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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #255 on: August 25, 2014, 07:43:31 PM »
Does it live outside all year?  Looks very good.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #256 on: August 25, 2014, 09:25:41 PM »
Hi Maggi yes it does & with no protection, I have heard that it is supposed to be tender, but I have never had a problem with it. It even came through those two bad winters we had not long ago. Do you grow them?
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #257 on: August 26, 2014, 08:23:27 AM »
John's Agapanthus looks very similar to mine and if it is it's one of the Headbourne Hybrids Group. Hard as nails, mines been in the garden for around ten years now, and grows like Topsy. It must have at least 40 flowering stems (most of them on the ground after the weather we've had in the last few days) in a clump about 4 feet wide. It's being split as soon as it dies back!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #258 on: August 26, 2014, 09:31:58 AM »
David - if that big agapanthus was mine I would be inclined to split it in the spring rather than the autumn.
too much time for rot to set in,
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #259 on: August 30, 2014, 01:45:04 PM »
Romulea sabulosa is still flowering well!
As is Hesperantha pauciflora;
Lachenalia concordiana
Lachenalia bolusii
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #260 on: August 30, 2014, 04:35:53 PM »
very nice Fermi, how big are the flowers on the Romulea?
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #261 on: August 31, 2014, 12:35:18 PM »
Quote from: Mark Griffiths on August 30, 2014, 04:35:53 PM
very nice Fermi, how big are the flowers on the Romulea?
Hi Mark,
They're huge ;D
About 5 or 6 cm across, I'd say,
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #262 on: August 31, 2014, 06:46:17 PM »
yes, that is huge!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #263 on: September 01, 2014, 03:01:22 AM »
First flower open today on Gladiolus gracilis grown from seed from Gordon Summerfield, sown 6-6-2010.
I think it had a bud last year but it didn't open,
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #264 on: September 01, 2014, 12:04:09 PM »
very nice!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #265 on: September 04, 2014, 05:02:33 AM »
Thanks, Mark.
Here's a better pic of Gladiolus gracilis and the first floret opened on Gladiolus tristis this morning,
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #266 on: September 05, 2014, 03:05:47 AM »
A couple of Lachenalias:
Lachenalia aloides "Green'
Lachenalia mutabilis
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #267 on: September 06, 2014, 01:18:44 PM »
A couple of geissorhiza,
Geissorhiza ornithogaloides x 2
Geissorhiza received as inflexa but probably aspera...maybe!
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #268 on: September 06, 2014, 06:16:35 PM »
You must have had a really good year this year Fermi, so much lovely stuff.
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Re: South African Bulbs 2014
« Reply #269 on: September 07, 2014, 11:23:00 AM »
Not just me, David!
Here are some pics from FCHS Spring Show today:
Veltheimia bracteata and V.b.'Lemon Blush'
Dipidax (Onixotis)
Bouquet by Hélène
freesias
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