September in the Southern Hemisphere 2016

[Jeffnz]

Each year a daffodil festival is held at a local town as a fund raiser for local charities. A local farm has a hill side full of daffodils and the public can visit and for a $4 donation  pick 2 dozen daffs. This year the day dawned sunny which was great as there were gale force winds and rain for most of the week leading up to the day.
There is also steam train excursion for the day that brings visitors to the event. In the local town street stalls are set up with a variety of goods for sale. This year about 4000 people attended.

[Jeffnz]

Each year a daffodil festival is held at a local town as a fund raiser for local charities. A local farm has a hill side full of daffodils and the public can visit and for a $4 donation  pick 2 dozen daffs. This year the day dawned sunny which was great as there were gale force winds and rain for most of the week leading up to the day.
 There is also steam train excursion for the day that brings visitors to the event. In the local town street stalls are set up with a variety of goods for sale. This year about 4000 people attended the event.

[arillady]

A little bit of colour coordination!
Iris bicapitata
Iris subbiflora
Iris hermona hybrid dark form
Various choice hybrids
I tried crossing the last two so I hope they set seed.

[arillady]

Maggi help!! why do they appear the right way in my pictures folder but come up sideways on the forum???

[Maggi Young]

Something to do with how they were taken/stored initially, I think. Not sure - it happens a lot these days.  Were they taken on a phone?
 Anyway, I'll fix 'em!

 By the way - have you got a cute cat to match every Iris colour? 

[fermi de Sousa]

Lovely iris and cat, Pat!
Our first oncos are a few days off
In the native section of the rock garden we have
Senna artemisioides;
close up;
Olearia pimeleoides;
Prostanthera calycina;
Dampiera rosmarinifolia 'Pink Form'
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Beautiful Irises Pat. You're having a good year... no buds on my babies.

Here are some things happening in my garden at the moment...


Ferarria crispa, the first bloom of the season opened yesterday


Sedum spathulifolium is settling into the rock garden and starting to do just what I hoped it would


I'm really enjoying the tulips; little princess is nearly done but still looking lovely


T. aucheriana, showing the outside of the petals and the lovely flower form


Pulsatilla vulgaris; this should be a good dark red but haven't seen it flower yet. Two good buds on it as we speak!

[Jupiter]

part2


Thymus longicaulis is about to burst into bloom


Nemophila maculata is a favourite little annual of mine


Exciting to see Cardiocrinum giganteum back again. I don't expect a flower yet...

[Jupiter]

The bureau forecast rain yesterday but the sun shone all day until 4pm! We made good use of the unexpected bonus and gardened ALL day long. I think the expression is like a pig in mud? Well that was me.


The little princess just keep on giving! They looked beautiful with the morning light shining through them.


Nicotiana langsdorfii self sowed itself in the Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum. I like this pairing so much I will do it on purpose next year.


I'm enjoying Origanum dictamnus with its new spring growth


I built this little low wall at the bottom of the rock garden yesterday; an idea I've had rattling around in my head for months.

[Otto Fauser]

Pat, I wish I could grow and flower Aril Irises like you ,but the moist rain forest here does not become them .
Jamus  I like your new semicircular rock wall -Cardiocrinum usually take 7-8 years to flower from seed .

This year Fritillaria affinis surprised and thrilled me growing 1 meter  tall , which i have not seen before .,also a few smaller yellow Frits.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Otto,
Here are 2 arils together - 'Satan's Mistress' which I got from you and A hybrid I.kirkwoodiae x I. atropurpurea from Pat,
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Stunning plants Fermi, thanks for showing us. I especially like that hybrid from Pat. Such a rich colour.

Otto that Fritillaria is HUGE.    I wonder if there'll be any still flowering when we see you in a couple of weeks time...

[Anthony Darby]

Don't know why it's take five years for this Moraea villosa to flower from seed?

[Maggi Young]

Don't know why it's take five years for this Moraea villosa to flower from seed?

Takes a loooonnnngg time to paint all those dots, Anthony!

[fermi de Sousa]

Takes a loooonnnngg time to paint all those dots, Anthony!

Possibly it's taken it's time to decide which of its parents it resembles more? It appears to be a hybrid, possibly with M. aristata.
Did you get it from Bill Dijk, Anthony? He raised some hybrids and named one 'Zoe' - it's a bit like yours,
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/MoraeaHybrids
cheers
fermi