August 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[meanie]

Thunbergia gregorii has survived another winter outdoors in the courtyard garden.............


Sollya heterophylla also survived a couple of metres away..............


Finally, Salvia glutinosa............


It's a big thug of a plant!

[Tony Willis]

Self sown dieramas,now becoming a weed. Many are over 2 metres tall.

[Gabriel B]

fermi, I would certainly expect Liatris pycnostachya to fail without regular moisture. If you're interested in getting a gayfeather to grow, you might have better luck with L. punctata. It has a deep and thick taproot and grows in very dry parts of the western United States. It looks rather like L. pycnostachya, except shorter and clump-forming. Mine are recently planted and still young, but happy with the wood ash solution I poured on them to give them potassium, calcium, and other nutrients.


Tony, I've never heard of dieramas before. They're very lovely, reminiscent of bellflowers or bluebells except pink. I wonder if any would be hardy in Minnesota (zone 4). It seems they're southern African, which makes it doubtful.


Maggi, would you rotate the last three pictures in my earlier post? 
Edit : it is done, Gabriel. m

[meanie]

Manfreda elongata...........

[Mike Ireland]

Tony, I've never heard of dieramas before. They're very lovely, reminiscent of bellflowers or bluebells except pink. I wonder if any would be hardy in Minnesota (zone 4). It seems they're southern African, which makes it doubtful.

Gabriel, I have been growing Dierama for many years, fully hardy as far as I am aware and very easy from seed.

Found this seedling Codonopsis rotundifolia angustifolia last evening, self-sown, 70 feet from original plant, they do no how to get about.

[Maggi Young]

Gotta have a soft spot for Codonopsis ( I think that's what Bob says!!)  Great plants - love the marking on that  one, Mike.

[Mike Ireland]

The codonopsis are rather lovely plants Maggie, Bob tells me the markings on the one posted earlier are very good.

Gentiana septemfida flowering very well again this year.

[Mike Ireland]

 Albuca shawii gone mad from seed.

[Mike Ireland]

Maggie, what have I done, Albuca shawii decided to lay on its side, help please.

Thanks
Mike

 edit by m : fixed now, Mike. Nothing you did - it seems to be something in the way some pix are saved during editing before loading, they just end up sideways!

[meanie]

More Albuca shawii (which are very late this year)..........

[ichristie]

Hello thanks for some great pictures interesting to see what others are growing, we have a few Liliums at the moment, cheers Ian the Christie Kind

[Roma]

I am drooling over these annual poppies just now.  I think they are a form of Papaver rhoeas but do not remember the cultivar.  The originals were planted two years ago and have self sown.  Last year they were competing with Hedysarum coronaria but this year are only sharing the bed with Violas and have grown huge.  I do not remember any doubles before but there are a few this year.     

[Roma]

A few more

[Maggi Young]

Good enough to eat, Roma!  Something about a poppy.....

[François Lambert]

Galtonia Candicans is in full display now - at least my old bulbs are.  I have some seedlings now just in their second year that are also growing an inflorescence, which I find extremely fast, even more considering they are still in the small pot that I used for sowing.  I expect them to bloom towards the end of the month.
Sauromatum Venosum flowers just one day , but treat me for months with their big tropical foliage.