October in the Northern Hemisphere

[Carolyn]

3. + 4.  Nesocodon mauritianus- Campanulaceae
            the last picture shows the red colored nectar inside the 'bell'

Gerd,
Thanks for showing this fascinating plant. I have never seen it before so immediately had to look it up. There are always new things to learn on the forum - thanks.

[ruweiss]

Yesterday in our meadow garden:

[Gerdk]

Thank you Carolyn!
I saw this species first at the Botanic Garden Bonn/Germany a long time ago.
The flower looks marvellous indeed but disadvantages are the unpleasant smell of the whole plant
and the red nectar drops out of the blossoms.
Nevertheless I like this Campanula relative.

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

Yesterday in our meadow garden:

Lovely Rudi. Can you show us a wider view of your meadow please?

[Robert]

Will he be there around November 23th? 

Gerd

Hi Gerd,

Mister Tom Turkey is many years old and will likely die of old "turkey" age. I guess that could be something like a meal for a predator in the realm of wild turkeys. They do have large sharp spurs on their legs, so they can take care of themselves. There are plenty of predators around: Mountain Lions, Bobcats, Coyote, etc. Humans are not allowed to hunt near our farm, so in this case humans are not predators.

[Leena]

Autumn is almost over here. Since last week end the nights have been below freezing (-6C at the lowest), but days are still above zero. Tomorrow morning there is going to be the first snow even in south of Finland, but I hope it still melts away.
Colchicums have been so good autumn flowers here, they start early enough to have time to flower before the frosts even though they start 2-3 weeks later than same ones in the UK. First Colchicums started to flower in the second week of September and all October I have admired them, they have become my favourites! So here are pictures of them from the past week (before the freezing).
'Glory of Heemstede' two pictures
'Autumn Queen'
'Autumn Herald' two pictures

[Leena]

More of the same. 

[Leena]

Yellow autumn colours, asters and sad looking Colchicum yesterday.

[David Nicholson]

Nice display of Colchicums Leena. Mine have been over for some weeks now, all ruined by the rain.

[Leena]

Thanks David. Colchicums are just early enough to have time to flower also here, while autumn Crocuses and snowdrops start too late and don't survive here, but I'm so happy to have found the Colchicums!

[Leena]

One more picture: this is C.davisii, planted one bulb in August 2016 and it has survived the hard winter 2016-17, and even multiplied to two. Very nice short and strong stemmed Colchicum.

[meanie]

These are

1. + 2.  Impatiens bicolor (after cutted back)
3. + 4.  Nesocodon mauritianus- Campanulaceae
            the last picture shows the red colored nectar inside the 'bell'

Gerd

The Impatiens is lovely. Am I correct in assuming that it is a self seeding annual?

However, Nesocodon mauritianus is stunning! I am deeply envious!

[Gerdk]

Thank you Meany!

The Impatiens is an annuel - I guess it will be selfseeding, but not here with me because it is little bit too large for my garden.

Gerd

[kris]

Fall crocus are just started blooming. Crocus speciosus is  what I grow mostly.
Last year I got some bulbs of Crocus kotschyanus which are lighter pink is the earliest one but unfortunately I did not take any picture of them when blooming. There is one fading flower still visible with Crocus speciosus#2 picture. The bees are very happy since it is almost at the end of Fall season.

[kris]

These pictures were taken at the garden of my friend about 8 days ago. The asters were in full bloom at that time.