September 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Jupiter]

Marcus I've never seen a Trillium as white as that cuneatum. I love it! I'm not really a fan of the yellows and have always preferred flowering Trilliums, but white is very special. At Danni Kaines' open garden she was selling T. cuneatum in flower, but at $35 a pop I passed up the offer.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Jupiter,

Those pots of Danni's look scrumptious! I'll post a couple of pictures of Trillium albidum later on today. I prefer the dark ones but I love the crisp whiteness of T. grandiflorum and T. ovatum.

Cheers,  M

PS Lovely picture of the iris.

[Jupiter]

A few whites


I can't find the name of this daffodil. Not like me to lose names!


Spiraea cantoniensis


Artemisia ludoviciana Valerie Finnis


Agrostemma githago ocean pearls

[fermi de Sousa]

I can't find the name of this daffodil. Not like me to lose names!

Hi Jamus,
Probably 'Xit'
cheers
fermi

[Parsla]

Jamus, you could make a cesspit look alluring.  The corn cockle looks a princess, as does the narcissus.
I hope for a photography lesson from you one day.

Another glorious day and more leaves unfurling. Roses in bud and, predictably, the first sign of aphids
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Today’s Spring offerings.

1. Geranium x lindavicum “Apple Blossom” – a treasure received from Marcus. The left hand photo shows its delicate silver foliage, whilst the right shows an inscribed and ever-so-slightly crumpled flower.
2. Fragaria “pink panda?” is a beautiful thing, kindly gifted by Otto.
3. Thymus longicaulis  (Marcus – wasn’t there a story attached to it?)
4. This primrose epimedium is a favourite. Not absolutely sure which it is though. Possibly frohnleiten.
5. My new best friend (and garden sentry) inspecting the persimmon. Hopefully laying eggs.

[Jupiter]

Thanks Fermi, that does sound right.

Here are a couple more.


N. poeticus (hybrid?)


Just a tulip about to drop its petals

[Jupiter]

Jacqui, snap!  Mine is going well in the rock garden.



Your Geranium Apple Blossom is beautiful... I love that. I'll look out for that one, or maybe in a few years you'll have enough to spare me a little division?

[Parsla]

Hi jamus,

It is a lovely thymus isn't it. Perfect in your rock garden.

I'm sure I'll be able to spare some of the geranium cross next season. It didn't like the pot but once in the ground it mounded beautifully.

Jacqui.

[Jupiter]

I'll trade you for something when the time comes Jacqui.   Be sure to let me know if you ever find yourself in Adelaide.

Edit: Otto, if you're reading this (I know you will) I caught up with Dannie and she said the seed came from Jellito probably ten years ago. She said it was so long to flower it was a surprise when it did bloom, and it died back so quickly she thought she'd lost the plant! However it has flowered every year since and is multiplying well. She has plants of ivory bells also raised from seed which she wants to plant in the same bed. I'll be sure to take photographs of the two together if and when they flower in synchrony.

Here it is again for your viewing pleasure:

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Guys,

Great photos!

Jacqui I think I might have told you that David Glenn obtained the thyme from Beth Chatto's nursery. Suzie and I saw it growing in Epirus in northern Greece. Also, regards the little geranium Apple Blossom, it remains a bun so you have to strike cuttings but do this in the late summer.

Just a few more out of focus snaps from the garden:

Primula vulgaris ssp sibthorpii - this form is a beauty and a gift from Otto.

Corydalis integra - pretty species with beautiful grey-green leaves

Daphne blagyana - not difficult if things don't dry out to arid. Just hard to get.

Cheers, Marcus

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Jupiter, your flower is not N. poeticus but a hybrid. I have attached a photo of a what is close to the species and a modern hybrid (Bright Angel).
Marcus, what are the names of the Erythronium and Fritillaria in the photos?

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
The other photos.

[Jupiter]

Stunning selection of frits Graham and Marcus.

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Graham,

The yellow erythronium looks to be "Pagoda"

The pink one looks to be E. revolutum

The greenish-yellow fritillaria is F. bithynica

The other two fritillaria, I'm sure you know, are F. acmopetala and F. pontica

Cheers, Marcus

[Otto Fauser]

Marcus , Jacqui and Jamus : lovely spring blossoms from your gardens . Beautiful as Thymus longicaulis is , it soon covers square meters ,so watch it . Jacqui next time you visit I show you which growth is suitable for cuttings to take of Geranium 'Apple Blossom ' .
Thanks Jamus for the details of Dannie's Frit . persica . Like F. imperialis a long time to reach the flowering stage : 7-8 years here . Would she consider selling a bulb or two to me ?

     3 pots  of my darkest coloured Trillium rivale , also of the normal coloured one of which hundreds of self sown seedlings appear in the most unexpected spots in the garden .