October in the Northern Hemisphere

[Robert]

Trond,

The photographs are from your cabin near Myking?

There are beautiful plants and scenery at all times of the year. I like your snowscapes too! 

Even here in Placerville autumn has arrived. It rained all day! 25mm of rain and 58 F, 14.5 C for a high temperature. The wind was gusty too with leaves being blown all over the place. The forecast is for more rain tomorrow and Sunday. For us this is a great blessing. May it continue like this all winter and spring, "from my mouth to God's ear!" (an old saying)

[Cfred72]

Corydalis "Craigton Blue" is again in bloom. It is trust voluntary and redone new foliage. I really like it a lot.

[Cfred72]

Corydalis "Craigton Blue" is placed before a Rabdosia effusa. Small tubular flowers that will be able to harmonize with.

It is just beginning to bloom.

[Cfred72]

On a plant fair, I noticed a small plant marbled foliage. It flourished and started To die because of a colony of ants that s' were installed at its foot. She still managed to make some seeds before dying. I have sown. New plants developed. They earn more has to be next each other. I sent the seeds to "exchange seeds SRGC". It is à question of Hieracum maculatum " Léopard ".

[Lewis Potter]

A productive couple of weekends sowing a whole load of Fritilliaria seed along with some crocus and primula aswell mostly from the SRGC seed exchange. Fingers crossed they germinate and I care for the correctly.

In other areas Dahlias, Alstromerias and a Delphiniums are still flowering well.

[Hoy]

Trond,

The photographs are from your cabin near Myking?

There are beautiful plants and scenery at all times of the year. I like your snowscapes too! 

Even here in Placerville autumn has arrived. It rained all day! 25mm of rain and 58 F, 14.5 C for a high temperature. The wind was gusty too with leaves being blown all over the place. The forecast is for more rain tomorrow and Sunday. For us this is a great blessing. May it continue like this all winter and spring, "from my mouth to God's ear!" (an old saying)

Robert,

Yes, they are from the area where we have our cabin. About 1 hour walk. I agree there are beautiful plants but not very many compared to your area.

Glad you get some rain at last! Hope you getmore

View from our cabin (in the other directions we see cabins etc).

[Gabriela]

It already looks like winter wonderland out there Trond 
A very nice stretch of sunny weather here (ending tomorrow , so probably next I'll have to start taking pictures of seeds...
The woodland is quite magical right now:

Sassafras albidum


More colours from a nearby public garden: the sugar maple - Acer saccharum

Another beautiful NA species - Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweetgum


And from the garden - Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

[Robert]

Robert,

Yes, they are from the area where we have our cabin. About 1 hour walk. I agree there are beautiful plants but not very many compared to your area.

Glad you get some rain at last! Hope you getmore

View from our cabin (in the other directions we see cabins etc).

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Trond,

This is a priceless photograph!

It brings back wonderful emotions and memories of my grandfather's cabin at Calpine, California on the west side of Sierra Valley. Sierra Valley is north of Lake Tahoe. I have some photographs on my other laptop that I can share sometime. Sierra Valley is another great place to explore for interesting plant species, especially lilies.

Yes, the rain is good, and it is still raining. Still too warm for snow in the high country, but maybe Sunday night when some colder air moves in this will change. Still plenty of wind.

[Hoy]

It already looks like winter wonderland out there Trond 
A very nice stretch of sunny weather here (ending tomorrow , so probably next I'll have to start taking pictures of seeds...
The woodland is quite magical right now:
..
Sassafras albidum
..

More colours from a nearby public garden: the sugar maple - Acer saccharum
...
Another beautiful NA species - Liquidambar styraciflua, the sweetgum
...

And from the garden - Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'

Gabriela, the snow can come anytime now up there. Usually it doesn't last long at this time of the year as warmer spells may occur. Some years it is very little snow until December.

Nice trees! Most trees here get yellow leaves.

[Hoy]

Trond,

This is a priceless photograph!

It brings back wonderful emotions and memories of my grandfather's cabin at Calpine, California on the west side of Sierra Valley. Sierra Valley is north of Lake Tahoe. I have some photographs on my other laptop that I can share sometime. Sierra Valley is another great place to explore for interesting plant species, especially lilies.

Yes, the rain is good, and it is still raining. Still too warm for snow in the high country, but maybe Sunday night when some colder air moves in this will change. Still plenty of wind.

Thanks Robert 

[Hoy]

Yesterday it was -3C at our cabin during the day. Today, at home it is 14C.
Some flowers of today:

Crocus sp. Someone trod on it in bud (could be myself  )




Forsythia in fall colours and flower simultaneously. Not bad.




Schizostylis coccinea is in a pot in my little pond.




Roses. Several are still in flower. This is 'Chinatown' I believe.




Impatiens omeiana is late to bloom but in a couple of days . . . .

[Robert]

Trond,

The autumn Crocus are starting to poke up at the farm.

Back at our Sacramento garden the Schizostylis are in bloom, but need some renewal as the tree roots rob the soil of fertility.

I like Impatiens omeiana. I do not grow this one and I will have to look for it on the seed lists. I like the subtle flowers of the species Impatiens with their interesting shape and often unusual color combinations.

We had another 36 mm of rain last night and it is still coming down. 73 mm total over the last 3 days so far. I have to admit that this sort of rain is worrisome. Too often a wet October is followed by a dry winter.

[Gerdk]

Last flowers of Fuchsia magellanica gracilis

Gerd

[Yann]

lovely pictures all.

[Robert]

Yes, indeed lovely photographs. 

I have given up on Fuchsias in general, especially F. magellanica types. Fuchsia mites make a mess of them all. There are a few species that are hardy and strongly resistant. They are a little boarder-line on their tolerance to the heat, however we will keep them for now.