November 2017 in the Northern Hemisphere

[David King]

We still have plenty of colour in the garden with the chrysanthemums looking really good this year.

1.  Killerton Tangerine
2.  Emperor of China
3.  This is un-named but we think it is Contralto
4.  Hillside Apricot
5.  Dr Tom Parr

[David King]

Another chrysanthemum plus some more colour from around the garden.

1.  Chrysanthemum Wendy Tench
2.  Probably Cistus × purpureus Alan Fradd
3.  Cirsium rivalare
4.  Schizostylis

Here in Norfolk we are suffering from lack of rain.  In October we only had 11.5mm to follow a relatively dry summer and autumn.  The two meres (ponds) we look out on are nearly empty and lower than I have ever seen them, in 35 years, at this time of year

5.  Brooke mere

[David King]

Finally one of my favourites in the garden and still going strong.  Salvia 'Hot Lips'

[David Nicholson]

I do like Dr. Tom Carr, perfect colour and shape.

[ikizzeki]

Greetings from Turkey, Antalya..
Prospero autumnale
Crocus asumaniae
Sternbergia clusiana and its habitat

[ruweiss]

Sorry, no alpine plants but some interesting trees and shrubs
at a nursery. Not quite cheap, but beautiful.

[Leucogenes]

Every year in this time gets my Gentiana clusii (?) over again some blossoms. Crazy... or?

[Gabriela]

Every year in this time gets my Gentiana clusii (?) over again some blossoms. Crazy... or?

Wunderbar Thomas
Sometimes spring Gentiana are reflowering in the fall, but if it happens on a regular base you may just be lucky, in possession of a good clone - you could name it!
There are cultivars selected for this habit of reliable reflowering for other species.

[Robert]

Greetings from Turkey, Antalya..
Prospero autumnale
Crocus asumaniae
Sternbergia clusiana and its habitat

ikizzeki,

I finally have had a chance to pick up this thread again. Thank you so much for sharing the photographs. The last photograph could have easily been taken in the Sierra Nevada foothills in California, U.S.A. The scene is so very similar! Are the trees oaks (Quercus)? Most of the low elevation woodland / savannah in the northern foothills surrounding the Sacramento Valley consists of oak (Quercus). Perhaps not surprising, the summers are very hot and dry and the winters cool and rainy.

Thanks for sharing. The photographs were fascinating to see. 

[ikizzeki]

Hello Robert,
The climate condition is not smilar ( THE Same, really. As if you were here as you explained ..

[Leena]

Over here the snow melted and this week the temperatures are above freezing so I could have done some digging again, but next week it is going to be colder again.
Some pictures from last week end, Colchicums after the snow melted.
Shortia uniflora with nice autumn colour and the earliest Helleborus niger showing bud.

[ikizzeki]

Greetings from Turkey, Antalya..
Today, among the olive trees..I dont know ist name,so sorry

[Maggi Young]

Greetings from Turkey, Antalya..
Today, among the olive trees..I dont know ist name,so sorry

Biarum pyrami

[ikizzeki]

Thank you for both 

[Leena]

Helleborus multifidus is starting soon to go dormant, beside it is Epimedium 'Frohnleiten'. A nice combination.
This small Helleborus niger is grown from Holubeck seeds from Italy three years ago, and it is already going to flower next spring.
It has very nice foliage.