September 2024 in the Southern Hemisphere

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Box Ironbark with understorey of pea bushes, mostly Daviesia, commonly known as "Eggs and Bacon"
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One of the few bulbous species in Australia, "Early Nancies"
Wurmbea dioica
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Wattles (Acacias) are important pioneer plants in the Australian environment.
There are at least 3 different species here but the only one I'm pretty sure about is the Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha, the last pic,
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[Jeffnz]

The second photo maybe Acacia acinacea.

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Thanks, Jeff,
That's a good possibility.
Back to the garden!
Tulipa 'White Emeror'
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[Jeffnz]

Hi Fermi
Do your tulips return year after year?

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Hi Jeff,
not all return each year.
These 'White Emperor' have been in the ground a number of years and have not been dug and replanted.
Some newer purchases have not returned and I (and others) suspect these have been imported from the Northern Hemisphere and treated in some way to hold them "in stasis" for 6 months before entering the retail market here. Possibly for this reason the bulbs don't survive after flowering.
The species tulips seem to be more "perennial".
Here is Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' and the straight species
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A few more species tulips:
1) Tulipa bakeri (now called T. saxatilis "Bakeri Group")
2) Tulipa saxatilis
3) Tulipa stapfii (syn T. systola)
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Some more from September; these are South African in origin:
1) Hesperantha vaginata
2) Freesia viridis
3) maroon Sparaxis
4) Lachenalia mutabilis
5) A stray Moraea which might be a hybrid
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[Jeffnz]

Growing Morea for the first time, I have a few seed pots, will remain in the pots for a second season before planting out into the garden. I am advised that the plants should be kept dry for the summer months. In the garden this may be difficult to achieve, do you have any issues with the garden plants that you have, or is your climate such that you get little or no rain over summer?

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Growing Morea for the first time... I am advised that the plants should be kept dry for the summer months. In the garden this may be difficult to achieve, do you have any issues with the garden plants that you have, or is your climate such that you get little or no rain over summer?

Hi Jeff,
our  climate is mostly dry in summer but sometimes we get rain - one solution I have for this is to plant summer dry bulbs where any summer moisture is sucked up by active roots of perennials, trees/shrubs and even annuals which don't need extra water,
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[Jeffnz]

Thanks, cant apply the same solution in our garden, but handy to know.
May ultimately resort to pot growing as the lack of summer rain cannot be assumed.
Most of my seed is from peacock hybrids.

[MarcR]

Fermi,

You might try using the jar part ot a poultry feeder inverted over the plant you are trying to protect.
Use it only when rain is expected.