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Gabriela

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Re: July 2018
« Reply #30 on: July 14, 2018, 03:26:43 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on July 13, 2018, 12:38:25 PM
I see what you mean, fermi - you're right. 
Which brings me to the question - why don't Sweet William flowers smell as good nowadays as they used to?  :-\

I though just like Fermi before opening the image :))

To answer your question Maggi, for various species that have been genetically 'improved' for garden cultivation the genes involved in fragrance were lost/suppressed; I once read an article about this.
I grew Dianthus barbatus from wild coll. seeds in the Carpathians few years ago and they smell delicious. Of course the plants don't look as 'good' as the ones you buy in garden centres or grow from seeds of cultivated ones.
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2018, 10:01:59 PM »
Campanula Maje Blyth.This NZ Campanula hybrid becomes a bit rare in our region. In my experience it is not easy to propagate, but I try my best to keep it in cultivation.
Origanum species and Hybrids are the ideal plants for our hot and dry summers, they start rather late to flower, so insects
simply love them.
Sphaeralcea coccinea now flowers for the second time, not so profusely like at the first time, but better than nothing.
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2018, 08:26:55 AM »
Not much in bloom here due to the drought.

Epilobium canum, California fuchsia flowers one month earlier than most years and grows without water!

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Kniphofia sp. do rather good without water.

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Telekia speciosa is a weed here but is surprisingly floriferous in the last moist site. The butterflies seem to enjoy it.

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Also Clematis 'Paul Farges' seems to like the weather




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Re: July 2018
« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2018, 06:59:18 PM »
Campanula thyrsoides ssp. carniolica



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Re: July 2018
« Reply #34 on: July 20, 2018, 09:43:50 PM »
Your Campanula thyrsoides is a real beauty, I love these plants,
but my garden is too small for them.
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #35 on: July 20, 2018, 11:21:27 PM »
C. thyrsoides is quite something!

Trond - I like Telekia very much, it forms beautiful patches along streams in the Carpathians.

Mid to late July here = butterflies and vivid colours.
Monarch on Asclepias syriaca


Black swallowtail on Delphinium grandiflorum (thought to be tatsienense for a while)


Young Clematis pitcheri flowering for the first time - from seeds offered by forumist Afloden.


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Re: July 2018
« Reply #36 on: July 22, 2018, 08:53:03 PM »
Quote from: Gabriela on July 14, 2018, 03:21:51 PM
Lovely Gentian :)

Gabriela... we have the same preference. 😁

Gentiana hexaphylla
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #37 on: July 26, 2018, 12:19:36 PM »
Beautiful butterflies, Gabriela.  :)

Weather has also here been good for butterflies, hot and dry all July, very unusual year this is.
I haven't had time for the garden because of work so the garden is very untidy, but everything grows surprisingly well considering the drought (and a family of a mother and two baby deer which have been eating my Phloxes during the nights!).
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #38 on: July 28, 2018, 12:27:12 PM »
Yesterday's rain was particularly good for some plants...

Gentiana nubigena
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale
Gentiana szechenyi
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #39 on: July 31, 2018, 09:40:52 PM »
Flowers become rarer in our garden, the heatwave is in full action (37°C today) and watering our
main job. Calylophus lavandulifolius seems to enjoy the situation, it is used to such temperatures
and rewards it with rich flowering.
Eucomis in pots are also reliable flowering bulbs.


Eucomis bicolor


Eucomis 'Twinkle Star'
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #40 on: August 01, 2018, 11:20:47 AM »
Second attempt to post the photos:


Calylophus lavandulifolius


Eucomis autumnalis
« Last Edit: August 01, 2018, 11:24:41 AM by Maggi Young »
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #41 on: August 01, 2018, 11:25:22 AM »
Sorry about the photo problems, Rudi - I'm not sure what was  going wrong.  :-\
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #42 on: August 01, 2018, 09:25:46 PM »
Thank you for your help Maggi. Don't know the reason for the mistake - maybe I am too old for the modern technics.
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #43 on: August 02, 2018, 12:43:56 PM »
Just one of those odd things that happen with electronics, Rudi - can happen to anyone!  :-*
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Re: July 2018
« Reply #44 on: August 02, 2018, 12:49:27 PM »
I have had such errors before, when the memory card from the photo was no longer ok.
The preview image is often still fine as it has low resolution. In full screen then shows the error.
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