October 2019

[David Nicholson]

A kind gift from Gerd, Ranunculus bullatus. One bulb was not happy in the garden and eventually died but two in the greenhouse doing well.

[Gerdk]

A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.

Gerd

Oh dear - those  squirrels  can be  very  fast!  But the  leaf  colour  is  fantastic on the  hazels.

[Gabriela]

A pleasure every autumn - Corylus americana - a gift from a nice French forumist.
This year first seeds - but squirrels were faster in collecting them than I was.
Gerd

Gorgeous, a fine species which is not cultivated enough.

Bits of colors from this region, the show it's just beginning: Cornus sericea, Smilax herbacea, Ilex verticillata and Cornus alternifolia.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Fabulous Salvia dombeyi is making a fine late display in our garden. Sadly it is completely tender so has to be overwintered in frost-free conditions.

Paul

[David Nicholson]

Very nice Paul. They have (or had) a good specimen of the plant at Forde Abbey.

[Hoy]

That Salvia looks great, Paul!

I also like the American hazel, Gerd The common one here go yellow in fall. The same does the Turkish hazel (C. colurna).

Seems the autumn is upon you, Gabriela!

[Hoy]

A few photographs from mid-Norway


Solanum dulcamara, I like both the flowers in summer and the berries in fall!



An unusual Hepatica nobilis in the wild.



Saxifraga cotyledon at sea level.





Rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.

[Maggi Young]

John Richards Northumberland  Diary  for the  AGS  visits Galloway, including the  garden  of  Carole  and  Ian Bainbridge , who are  both  former SRGC presidents

https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/northumberland-galloway-gardens/



Koenigia forrestii in the  Bainbridge's garden

[WSGR]

Love that Salvia, Paul! I'm starting my own little collection. Here's what I have on offer for October 2019

[WSGR]

More on offer! A bit of a novice and messed up my last post!


Veronne's Obsidian or Honka Black


Myrtle's Folly



Rajman Firecracker

[Gabriela]

Nice Dahlias. Some are also still in flower here, but not for long.

The weather has been nice for us in Ontario (comparing with other provinces). It is the time of Crocus speciosus, Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' and more October colors.



Also in its white form, thanks to a kind forumist.


Woodlands look with Betula papyrifera and Aralia nudicaulis

[Mariette]

Aconitum cammarum ´Eleanora´stood best of the autumn-flowering monkshoods summer´s drought, here together with Bistorta amplexicaulis ´Alba´ and Rosa ´Sweet Pretty´.

[Mariette]

This Rabdosia effusa flowering together with Cyclamen hederifolium is the only one of about 6 Rabdosias / Isodons to survive the excessive drought the last 2 years.

[kris]

Nice little alliums and beautiful fall colour.
We had severe weather last week, low with -8C. Many plants perished but asters are still flowering. Here are three pictures taken yesterday in the garden.
Crocus kotschyanus
A lone crocus speciosus.  The others are in buds.
Cyclame purpurascens