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Maggi Young
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Wow! So lovely - thanks fermi!
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August 15, 2016, 01:42:16 PM »
Here's some flowering now.
Galanthus
ex 'Magnet Imposter', seed from John W;
Galanthus nivalis
'small early' from Edna,
Narcissus blancoi
, seed from Rafa, Narcissus 'Limequilla' X 'Emerald Sea' and
Iris unguicularis cretense
, this pot from Bill Dijk.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Anthony - When Ian C. was here he said would we could safely call our Magnet Imposter 'Magnet'. Your seedling of it appears to have a stronger mark; open-pollinated so we'll never know the father. Here's the mum.
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That's altogether a much bigger plant. I suspect mine will increase in size. The seeds were sown October 2012 and these are the first flowers.
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: August 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere
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August 18, 2016, 01:25:52 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on August 15, 2016, 12:45:11 PM
Wow! So lovely - thanks fermi!
Glad you liked the flowers, Maggi.
Today I took some pots of bulbs to work so that I could photograph and pollinate them:
Hesperantha pauciflora
Lapeirousia montana
Moraea macronyx
cheers
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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Love the Lapeirousia (both of them) Fermi.
When I saw Otto recently he told me to "post some pictures on the SRGC forum"! Here are some photos taken recently in my garden.
Some Crocus chrysanthus cultivars
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Jon Ballard
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Crocus sieberi 'Spring Beauty'
Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus' from Marcus
Crocus reticulatus ssp. reticulatus - wild collected seed from Marcus sown in 2013. Seed collected from Mt Falakro, Greek Macedonia at 1300m
Iris reticulata 04IM - bee pollinated seed from Alan McMurtrie, sown May 2013
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Galanthus 'Barbara's Double'
Galanthus 'Spindlestone Surprise' (thanks Otto)
Muscari from Fermi
One of my favourite hellebores - red flower buds look like fruit from a distance
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Jon Ballard
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This Massonia is on it's way out (it was white). Label bleached by the sun, can't remember which species this is. Originally collected by Cameron McMaster, has a fragrance like Hyacinths. I think I was told that only the ones from this particular area had a fragrance - the rest of the species doesn't.
Romulea hoenicia(?) from seed (came as 'purple Romulea)
Triandrus hybrid 12_6R from Lawrence Trevanion (Canberra breeder)
Wurmbea stricta
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Thanks, Otto! We can always count on you! And kind thanks to Jon for taking up the " challenge " - very exciting to see the spring flowering so beautifully for you.
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Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!
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August 20, 2016, 12:55:25 PM »
At our FCHS Rock Garden Group's Plant Swap in April I got a "string of pearls", Senecio rowleyanus, as an a "cutting" which I put into the Shade-House draped over a couple of other pots - it gradullay put down roots and it is now producing flowers!
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Mr Fermi de Sousa, Redesdale,
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Fermi, we love the perfume of Senecio rowleyanus. Similar to clove pinks.
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Jamus Stonor, in the hills behind Adelaide, South Australia.
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August 23, 2016, 03:29:29 PM »
Comparing 2 Bulbinellas:
Bulbinella robusta (syn. B. robusta)
Bulbinella eburniflora
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August 24, 2016, 07:44:31 PM »
My vote goes to B. eburniflora although they are great both of them!
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Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
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Some things flowering now.
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