This is a closer up view of the Solidago in the first picture of this thread. Unfortunately we have lost the name but for a 'Golden Rod' this is singularly elegant and attractive. Like all such good things it came from a small Hardy Plant Society plant sale, and gives great autumn colour in our dry garden where such things as asters and dahlias are not so successful.
Tim, does Solidago caesia ring a bell?
the other possibility might be S. rugosa, but that one I have never seen here myself.... :-\
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I noticed a strange smell in the garden earlier this week. After a bit of detective work I tracked it down to this Arum pictum 'Primrose Warburg' that someone kindly gave to me last year.
what a beautiful leaf John
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I thought so too Davey when I first saw the leaf on the show bench two years ago.
Then got such a lovely surprise at the same show one year ago when the grower handed me a gift of a pot he had kindly propagated for me.
Plants people are so kind. :)
( no one warned me about the smell though ;D )
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In the Annapolis Valley Hippophae rhamnoides 'Leikora' is awfully generous with its fruits this year.
johnw
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Great display Tim. Just collecting seeds of this Gentiana asclepiadea - is the white stripe unusual enough to mention on the packet when I send it to the exchanges?
A resounding yes Anne! Splendid find.
johnw
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John,
Interesting plant. Silvery green leaves with bright orange berries..... great combination.
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As the weather looked settled yesterday, we went off to Benmore and Crarae in Argyll to look at the Autumn colour. It was almost there but a few more dry still days with a touch of night frost would be perfect. I was speaking to Peter Baxter, the curator at Benmore, about the Rhod. flowering. He confirmed what I had experienced locally that it had been a poor year. Anyway, the colour especially around the pond was rather good.
On to Crarae to be told that half the garden was closed due to storm damage last week. Many trees had come down at the top of the garden - luckily these were part of the shelter belt and had fulfilled their function. It was a combination of two events - local freak funneling of the wind and a saturated soil which gave the trees no purchase to resist. Apart from the damage, it will strain an already tight budget as tree surgeons will have to be called in to clear the area.
The pictures are in two lots.
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Part 2
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Great pics, Tom.
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Tom, thank you for the beautiful photo beautiful nature! :)
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Wonderful Autumn pix, Tom ! :D
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Incredible autumn colors Tom.
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Still no frosts and my Rhus typhina turned red first time for 10 years.
(http://cs410622.userapi.com/v410622879/3a3c/G4Ouq5b_5ns.jpg)
Acer is yellow as usual.
(http://cs410622.userapi.com/v410622879/3a34/4Tz4HK02DAs.jpg)
Colchicum autumnale Album is durty because of permanent rain.
(http://cs410622.userapi.com/v410622879/3a0b/nMgwEAEm37U.jpg)
Crocus speciosus Oxonian
(http://cs302513.userapi.com/v302513879/2a87/kRhtQ9xFvhM.jpg)
(http://cs302514.userapi.com/v302514879/2435/MMQSkQ_od5k.jpg)
Gentiana labeled as farrerii (probably sino-ornata)
(http://cs302513.userapi.com/v302513879/2b2f/YsIa-iTe67U.jpg)
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No wonder gardeners become drawn to crocus and gentians - what simple and beautiful images at this time of year Olga.
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Couldn't agree more, Tim. Fantastic shots Olga ! :o
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Tom,
what you've shown of those gardens makes me hope some benefactor will help out with restoration after the storm damage.
Olga,
superb pics as always! The one of the crocus and physalis together is particularly eye-catching,
cheers
fermi
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Beautiful pictures Olga - taken with an artistic eye.
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Thank you all!
(http://cs410622.userapi.com/v410622879/3a55/yGrYuWXuGKk.jpg)
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Olga, I haven't seen your photographs for a long while. Lovely to see some again. Paddy
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Autumn colour at the garden of a forum lurker today.
Disanthus cercidifolius and our native Hobble Bush, Viburnum lanatoides.
Lastly Magnolia tripetala x obovata (hypoleuca).
A grand day at 20c with some sun and none of the promised rain.
johnw
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Nice shrubs but half a golden retreiver is a bit of a swizz, John. :)
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I was waiting for that.
The other half then...
johnw
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Ah but that isn't the other half.... that is a whole. Now the back half has been shown twice, so the front half will still be feeling hard done by! ;D
Do I want to ask why something is known as a Hobble Bush?
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Autumn approaches quite quick with beautiful colours, but flowering plants get
more and more rarer. I would be grateful for the identification of this Aster.
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Rudi,
Is that one of the Felicias? I have a Felicia with leaves just like that, although the flowers are much more "filled in" petal-wise. Providing mine is named correctly of course. ::)
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CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS TO PADDY AND MARY TOBIN WHO WERE AWARDED LAST NIGHT WITH
1. BEST LARGE GARDEN IN WATERFORD
2. BEST REAR GARDEN IN WATERFORD
AT THE WATERFORD CIVIC OFFICES LAST NIGHT.
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CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS TO PADDY AND MARY TOBIN WHO WERE AWARDED LAST NIGHT WITH
1. BEST LARGE GARDEN IN WATERFORD
2. BEST REAR GARDEN IN WATERFORD
AT THE WATERFORD CIVIC OFFICES LAST NIGHT.
My goodness, this is cause for congratulations and celebrations indeed! Thanks for letting us know, Michael.
Well done to Paddy and Mary! Having seen photos of your garden I must say the award is well deserved.
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Well done Paddy and Mary. Just shows what retirement brings!
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Well done!! Congratulations!
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Acer palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium'
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Acer palmatum 'Scolopendrifolium'
That name is something of a tongue-twister, but what a super colour to those shapely leaves!
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I've only just stumbled on Michael's post above. Many thanks, Michael. This is a competition organised by the Environmental Department of our City Council. It began in 2002 and we entered in that year and the following and were given the best garden award on both occasions. We then stopped entering until this year but we were on an outing with our local club early in the summer and everybody was asked to enter to support the competition as it was not being well supported. We did and won, so delighted.
Many thanks for the kind comments.
Paddy
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I've only just stumbled on Michael's post above.
Me too.
Congratulations Paddy and Mary. Very well done 8) and recognition richly deserved, as the pictures you post here show.
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Many thanks, Ashley.
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Super Acer, Rob!!
And further congratulations, Paddy and Mary!
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Thank you, Chloe.
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Lovely everyone, especially the Arum on the first page!
I feel a little cheeky posting my pics here as I've neglected this forum for a goodly while, but when you move to a garden that is full of Japanese anenomes, Hemorcallis, Teasel etc you are left with little time! The Japanese anenomes in particular are a constant bane despite having sieved the soil ???
Anyway...............
Passiflora alata was bought as one of the cheap Dutch shed cuttings. Grown well in the greenhouse, but just the two blooms over the last few weeks. Happy anyway.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0007.jpg)
Passiflora "Amethyst" was a rescue from Sainsburys (I'm embarrassed to say) for a couple of quid. Been a total success!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3442.jpg)
Polygala myrtifolia has bloomed all summer and continues to produce lots of fresh blooms..................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0014.jpg)
Fuchsia procumbens from Kims seed (thanks!)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3443.jpg)
Grevillea juniperina had a torrid time earlier in the year producing lots of buds which blasted. Looks fantastic now though!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0018.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3446.jpg)
A few of my Tricyrtis have struggled this year, partly due to poor positioning on my part I suspect. "Taiwan Adbane" has only just started to bloom..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0023.jpg)
Saving the best till last, my plant of the year is Bomarea hirtella. Still in bloom in the greenhouse, it went from seed to bloom in less than a year and has produced a good number of flowers.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3439.jpg)
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Very nice love the P.alata only if i had a bigger greenhouse ;D
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Very nice love the P.alata only if i had a bigger greenhouse ;D
Had a nice surprise today when I was unravelling the greenhouse climbers to bubble wrap it for the winter - a third one that I hadn't seen coming!
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You have some nice plants, meanie!
Here are a few from my garden, pictures taken yesterday when we had some sun for the first time in weeks! Some are still in flower, some have draped themselves in the autumn colours. The last one is inside now after a summer outside and in the greenhouse.
Cyclamen hederifolium, Enkianthus campanulatus, Euonymus elata, Impatiens sp., Lilium poilanei, Primula capitata, Vanda.
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Hoy - that is a lovely Impatiens, but I am totally green with envy over your Vanda! It is truly fantastic!
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Here are a few more that are still blooming today. None of the photos were taken today (sorry!) as it's raining. I appreciate that most are outside of the majority of members interest but I'm rather pleased with these.
Cerinthe palestina from seed sent to me by Miriam in Isreal.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3265.jpg)
A couple of climbers;
Seed grown Rhodochiton astrosanguineum (spelling?) has bloomed terrifically this year................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3321.jpg)
One of my favourite climbers, Sollya heterophylla..................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3320.jpg)
Leonotis nepetifolia has struggled this summer and only started blooming over the last few weeks at a metre and a half or so.................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3318-1.jpg)
Seed grown Abutilon (x hybridum?) has produced a steady number of flowers all summer in its first year...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3324.jpg)
Iochroma cyanea................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3462.jpg)
And finally one of my "Desert Island Plants" - Clerodendrum ugandense. Very definitely the last of this years flowers, the foliage is looking rather distressed and begging me to put it under cover!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3421.jpg)
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At the risk of boring you the last few (same applies as last time - it's too wet today to take fresh photos).
Salvia "Wendys Wish" has burst back into bloom since I lifted it!
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3349.jpg)
Alstromeria psittacina................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_3430.jpg)
Impatiens niamniamensis has thrived since I planted it out in the main bed this summer! Now being steadily chopped up for cuttings, but what's left is still flowering profusely. These pics were taken on Sunday.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0032.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_0030.jpg)
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Meanie,
Excellent pictures, all of them. Some wonderful stuff in there. I love that last Impatiens.... what a beauty. Never seen anything like that here. Is the Cerinthe distinct from the "yellow" forms of Cerinthe major, or is that just what the yellow ones are commonly known as when they're actually you're species? How does the Leonotis differ from Leonotis leonurus? I didn't realise until now that there were different species in that genus. I keep wanting to track down the other colour forms of leonurus but never manage to find them. I grow the orange and love it, but know of a yellow and a white form as well. Now you've got me wondering how many others there are out there. :o
Thanks again for the excellent photos. So clear and precise. 8)
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Meanie,
Excellent pictures, all of them. Some wonderful stuff in there. I love that last Impatiens.... what a beauty. Never seen anything like that here.
Had this little beauty blooming in a pot outdoors all summer - Impatiens kilimanjari..................
(http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/photo/image/248577/main/DSC_2415.jpg)
Is the Cerinthe distinct from the "yellow" forms of Cerinthe major, or is that just what the yellow ones are commonly known as when they're actually you're species?
Sorry - the correct spelling is C.palaestina. It's a distinct species native to Isreal. I had seeds for the yellow form of C.major (Yellow Gem?) but they failed to germinate.
How does the Leonotis differ from Leonotis leonurus? I didn't realise until now that there were different species in that genus. I keep wanting to track down the other colour forms of leonurus but never manage to find them. I grow the orange and love it, but know of a yellow and a white form as well. Now you've got me wondering how many others there are out there. :o
Thanks again for the excellent photos. So clear and precise. 8)
Mostly the foliage. Nepetifolia is shield shaped, whereas leonotis is lance shaped.................
(http://[quote author=Paul T link=topic=9620.msg258231#msg258231 date=1350988768])
Not sure if Chilterns can supply you guys down there but here are the seeds for the white form............
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item.php?id=775G (http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item.php?id=775G)
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Super photos, meanie.
We use to have the Solleya, which we knew by the name Billardiera heterophylla growing on a south facing wall for quite a few years. It was one of the really bad, long spells of minus 19 degrees or so that killed it. :'(
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That would do for it Maggi! It's quite happy in a shed frost free, but certainly not -19!
There still seems to be some confusion over the Sollya/Billardiera thing.
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We escaped a threat of freeze a couple of weeks ago. Tonight we are suppose to drop into the upper 20s(°F). We will see if we survive this one too. Passiflora belotii has been opening 3 to 6 blooms each day and the plant is loaded with buds that will continue to open if weather permits. This Passiflora has been most reliable for me each year. The flowers are sterile and the plant uses all of its energy to set new blossoms rather than using it to ripen fruit. I picked my original plant up at a garden show 9 years ago.
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Passiflora belotii
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There is the most amazing architecture in a passiflora flower. Thanks for showing us. In combo with Meanie's pics at the start of this page, they are a beautiful range of them.
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Yes Paul, I agree. They are amazing. I have some trouble determining the structural parts of the flower. It seems there are parts that don't readily appear in other flowers. Perhaps the parts that I take to be petals are actually sepals and the petals are the fine tubular structures instead. And don't most flowers have a one carpel/one ovary/one stigma rule. These flowers seem to have one ovary/3 stigmas. Also note 5 anthers. They are very unruly flowers, they just don't follow the rules.
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There is the most amazing architecture in a passiflora flower. Thanks for showing us. In combo with Meanie's pics at the start of this page, they are a beautiful range of them.
Sue, my OH, has these two blooming in her garden at the moment.
P.antioquensis...............
(http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/attachments/dsc_3101-jpg.9854/)
And P. x exoniensis............
(http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/attachments/dsc_3161-jpg.10325/)
The first frosts will cut then back, but up to then they'll produce a steady number of blooms. Seem to overwinter in the shed kept frost free ok.
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Here is Ranunculus bullatus - a mediterranian autumn flowering 'weed'
Gerd
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Crocus speciosus is one of those plants that almost appears overnight. These are in a circular bed in the middle of the lawn and I am trying the trick of photographing it every day to make a video of how it changes over the year - there are masses of spring bulbs and then small perennials through the summer.
Little else in flower apart from a small form of Saxifraga fortunei in a shady trough and Cyclamen hederifolium (planted next to an Arbutus, subsequently removed, so hence the mushrooms!). The final picture was taken in Blean Woods near Canterbury - a striking specimen!
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This is the only one we grow. Seed was from Vietnam.
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Crocus speciosus is one of those plants that almost appears overnight.
Yes, we find it it's one of the most exciting features of crocus that they can achieve this sudden appearance. Does the heart good!
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Ron,
That is an interesting plant. The flower is similar in structure to P. incarnata.
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Had this little beauty blooming in a pot outdoors all summer - Impatiens kilimanjari..................
Hi meanie
I like your pictures! This one of I kilimanjari reminds me of all the Impatiens I saw both on Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro ;D
Here are Impatiens kilimanjari and I pseudoviola (? a very variable species or many different ones??) in situ:
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I once grew Passiflora in my garden too but it didn't survive for long. Would love to grow some though in the garden as they are too big for pots (for me). Have read about new hardier types but they are not available here yet.
The autumn Crocuses are finished but some plants like Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' still linger on although we got some snow last night. Picture taken now.
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Hi everyone
Jennie here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, USA. I am trying to upload some autumn tint photographs I took today on a lovely trip through the mountains into Tennessee. However, I am trying to load them from a Mac which I am not used to - so this is a dummy run to see if the photos are too big
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Me again
Yes they was too big. I am trying with a few more.....
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Here is Ranunculus bullatus - a mediterranian autumn flowering 'weed'
Gerd
Lovely 'weed'!
I have been searching for that for some time because of its habit of flowering in the autumn. Last year I got seeds and some tubers from Malta. Both seedlings and tubers are in leaf now, but no flowers until now.
Poul
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Hi meanie
I like your pictures! This one of I kilimanjari reminds me of all the Impatiens I saw both on Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro ;D
Here are Impatiens kilimanjari and I pseudoviola (? a very variable species or many different ones??) in situ:
Nice to see them in their natural habitat Hoy - thanks!
I've never been to Africa, but I did find this stunning Madagascan species via Flickr if that counts?
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3244/2454066734_d380e54644_z.jpg)
(original image here............ http://www.flickr.com/photos/afriorchids/2454066734/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/afriorchids/2454066734/#))
Regarding Passiflora Hoy, the P.antioquensis grows very well in a surprisingly small pot allowing it to be overwintered frost free.
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Nice to see them in their natural habitat Hoy - thanks!
I've never been to Africa, but I did find this stunning Madagascan species via Flickr if that counts?
Regarding Passiflora Hoy, the P.antioquensis grows very well in a surprisingly small pot allowing it to be overwintered frost free.
You are welcome, meanie ;) Impatiens is an extraordinary genus, almost as diverse as orchids!
My problem with growing passiflora in pots is their demand of water. I am away several weeks every summer and nobody waters the pots so I have to grow drought tolerant plants in them :-\
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Meanie,
:o :o :o :o :o :o
Wow, what an impatiens. I want to grow that!! ;D
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Hi everyone
Jennie here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, USA. I am trying to upload some autumn tint photographs I took today on a lovely trip through the mountains into Tennessee. However, I am trying to load them from a Mac which I am not used to - so this is a dummy run to see if the photos are too big
Jennie, thanks for thinking of us while you're on your travels! I think we'll cope with the photos in the circumstances!! Great to see the Fall colour direct from the USA from a British forum traveller 8)
Enjoy your trip!!
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Meanie,
:o :o :o :o :o :o
Wow, what an impatiens. I want to grow that!! ;D
Back of the queue for that one Paul! Mind you, if you succeed in tracking one down let me know.
My problem with growing passiflora in pots is their demand of water. I am away several weeks every summer and nobody waters the pots so I have to grow drought tolerant plants in them :-\
I see your problem.
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Back of the queue for that one Paul! Mind you, if you succeed in tracking one down let me know.
Oh, so that's how it is, is it? Back of the queue for me, but if I happen to find it then put you at the top of the queue? Harsh!! :P
;D ;D
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Oh, so that's how it is, is it? Back of the queue for me, but if I happen to find it then put you at the top of the queue? Harsh!! :P
;D ;D
Doesn't seem that harsh from my seat! 8)
Seriously though, anything even close to that has alluded me so far :(
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Meanie,
I've rarely seen any interesting Impatiens around here. I did have tricolor(?) a few years ago, but it unfortunately never set seed so I never was able to keep it going. I didn't get cuttings taken early enough and the frosts took it. A lovely long banded flower. I just love that blackish one though.... I had not idea that they came in anything even remotely as dark as that. I collect black flowers wherever possible. 8)
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Paul - not sure if this is available over there................
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/garden-shop/seeds/new-seeds/various/lisianthus.-nigrescens-flower-of-death-20-seeds (http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/garden-shop/seeds/new-seeds/various/lisianthus.-nigrescens-flower-of-death-20-seeds)
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I have been strong-armed to post these photos of local colour. Driving through the Annapolis Valley a week or so ago was like driving though a forest fire. Unfortunately I neglected to take any pictures but a friend unexpectedly sent me a few. The first is of sugar maples and the second the view from his back window.
The last a bizarre Long African Gourd I spied at a small farm market along the way.
johnw
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I have been strong-armed to post these photos of local colour. Driving through the Annapolis Valley a week or so ago was like driving though a forest fire. Unfortunately I neglected to take any pictures but a friend unexpectedly sent me a few. The first is of sugar maples and the second the view from his back window.
The last a bizarre Long African Gourd I spied at a small farm market along the way.
johnw
John, that colour is beyond fabulous and a delight to see.
I was wondering how those long gourds grow- I've never seen them on a plant - found this You-Tube clip of these monsters, grown on a VERY tall framework.... 2007 World Record Long Gourd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8TcwsYz-MM#)
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Just in flower here..... Spiranthes odorata.
johnw
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Just in flower here..... Spiranthes odorata.
johnw
What a nice and healthy looking Spiranthes John !And the autumncolour looks great to .
Earlier this week we had stil 24 degrees but today only 7 degrees and maybe this night first nightfrost.
The season comes to the end outside in the garden . Tough stil in flower today :
1/ Heterotheca jonesii : what a good plant with a very long flowering period .
2/ Gentiana 'Silken Star Group '
3/ And if the flowering stops , the cushions in the alpine house gets our attention ....Raoulia x loganii
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"50 Shades of Autumn 2012"
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Gorgeous!
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Ditto!
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I have been strong-armed to post these photos of local colour. Driving through the Annapolis Valley a week or so ago was like driving though a forest fire. Unfortunately I neglected to take any pictures but a friend unexpectedly sent me a few. The first is of sugar maples and the second the view from his back window.
The last a bizarre Long African Gourd I spied at a small farm market along the way.
johnw
Wow John - the colour of those sugar maples is incredible. I am a few weeks late getting here to the mountains for tints and the maples are all finished although there are a few lovely ones around the shopping malls. The bad weather here now is stripping the remaining leaves and snow is one the way.
Jennie
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I have been moving plants inside for the past few weeks. I now notice some plants have some unwanted hitch-hikers. A plant of Homalocladium platycladum has scale on the stems. My experience has shown that scale is worse on stems than leaves and plants that have a lot of stem are more susceptible to scale than leafy plants. I do hope oil spray will cure the scale problem.
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Colleagues, thank you for the great photos!
Add some recent photos from my garden ... Photos were taken a few days ago, now all in the snow ...
Corydalis sp. after frost - purchased as Corydalis elata
Primula amoena
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I managed to see my garden in day light for a change! A few pictures of things that attracted my attention.
1 - Crocus longiflorus.
2 - 5 Cyclamen leaves.
6 - Variety in seedlings.
7 - an interesting new Asplenium scolopendrium form. Still very small and only the one plant in existence - but I have a good feeling about this one. :-)
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Winter seems to be arriving in the UK. All my Summer jungle planting is now packed away in my little breakfast room.
I'm sad that the garden is now looking so bare - but it is nice to come downstairs in the morning and glance into that room. ;D
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I have a horrible feeling the coming winter is going to be a stinker, John - good that you've got your tender plants safely tucked up already, I reckon.
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John - great variation in those cyclamen leaves! I have been collecting these for years and there always seems to be something new, a bit like hellebores which they combine with so well.
Maggi - I hope we don't get such cold snowy weather as further north (though its good for the seeds!). We want a spell of good sunny weather in mid-February for the snowdrops, and then in March for the AGS Show...
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John - great variation in those cyclamen leaves! I have been collecting these for years and there always seems to be something new, a bit like hellebores which they combine with so well.
Maggi - I hope we don't get such cold snowy weather as further north (though its good for the seeds!). We want a spell of good sunny weather in mid-February for the snowdrops, and then in March for the AGS Show...
Tim, crazy optimist that I am, I am hoping that winter, having made an early start, will also get its "bother" over and done with early, leaving February as fresh and crisp to encourage the early blooms and March to be an early spring delight....... ::)
After all, hope costs nothing....... ;)
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All my Summer jungle planting is now packed away in my little breakfast room.
That's a lovely begonia on the right John. What is it?
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Hi Ashley
I've just had a look (and I didn't have to go out into the rain! ;D ) - the label says 'Limeaid'.
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Great set of Cyclamen leaves, John !! :D
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I've just had a look (and I didn't have to go out into the rain! ;D ) - the label says 'Limeaid'.
Looks a good'un, and well grown. Thanks John
- and for going to the trouble in the middle of the night ;)
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Doreen looks very nice - is it a wild find or a sporeling?
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Hi Anne
It was a sporeling found in my aunty Doreen's garden. I must get round to propagating and distributing it as a safeguard.
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It is nice to see such a beautiful fern and it would be nicer if you could manage to
propagate this beautiful thing.Thank you for showing!