October 2017 in the Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

"Pinkbells", Tetratheca ciliata,  are making quite a splash on the roadside near the Langley School which I pass on my way to work,
cheersfermi

[Maggi Young]

Now there's a pretty roadside view!

[Gabriela]

Indeed it is!

[Mini-daffs]

Hi
A few photos from our garden.

[Mini-daffs]

Hi
Our red trilliums have different leaves. Does anyone know whether this is just a variation or whether they are different species.

[Jupiter]

Hello friends. I've been absent for a while, dealing with life's ups and downs and too distracted to enjoy the garden. I noticed this Fritillary flowering last night; it's one that Marcus gave me but I don't know what it's called.

[Parsla]

Jamus I hope as many ups as downs, and that things are okay with you.
Exceptionally cute fritillaria - wonder what it is.
Otto will know.

Lovely plants from Canberra, Graeme.

I have just two.

1. A dear little daphne from Otto. Daphne x Eschmanii. I'm so pleased to see it looking so healthy. I have mixed luck with species daphnes -  transplant shock seems to be an issue.

2. Cardamine pratensis - a soft pink double. It is my second try, as the varmints polished off the first as soon as it got to a decent size.

[ian mcdonald]

Cardamine pratense is a UK native plant. It is not as common as it was, due to habitat loss. I have not seen a double flowered form before.

[fermi de Sousa]

Now there's a pretty roadside view!

About the only bit worth stopping at along that stretch sadly

Here are a few things in our garden today:
Pat Toolan's hybrid Iris kirkwoodiae x Iris atropurpurea;
Moraea aristata;
One of Graham's triandrus hybrids: Narcissus KB-5WW-51-2015 (Quickstep x NTT);
Dwarf Bearded iris 'White Bow-Tie';
Iris lutescens SRGC Seedex 2009;
cheers
fermi

[Parsla]

Hello Ian. Yes, i hope it doesn’t disappear.
Apparently the double form does occur in the wild, albeit rarely.
It doesn’t set seed so limited to vegetative spread.
I read somewhere that the double was first noted on record in the 17th century, albeit hearsay.

[meanie]

What a lovely form of Moraea aristata Fermi - I'm smitten!

[David Nicholson]

What a lovely form of Moraea aristata Fermi - I'm smitten!

Yes, I agree it's lovely.

[fermi de Sousa]

Yes, I agree it's lovely.

Would you have room in your glasshouse, David?

In our garden today:
Moraea setifolia
Olearia pimeleoides
A yellow Aril Iris Hybrid we got from Marcus Harvey, originally from Pat Toolan - not sure if the other flowers will be four-fold
Delosperma cooper hybrd
A very dark Sparaxis
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Oh my - that dark, velvety Sparaxis is a cracker!

[David Nicholson]

Would you have room in your glasshouse, David? "...............................

It wouldn't be easy Fermi, there's hardly room for me, but I' d have to.