November 2008 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Miriam]

Rogan,

What a stunning Cypella!!
Here is my Cypella coelestis:

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Somewhat belatedly (given it is now a week into December) I have finally prepared some pics from the second half of November in my garden for your edification.  I hope you enjoy them!!


A lovely orange Abutilon that has been flowering since October and will flower until at least June.




A couple of pics of Crinum aff schmidtii showing the purity of the flower as it opens, with those wonderful stamens just breaking open, and then the flower when it is fully open.


Dahlia merckii, thanks to see from Mark S a few years ago.  I just love it!!


A Deutzia in full flower in late November.




A couple of Epiphyllums, the yellow being a particularly bad photo with the tag in the pic, but I never got back to get a better one.  Great colour to it, with the flower around 17.5cm wide.


Glaucium corniculata is a joy each year, but although it sets seed I have yet to have a seedling germinate.    G. flavum I have tried a couple of times and lost it, so maybe it is a bit more water requiring than the orange species.  Love the leaves on them, so wonderfully silver with a great shape to them.


A yellow form of Ornithogalum dubium which, unlike the orange form, flowers and multiplies well every year.  If only the orange one would as I love the colour but it only flowers for a year then never comes out of dormancy again. 

[Paul T]

A selection of Ixia polystachya, the last of which is called "Baby Blue Eyes".  Intense blue/teal on the stamens is a feature to me, but I wonder how many people even notice it in a garden situation.




I received this as Pelargonium carnasum but wonder whether the name is correct?  Tiny flowers which are quite intricate once you look at them, and a decidedly fleshy stem, tending to swollen.


Rebutia muscula - schotte form with a fantastic display of flowers this year.


A Tillandsia which lives outside in a tree year around.  This is the first year it has flowered for me.  Cute little thing.


And lastly for this posting, a Verbascum with small yellow flowers with purple stamen.  I think this is most likely a species as it seeds true.  Can become a pest to some people, but I rather like it and will live with it.  I have also seen a white form of it.

I still have more to prepare for late in November if anyone wants to see more?  let me know if you do.  Otherwise I will just post current ones in the December topic instead of posting more here.

[Lvandelft]

I still have more to prepare for late in November if anyone wants to see more?  let me know if you do.  Otherwise I will just post current ones in the December topic instead of posting more here.

Paul, please show more.
What you are showing us is always very interesting!
Everytime I am surprised what you are growing.

[Paul T]

Glad you're enjoying them Luit.  I've been posting lots in the Australian Native Plants at the ANBG topic as well, so there should be other interesting things to see in there as well.

I'll check through what else I have for the last couple of days of November and work out what else to post here, and I'll add a bunch to the December topic.  Will mostly come down to when I get a chance to prepare the pics.  Of course spending time on the computer sorting and preparing pics means I still get nothing done in the garden, and as I have worked the last 6 days and got nothing done today outside, that just leaves tomorrow to get some gardening work done or I won't get much done until next weekend.    I visited a friend's garden today and I was most embarrassed at the state of mine.... there is so much that needs doing in my garden at the moment but I never get out there to do much... even the watering is mostly handled by my wife at the moment as I am usually at work by 6:30am.

There's just never enough time to do everything you want to, is there!? 

[mark smyth]

Happy I could help you with seeds. I cant remember sending you them.

[Paul T]

Mark,

'twas about 4 years ago now I'd guess.  It is a cute little dahlia, which I enjoy every year when it starts it's flowering.  "I" remember you sending it to me, even if you don't! 

[Maggi Young]

Mark,

'twas about 4 years ago now I'd guess.  It is a cute little dahlia, which I enjoy every year when it starts it's flowering.  "I" remember you sending it to me, even if you don't! 

I remember the talk of Dahlia merckii and seeds....... possibly in the Old Forum.......cute thing indeed.

[Lvandelft]

There's just never enough time to do everything you want to, is there!?   

Sorry Paul I forgot you belong to the working people.
And you might be able to be outside every day in not such a cold and wet winter weather like we have here.
I am happy do do things inside during this time of year.

Nevertheless when I am enjoying your pictures I always have the feeling you are
working in PARADISE.

So whenever you have some spare time, let them come!

[Paul T]

Nevertheless when I am enjoying your pictures I always have the feeling you are
working in PARADISE.

Luit,

I think the same thing myself, regularly. 

[t00lie]

A couple in bloom here today.

I was given a bare rooted piece of Paris polyphylla ,(var. yunnanensis ?), over the winter.
It had not produced new roots when i checked a few weeks ago and as i was unsure how long it would take to settle down,i'm 'rapt' to see it in flower.

Another gift from a good friend --Lilium grayi ---still in the 2 litre pot i placed them in last autumn because although i had planned to plant them into the garden proper when i found a spot ,that never happened .

Cheers dave.   

[Paul T]

Dave,

I have that Paris in flower as well, but looking slightly different to yours, but I think only superficially due to settled in rather than disturbed?  I am thrilled to now have seed sent to me recently of this species, as I have just the single clone of it so never get seed.  I'd love to produce lots more of them. 

Click on the pics for a larger version.


Paris polyphylla


A brand new purchase this week.... Cornus capitata 'Ragdoll', which has very nice variegation and quite a good yellow to the flowers.  No idea where I am going to plant it as yet, but that hasn't stopped me before! 


An orange-red Lychnis with dark purple leaves.  Seed grown, so no name.


Labelled as Geranium pratense 'Striatum' when I bought it, but I have seen similar I think under the name 'Splish Splash'?


Sprekelia formosissima


An unknown Scutellaria with purple and white flowers.


Another unknown Scutellaria with white flowers with purple touches.


This was labelled Scutellaria alpina albocorvalena, but I have no idea whether that is correct or not?  If anyone has correct names for any of these please let me know.

And that is all the garden pics for November.  I have more to post in the December topic though, but not tonight.  Still hoping to get some more into the Aussie Natives at the ANBG topic tonight.

[Paul T]

Oops, forgot one.  And how COULD I?? 


Weldenia candida, producing 7 flowers on the 28th of November.  Very, very pleased with this plant.  So cool! 

[ashley]

It is a cute little dahlia  ...

D. merckii I have, possibly from Chiltern Seeds about 10 years ago, is 2-3 m long rather than tall since it flops about and is hard to stake adequately.  Although flowers look very similar to Paul's and Mark's, dimensions of the plant must vary a lot.  It's a lovely thing though. 

D. coccinea also seems to vary widely in stature.  Does anyone grow a short form of this (< 1 m or so) that retains the clean orange-red colour?

[Paddy Tobin]

Dave,

Your Paris strikes me as a particularly fine form. Well grown!

Paddy