Author Topic: November 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere (Read 210 times)

Mariette · « **on:** November 12, 2024, 08:01:54 PM »

Fall-flowering crocus start late this year in my garden. This is an unusual seedling of Crocus speciosus.

More blue from an Iris foetidissima gone wrong.

A seedling of Arum italicum.

Robert · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2024, 06:44:03 PM »

Hi Mariette,

It is nice to see some of the “pretties” from your garden.

November 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere

Temperatures have finally cooled to average levels for this time of year. A few plants did not burn this past summer and we are actually getting some autumn color. Pictured is Acer japonicum ‘Green Cascade’.

Pictured is leaf variation in a set of Cyclamen coum seedlings. This species does well in our Sacramento, California garden.

Crocus speciosus aff. bloomed in our garden during October. I acquired the bulbs from a local garden center about 10-15 years ago. All bulbs in the package grew and appeared to be the same clone. They have never set any seed. Over time the bulbs have multiplied and I have moved some around in our garden. This selection seems to do well in our garden.

Margaret Thorne · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2024, 07:35:22 PM »

There are still a few Meconopsis plants in flower here, though these photos were taken at the end of last week, just before the latest bout of cold weather: M. wallichii subsp. wallichii and M. Fertile Blue Group, (probably a M. gakyidiana x M. grandis hybrid)

Margaret Thorne · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2024, 07:49:10 PM »

The evergreen moncarpic Meconopsis plants are looking good too: M. regia has been covered for the winter:

This M. x complexa has blue green foliage, rather than the gold of M. regia, so it will be interesting to try to work out its parentage when it flowers

M. robusta has more divided leaves than M. regia, but less so than M. napaulensis and it lacks black spots on its leaves which are usually present in M. dhwojii

Véronique Macrelle · « **Reply #4 on:** **Today** at 09:49:37 AM »

oh! these Meconopsis foliage are magnificent and make me envious.

my little Cyclamen coum are also being reseeded, preferably in the lawn, and it's a great pleasure.
it rained so much that my Crocus speciosus were drowned and dead.

i'm surprised that Caiophora is still flowering and bearing fruit despite 2 mornings at -1 °C.
the photo shows a long turbinate fruit.

I put Parochetus communis in the greenhouse, because I don't yet know its resistance to cold and water. It's starting to flower ... a blue that's not quite bright enough because of the lack of light. I like this plant but we'll see if I can keep it.

Leena · « **Reply #5 on:** **Today** at 11:22:22 AM »

Beautiful Crocuses and other plants everyone.

Those Meconopsis foliage are so impressive.

It snowed yesterday 10cm, so winter has started here. These pictures are from last week, but no flowers, just pretty green evergreen foliage mostly.
Eupatorium seed heads in backlight.