September 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere

[t00lie]

I think I may have twigged why you are having this trouble,  t00lie.

If you are trying to load photos that are so much smaller in pixel size than  the size system is set up to reduce things to, but they are still above 200kbs, the system WILL reject them.

The system's main purpose is to reduce the photos to conform to the  the maximum allowed pixel size so that they are at an optimum viewing size for the forum.   

It might be easier for you to resize the pictures to around 800 max dimension - chances are they would then be less than 200kb anyway and load right away.  The system seems to be fine for others so long as the original file is not too big (xx MBs in size)  in which case it is likely to be your connection which causes any problems, I am informed.

Thank you Maggi   

The Erythronium pic above was attached at 534x 800 pixels and 289KB.
Cheers Dave.

[t00lie]

Hi Dave, don't forget the trillium pics,  please.
Your Fritillary aurea is quite beautiful enough before opening.

Jacqui.

Thanks Jacqui --A few days ago I posted a small number of Trillium pics under 'Bulbs General '--'Trilliums 2015'. 

[johnw]

Soldanella pusilla which after 20 odd years, has decided to flower quite well. So far there have been 12 and there are maybe 20 more coming, just threads at present.

Quite fantastic Lesley, I've never seen this in flower live.  Had S. minima for a bit until it was overgrown by moss.

john

[t00lie]

Yes well done with the Soldanella Lesley .I have patches however very few flowers.
PS Anemonopsis macrophylla White Swan is up and away.

Erythronium umbilicatum in bloom today .

Cheers Dave.
 

[t00lie]

Erythronium 'White Beauty'.

[meanie]

Beautiful photos  Jamus.

The Cerinthe looks iridescent.

I'll second that!
Cerinthe is a much underrated plant in the UK be it in the cottage garden or in the exotic styled garden. I've suggested its use on a couple of UK exotic forums and so far it has been received well.

A few years ago I grew C.palestina which was a lovely plant as well but unfortunately I've managed to lose the seeds 

[Matt T]

Yes well done with the Soldanella Lesley .I have patches however very few flowers.
PS Anemonopsis macrophylla White Swan is up and away.

Erythronium umbilicatum in bloom today .

Cheers Dave.

Beautiful, Dave. A gorgeous plant wonderfully captured.

[Jupiter]

t00lie, your little Erythronium is beautiful. Nice to see some of the lesser known species.

I'm really infatuated with Cerinthe and let it seed around perhaps a little more than I should, but I've always liked the wild, overgrown and slightly out of control look to my garden. C. palestina looks very interesting meanie. thanks for the tip off. I might just have to look for seed of that myself.

Here's a little corner which captures my vision for the garden nicely.

[fermi de Sousa]

Some general views of the rock gardens yesterday,
cheers
fermi

[t00lie]

Beautiful, Dave. A gorgeous plant wonderfully captured.

Thanks Matt and Jamus .

Lovely views of your garden Fermi --I'm afraid you'll suffer from claustrophobia when you visit here next month Bud ......

[Robert]

Fermi,

Very nice views of your garden. 

It is very nice to see how you put it all together. I like the rocks. We have no shortage of rocks here on the farm. It is also nice to have a loader bucket on the tractor. I just moved some large rocks into place for the next phase of the garden. Never could have moved them by hand.

[Parsla]

Last Saturday the Victorian branch of the Alpine Garden Society hosted a lecture by Chris and Basak Gardner authors and photographers of “Flora of the Silk Road”, which traced their personal odyssey for flowers along the old silk trade route.  A genuine delight, I would recommend them to any SRGC members who have an opportunity to see them. Thank you to the organisers for their trouble in organising it.

Two small offerings from the garden:

1. The first bloom of Paeonia kesrouanensis – Thank you Marcus.
2. Trillium cuneatum (at least I think so).

Jacqui.

[Parsla]

All seems very quiet on this posting…

I thought I would show a couple of photos taken on Monday at the Cloudehill gardens in Olinda, on the outskirts of Melbourne. It was a treat to see the enthusiastic conversation of three very respected plantsmen: Otto Fauser, Marcus Harvey and Jeremy Francis (the owner of the gardens) who kindly showed us through. I hope they forgive me for sharing the photo, but it was such a pleasure to see this meeting of minds.

The second photo is of the setting they were speaking in - rather an interesting art installation.

The third is a slightly out-of-focus shot of one of Jeremy’s picturesque wildflower meadows – here mostly muscari and narcissus.

I hope you enjoy them, Jacqui.

[t00lie]

Cloudehill looks an interesting garden Jacqui.

Any chance of a photograph showing your Trillium cuneatum in full thanks.

Corydalis solida forms are out .......

Cheers Dave.

[Parsla]

Hi Dave,

Here is a photo with more leaf showing and taken from a slightly different angle.

If it is still intact by Friday I can shoot a side view if you would like.
How does one distinguish between T. cuneatum and chloropetalum - if its okay to ask?

You showed a beautiful collection of trilliums on the bulb thread.
I have very few. Still learning…

Jacqui.