June 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

First day of winter and we had the first hard frost yesterday which means these Gladiolus dalenii won't last long!
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

No frost here yet... tonight is going to be a cold one.

[t00lie]

First day of winter and we had the first hard frost yesterday which means these Gladiolus dalenii won't last long!
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Saw a lovely flowering potful of these for sale this arvo at our local garden center Fermi --I picked the pot up , hesitated and placed the pot down again ,went inside the store and returned a different way back to the vehicle .... just about got my impulse buying under control .......

Anyway here on the property the birds have flown the nest for sunnier climes and the 'fungi' family have moved in for the winter although one of them seems rather shy.....

[David Nicholson]

.................arvo..................................

 

[t00lie]

afternoon

' arvo'  noun Australian/NZ informal .......

Thought I'd give that little bit of extra detail Mr Nicholson before you started weighing into me about speaking English ....  

[David Nicholson]

afternoon

' arvo'  noun Australian/NZ informal .......

Thought I'd give that little bit of extra detail Mr Nicholson before you started weighing into me about speaking English ....  

Well I did wonder

[Anthony Darby]

Frost this morning. Stunning sunset again tonight.

[fermi de Sousa]

tOOlie, I admire your self-restraint! Not a quality I've found in myself, though

At our Rock Garden Group meeting this arvo we had a small display but some very nice plants.
1) a view of the bench
2) George S's Cyclamen (? graecum) with great foliage;
3) George's Haemanthus which he thinks might be a hybrid between H. albiflos and H. pauculifolius
4) George's Lachenalia congesta
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

Should I presume that mornings are 'marvo' and nights are 'narvo'

[t00lie]

Should I presume that mornings are 'marvo' and nights are 'narvo'

"You might very well say that, I couldn't possibly comment". 

David I've just watched a rerun of the whole series of that wonderful TV production 'House of Cards'. 

[Lesley Cox]

Your lachenalias are well on Fermi. Mine are still in nice leaf but the buds are some weeks away. Of course they are all outside, albeit covered now with frost cloth.

The cyclamen looks like hederifolium to me, as good as 'Bowles' Apollo.' Good seed there too. Could be graecum I suppose. Check the flowers next time around.

Not much alpine out here. A few crocuses/galanthus/last cyclamen (mostly cilicium) and first narcissus, whiteish bulbocodium types. And the first Cyclamen coum and a good Acaulimalva. (Trying to get photo sorted.  )

[David Nicholson]

David I've just watched a rerun of the whole series of that wonderful TV production 'House of Cards'. 

One of my favourites Dave. It's something that get's picked out of the bookcase regularly on long Winter evenings when there's nothing on the telly (as there usually isn't!). Another favourite is the George Smiley box set with 'Smiley's People' and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

[vivienne Condon]

I was wondering if some one could identify this prostrate willow from the Himalayan Mts. please. Otto imported it some years ago from Hollett Nursery UK. I am wanting to do a small article on Salix for the rock garden to find out what  Salix we still have, as they are no longer allowed into Australia as they are considered weeds. Thank you

[Lesley Cox]

I have a few Viv but this doesn't ring any immediate bells. It should be easier to identify with spring foliage and catkins. Somewhere I also have a lot of old Hollett catalogues from the days when we could but like much of my old material, they are still packed away in boxes. I'm reluctant to throw them out but have no room for them on the house. Not like Otto to forget a name though.

[vivienne Condon]

Thank you Lesley for having a look at the willow, no it's not like Otto to forget a name but I think it may come to him one day. I could also check with Ken Gillanders he was selling a few dwarf Salix at times, I also have his old catalogues I might go through those to see if I can glean something from them.