September 2017 in the northern hemisphere

[meanie]

Tricyrtis formosana...........
Tricyrtis formosana by longk48, on Flickr

Bessera elegans..........
Bessera elegans by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia atrocyanea.............
Salvia atrocyanea by longk48, on Flickr

[fermi de Sousa]

Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance - this is the trademark name, who wants to call it 'Blafra' They've gone completely crazy with the cultivars naming

Strangely enough it is now in flower in our garden in the Southern Hemisphere
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650
cheers
fermi

[Gabriela]

Strangely enough it is now in flower in our garden in the Southern Hemisphere
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15716.msg381650#msg381650
cheers
fermi

Yes Fermi, most interesting to see it flowering simultaneously across both hemispheres I'll post a picture in Daphne thread for the record.

With summer like temperatures now, 27C (feeling like 32C with the humidity) Colchicum autumnale Waterlily exploded yesterday; they will be over so fast now

[Diane Whitehead]

Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum. I hope this seedling starts blooming this coming spring.

Robert,
A beautiful plant.  The silver leaves look more flowery than the flowers will.

[James Cheshire]

Black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Some are almost 8 cm in diameter.

James

[Maggi Young]

Black walnuts (Juglans nigra). Some are almost 8 cm in diameter.

James

Crumbs, looks like you'd need a tank to drive over those to  break into them!

[ArnoldT]

JAMES:

Looks good, now make yourself some "nocino".

[ian mcdonald]

I have had my scree remodelled to represent a mountain top, a scree and a bog. Small scale I know. I need a mail order supplier of less common native alpines. Anyone have ideas? I have purple saxifrage, dwarf azalea and Diapensia. Img. 00339 shows new site. It is warm and sunny today. The ivy is coming into flower and is being visited by many insects including comma and red admiral butterflies. Img. 00341 shows a comma with the distinctive C on the underwing. Img. 00346 shows a red admiral. Clematis tangutica Img. 00349 is brightening one corner Img. 00344 shows ivy.

[Robert]

 

I love the photographs of the butterflies!

Good luck with your new plot.

[David Nicholson]

Ian, what do you regard as being less common alpines?

[ian mcdonald]

David, native saxifrage, Ajuga pyramidalis, Veronica fruticans, Sedum villosum, Salix herbacea,  Gnaphalium supinum, Woodsia alpina and W. ilvensis, Cystopteris montana. Mostly our native alpines that form small prostate mats. Usually considered not garden worthy by most growers.

[Robert]

The process is slow, but we are slowly removing part of our house to have more garden space.



...but it is disappearing.



The garden is in a bit of chaos. Salvia elegans is starting into bloom. Dieteria canescens, a California native, is also looking good, however the photograph did not turn out. I'll try again as it is quite nice.

[meanie]

Salvia elegans isn't even close here. Kept frost free it will be spring before it blooms now.

[Robert]

Salvia elegans isn't even close here. Kept frost free it will be spring before it blooms now.

Meanie,

Didn't Salvia elegans bloom for you one autumn?

We have a number of Salvia species blooming in our Sacramento garden. Right now there is so much work to do, I do not have much time to photograph plants in the garden. + with construction, or maybe destruction, the garden seems chaotic with potted plants all over the place and salvaged lumber in piles here and there. The structure is down now and much needs to be hauled away. The concrete foundation is next. Uuuggghhh! 

[meanie]

Meanie,

Didn't Salvia elegans bloom for you one autumn?

It did. That year had a much better summer than this (which has been lousy frankly) and a long mild autumn. It was still blooming at christmas in a sheltered spot outdoors that year.