November 2020 in the Northern Hemisphere

[shelagh]

Yes Hoy and Diane I thought it might be a Polypodium, but I couldn't scramble up and make sure  .

[ashley]

Very common here too in SW Ireland, on tree, rocks, even buildings.  I agree that it's rainfall-dependent, and to see one of the tiny surviving fragments of temperate rainforest with abundant epiphytes is a special experience.

[Hoy]

Still something in bloom despite the hailstorms last night and today (it's the remnants of the tropical cyclone Eta).

[Rick R.]

And then there are the real climbing (vine) ferns (Lygodium spp.).  My friend in northern Wisconsin grows Lygodium palmatum.

[cohan]

Views in front this morning-- a couple of foggy days gave us lots of rime, now 10-15cm of new snow





Gabriela-- a long winter here for sure! Luckily we have (so far, knock on wood! with climate change, who knows what is to come?) not had to deal with ice storms, nor usually even especially heavy snowfalls-- just a lot of them ...lol

Trond-- I'd probably go  further than you even, I doubt I'd be thinking about swimming unless it was more like 30C, at least mid 20's..lol Not swimming, but many people here drink their icey and slushy drinks all winter-- I don't drink anything cold until mid-20's either  (water, of course,butI prefer nearer room temperature).

Catwheazle-- looks like your Ranunc is making the most of the last of the season!

Shelagh-- fun to see! We only get moss and lichens up trees here.

Mariette-- yes, looking very fresh! I have fresh snow....

Ashley- is that an old house with the ferns on it? nice effect, probably not so good if inhabited...lol

Trond-- lots of flowers yet in your subtropical garden

[ashley]

Ashley- is that an old house with the ferns on it? nice effect, probably not so good if inhabited...lol

An old garage Cohan, now housing mostly garden tools & beekeeping equipment. 
The roof has a couple of minor leaks which I must fix, but I like the encroaching vegetation & it doesn't seem to be causing any great harm.

[François Lambert]

Lovely weather yesterday.  And many trees are covered in berries.

This year has been exceptional for blackthorn, never seen them bear that many fruits.





Also an extremely thorny wild rose with lots of shiny red rose hips.



And finally in the garden the exceptionally large fruits of a hawthorn.  It's in fact the rootstock of a quince (the graft died) that we let grow.  Maybe it is crataegus x macrocarpa, although from what i know about this hybrid it shouldn't grow so vigorously.

[François Lambert]

After more or less 6 months without any significant rain it finally started to rain at the very end of September.  In about 1 month we have received the normal quantity of rain of 3 months.  But all this moisture makes this fall one of the most mushroom-rich I have ever seen.

 

[shelagh]

Francois I hope you are making Sloe Gin.

[IanR]

I'll never understand plants. This auricula started flowering in October and is still going strong and now its been joined by this Schizostylis!

[Véronique Macrelle]

Utricularia are remarkable



Clematis cirrhosa, generously flowered for over a month.

[Leena]

In Finland we got the first snow yesterday, but it will be gone by tomorrow, luckily. Still, this is late for the first snow, and it is going to get below zero in a week or two. Pictures are before the snow last week.
Out of season flowering Helleborus is going to freeze, but Helleborus leaves are so nice this time of year, as are other evergreen plants. In the last picture nice pattern in H.acutiloba leaves:). I hope they flower for the first time next spring.

[ashley]

Clematis cirrhosa, generously flowered for over a month.

Very beautiful Véronique.  I made the mistake of planting this up an old fastigiate yew so would need binoculars to see the flowers so high above
Today I noticed that C. connata has set seed so if you like I can send some when it's ripe.

[Véronique Macrelle]

C. connata: that would be with pleasure Ashley! especially since the SRGC exchange I miss a lot.


here, the frost recedes in season and in force from year to year.
 and some deciduous plants do not know how to lose their leaves, such as a cherry tree or wisteria ...

[koneko]

​It's still warm, but the sun is setting faster and faster.

(1) ​It's probably  Chrysanthemum japonense var. ashizuriense
(2) Chrysanthemum pacificum
(3) Farfugium japonicum
(4) Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina