October 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere

[Stefan B.]

Snowdrop season has begun:)

Galanthus reginae-olgae 'Camebridge'

[Véronique Macrelle]

Hyacynthoides lingulata is really lovely. So is Narcissus . Prospero, I've already sown and tried in the rock garden, but it can't stand my winters.
The snowdrops are starting their dance and it's lovely.


Here my Cornus florida are taking on their incredible autumn colour. I love them every season of the year.


 A poor Crocus speciosum struggles against the torrential rain.


Isodon longituba blooms really late, its flowers suffer less from the rain: it's starting now so I can't send its seeds to the exchange, although I tested them last year and they germinated a little (but with a low germination rate).


Cyclamen cilicium, well let's say I bought these bulbs under that name... let's hope it's the right one...

[Véronique Macrelle]

at last, my Cobaea scandens is flowering, also drowned by the rain.
 The flowers open in a luminous white-green, then turn dark purple. What a fascinating big flower it is in a pot, the ones in the ground are even later.
 Does anyone have any experience of winter survival for this species? It takes a long time from seed. And it probably won't have time to bear fruit.