July 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Otto Fauser]

hello Pat , your large patch of Iris planifolia  is superb . It has to be the largest group doing so well in the open garden in Australia .Do you still grow Iris x sindpers ? I have lost mine .
   I think your Scilla  is actually Hiacynthella dalmatica .
                                                                                       regards Otto.

[arillady]

Hi Otto,
Lovely to hear from you. No I do not think I have Iris x sindpers anymore. The Iris planifolia patch shows signs of virus so I will not share any which is a pity. I left them insitu all summer etc. and they do look marvellous (apart from the damn virus). I have just found my planting plan where Hyacinthella is included and it shows as: J&J 0.571.360 Hyacinthella nervosa. I can't find where I have put all my J&J seed catalogues so maybe someone can help with the description. Oron believes it is damatica too.
Here it is again today.
Also Clematis cirrhosa 'Freckles" and Clematis balaeric cirrhosa. Winter honeysuckle  and  Dutchman's pipe from SRGC seed (flowering for the first time for me)

[Maggi Young]

I have just found my planting plan where Hyacinthella is included and it shows as: J&J 0.571.360 Hyacinthella nervosa. I can't find where I have put all my J&J seed catalogues so maybe someone can help with the description. Oron believes it is damatica too.
Here it is again today.

 From page  93 of the JJA master seedlist - available online as part of the Archibald ARchive on www. srgc.net !

[arillady]

Thank you Maggi. I knew you would have the reference within easy reach.

[Jupiter]

As promised Otto here are a few things flowering in my garden

1. Iris atropurpurea, from David Shahak seed, germinated in March 2015.
2. Galanthus transcaucasicus from Otto
3. Crocus tommasinianus and C. tommasinianus var. pictus
4. C. tommasinianus vr. pictus
5. Galanthus woronowii

[Jupiter]

A beautiful sunny day today and I gardened ALL day. Heaven.

1. Cyclamen coum, picotee type and others
2. reticulata 'Harmony'
3. reticulata 'Pauline'
4. Wendy's Gold
5. Need a name - tag has gone missing

[Jupiter]

Part 2.

1. and 2. reticulata 'Purple Gem'
3.  Fessia (Scilla) greilhuberi
4. S. Arnott
5. Iris schelkownikowii

[Jupiter]

Part 3.

1. Galanthus 'John Gray', my absolute favourite.
2. Iris atropurpurea (again)
3. Dendrobium sp.

[arillady]

A few of the flowering bulbs at present.
An old double from Trevor Nottle.
Double narcissus which is very common in my garden nowadays.
A juno that has lost its tag.
One of the oncocylcus beds that might flower this year.
The patch of the dark leaved Oxalis has taken off!

[fermi de Sousa]

I like those double tazettas, Pat (and that Juno!)
Here we have more winter blooms:
1) one of Lawrence Trevanion's green daffs - 'Virivest' which is 'Westholme' x N. viridiflorus;
2) Crocus sieberi varieties from Hillview's last catalogue
3) Retic iris 'Blue Ice' from Alan McMurtrie (via Janis Ruksans via Marcus Harvey)
4) Hesperantha humilis
5) Narcissus seedling from 'Spoirot'
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Ooo Hesperantha humilis is very nice. I like that. The Trevanion green daffodil is beautiful too.