August 2019 in the Southern Hemisphere

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Still winter here but the days are getting longer=more time in the garden!
1) First Retic to flower, Iris 'Harmony'
2) seedling Narcissus ex 'Mondieu' sown 3-04-2011
3) Narcissus 'Snook' (N. nevadensis x N. cyclamineus)
4) Eremophila glabra 'Kalbarri Gold'
5) Crocus flavus
cheers
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[t00lie]

What a difference a day makes ....  
Some images from last Saturday afternoon .

Scoliopus bigelovii.


Romulea tetragona NZAGS seedex Oct 2016.


Primula scapeosa just starting.


A seedling Narcissus I was given last year as 'large white'.


Narcissus hybrid

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More from last Saturday.......

Galanthus viridapice.


Galanthus 'Wendys Gold'.


Erythronium caucasicum.


Eranthis hyemalis 'Aurantiaca'. Gothenburg Botanical Garden seedex a few years back.


Crocus heuffelianus

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Then this overnight Saturday and all Sunday ....

[Maggi Young]

Crikey - and before that snow things were  going so well     

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Thankfully the white stuff has now all gone Maggi and there was very little damage .We dont receive snow all that often here on the coast .the last heavy fall being back in 2010 when we were away in the UK. Cheers

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Dave,
your place looks great with or without snow!
Here are a few more Aussie plants in flower:
1) Phebalium sp
2 & 3) Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'
4 & 5) Hakea sp
cheers
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A very wet day here so here are some recent pics:
1) We had a sunny patch a few days ago so Crocus flavus were open!
2) Ornithogalum collinum
3) Narcissus '09-18T' - 'First Stanza' x ? - from Lawrence Trevanion a few years ago
4) Narcissus 'Autumn Colours' - delayed a bit by being kept dry for too long!
5) Hyacinthella nervosa
cheers
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A few more winter flowers:
Retic Iris 'Pauline'
Retic Iris 'Purple Gem'
Narcissus 'Virivest'
Retic Iris 'Gordon'
Narcissus hispanicus
cheers
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[Lesley Cox]

Dave, I can't believe how early your Scoliopus is. Mine isn't even above the pot surface yet and last year it was in flower for the OAGG show last day of September. Everything of yours is so much earlier.
We had no snow this time but more is forecast for the next few days. What a silly season we're having with early August so spring-like and now, the first real feeling of winter. My Eranthis is just up over this last weekend but no flowers out yet. The reticulata irises have been up and out for 2 or 3 weeks though.

I have an appointment for a pre-op (knee joint replacement) anaesthesia clinic this Thursday and dentistry over the next few weeks so with all that plus the op itself, (no date yet but can't be far off) never mind the cost of the dentistry, I doubt if I'll get to the Trillium weekend and maybe not even to our Show on the 28th Sept. Had intended to have the dentistry at the Dental School but they can't guarantee to finish it by late October when they close for summer vacation and not open again until late February and I MUST have it done by late Jan as my Susan is being married in Tauranga on Feb 8th. She is 44 now and has not been married before so it's a big deal. Much too late for her little daffodil unfortunately.

[Jupiter]

I have to garden by candlelight because I work full time and have a family...     not really, but I do have to bring plants inside to photograph them.

Fritillaria conica (Marcus H seed) and Iris tuberosa

[Jupiter]

Doing some reading and I think my Frit may be carica, not conica. Anybody have any first hand experience with these?

[Otto Fauser]

Hallo Jamus , you are correct ,it is indeed Frit . carica .
 
      Are you coming to Melbourne next weekend  to meet and hear Oron Peri  ? If so it would be great if you could visit me at 7 Bella Vista Cresc.
  it is only 5 minutes away from the Conference Hall .The garden is not looking great  after the storm and snow but there should be something in flower to interest you .
       Hoping to meet again on 23 rd or 24th.    Otto.
 

[Maggi Young]

I do hope that there will be  many  friends  who are  able to  hear  Oron Peri - apart  from  being a  mine  of  information, he  is a really  super  guy. Enjoy - and  please, Otto,  pass  on the  best wishes  of  Ian and  me  to Oron.

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I'm quoting you in the next newsletter, Maggi, 
cheers
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