October 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Maggi Young]

This photo is from Alan Elliott- taken in  the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

"Clematis 'Bill Mackenzie' flowering & fruiting on the alpine wall @ TheBotanics. Looking the business in the sunshine"


The late, great Bill Mackenzie was a founder member of the Scottish Rock Garden Club  - this isa super plant to remember him by.

[rgc]

Very misty here all morning until the sun broke through about 12.30. Then fantastic sunny hot day. Not what we are used to in Stirling in October. This last week has been the best of the summer.

Some pictures taken this afternoon.
1. Cyclamen hederifolium 'White Cloud'. Hint of pink in the photo, but the actual flowers are pure white.

2. Corydalis flexuosa bought as 'Blue Dragon' from local garden centre, but the leaves are much greener than my other 'Blue Dragon' / 'Purple Leaf'. Still has lots of flowers.

Some of the gentians in a sunny spot are further forward than these ones which are a month behind where they were last year.

3. Gentian 'Balmoral' which is the furthest forward.

4. G. farreri Duguid’s Form has its first few flowers.

5. G. sino-ornata has most buds still to open.

Bob

[Gabriela]

This photo is from Alan Elliott- taken in  the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

"Clematis 'Bill Mackenzie' flowering & fruiting on the alpine wall @ TheBotanics. Looking the business in the sunshine"
(Attachment Link)

The late, great Bill Mackenzie was a founder member of the Scottish Rock Garden Club  - this isa super plant to remember him by.

A bright and cheerful Clematis picture - perfect for the first day of October!

[Gabriela]

Very misty here all morning until the sun broke through about 12.30. Then fantastic sunny hot day. Not what we are used to in Stirling in October. This last week has been the best of the summer.

Some pictures taken this afternoon.
1. Cyclamen hederifolium 'White Cloud'. Hint of pink in the photo, but the actual flowers are pure white.

2. Corydalis flexuosa bought as 'Blue Dragon' from local garden centre, but the leaves are much greener than my other 'Blue Dragon' / 'Purple Leaf'. Still has lots of flowers.

Some of the gentians in a sunny spot are further forward than these ones which are a month behind where they were last year.

3. Gentian 'Balmoral' which is the furthest forward.

4. G. farreri Duguid’s Form has its first few flowers.

5. G. sino-ornata has most buds still to open.

Bob

I would kill for that Gentiana 'Balmoral' - that's a good thing no one grows it around here (as far as I know).

[Gerdk]

I can't resist to send this pic of a spectacular autumn colour - Corylus americana!
- plant received from a nice French Forimist.

Gerd

[astragalus]

Don't know where to put this.  Just invested in a scanner and am learning to use it.  Is it obvious that the picture is a scanned slide?

[Maggi Young]

Super  picture, Anne - I asked Ian - without telling him it was a scan - what he thought of it - he likes it very much. Neither of us would have said it was a scan.

[astragalus]

Thanks, Maggi.  I think the better the slide is, the easier it is to get a good result.  Some of them can have a slight lavender tinge but you can get rid of that with Microsoft picture manager with a little work.  I can see I'll be spending the winter months scanning a million slides!

[Maggi Young]

A job for the snow days, Anne - but it will be worthwhile I'm sure.

[astragalus]

A couple more scanned slides.  These are of the original part of the rock garden before the tornado in 2000 basically destroyed most of it when a 300 year old white oak was dumped on top of it. 

[Maggi Young]

These scans are coming out very well, Anne.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A late small flowered Clematis - no idea which one.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Possibly C. paniculata?

[Leena]

We have had the first frosty night now, but Asters and Colchicums are still flowering well.
I divided Colchicum 'Autumn Herald' in August and planted in several places, here is one.
Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede' is doing well
Colchicum 'Bill Dykes' in Aster/Iris -bed.
Unknown red Aster dumosus

[Leena]

Some more pictures of Asters.
Aster novae-angliae 'Violetta'
Aster novae-angliae 'Barr's Pink'
A nameless Aster novi-belgii (it was sold as 'Patricia Ballard' which it is not, it has bigger and less double flowers, also its flowers are not so dark pink as PB)
Aster pyrenaeus 'Lutetia'