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New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« on: October 30, 2015, 11:31:13 AM »
We started our garden visiting in Timaru where we discovered the Botanic Gardens had a small Rock Garden which looked like it had recently been spruced up.
I was impressed by the tall ranunculus but don't know if it's a local one - any suggestions?
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2015, 09:58:57 AM »
Hi Fermi,

It is not one of our native ones. It is Ranunculus cortusifolius. Wikipedia tells me it come from the Canary and Azores Islands.
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015 - Lanarch Castle
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 03:20:28 AM »
Thanks, David,
I had a feeling it wasn't a NZ one.
Our next stop was Dunedin and we visited Lanarch Castle on a great day for photography, not too hot and not too sunny!
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015 - Lanarch Castle
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2015, 03:22:52 AM »
More at Lanarch Castle - it seems they grow a few Trilliums!
As well as Frits and Erythroniums,
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015 - Lanarch Castle
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2015, 03:31:28 AM »
Close to the main buildings was a rock garden as well as an amazing stand of the white Chatham Island Forget-me-not, Myosotidium hortensium "album"
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2015, 09:21:39 AM »
Enjoying these Fermi, many thanks.
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2015, 10:02:17 AM »
More to come, David, as I get the time to post them!
On the Saturday we got along to the Farmers' Market where Lesley used to work. We met Sue and Mic who ran a plant stall - I wish we had such stalls at our markets!
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2015, 10:38:14 AM »
On Sunday there was a sale at the Dunedin Botanics!

Louise and Peter from Hokonui Alpines Nursery at Gore were there.
This little native Ranunculus enysii was one of theirs.
Another stall was selling meconopis and other choice things.
It was dismaying to see that meconopsis only cost as much as Arisarum!

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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2015, 11:00:03 AM »
Lesley Cox  always sings the praises of Hokonui Alpines' plants - and that sales table says it all - what a range of beautifully grown plants!  Yummy!
« Last Edit: November 05, 2015, 11:34:28 AM by Maggi Young »
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2015, 11:12:50 AM »

I second that. It's enough to make you want to pack up and move there. Fabulous pictures Fermi, thank you for sharing. The Trilliums at Lanarch Castle are wonderful, and that Myosotis is astounding. Another new one for me.

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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2015, 09:54:00 AM »
We had a walk throughthe Botanics after the sale (yes, we could buy something - but only to give away before we left for home :'( )
Clianthus puniceus x2
What appears to be the true "English" Bluebell - in white- amongst a sea of the "Spanish"
Rhodo
Tall Rhodo
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2015, 09:56:22 AM »
Just for Maggi - more rhodo pics in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2015, 10:10:23 AM »
Even more rhodies x 3
An embankment in a Mediterranean style garden
close up on an Halimium on the embabnkment , possibly H. lasianthum,
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2015, 12:29:54 PM »
My word, some great plants there - and LOVELY rhodos - thanks fermi!
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Re: New Zealand, South Island October 2015
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2015, 12:37:39 PM »
Thank you very much for posting all your pictures so many happy memories of Dunedin and Hokionui , plus all and every place we visited last year  cheers Ian the Christie kind
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