September 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere

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The first day of spring!
The weather may not be very spring like but the flowers don't care!
1) first flowers on Hesperantha latifolia
2) Narcissus 'Decoy x Swagger'
3) Narcissus 'Miti Moto'
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

1. Cyp. formosanum (Thank you Otto, it's beautiful)
2. Choice Helleborus from Marcus
3. Iris tuberosa
4. Ferraria crispa
5. Narcissus jonquilla (Thanks fermi for the seed).

[cohan]

Nice to see the flowers, Fermi and Jamus, as we slide closer to winter.... close to 0 this morning.. though mid 20's highs later in the week..

[Maggi Young]

 I remember when you first showed us the jade coloured Iris (Hermodactylus) tuberosa - it is just lovely.

[cohan]

I remember when you first showed us the jade coloured Iris (Hermodactylus) tuberosa - it is just lovely.

And lovely against the other flowers it is with..

[Jupiter]

Spring is springing slowly here this year... but slowly and surely things are getting going.

1. Iris magnifica alba - so pure and graceful.
2. Babiana nana
3. Anemone blanda
4. Hybrid oncocyclus PT0426

[cohan]

Spring is springing slowly here this year... but slowly and surely things are getting going.

1. Iris magnifica alba - so pure and graceful.
2. Babiana nana
3. Anemone blanda
4. Hybrid oncocyclus PT0426

interesting the cues plants take in different places... A blanda is later in spring here..

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Elsewhere Michael B showed a pic of his haul of trilliums, some bought at the FCHS Spring Show.
It was nice to meet him finally! And he also got to meet Otto and Jon B and Cynthia.
The Show was not huge but there were some nice plants exhibited and the plant stall was well patronised
Here are a few highlights from the rock garden section:
1) a look at the main bench
2) Jon B's prize winning Narcissus triandrus hybrid
3) Viv's Heloniopsis orientalis
4) Lois' heuchera foliage
5) Loraine's double primrose
cheers
fermi

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Otto entered his saxifraga trough
1) the saxifraga trough
2) list of saxifraga
3 & 4) close up of saxifraga in flower
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fermi

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More from the Show:
1) Viv's Anemone pavonina alba
2) Viv's Mertensia virginica
3) Otto's Soldanella montana
4) Otto's Soldanella montana alba
5) Otto's Hepatica
cheers
fermi

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Some of the curflowers:
1) posies and daffs
2) mixed posy: muscari, erythronium, hyacinths
3) cardamine, chionodoxa, pachysandra
4) yellow epimedium
cheers
fermi

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Some of the mini-daffs on the bench
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fermi

[David Nicholson]

Some lovely plants there Fermi.

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Hi David,
sadly none are mine as I was judging the Rock Garden section!
Here are some rhododendron pics
1) Best exhibit Rhodo _ Rh cyliicalix
2) Blue Ribbon - Vireya
3) first prize Grandia subsection
4) Rh spinuliferum
5) Rh Little Lotsky
cheers
fermi

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Back to the show!
More vireya rhodies
cheers
fermi