Author Topic: July 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere (Read 4190 times)

Parsla · « **Reply #15 on:** July 21, 2019, 02:57:49 PM »

6. Galanthus - Lady Beatrix Stanley - Thank you Otto.
7. A creamy double picotee hellebore
8. Galanthus ikarieae - also kindly gifted by Otto
9. I'm not sure which galanthus this is - need to search for the label...
10. This crocus popped up in a pot of crocus chrysanthus but doesn't look right

Jupiter · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2019, 09:35:58 PM »

Jacqui your snowdrop looks like Brenda Troyle. I'm loving some of the little species at the moment, Galanthus rizehensis and G. woronowii.

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2019, 12:52:52 PM »

Some more from the winter garden:
1) Hesperantha humilis - a bit too small to release into the garden.
2) We got this as Acis valentina from Hillview last year but it's in flower now rather than autumn.
3) A lost label Narcissus which may be 'Virivest' one of Lawrence Trevanion's hybrids with "Narcissus viridiflorus blood".
4) Narcissus 'Viristar' another one of Lawrence's.
5) Helleborus 'Sophie's Delight' survived last summer!
cheers
fermi

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2019, 10:30:53 PM »

Narcissus viridiflorus seems to be a very good parent with some lovely and interesting children.
Are you sure the acis is not the winter one, Acis hiemalis?

Our 3 day snowdrop venture starts today at lunchtime at the Dunedin Botanic Garden then we go south to Maple Glen for mass plantings at both these places, then to Dave Toole's place then Hokonui Alpines and end on Thursday at Blue Mountain Nurseries from where I've ordered a number or rather expensive pleiones. The weather is foul, thick fog and drizzle, extremely wet and very cold. Hey ho!

Jupiter · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2019, 11:23:02 PM »

I've ordered some Pleiones too Lesley, but I went for the value for money pack! Hugo and I went hunting for sphagnum moss to mulch the pots (because I think it looks nice).

We had a few days away visiting my Dad on Kangaroo Island. He has a few old Narcissus varieties on his block...

Jupiter · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2019, 11:25:01 PM »

Dad's daffodils part 2

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2019, 02:08:39 PM »

Quote from: Lesley Cox on July 22, 2019, 10:30:53 PM

Are you sure the acis is not the winter one, Acis hiemalis?

Hi Lesley,
Apparently that's a synonym for Acis nicaeensis which flowers later and is a bit shorter.
It does look a bit different to the Acis tingitana I originally got from Otto so at the least it's a different clone to that one.
Happy Snowdrop hunting,

cheers
fermi

Jupiter · « **Reply #22 on:** July 25, 2019, 08:07:38 AM »

I'm thrilled to see my first Alan McMurtrie Iris "in the flesh", this is ~~"Spot On"~~ "Eye Catcher", flowering in my garden right now (Thank you Tim Drewitt).

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #23 on:** July 26, 2019, 05:46:11 AM »

The iris is super Jamus and looks well settled in. I hope it proves to be vigorous. We have N. cyclamineus out too. Saw a lot of them over these few days. Mine are in bud but still not there yet.

Fermi I actually meant nicaeense but couldn't think if it and settled for hiemalis quite without meaning it as a synonym. The snowdroppers talked with Denis Hughes at Blue Mountain Nurseries. He had a really bad stroke in March but is coming through it wonderfully. However he says the word is often in his head but won't come through and I know how he feels because nicaeense was in mine but wouldn't reach the surface. It was great to see him upright and walking well, speaking freely, though he says it gets jumbled, but we could understand everything he said, and he also laughs and jokes a lot. So our few days ended on a good upbeat note.

I collected my pleiones (12 different,) only one ('Apricot Brandy') from my previous forms so it will be an exciting time in a month or 6 weeks when they begin to flower. All have fat buds.

A few snowdrops too including a double form of plicatus and the old ordinary double nivalis which had passed me by previously.

just won't come through. I know what he means because nicaeense was there but wouldn't

Jupiter · « **Reply #24 on:** July 27, 2019, 11:12:24 PM »

I had a very productive day in the garden yesterday, weeding mostly. I battle the Oxalis endlessly and it can really get me down, but I am winning the war! The other weed here which is REALLY annoying is Veronica arvensis. They seed like crazy and form a solid mat with a mass of fibrous roots. Does anyone else have trouble with it? It's a magic time of year when spring is just around the corner. I even had time to take some more creative portraits of plants.