September 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Otto Fauser]

Marcus  ,yes it is Frit. olivierii which came to me in the 1960s from Paul Furse  . I wish it would flower more freely in my garden -hundreds ( thousands ) of rice grain bulblets and hardly a flowering stem . David does better in his garden : hot dry summers and cold winters with frosts . He ought to try the Turkish Oncos .

[t00lie]

Gee 'Burnside' sure do the Frits well.....

Here's my contribution --label says F. purdyi which obviously it isn't. 
I suspect F. crassifolia ssp kurdica .

Cheers Dave.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Dave,

It does look like that taxon though most of mine are a bit more squat. How did you get a changeling so far removed from what the label says??

Cheers, Marcus

[t00lie]

I've heard it mentioned on many occasions Marcus that one Frit. is just like another ....

[Hillview croconut]

I think you're getting mixed up with snowdrops Dave   

However I do recall Reggie Farrer referring to frits as a bunch of green and brown stinking bells!

Cheers,  Marcus

[Lesley Cox]

Hi Mel, Marcus's Paeonia kesrou-thingy is available from him as he says but isn't on the permitted list. However, its name has been changed from P. mascula var russii and that IS on the list so can be imported under that name legally. Same plant, just a name change. Wish they wouldn't do that! Ask Marcus to put that it is a synonym.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Guys,

Just a few snaps from the garden today:

Erythronium "Hascombe"  a revolutum hybrid given to me by Otto.

Jeffersonia diphylla  a lovely little thing and tough!

Paeonia mascula ssp hellenica  bought from Dr Pilous many moons ago.

Cheers, Marcus

[Parsla]

Beautiful flowers Marcus. Don't know how you do it!
Jacqui.

[Matt T]

Jeffersonia diphylla  a lovely little thing and tough!

That really is lovely - those leaves have a really striking structure. Love it.

[Parsla]

Hello all.

We have had a magical combination of sunshine and rain this last couple of weeks in Melbourne. Spring blossom of all descriptions, tiny leaves unfurling and little perennials poking their noses up through the soil.

1. The beautiful white flowered form of Cercis canadensis
2. Its much more vivid relative, Cercis chinensis “Avondale” coming into leaf
3. The spring vetchling, Lathyrus vernus
4. New quince leaves of furry silver
5. Narcissus gracilis – very poetic.

[Jupiter]

Beautiful Jacqui, very springish indeed! I will take some of the spring bounty here this afternoon and offer up some more treats to make our Northern hemisphere cousins squirm in anticipation of the spring.

[Rogan]

Spring is a wonderful time of renewal: here's a bunch of Babiana patula blazing forth from a rocky outcrop near here 

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Guys,

Intriguing flowers, the babiana is exotic. Nothing like that poking over a rock here

Great to see your pictures Jacqui. I would love that Cercis with the white flowers.

Used to grow a lot of peas. Gave them all to my Mum.

Here are a couple of snaps from the garden today. Forgive my ignorance on matters trillium.

Trillium kurabashyi Yellowish flowers

Trillium cuneatum White flowers

Trillium cuneatum Red flowers

Cheers, Marcus

[Jupiter]

Too busy to take many pictures today, but I HAD to capture this PCI with water droplets on it.

[Parsla]

The white trillium has very fine leaves Marcus.
Cuneatum is a lovely species.

Hi jamus. Pretty iris. I await more delights tomorrow.