June 2007 in the Southern Hemisphere

[David Nicholson]

Roll on Spring!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Are wy worrying too much about global warming ?

[Lesley Cox]

It certainly seems we are Luc, this weekend

[fermi de Sousa]

Well, not quite out yet, but here are the first of the Galanthus elwesii coming into bloom in the rock garden. These are grown in almost full sun with virtually no water during the summer and definitely not in a woodland!
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Also in flower is a patch of Potentilla alba and a Narcissus romiuexii hybrid.
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fermi

[Luc Gilgemyn]

First signs of your Spring Fermi ?? 

[fermi de Sousa]

Still very much in winter here, Luc! Wind and rain lashing the window as I type!
The narcissus are delightful in the garden or in pots and survive our frosts which usually only drop down to around -7C! Only -2C so far this year.
The galanthus are starting to open but the light was too poor to get a pic before work this morning!
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

It's the middle of winter here but the nerines are still flowering!
Well, at three types are still in full bloom. The main one is a pink version of what we call N. flexuosa "Alba" but I've never been sure about its name.
The second is one I got a long time ago as N."Splendens" and it certainly is!
The third is a light pink with small, crinkly flowers on a tall scape, so not N. masonorum or filifolia as far as I can tell; I seem to remember someone calling it N. crispa but I stand to be corrected!
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fermi

Fermi,

The first one looks like some form of Nerine bowdenii, perhaps 'Winter Cheer' given how late it is?  The last one is Nerine undulata.  There has been discussion about Nerine flexuosa alba becoming Nerine undulata alba but to me there is really no comparison.  The proportions between the two are totally different, with the undulata being tall and slim, with rather delicate flowers, unlike the much larger proportions of the flexuosa alba.  The leaves and different as well, so I don't understand why they would shift it, unless of course they've found genetic links that we can't "see".  I mention this only because you commented on your first one being a pink form of the flexuosa alba...... which sort of shows as well just how different the undulata is too!    I hope this is a help.