September 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ian mcdonald]

Not sure where to put these, so, just in case you were not awake at 3.30am...
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[Maggi Young]

Would loved to have had a clear view like that, Ian - it was cloudy here so only the briefest glimpses.

[Hoy]

I woke up and looked stright at a big red moon through the sleeping room window (faces west) but I was too late and it was just a normal setting moon   (But it was very big and redish )

[Cyril L]

Some plants in flower now.  Gentian ornata (Euroseeds), Pulsatilla sugawarii (Yuzawa Engei nursery) and Nototriche macleanii.

[Robert]

Not sure where to put these, so, just in case you were not awake at 3.30am...
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We missed most of the show due to cloud cover.      However later the clouds moved on revealing the extra bright full moon. Very beautiful. It wish that I could have spent time in the garden as it was a warm evening. Anything with white flowers would have been stunningly bright.


edit by maggi - oops sorry, I hit the wrong button.

[Maggi Young]

The Pulsatilla sugawarii has a very intense colour -  very nice, Cyril. 

[Roma]

Sisyrinchium palmatum

I planted one out last year.  It had lots of flowers but I never saw it look like this one in the frame yesterday about 6pm after a very warm day.  The one in the garden looked dead in the spring but produced one feeble shoot.  Not hardy I'm afraid.

[Mike Ireland]

Seems to have been a very good year for Allium callimischon haemostictum.
Flowering very well in the garden & in a pot.
Cyclamen cilicium also doing well in the garden.

[Matt T]

Seems to have been a very good year for Allium callimischon haemostictum.
Flowering very well in the garden & in a pot.
Cyclamen cilicium also doing well in the garden.

  Understatement. That Allium is a wonderful potful!

[Pauli]

Cyril,

the Pulsatilla is superb! If it sets seed despite the late season....

[Maggi Young]

Understatement. That Allium is a wonderful potful!

 I agree - I think it may be my favourite allium - the markings are so pretty and the whole thing is a neat size.

[Cyril L]

The Pulsatilla sugawarii has a very intense colour -  very nice, Cyril.

Yes Maggi, I like it very much despite the off-season flowering.  I assume it normally flowers earlier but this is the first flower since I got the plant last year.

Cyril,
the Pulsatilla is superb! If it sets seed despite the late season....

Pauli, I have self-pollinated the flower but don't hold much hope it will set seeds, but you never know...

[felix Lin]

The first Tricyrtis of the year (so very late) is Taiwan Adbane..............

Tricyrtis formosana,
Tricyrtis formosana Baker is an accepted name,
you may check your label now,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricyrtis_formosana

Tricyrtis ravenii C.I Peng & C.L. Tiang