October 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere

[t00lie]

Dave your Podophyllum is stunning... I stood looking at one longingly at a nursery the other day, considered buying it then talked myself out of it... I might have to go back.

Thank you  Jamus

Actually the plant I photographed may have been raised from Aussie seed sent from Otto's neighbour Tim ,years back......

[t00lie]

More Fritillaria

F. collina

F. taipaiensis and close up

Unknown

[fermi de Sousa]

Those Frits look good, Dave.
Is it as wet there as the weather station is indicating?
We're stopping at the wool and possum shop in Timaru on the way down, so we'll have a chance to buy more jumpers!
cheers
fermi

[t00lie]

Those Frits look good, Dave.
Is it as wet there as the weather station is indicating?
We're stopping at on the way down, so we'll have a chance to buy more jumpers!
cheers
fermi

Thanks .I can't remember when you are arriving on these shores Fermi however rain is forecast early next week while you are down in our area .Suggest a good coat rather than jumpers .Hilda made a mention of extra blankets on your bed however I replied 'not to bother as they will just have to harden up '........  

[Hillview croconut]

Hi Dave,

I am very envious of your Fritillaria collina flower. Have a few plants but they have never flowered for me. Guess that extra couple of degrees latitude might make the difference.

I think your unknown frit is F. thessala.

Cheers, Marcus

[Parsla]

Oh dear, Fermi, looks like you might be in for a spartan NZ holiday.
I would make sure of buying those jumpers!

Jamus - your garden is a picture!

I have two photos for show and tell:

1. A Japanese woodland Calanthe orchid obtained from Lynn McGough.
Faster growing hydrangeas and maples have overtaken the bed and the orchid is now sited inconspicuously at the back.
A task for next year….

2. A dainty cardamine kindly gifted by Lynn. It doesn't seed itself around but clumps up rather nicely.

Jacqui.

[Jupiter]

Thank you Jacqui.    I wish I could ask you over for a coffee or a glass of wine and show you around... the garden gives me a lot of joy (and plenty of pain).

Here are a couple of things of interest (to me anyway) from this afternoon after work.


This little Achillea came from Otto as umbellata but I have since obtained another different species with the same name which has left me wondering which is umbellata and what Otto's plant may be if it isn't...?


The other umbellata, which seems to match images online better than the one above.


Androsace sempervivoides is doing very well and seems to love my rock garden.


Jovellana violacea is a favourite shrub of mine, just beginning to flower here.


Lobelia tupa, again.

[Jupiter]

continued...


Phlox subullata 'Tamaongalei', just coming into flower.


A nice purple Pacific Coast hybrid Iris.


Lysimachia atropurpurea 'Beaujolais'. I grew this from seed and am just loving it. English seed catalogues described it as half hardy and short lived but I get the impression it'll be much more permanent here in sunny Adelaide.


And again... I'll post more pictures as the flowers expand.


A view of my crevice garden, a bit over a year old and working quite well I think.

[Maggi Young]

Great garden and plant pix, jamus. The crevice garden is establishing rather well. The colour of the rock is most attractive in itself.

[Lesley Cox]

Hi Dave,

I am very envious of your Fritillaria collina flower. Have a few plants but they have never flowered for me. Guess that extra couple of degrees latitude might make the difference.


Cheers, Marcus

Dave has no latitude at all! I'd be surprised if his garden were even 5 metres above sea level, just a very few kilometres from Bluff. I was at Dave's briefly on Friday afternoon and was stunned by the trilliums, frits, podophyllums and everything else. Everything looking superb and disgustingly healthy (even Dave himself )

The Southland branch of NZAGS had a very good show in the evening and I was there to judge which I enjoyed very much. The Southlanders are great growers and always very hospitable too.

[Jupiter]

Thanks Maggi, I'll try to take some more general overview images of the rock garden with plant labels, but every time I'm out there I convince myself to wait a week or two until this or that is in flower...

[Maggi Young]

Everything looking superb and disgustingly healthy (even Dave himself )

The Southland branch of NZAGS had a very good show in the evening and I was there to judge which I enjoyed very much. The Southlanders are great growers and always very hospitable too.

Good to hear that Dave is in good order !
The Southlanders sound a nice bunch ( was there any cake?)

[Jupiter]

Don't eat cake ladies.. it's poison didn't you know?

[Robert]

Jamus,

Your garden looks excellent.  This can be a difficult task in a hot and dry climate.

The whole composition seems tied together into a work of art.

Thank you so much for sharing the photographs.

[Jupiter]

Thanks for your kind words Robert. I do consider the garden on different scales when I'm planning structure or planting. I stand back and look broadly at the vista and also create little nooks with minute interest. I view the garden as a whole with many parts; areas; microclimates at different levels. Some of it is planning, much is serendipity. It's only a small garden so not too overwhelming for someone as time poor as I am.