July 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere

[WimB]

Some more:

Oxalis laciniata 'Matthew Forrest'
Pelargonium endlicherianum (not as nicely, intense coloured as Kris his plant)
Allium 'Valerie Finnis'
Echinacea 'Raspberry Truffle'
and Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla

[Maggi Young]

All your plants are looking well. Wim - you have some great colours there  but we must draw particular attention to the Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla - it is spectacular - we have never seen it look better!

[Tim Ingram]

Just the most tremendous lilies from Gene! That group of L. canadense almost look as thought they are dancing. How long has it taken to develop a planting like that?

[Robert]

Saved these Cyclamen purpurescens from the drought and they still want to bloom.

Linaria triornithophora running around the garden with a few blossoms - despite the heat.

Salvia guaranitica waiting for fall and cooler weather.

[WimB]

All your plants are looking well. Wim - you have some great colours there  but we must draw particular attention to the Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla - it is spectacular - we have never seen it look better!

Thanks Maggi...the Lysimachia seems to enjoy itself indeed, maybe the mild winter was to it's liking 

[johnralphcarpenter]

Acca sellowiana has a really exotic flower.

[meanie]

Acca sellowiana has a really exotic flower.

It would be great if the fruits would mature as well!

[Maggi Young]

Acca sellowiana has a really exotic flower.

It would be great if the fruits would mature as well!

You can eat the flowers as well, I believe?  Or perhaps just the petals so they can still be pollinated ?

[Robert]

You can eat the flowers as well, I believe?  Or perhaps just the petals so they can still be pollinated ?

They grow well here in California and the fruit ripens well. It tastes okay. I've eaten the petals too. Adds an interesting flavor to a salad. We have a few shrubs around, more for ornament than anything else. Sometimes I eat the fruit but most of the time there are better fruits to eat so they tend to rot on the ground.

[johnralphcarpenter]

It would be great if the fruits would mature as well!

Wouldn't it just!

[Mark Griffiths]

From the greenhouse, three plants from seed. btw I'd appreciate a confirmation on the first two, Ramonda serbica and Silene hookerii (or maybe more accurately S. hookerii group). The last one is a suprise. My normal form of O.amanum finally gave up but as I'd found a seedling, the first I'd ever had, I thought I'd got a replacement. But as you see, it's an alba. What are the chances of having only one self sown seedling being an alba?

 

[Tim Ingram]

The ramonda looks right to me - I haven't grown it for a long time (inevitably from JJA seed) but the smaller rounder and hairy leaves are distinctive. Just looked up Jim's description of it and he refers to the dark purple anthers, which are obvious in your photo, and more bell-shaped flowers.

I wonder how often the white Origanum amanum turns up in nature?

[meanie]

Impatiens balfourii...................


Sesbaniea punicea looking good as it develops more racemes.................


Gloriosa superba rothschildiana

[Mark Griffiths]

thanks Tim. Any thoughts on the Silene? I may have seed for the AGS distribution and i don't want to send a mis-identified plant!

[Tim Ingram]

Mark - I think I'd stick with straight Silene hookeri. The subsp. ingramii is supposed to have deep red to magenta flowers cf. subsp. hookeri, but I don't know how distinct each really is (it's always interesting to grow batches of plants from wild collected seed to get some idea of natural variation - don't know how many botanists actually do this?). I've never managed to keep this long on a sand bed but it's very striking in flower. There is a wonderful picture of the third subsp. bolanderi in Graham Nicholls book with the finest of wispy petals - certainly be fun to grow that!