September 2008 - definitely Spring - in the Southern Hemisphere

[Paul T]

Dave,

Thanks.  The leaves look right for graecum.... they look to have that 3 dimensional overlay that seems so specific to graecum, like a shimmer within the leaves.  Very strange time for flowering though I would have thought.  Then again, you guys have been having a strange winter too haven't you?

[Lvandelft]

While we await posting from the others at the weekend, here are a few pics from our garden this week.
This is a dwarf daff labelled "Segovia"
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And this is labelled "Yellow Xit"
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or is it just "Segovia" again? Paul saw it in bud and pronounced it wasn't "Yellow Xit" even then!
Fermi

Fermi, we discussed this in spring already.
I made a picture where you can see the difference on page two of this thread.
Have a look here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1683.0

[art600]

Think I need a new pair of glasses to see the difference between Segovia and Yellow Xit.  I would just buy the cheaper bulb and admire. 

[Paddy Tobin]

Yet, both are beautiful and enjoyable and don't even know their own names.

Paddy

[fermi de Sousa]

Luit,
I can't believe I forgot about the earlier discussion!
I'll have to compare mine at close range, but I suspect both are "Segovia"!
Here's a lovely jonquill hybrid called "Cherie"

The close-up shows the pink tinge developing in the cup,

Another version of the dwarf iris suavolens came to me as I.attica

It's a perfect replica of a TBI on a 4cm "stem"! You can see how small it is compared to the Euphorbia flower next to it.
Here's the first Tulipa clusiana coming up through a veil of acacia!

Here's a pic of the Acacia draping that part of the rock garden (no I didn't plant it there; it's a "volunteer")

And here's a look at the Roadside near our place with the wattles (acacia) in bloom.

And a look at one of the dwarf species; dwarf through genetics or environment? I must collect some seeds and try them in the garden.



cheers
fermi

[rob krejzl]

Photos of the Hobart Daffodil Show.

Most of the entries on the miniatures table are from Rod B (recognisable by the distinctive handwritten labels).

[rob krejzl]

Some of what's flowering for me at the moment. Paul, I hope you like the Corydalis 

[Magnar]

So fun to see the spring flowers as we are going into autumn here.. keep posting.

[art600]

Photos of the Hobart Daffodil Show.

Are the bottles used for staging provided by a local brewery?   

[Maggi Young]

Rob, that looks like a great show.........and in a hall with reasonable natural light too, it seems.. always a bonus that.

[David Nicholson]

Photos of the Hobart Daffodil Show.

Are the bottles used for staging provided by a local brewery?   

or do you have to empty them first? Now that's my kind of a Show

[Paul T]

Rob,

Sorry, only just catching up.... Yes I do like the Corydalis.  matches one I now have in a pot here, thanks to Otto's generosity.    I also finally located the pot of seedlings today, and there are small but still alive shoots in there.  Was hidden by a couple of things, and the shoots were small enough not to be noticeable.  Glad that there are still some in there alive.... will be interesting to see how they shape up to the species and the 'George Baker' that I got from Otto.  I also have some pics of some of the seedlings he has at his place to post, when I get a chance to process them.  Some interesting colours in there, all from seed.

[Armin]

Paul,
it is joyous to see "the face" behind the little white dog
I never before saw a picture of you.
It seems you all had a great time.

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

I have finally had a chance to process some of the pics from Otto's place, so I'll post some here and in a few other places throughout the forums (including a couple in the ID section).  Apologies that some of the pictures are not terribly clear.... conditions were not ideal for picture taking, but I took heaps anyway.  Would have been better if it was a bit brighter, but I think they have worked out OK anyway in most cases.

For starters, here's a couple of pics of Otto's garden.... trying to capture how steep it is.  Without the rocks everything would just migrate on downhill to the main road below! 

Then we have some plant pictures...... a lovely dark blue Anemone blanda (a piece of which now resides in a pot here!  ) and some of his seed grown Corydalis solida, showing wonderful variation in colours.  The pink and white one in particular was very beautiful, established now as a good sized clump.  Great stuff!! 

More shortly.....

[Paul T]

This form of Anemone ranunculoides had bronze leaves when emerging.... definitely a beautiful form of it.  Otto had Erythronium clonoies everywhere, predominantly E. revolutum, with some hybrids involving E. oregonum ssp oregonum.  We saw all sorts of different leaf variants, flowers ranging from all white through to dark pinks, all slowly migrating via seed down the hill.  It shows what a wonderful thing time and seed can be!!    Otto had many other species there as well, but I just wanted to show the large colonies of seedlings that had developed.

He had some wonderful Fritillarias, so here are a couple of them.... F. eduardii and F. obliqua.  Also this fascinating silver leaf Helleborus niger which I had never seen the like of before (but there were quite a number of things like that in Otto's garden..... I covet many, this Helle most definitely included!).

Also flowering for him (although not open due to the weather) was Tulipa tschimganica which even closed was just glorious!!