February 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Tasmanian Taffy]

G'day Fermi,
The clematis is indeed Golden Tiara, I think mine was bought from Garden Express about three years ago.
Cheers John.

[Maggi Young]

Quote from: Maggi Young on February 15, 2016, 11:31:25 AM

    No idea - it may be an error caused by an update.  Please ignore  and use 200kb limit per pic.

     EDIT:   Yes,   it was an  error - please note and stick to the 200KB per pic limit.

Quote from fermi:  That's a pity The size had been increased to 300KB a while ago and now is back to 200KB I see! More time needed to re-size properly!

I'm sorry you feel  badly about this, fermi - the "increase" to 300  was also a mistake - something that slipped in with an update -  but we really must keep the size  down to prevent the forum  files from being  too huge .
Reducing the size of  pictures with ACDSee which is what I use is very simple  and , of course,  there is the  resizing tool provided for the Forum which those who use tell me is also good.

 I must also say, to those who think only a larger picture is "any use" (!!)   that  even a photo of 640 pixels wide  and under 100KB can look very good on screen - and there is always the capacity to enlarge a photo on screen if desired.  Take for example some  shots by Steve Garvie - they are often around  760 x 488 and a file  size of 76.5KB   - and they are quire superb!

[Maggi Young]

  N. B. I  have moved a couple of posts  on the subject of photo sizing   to another thread, where they are more relevant, see here  : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=65.msg351216#msg351216

[Lesley Cox]

Hmmm..... a very confused pink Scilla ? 

What about Scilla autumnalis? Mine is pink, or pinkish anyway.

[t00lie]

This morning ....

Merendera montana .

Eucomis schijffii.I presume this species can be increased by leaf cuttings like some other of its Genera ?.

Eucomis zambesiaca.

Cheers Dave.

[Jupiter]

Crocus banaticus always surprises me, early and fast. I'm too chicken to plant it in the garden.

[meanie]

A few other things in flower:
Commelina elegans

cheers
fermi

I think that Commelina are much underrated and here in the UK they appear hardier than they are given credit for (in my experience anyway).

[Maggi Young]

I think that Commelina are much underrated and here in the UK they appear hardier than they are given credit for (in my experience anyway).

 I thought that too until  I lost  Commelina coelestis and C. dianthifolia in a bad winter.....

[fermi de Sousa]

I thought that too until  I lost  Commelina coelestis and C. dianthifolia in a bad winter.....

I took the risk of planting out the Commelina elegans in the rock garden - hopefully it will survive the winter here

Last Saturday we had our Vic Group meeting and here are a few pics of plants from the bench - mostly some of Viv's:
Viv's Cyclamen colchicum
Viv's Cyclamen intaminatum
Viv's Sternbergia lutea
Viv's Campanula isophylla
Jon's Gentiana (?scabra) and Cynthia's Lewisia
cheers
fermi

[meanie]

I thought that too until  I lost  Commelina coelestis and C. dianthifolia in a bad winter.....

I was always told not a hope in hell but plant the tubers deep enough and they'll take an average Cotswolds winter. So easy from the plentiful seed that losses in a bad 'un are easily replaced.