October 2008 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Lesley Cox]

These are great Heinie. You have beautiful paths. Did you lay them?

The King protea is a magnificent thing. There were some - and several others and leucodendons - for sale at my Market on Saturday.

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It took a while but here are some photos of my garden. I hope that there are not too many for the thread.

Thanks, Heinie,
for the scenes of your garden and the glimpses at the plot across the road; as Paul has said, there are many things there that we would love to grow here! I'm very fond of the Sth AFrican bulbs and look forward to any other offerings you have to share. From what you grow it appears that your climate is a bit warmer than Melbourne, possibly more like Sydney's.
Here are some flowers from the Rock Garden,
Lachenalia contaminata is quite at home with Australian Pultanea, European Sempervivum and South American Oenothera!

Tulipa maximowiczii is one of the last to flower this year,



From the Shadehouse, Lachenalia orchioides var glaucina

This Serapias lingua maybe a bit paler due to being in the Shadehouse,

This is a small group of Aussie native plants growing in the Rock garden,

Including a tiny relative of the kangaroo paws, Contostylis bealei

and the Hoary sunray, Leucochrysum albicans,

This tiny Dianthus sericea is growing in a crevice,

cheers
fermi

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Here are a few pics from Otto,
Iris trojana,

Iris sari

Iris susiana hybrid



Tropaeolum azureum

cheers
fermi on behalf of Otto Fauser in Olinda.

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Now a few from our garden in Central Victoria,
I posted a pic of this Dichelostemma last year, but I'm not sure if it's D. congestum or D. multiflorum!(It's actually D. capitatum!)



Delphinium luteum is now flowering in the Shadehouse,

This ixia appears to be a hybrid between I. maculata and something else!

I'll post more ixia pixias to the South African Bulbs thread!
cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Fermi,

Great pics.  Good to see the Conostylis as they're so cool.  Never realised they were related to Kangaroo Paws. 

Otto's Iris sari and Iris susiana hybrid are real stunners.  Beautiful.  And lastly your own stuff in your own garden is great too.  Thanks for posting pics!! 

[Maggi Young]

Wonderful photos from the other side of the world! Thank you all!
 Heinie, if ONLY my clivias looked as good as yours! The poor things suffer from neglect as houseplants here and I am ashamed to say that most are in dire need of remedial care 

[Heinie]

Lesley,

I apologise for not answering you regarding the paths. Yes, I packed them about 3 years ago to get my feet out of the mud in winter when I go to the shade house. It was a slippery affair because I have a very steep down hill plot. 

[Lesley Cox]

You are obviously a very good brick layer Heinie.

Fermi, thanks for posting Otto's. (We need to get that man by the scruff of the neck and teach him how!) I was really sorry to miss his oncos, probably 5 that had buds.

Really nice little Conostylis too. I bought two of these, the one in the "Some Australian Plants" thread and a cushion species, maybe yours, as a present for Don. He seemed pleased with them. I'd like to try them here too but....

[Hans A.]

Fermi, thanks for posting Ottos Oncos - especially Iris sari is a stunner!:o)

[arillady]

Otto your Iris trojana is at the same stage as my clump here. Such a tall elegant plant.
Pat

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Hans,
you're very welcome
I'm happy to post pics for Otto, especially his wonderful irises.
Here are a few more pics from my garden,
A dwarf kniphofia which I received as "Candlelight" but it may actually be "Little Treasure"

A overview of the mini-crevice garden on the west side of a small mound.

Dianthus gracilis growing in the crevice garden

Dianthus spiculifolius

From the native section,
a Dampiera species which looks like rosemary, D. rosmarinifolia,

D. diversifolia, a more prostrate grower,

The waxflower, Philotheca, is now in full flower,

cheers
fermi

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Along the roadside at Langley, between work and home, there has been a profusion of wildflowers,

At first it's hard to distinguish amongst the long grass,

But the "Pink-Bells", Tetratheca ciliata, are there in variety,



Even sprouting through the embankment,

Along with these were patches of "egg-and-bacon" flowers, either Dillwynia or Daviesia,



Back in the garden at home,
another moraea is flowering,M. villosa, I presume!

cheers
fermi

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One for Mr Buttercup, Ranunculus gramineus,



And "Bronze Queen", a Dutch iris that doesn't really live up to its name.

cheers
fermi

[Paul T]

Fermi,

Great stuff!!  Excellent to see those sorts of things "in the wild". 

That Ranunculus in your garden is pretty speccy.  With those leaves I never would have guessed that is what it was!! 

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Some garden bits and pieces in flower at the moment......

Daphne burkwoodi variegata
First flowering of a seedling of Clivia miniata var citrina imported as seed from South Africa a few years ago.
A Chilean shrub called Cantua buxifolia.
Gladiolus liliaceus from the front and the side.  This is a relative of G. tristus and can hybridise with it.