October in the Northern Hemisphere

[ian mcdonald]

Not in flower now but some of the plants in the new site
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 img. 00416 is parsley fern.


img. 00417 is Diapensia.


 img 00418 is dwarf azalea.


 img. 00419 is purple saxifrage.


 img 00420 is a general view of the site.

I,m hoping these appear as larger images? obviously wrong.

[Maggi Young]

Not sure what you mean, Ian - the photos are displayed without need of enlargement on the page - that is the object of the resizing  system - to do that automatically for you.

[ashley]

Today in the garden

Aster sp./cv & Liquidamber styrachiflua 'Worplesdon'
Berkeya purpurea
Romneya coulteri
Hamamelis x intermedia
Echeveria setosa

[ian mcdonald]

Maggie, the size displayed is ok. I seem to have the text in the wrong place? Tries hard but could do better was my school reports.

[Maggi Young]

Maggie, the size displayed is ok. I seem to have the text in the wrong place? Tries hard but could do better was my school reports.

Ah, I see now -  - I've tweaked your post a bit .... open it again with the "modify" button and you will see how I have laid things out...

[ian mcdonald]

Thanks Maggie.

[Gabriela]

Well, just to say that I've tried to post few larger size images and it didn't work this time. So, I cropped one...
Rhus aromatica

[ikizzeki]

After the second rain
Antalya, Turkey..
S. clusiana, C.variegatum, P.autumnalis

[meanie]

Thanks for that meanie, it proves the point of what Gail said as she is based in Norfolk. Think I shall give it a miss.

Amistad is becoming increasingly available in the smaller sizes now for about three quid. As it grows like bejayzuz the smaller size is a perfectly viable option. I used to lift it, drop it in a pot and shove it in the shed for the winter although now I just take cuttings instead.

I bought Salvia 'Armistad' last summer here in New Zealand and planted it out in a mixed border. I also bought another identical in every way except colour, which was a rich maroon........................... I may try them again if for sale this coming summer and perhaps do cuttings before planting them out because they are super plants.

Could the other one have been 'Purple Majesty'?

Anyway, this year I've grown a few Salvia atrocyanea from seed supplied by Robin Middleton. Two are blooming and here's a shot showing the colour variation from the same batch of seed...............
Salvia atrocyanea by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia amarissima continues to look good............
Salvia amarissima by longk48, on Flickr

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

x Sedeveria (x Pachyveria) 'Blue Mist'................
x Sedeveria (x Pachyveria) 'Blue Mist' by longk48, on Flickr

I took a cutting from a Kalanchoe hybrid that has the trade name Azumi and that is now in bloom. It has interesting colour variation on the same plant...........
Kalanchoe 'Azumi' by longk48, on Flickr

[Chris Johnson]

Lovely images as usual. The Sedeveria is a nice looking plant.

[Brian Ellis]

I was surprised, and greatly pleased to see the first flower opening on Iris unguicularis this morning.  Quite what this is telling me I don't know as they are never normally in flower here until much later!

[Carolyn]

I discovered Iris lazica this morning - same sentiments as Brian! No photo  though, it's too wet here.

[Maggi Young]

 ....I had a flower on Iris unguicularis .... once ........  sigh!

[Leena]

Some pictures from my garden last week.  Leaves are falling from trees, but there hasn't been any frost yet, but lot's of rain these past two weeks.
Colchicums have flowered since mid September, the earliest ones are already over, and the ones in the pictures ('Autumn Herald' and 'Glory of Heemstede') started on late September. 'Emerald Town' was planted in August, it is very sturdy Colchicum.
Aster divaricatus (perhaps it has now another name, I'm not sure) is one of my favourites, it flowers in shade as well as in sun.
I like Matteuccia struthiopteris even in autumn.

[arilnut]

I have I. henryi blooming now. I did not know it was a rebloomer.

John b