August 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere

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We started August with a Plant Sale at The Ferny Creek Hort Society.
In the garden Crocus and Galanthus were in full flower.
Inside there was a lovely pot of mixed Iris retculata hybrids,
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A few flowers in our garden:
1) Narcissus 'Snook' just opening and a cream Narcissus bulbocodium hybrid from Keira Bulbs
2) Narcissus 'Snook' fully open
3) Crocus gargaricus ssp gargaricus
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This Pauridia (syn Spiloxene) came from Garry Reid of Obscure Bulbs - possibly a form of P. capensis.
You don't notice it unless the sun is shining!
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A few Narcissus tazetta types are in bloom.
The last pic shows the damage caused by Red Legged Earth Mites  :'(
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[MarcR]

Hi fermi

Thank you for the beautiful display.  It is interesting to see winter blooms when I am in mid Summer.

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Thank you for the beautiful display.  It is interesting to see winter blooms when I am in mid Summer.

Hi Marc,
it's the advantage of a Forum which covers both Hemispheres!
At work they created a garden next to the carpark and this Grevillea is now in flower - I think it might be a form of Grevillea lanigera or maybe a hybrid. It often has birds in attendance for the nectar,
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Some winter flowering shrubs/trees:
1) Mahonia (syn Berberis) aquifolium
2) Parrotia persica
3) close up of Parrotia flowers
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1) Oxalis obtusa Peaches & Cream
2) Oxalis obtusa seedlings popping up in an adjacent pot!
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[MarcR]

Hi fermi,

I'm not familiar with Oxalis obtusa; but all of my Oxalis bloom during summer and autumn.
Seeing Oxalis in winter is really strange.

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Hi Marc,
The roadside here are painted acid yellow by Oxalis pes-caprae in late winter!
A preferred yellow flower is the daffodil!
Here's Narcissus hispanicus which I got many years ago from Rod Barwick at Glenbrook Bulb Farm, Tasmania.
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A few more narcissus (we are heading into peak Daffodil):
1) 2 N. cyclamineus hybrids from Keira Bulbs
2) a volunteer N. bulbocodium hybrid with a pleated corona - possibly a seedling from 'Kojak'
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Can you post a photo of the red ex Cleopatra when the flower is fully open?

Hi Jeff,
here are some more pics
1) 7/8/24
2) 16/8/24
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[MarcR]

fermi,

The 'Cleopatra' is VERY NICE indeed!  Enjoy!

Marc

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Thanks, Marc,
'Cleopatra' is the parent which friends at Post Office Farm imported from Japan (from Hirose) for breeding. They have been selling seedlings from crossing these and I quite like the one I got.
We also got a double black which is lovely,
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[MarcR]

fermi,

The double black is magnificent!