August 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Jupiter]

part 2

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We went down to the Leongatha Horticultural Society's 60th Daffodil and Floral Show and here are a "few" pics!
Setting up time
Sue (President) preparing her exhibits
Rodney setting up his exhibits
Cutflowers
Magnolias
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Leongatha Hort Soc Show:
Australian Native plants
Grevilleas
Acacias
more general exhibits
Hakea bucculenta 'Pink Pokers'
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Close-up of Hakea bucculenta 'Pink Pokers'
Acacia williamsonii
Acacia imbricata
Prostanthera magnifica
Diplolaena grandiflora
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Display by Society for Growing Australian Plants
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[ashley]

Great to see these Fermi, especially the natives.

[Parsla]

Hi Fermi,

thank you for the photos of Otto's garden, and your own. It is so colourful - feels like spring already, even though barely a leaf on show.

Also thank you to viv and jamus for recent advice/comments i hadn't managed to keep up with.

I have a few - just for fun. The iris reticulata have just finished.

1. iris reticulata Cantab
2. iris reticulata George
3. Fritillaria thunbergii under the mulberry
4. Muscari valerie finnis (or baby's breath???)
5. Erythronium tuolumense finding its way up through the veronica 'georgia blue' ground cover.

jacqui
...more to follow

[Parsla]

6. Illicium anisatum bush. much healthier now it has been transplanted under the oak.
7. A lovely hyacinthella pallens gifted by Otto last year has flowered. Can't wait till it clumps up a bit
8. A very dark Anemone blanda, again from Otto, with a central whitish eye
9. the cyclamen leaves looked so pretty together I couldn't resist photographing

Happy Spring!

[Jupiter]

Beautiful plants Parsla. I love your Illicium anisatum.. do other parts of the plant smell of aniseed or only the fruits?

A few from my garden today


The path up the front garden with bulbs in pots.


Trop. tricolor just getting started


I. unguicularis ssp. cretensis, a recent addition


Ranunculus ficaria 'Colarette'


A gift from Matt Coulter at Mount Lofty BG. Primula denticulata

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Yes, Jacqui,
It was very spring like today!
Tulipa cretica in full bloom;
Babiana pygmaea;
Gladiolus watermeyeri, first flower from NZAGS Seedex 2011, violet scented during the day, not at night;
Romulea sabulosa,
Hesperantha latifolia with an interloper! Could it be a hybrid?
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Great to see these Fermi, especially the natives.

Glad you enjoyed them, Ashley, here are a few more:
Petrophile sp
Grevillea 'Ellendale Pool'
Pterostylis sp.
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Here are some daff pics:
Entry display;
President Sue introduces Stephen Ryan who opened the Show;
Some of the entry benches;
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More daffs:
Someone there knows how to get Narcissus canaliculatus to flower!
Narcissus 'Joycelyn Newman'
N. 'Small Stuff'
N. 'Beryl'
NN 'Phalarope' and 'Endear'
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Potted plants;
Potted Fritillaria
2 x Cymbidium orchids
Lachenalia aloides
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Camellias!
Takanini
Hugo Okan
Hot Chocolate
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