September 2018 in the NH

[Gerdk]

Here are some 'red ones'

1. Eccremocarpus scaber
2.+3. Fire beans
4. Cherry tomatoes (sorry - no flowers but a good color)

Gerd

[cohan]

Here are some 'red ones'

1. Eccremocarpus scaber
2.+3. Fire beans
4. Cherry tomatoes (sorry - no flowers but a good color)

Gerd

Nice colour to start the month!

[Gerdk]

Thank you Cohan!

I forgot to mention that flowers (and fruits) started some time earlier than September!

Gerd

[Robert]

Gerd,

Do your tomatoes have good favor?

Years ago I bred tomatoes on our farm. I kept all the seed lines. One variety, "Freya's Tears" is an open pollinated orange cherry tomato. Folks would line up before we opened on Sunday mornings and we would sell out before 7:00 a.m. From the reaction, it must have been a good tomato. Would you like to try growing this variety next year?

[shelagh]

Yes certainly some lovely bright colour.  We haven't got a lot left after the heat this year, but I found a few.

This Campanula is usually the last to flower but not this late before.

The Colchicums have surprised us a drop of rain and up they came.  The Cyclamen border in the front is mainly due to the ants.

A dainty Cyclamen graecum and a late Erodium.

[shelagh]

Nerine masoniorum has been on the bench at Ponteland but much too early this year.  And our good old faithful Sedum.

[Gerdk]

Gerd,

Do your tomatoes have good favor?

Years ago I bred tomatoes on our farm. I kept all the seed lines. One variety, "Freya's Tears" is an open pollinated orange cherry tomato. Folks would line up before we opened on Sunday mornings and we would sell out before 7:00 a.m. From the reaction, it must have been a good tomato. Would you like to try growing this variety next year?

Robert,
My tomatoes were planted for my youngest grandson who appreciate them a lot - he likes especially
to pick the fruits. It is  the cherry tomato 'Delicacy', a F1 hybrid. This means it will not come true from
its own seeds. The flavor is fine but the variety is somewhat hard-shelled.
Of course it will be fine to try your variety which is better suited for a propagation for own use.
Thank you for your kind offer!

Gerd

[David Nicholson]

A kind gift from Gerd, Ranunculus bullatus. I have one bulb in the garden and two pots in the greenhouse.

[Lampwick]

Pictures taken today.
Gentiana 'Silken Seas'
Gypsophila repens 'Dubia'
Hypericum Inodorum 'Magical Grace'
Pyracantha coccinea 'Orange Glow'

The Gypsophila put on a decent show of flowers in early June and I gave it a good clip after the show was over. . . . Its put on a second flush now.

[David Nicholson]

Very colourful John.

[Yann]

David did you try to grow it in the garden?

[cohan]

Yes certainly some lovely bright colour.  We haven't got a lot left after the heat this year, but I found a few.

This Campanula is usually the last to flower but not this late before.

The Colchicums have surprised us a drop of rain and up they came.  The Cyclamen border in the front is mainly due to the ants.

A dainty Cyclamen graecum and a late Erodium.

Very cute Erodium. I have to confess that I rather lose interest in the garden at this time of year-- there are still some things in flower, but I am more occupied thinking about getting ready for winter-- doing the last planting out of seedlings, and/or giving up on planting for the year and getting pots sunk and protected, etc.  I am behind on planting this year, so I think I will need to prepare some more plunge area (small pots left on top of the soil are not a safe bet for overwintering most things!).. and I need to start cutting firewood!

[cohan]

Nerine masoniorum has been on the bench at Ponteland but much too early this year.  And our good old faithful Sedum.

The Sedum is very spectabile! Somehow I don't have any of the big ones.. I planted a number of small (Hylotelephium sorts) cultivars, but not sure they are all that happy.. will have to think about siting if they don't look more enthusiastic next year...

[cohan]

Very colourful John.

I'll second that and cute Ranunculus, David!

[David Nicholson]

Very colourful John.

I have one bulb in the garden Yann but nothing showing yet.