Flowers and Foliage September 2008

[Gerdk]

Just from this afternoon - before it started to rain

Sternbergia lutea - always flowering with its leaves
Crocus kotschyanus
Cyclamen hederifolium + Crocus banaticus
Cyclamen cyprium - ex NARGS seeds - the earliest of mines

Gerd

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful Gerd !!  Love the kotchyanus group - I hope they are still upright after the rain.. 

[Paddy Tobin]

Yes, indeed, the kotchyanus group is particularly beautiful.

Paddy

[Roma]

Lovely to see what is flowering in other people's gardens just now.  I have lots of Cyclamen hederifolium.  The best plants are in gravel close to the house wall, facing south, most planted after I saw how well self-sown seedlings did in this situation. The others are scattered through the garden probably spread by the large ant population.  Colchicum speciosum album has a few flowers and the first flower has appeared on Colchicum aggripinum.  Pulchellus is the only autumn crocus I have in the garden. It was introduced in used potting soil and is producing seed so prolifically it will soon take over the whole garden. There are still a few flowers on Gentiana paradoxa and an unnamed sino-ornata is flowering well.  I was looking at bumble bees on Sedum 'Indian Chief' when something caught my eye and I was surprised to see a flower on the dwarf bearded iris 'Gingerbread Man'.   

[Thomas Huber]

Lovely to see what is flowering in other people's gardens just now.  I have lots of Cyclamen hederifolium.  The best plants are in gravel close to the house wall, facing south, most planted after I saw how well self-sown seedlings did in this situation. The others are scattered through the garden probably spread by the large ant population.  Colchicum speciosum album has a few flowers and the first flower has appeared on Colchicum aggripinum.  Pulchellus is the only autumn crocus I have in the garden. It was introduced in used potting soil and is producing seed so prolifically it will soon take over the whole garden. There are still a few flowers on Gentiana paradoxa and an unnamed sino-ornata is flowering well.  I was looking at bumble bees on Sedum 'Indian Chief' when something caught my eye and I was surprised to see a flower on the dwarf bearded iris 'Gingerbread Man'.   

Your garden sounds great Roma, but a picture says more than 1000 words 
I would love to see a photo from your garden.

[Gerdk]

Beautiful Gerd !!  Love the kotchyanus group - I hope they are still upright after the rain.. 

Thank you, Paddy and Luc!

Please have a look at them from this morning. The ' kotschyanus ' are relatively unharmed while a lot of the ' banaticus ' lay down. Both and the Sternbergia didn't open during this dull day.

Gerd

[Rafa]

Hello all,

Congratulations for all this marvellous plants,

Here some flowers currently blooming in the garden
Note: Colchicum macrophyllum and Colchicum variegatum

[Paddy Tobin]

The sun shone for a brief few hours today in Waterford and I galloped into the garden to take a few photographs. The camera had rust on it as it had been so long since I took it out to the garden.

Nothing special, just what was out at the moment enjoying the brief sunshine.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

Another few, Paddy

[Armin]

Paddy,
you can be prout of your Cyclamen "carpet".
Wunderful!

[Lvandelft]

Nice patches of Cyclamen Paddy!
Using an underwatercamera? no sign of rust on your pictures.

[Gerdk]

After visiting Essen (see General Forum) together with Erich Pasche I took the opportunity to do a few pics in Erich's garden

1. Colchicum - sorry - lost the species name
2. - 4. Cyclamen hederifolium
5. Bessera elegans
6. Tricyrtis stolonifera
7. Sternbergia greuteriana - see long stamina!
8. Sternbergia sicula - a small form

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Nice patches of Cyclamen Paddy!
Using an underwatercamera? no sign of rust on your pictures.

Yes, super Cyclamen! Do I spot a single very dark red one in the second pic?   

Gerd

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great pix Paddy and Gerd !  Gorgeous Cyclamen 

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pics Paddy and Gerd, they have brightened up a dull day here.