Flowers and foliage October 2008

[Paul T]

Paddy,

Thanks for the great pictures.  I've never seen a Paris seedhead before.  Very, very cool.  Some great autumn colour in your pics..... while here we're having the spring flowering.

[Anthony Darby]

Some photographs from my garden today. The Yucca filamentosa is looking particularly well at the moment with two flowering spikes.
Paddy

How amazing, Paddy, as the same plant is coming into flower in our garden on the other side of the world to you in Ireland! If I can get a decent pic I'll post it to the Southern Hemisphere thread.
cheers
femri

My Yucca filamentosa was over early September.

[Paddy Tobin]

Anthony,

We had a heavy frost last night, the first of the year and I feared for the yucca but it is still in perfect shape.

Paul, re the Paris - I don't suppose I can send them on to you with your restrictions? I shall sow them around the old plant and let nature do its own business(unless, I hear something to the contrary from you).

Paddy

[rob krejzl]

Paddy,

Well if Paul doesn't want any, you could send me some! P. polyphylla is on our permitted list.

[Paddy Tobin]

Gone to the man in Tasmania (I can share if Paul wants some)

Don't forget to send my your postal address, Rob.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

They're gone! All spoken for.

Paddy

[Paul T]

Paddy,

I was going to say Yes to a few of them..... but send them down to Rob  and maybe he can send me a couple.  Much easier for you to just post one lot to Aus.  Saves you some postage.

[rob krejzl]

Paul,

Not only can I pass on some of the Paris, I can also send you the auriculas - if you want them.

[ruweiss]

Paddy,your flowering Yucca looks so beautiful with the yellow edged leaves and these opulent flower
spikes. I am so sorry,that my limited garden space doesn't allow me the cultivation of this beauty.

[Paddy Tobin]

Paul,

Please send my your postal address. There was one seed capsule - I went out last night with a torch to collect the seed just in case a mouse decided they would make a nice snack. There were more seed than I imagined in the seedpod and I can certainly send on a few to you.

This offer is now closed - sorry to be blunt but they are spoken for.  There will always be next year.


Rudi, it's a nice plant to view in the garden but an absolute brute to work near in the garden as the spikes are lethal.

Paddy

[KentGardener]

Hi All

a bit late here - some of these pictures are from today - and some are from earlier - so I thought I would shove them in the October thread to cover all bases.....       Hope you like ferns!....

1 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Applecourt'

2 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Crispum Cristatum'

3 - Cyclamen hederifolium 'silver leaf group'

4 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Ramo-marginatum (kayes)'

5 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Ramo-marginatum (clone 3)'

6 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Zeal Dwarf'

7 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Laceratum Lobed clone'

8 - Asplenium scolopendrium 'Fimbriatum'

9 - A new one (there are only 2 in existence at the moment) - A.S. 'sculpture'

As you can probably tell I like Asplenium scolopendrium forms rather a lot!   

regards

John

[Hans A.]

Some actual pics of my garden:
Colchicum stevenii, some Cyclamen and Iris planifolia

[Paddy Tobin]

John,

I particularly like 'Zeal Dwarf', very nice indeed. By coincidence I grow a Nerine called 'Zeal Giant'.

Paddy

[Anthony Darby]

Hans, that is a wonderful pic of the cyclamen leaves and bougainvillea bracts.

[Paul T]

Oh those Aspleniums!!  Wow!!! 

Hans,

Our Beaugainvillea is back in full flower here now as well after winter.  Same colour.  Glorious isn't it!!