November 2015 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Robert]

Acer palmatum 'Tsukushigata'



Stewartia monadelpha - S. pseudocamellia lost most of its foliage due to drought. It is still very much alive.    It also consistently has good fall foliage too.



Stachyurus praecox 'Aureomarginata'



Cornus controversa 'Variegata' - It was said to dislike the heat. For us it has been thriving for over 20 years. > 10 meters tall now.

[shelagh]

Absolutely lovely Robert.  I think you must have a bit more room than we have.

[David Nicholson]

Cornus controversa 'Variegata' (Weddig Cake Tree) is a beautiful tree Robert and the only tree I have in my garden. A pic here of mine taken from our bedroom window earlier this year

[Robert]

Shalagh, David,

Thank you for the positive comments! 

Shalagh, yes we have acreage here at the farm. Also, farm irrigation rates. This is considerably less expensive than residential water rates.

David,

It appears that you can grow Cornus controversa 'Variegata' in full sun. Ours grows in filtered light from the native oak canopy (Mostly Quercus douglasii).

Does the foliage on your tree turn in the autumn?

[johnralphcarpenter]

Splendid autumn colour - or for Robert, fall color! We're just back from a week in Herefordshire, just in time for the arctic blast sweeping across the country today. Still a few things of interest in the garden: Narcissus papyraceus - this is not forced bulbs as sold in garden centres. These have been in a pot on the patio behind the house for a couple of years. They are offsets from a bulb originally bought a decade ago from a well know seller of Rare Plants as Narcissus pachybolbos, but which keys out as N. papyraceus.

Jasminum nudiflorum, common old plant but valuable winter colour.

Aspholdelus ramosus just starting to flower. This dies down in early autumn and immediately comes back into growth.

[David Nicholson]

David,

It appears that you can grow Cornus controversa 'Variegata' in full sun. Ours grows in filtered light from the native oak canopy (Mostly Quercus douglasii).

Does the foliage on your tree turn in the autumn?

Robert, I think my full sun is a bit different to yours! The picture was taken towards the end of July in the early evening when the setting sun catches the tree above the shade cast by our house and virtually the rest of day it is in the shade, or the roots and lower foliage are, of the surrounding houses and fences.

There is some autumn colour but I wouldn't call it vivid.

[amateuranthecologist]

Proteas, Grevilleas, Clivia, and loads more in bloom at the San Francisco Zoo a few weeks ago. (Road trip).

[Steve Garvie]

This late-flowering chinese Lilium species (?majoense) has finally opened its single bud -just before the first frost of the Autumn. It's now enjoying some protection in the greenhouse.

[ichristie]

Hell great to see all the flowers our weather has changed to winter now heavy snowfall last night starting to melt temperature Baltic,  cheers Ian the Christie kind

[shelagh]

Made me go all shivery Ian.  However Brian says there was ice on one of the water butts this morning, even here in sunny Bury.

[ashley]

Last flowers of the season on Kohleria 'Sunshine' brighten up a November day.

[Tasmanian Taffy]

Hi Steve,
I think that your Lilium may be Lilium Primulinum var. Ochraceum rather than Lilium Majoense

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Ashley - we needed that !  So pretty.

[Steve Garvie]

Hi Steve,
I think that your Lilium may be Lilium Primulinum var. Ochraceum rather than Lilium Majoense

Thanks TT!

Is majoense not a synonym of primulinum var. ochraceum?

[K-D Keller]

Last night we have the first temperatures below 0 °C here, after a very warm autumn. Therefore we have frosted blossoms.

Draba aizoides, Symphyandra cretica, Campanula poscharskyana and Saxifraga x elisabethae "Forsters Gold"