June 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere

[fermi de Sousa]

It's the start of winter here and the first of the winter narcissus are in bloom.
Here's the Narcissus tazetta patulus from seed from Betty Clark in NZ.
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Beautiful Daffodil Fermi. You have so many nice Narcissus. The first one here is romeuxii albidus.

1. N. romieuxii ssp. albidus
2. Crocus laevigatus
3. Galanthus snogerupii
4. Androsace lanuginosa
5. Jovibarba

[Leucogenes]

Wow...the Androsace lanuginosa looks wonderful... Jamus. 👍

[Jupiter]

Thanks Thomas! I'm pretty happy that it came through the awful drought summer we've just had and survived. I lost quite a few things in the rock garden, and not always what I would think would succumb. It has been a learning experience for me and I will need to build up my alpines again and try new species. 

[Leucogenes]

Thanks Thomas! I'm pretty happy that it came through the awful drought summer we've just had and survived. I lost quite a few things in the rock garden, and not always what I would think would succumb. It has been a learning experience for me and I will need to build up my alpines again and try new species.

Also here the last summer was much too dry and very lossy. In my opinion not only the lack of precipitation was a problem. The noticeable difference in temperature between day and night is another important aspect in the cultivation of alpine plants.

Good luck and success for the future.

[t00lie]

Crocus laevigatus

A Lovely deep colour Jamus.

It's the start of winter here and the first of the winter narcissus are in bloom.
Here's the Narcissus tazetta patulus from seed from Betty Clark in NZ.
cheers
fermi

Mine are very slow this side of the ditch Fermi, just coming through the surface however there is a little bit of colour elsewhere ....

Eranthis hyemalis in amongst the numerous native tree seeds .



Hepatica ex Gunhild Poulsen seed.



One of the forms of Corydalis flexuosa .



Iris unguicularis just starting.



Cheers

[fermi de Sousa]

Beautiful Daffodil Fermi. You have so many nice Narcissus. The first one here is romeuxii albidus.

Thanks, Jamus,
1) Another one I love at this time of year is 'First Stanza' raised by Lawrence Trevanion in Canberra by crossing N. elegans and 'Soleil D'Or'.
2 & 3) Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty'
4) A prostrate form of Correa pulchella
5) Correa 'Mini-Pink'
cheers
fermi

[t00lie]

Early winter and Gentiana angustifolia decides to put up another batch of flowers.....



Cheers.

[Parsla]

The gentian is a gorgeous sky blue toolie.  I’m green with envy.

All of you have such lovely flowers.  Here it is wintry and there is almost nothing thus far, other than the galanthus elwesii monostichus. And of course cyclamen.
Grim really. That part of the year between autumn colour and the first snowdrops

I spent yesterday emptying out one compost bin in preparation for the oak leaf fall.  Am always amazed how long oak leaves take to form leafmould. Even after two years many were not broken down. Mind, the many tree roots that had wormed their way in didn’t help - drying it out.

Enjoy your weekend
Jacqui.

[t00lie]

The gentian is a gorgeous sky blue toolie.  I’m green with envy.

All of you have such lovely flowers.  Here it is wintry and there is almost nothing thus far, other than the galanthus elwesii monostichus. And of course cyclamen.
Grim really. That part of the year between autumn colour and the first snowdrops.
Jacqui.

They haven't lasted Jacqui as winter has finally kicked in here with cool wet temps and forecasted midweek frosts .

Cheers Dave.

[Maggi Young]

Jacquie - if you  can pass your  oak leaves through a  shredder you may find they break down more  quickly. This works for the tougher, larger leaves we  have  here. No oak though, so cannot  speak to that other than to offer  hope!

[Jupiter]

The shredder is definitely the way to go, I love mine.   It transforms suffocating litter into precious goodness.

1. snogerupii loves it in my garden and is even self seeding!
2. Crocus laevigatus ex. Murray Corby originally from Marcus.
3. Characteristic plicatus vernation, these ones are subsp. byzantinus (thanks Otto)
4. Satisfying to see flowers for the first time on Galanthus grown from seed, this one is elwesii var. monostictus.
5. Another view of the seedling monostictus.

[fermi de Sousa]

... Here it is wintry and there is almost nothing thus far, other than the Galanthus elwesii monostichus. And of course cyclamen.
Grim really. That part of the year between autumn colour and the first snowdrops...
Jacqui.

Hi Jacqui,
we need to get you some early winter flowers like the Moraea polystachya and Aussie plants like Correa pulchella!
cheers
fermi

[ashley]

Lovely plants all
Fermi, is Correa pulchella the most 'garden-worthy' of the genus as its name suggests or would you recommend other species too?  Do you know whether they are easy from seed?

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Ashley,
C. pulchella is probably the most suitable one for the rock garden as some of the others can get quite tall. However there are probably dwarf forms of other species as well which would be worth trying. They can also be kept low with pruning.
I've never tried to collect seed of correas but have found an occasional seedling so viable seed must be set. I'll try to keep an eye out for them,
cheers
fermi