March 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Jupiter]

Great to see Pat in print! She's probably a bit blasé about it by now.

Fermi, Lycoris elsae is love-er-ly. I like the cream. I have the little Lycoris radiata you gave me up, but too young to flower yet.

[fermi de Sousa]

Couple of crackers there Fermi.

Hi Dave,
thanks - I like these as I don't have to do much for them except keep the ground cleared around them.
Here's the Commelina elegans looking rather voluptuous as it is in a watered bed; the flowers open in the morning and are withered as the day heats up,
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Perhaps a halfway acceptable substitute Fermi for the glorious autumn flowering Asiatic gentians. I have them starting now after good rain, assorted seedlings from the sino-ornata lookalikes of various parentage as well as depressa and some out of season acaulis. still trying to work out the photo programme on this laptop.

[Otto Fauser]

not much in flower in my late summer rock garden except some Campanulas , Gentians and a number of Ericas , Callunas and Daboecia various species and cultivars . In my opinion these 3 Genera should be grown more often in Australian gardens . Shown here is Erica ciliaris  the Dorset Heath . Also a 20 year old Cyclamen rohlfsianum with more than 100 hundred flowers grown by Rex Shield.

[Jupiter]

Nice photos Otto. Your Rhodophiala bifida is very showy in a large clump like that.

Here's my offering; Crocus speciosus albus and Ipomoea 'Carnevale di Venezia'.

[David Nicholson]

Wonderful colouring in the Stepelia.

[fermi de Sousa]

... Ipomoea 'Carnevale di Venezia'.

What an interesting morning glory, Jamus!
Is every flower different?
Does it come true from seed?
Here is Sternbergia finally in flower in our garden,
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Yes Fermi every flower is different. I would have said it comes true from seed until the other day when a plain white one opened. I will send you some.

First flower out today on my Ceropegia ampliata, and this little Hebe which I bough yesterday from a local nursery. It's a hybrid called Emerald Green. I love it.

[Jupiter]

More for you Fermi.

[fermi de Sousa]

Very nice, Jamus.
You can try some of the Ipomaea lindheimeri which is setting seed right now!
Sternbergia sicula continues to shine, even more so when the sun is also shining
cheers
fermi

[Matt T]

The Sternbergia certainly love you climate, Fermi. They just scream sunshine!

[Anthony Darby]

The first of the autumn narcissi are out here in Auckland. Narcissus obsoletus and N. elegans. The first two pics are of N. obsoletus from southern Spain and sown May 2011. These first flowered in 2014. The last two pics are of N. elegans, also southern Spain, and were sown March 2012, and this is the first time it's flowered. These came from near Malaga, and were originally labelled N. malacitanus. I have another pot labelled N. malacitanus multiflower, but they are a little behind this pot.

[Jupiter]

Anthony thank you for posting those pictures. I love the Narcissus species you grow. Maybe we can trade some seed one day?