Author Topic: October in the Northern Hemisphere (Read 17176 times)

Hoy · « **Reply #45 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:38:58 PM »

Quote from: johnw on October 06, 2016, 11:07:44 PM

Trond - Sorry thought you had three Fargesias.
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john

My fault

Hoy · « **Reply #46 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:42:22 PM »

Quote from: Gabriela on October 07, 2016, 02:00:34 AM

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Trond - I have to say your Sasa looks very handsome and also hardy! maybe it starts flowering and sets seeds
Don't give to Yann something bad to think about; as far as I know Phyllostachys are the kind that survive flowering.

Sorry Yann

Gabriela, if my Sasa flower and set seed I'll think of you!

Hoy · « **Reply #47 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:43:19 PM »

Quote from: Yann on October 07, 2016, 01:25:50 PM

Hoy: this is the true nigra, got it from a renowned nursery.

Lucky you!

Yann · « **Reply #48 on:** October 07, 2016, 10:05:27 PM »

I hope it'll survive

johnw · « **Reply #49 on:** October 08, 2016, 02:02:54 AM »

Quote from: Yann on October 07, 2016, 10:05:27 PM

I hope it'll survive

Have you done the pinch test? Squeeze the flower and if you feel a sizeable "grain of rice" then you've got a seed, hopefully a viable one. Problem is the chances of getting another 'Spectabilis' with its yellow culm & green sulcus is just about zero, the progeny will likely be all P. aureosulcata 'Alata' which is completely green. One of those instances where a yellowed-sulcused was named as the type and the true type was found later & given a cultivar name.

I'd say the chances are extremely high that your P. will survive as if nothing happened.

john

Yann · « **Reply #50 on:** October 08, 2016, 09:58:14 AM »

I've seeds all around the plant, i tried to put them in a pot because i don't want to be invaded. all my Bamboos are circled in a HPE 1.4m heigh.

johnw · « **Reply #51 on:** October 09, 2016, 02:30:42 PM »

Though m any of the native maples started to colour up in early August due to the severe drought no such shenanigans from the ever-reliable Cercidiphyllum in the local Public Garden. And on a happier note....

john - +19c & overcast

Gabriela · « **Reply #52 on:** October 10, 2016, 01:39:09 AM »

Bright as the sun John - could you smell the burnt sugar fragrance as well?
This part of Ontario preparing for the first night with below zero temp. (-2C).

The brilliant autumn shades of red, orange and yellow are in not full effect just yet, but the woodland aspect has greatly changed. It was not easy to choose only a few pictures from today’s hike - softly glowing witch hazels (H. virginiana - the last ones to flower) and beeches:

Fagus grandifolia

Acer rubrum is one of the first trees to turn red, together with the staghorn sumacs.

Rhus typhina stand

The evergreen Hepatica clumps are once again conspicuous on the forest floor; and although there wasn’t too much rain lately - lots of mushrooms…

Robert · « **Reply #53 on:** October 10, 2016, 04:25:48 AM »

Gabriela,

Beautiful scenes from your part of the world.

I was home for a few hours today.

Helianthus angustifolius in full bloom. It a bit over 2 meters tall. It creates quite the screen and show in the back of the border during the autumn.

Salvia chiapensis With a little compost spread around their roots they have kicked into bloom again. They will bloom for us for about 12 months. Only below average cold temperatures during the winter will put an end to their flower production.

Cfred72 · « **Reply #54 on:** October 12, 2016, 03:34:26 PM »

I enlarge the garden. I juste finished planting and sowing new fowerbeds.

Cfred72 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 12, 2016, 03:48:52 PM »

I agree with you if you tell me it is not verry nice. Last year this massive resembled the previous photos.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #56 on:** October 12, 2016, 06:18:12 PM »

We have a saying Fred, "you cannot make an ommlette without breaking eggs" - next year your new plantings will be lovely and the year after that, wonderful!