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Armin

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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2013, 09:05:57 PM »
Mike,

lovely clump 8). The white one is C. kotschyanus (ssp. kotschyanus) var. leucopharynx.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2013, 10:46:20 AM »
Thanks for that Armin.  Another photo shows how they have covered most areas of my garden.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2013, 10:51:41 AM »
Another photo shows how they have covered most areas of my garden.

Oh, my word! What a lovely sight - they really like you, Mike!  I do like to see plants feeling so at home.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2013, 11:05:18 AM »
Looks like you have the same "problem" with Crocus kotschyanus, Mike as I have with Crocus pulchellus.  I'm not sure where to plant any other crocuses as pulchellus seems to come up everywhere.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2013, 11:41:25 AM »
It's a lovely problem to have.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2013, 11:57:34 AM »
Colchicum speciosum album has been at its best this year, no rain to damage the flowers.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2013, 05:18:38 PM »
Splendid! Well deserves its AGM.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #22 on: October 10, 2013, 08:20:16 PM »
A late flowering unidentified Calandrinia (G&K4698)
My potted plant died but fortunately this seedling popped up in the sand plunge and is much happier there.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #23 on: October 10, 2013, 08:45:33 PM »
A late flowering unidentified Calandrinia (G&K4698)
My potted plant died but fortunately this seedling popped up in the sand plunge and is much happier there.

Very nice Pete . Can not see the leaves or the whole plant but it looks a bit  like the C. caespitosa ssp. skottsbergii we have seen in Patagonie ...
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2013, 08:47:22 PM »
Colchicum speciosum album has been at its best this year, no rain to damage the flowers.

 :o Magnificent Mike !   
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #25 on: October 10, 2013, 09:15:16 PM »
Thanks Kris. It has been suggested that it could be C. skottsbergii but the flowers are apparently larger.
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #26 on: October 10, 2013, 09:51:44 PM »
Autumn ....in the garden
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #27 on: October 10, 2013, 10:38:04 PM »

Flowering today:
Tagetes patula Linnaeus (on the allotment), Tricyrtis tojen, Selinum wallichianum, Kniphofia (label buried - sorry)
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #28 on: October 11, 2013, 08:07:39 AM »
Thanks for that Armin.  Another photo shows how they have covered most areas of my garden.

Wow! for the crocus and the colchicums :o 8) 8) 8)
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Re: October 2013 in the northern hemisphere
« Reply #29 on: October 11, 2013, 08:12:24 AM »
Looks like you have the same "problem" with Crocus kotschyanus, Mike as I have with Crocus pulchellus.  I'm not sure where to plant any other crocuses as pulchellus seems to come up everywhere.

Roma,
would be very happy to name your 'problem' my own :D 8)

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