October in the Southern Hemisphere

[Maggi Young]

I've just seen some photos from this nursery in South Australia - looks interesting :
Looks like a super nursery specialising in native Australian  plants  http://www.stateflora.sa.gov.au/home

[Jupiter]

It's a great nursery Maggi and just up the road from us. We go quite often but I don't buy much as they specialise in 'sensible' natives for landscaping and rarely have anything really interesting. I have recently bought a couple of Correas, still languishing in their pots because I need to build the limestone bed where I intend to put them. I really want to try Lechenaultia after seeing Fermi's pictures of his biloba, but they don't stock them...   

Here are a few things in the garden right now.

[Lesley Cox]

Everything looking great in Australia. Here too in general. I need to wean myself away from Facebook and revert to my proper camera but the darn thing packed up when I was away. I could still take pictures and they were there all right but nothing on the viewing screen before I clicked the button so I couldn't line things up properly, just had to hope for the best. The target would be taken but off centre or somehow distorted. I need a new camera but can't afford one right now. Will have to put phone photos onto laptop I suppose.

I had Leschenaultia biloba many years ago but two years with even light frosts did for it in the finish. There was a little scarlet one as well. Gorgeous colour.Good to see a few photos from our OAGG Show. Thanks for those Maggi.

[Lesley Cox]

And as always happens when I leave my computer to its own devices for a time, just 3 weeks for heaven's sake, everything turns to custard and won't work when I start up again. Had to go through the whole procedure of re-registering for the Forum, new password etc before I could do a reply and yet again, have lost all my notified topics.

Yesterday I posted a pic on Facebook of my young (2 year) single stem fig tree, now grown from 40 cms to 1.5 metres with FIGS on it. OK they're small as my little finger nails but they are genuine figs. I'm as optimistic as Susan M was when her olive tree had 3 olives and she was looking for someone with an olive press.

[Lesley Cox]

My smileys are back! Just trying it in bold to see if that's working now too.

Yes, it is. Yeay!

Quick note - The little androsace I had at our show, it now turns out IS, almost certainly A. mariae but in a strong pink form instead of the usual white. Confirmation from one of the Czech people. The stems are taller than the usual mariae but it is an outstanding little plant and I'll do cuttings as soon as it's finished flowering. Pleased to know that seed from VH at Tabor was correct after all.

[Jupiter]

In case people haven't seen it, here are some of the pictures from my recent visit to Otto's place. I named it dandenong ranges, because I intend to add more pictures of Cloudehill garden, Sherbrooke forest and Gentiana nursery, as well as some awful garish tulips from the Tesselaar tulip festival (I promise to precede it with a suitable warning for those who are sensitive to such things).

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14804.0

[David Nicholson]

..............I could still take pictures and they were there all right but nothing on the viewing screen before I clicked the button so I couldn't line things up properly, just had to hope for the best...........................

Welcome back Lesley. You sure you hadn't inadvertently pressed the button to turn off the screen in favour of the eye viewer, if so you just need to turn it off again?

On the other hand your camera might not be fitted with an eye viewer and thus I would (and this would be quite exceptional for a member of the male species) be wrong

[kaydale]

Have been away a long time, but finally got the NBN so much better internet . After a very wet winter/spring I finally got out to take some photos.  The Fritillarias, Erythroniums, Dicentras and Trilliums are looking amazing so I thought I would put up a few pictures.





edit by maggi to rotate Erythronium picture

[fermi de Sousa]

Have been away a long time, but finally got the NBN so much better internet .
...... I finally got out to take some photos.  The Fritillarias....

Good to know about your place having NBN
Also good to see there'll still be at least one "Frit" still out when we visit next month
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Welcome back Lesley!!  How fantastic to see how all your hard work is paying off with those magnificent mass plantings!  Hope you are all well?

 
Read more about Lesley, Amarlie and their folks' beautiful place in Tasmania ( can you tell I'd love to visit?!!) http://kaydalelodge.com.au/

[Jupiter]

Hi Lesley, great to see you online and I look forward to seeing more of your amazing garden (rock garden please?  ). I placed an order with you recently for bulbs, including the three species in your previous post! All doing well thank you. Welcome back.

[kaydale]

Hi Maggi, Fermi and Jamus,
It is good to be back, do not know where time goes!!  We have been having fun in the garden the last year or so, doing a lot of stonework.

Also good to see there'll still be at least one "Frit" still out when we visit next month

Depending on the weather we might have some Fritillarias out when you come . We have had 14 inches in the last two weeks, culminating in snow!  Sunny and frosty today so went out and took a few Frit photos.  F purdyi (with a F grayana towering behind), F persica and F palladiflora.  I will take a few more this afternoon.

I look forward to seeing more of your amazing garden (rock garden please?  ). I placed an order with you recently for bulbs, including the three species in your previous post! All doing well thank you. Welcome back.

Glad the bulbs are doing well, a few bulbs fron the bulb rockery coming up!!
Lesley

 (edit by maggi to rotate two pix)

[Jupiter]

Lesley, your Fritillaria persica is the best I've ever seen! Magnificent. I have a lot of seedlings, but all very young and a long way off flowering. And your spotty Frit is nice too. Which species is it? We will get down to see you some day... looking forward to Fermi's photos from his visit.

[Lesley Cox]

Hello David, in view of how rarely (never?) you are wrong, I am madly looking for a button to turn off/on the screen but as yet I haven't found such a thing so we have to consider the possibility that for probably the first time..........

I have to go into town tomorrow so will take it with me and ask the original seller about it. I have had it since early 2005 so I expect to be told to buy a new one but I like this little one, a Panasonic Lumix and it's always done everything I needed.

[Jupiter]

Panasonic lumix are generally great little cameras Lesley. I recently bought one for work as a field trip camera because they are so versatile and easy to operate. My advice is to resist the pressure to upgrade it and stick with what you know and are happy with.