delosperma & aizoaceae

[kelaidis]

Mistakenly posted before I attached pix...sorry! Here goes again...

[johnw]

PY - Welcome back.  You should have said sun eclipse goggles.   Do you think these would sublimate in our damp climate?

johnw

[TheOnionMan]

Glad to see you over here Panayoti... I've been spending so much time on this forum that I'm starting to develop an accent and an insatiable urge for tea and cakes   I hope to have even a small South African plaza here in a few years, they're such bright and rewarding plants, I think even my wife might notice them

Be sure to check out updates on your two Mongolian allium species here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5766.msg176635#msg176635

[cohan]

Mistakenly posted before I attached pix...sorry! Here goes again...

these are fantastic--i esp love the soft pink--maybe just because its a less delo colour to me, and i always like the odd colour for a genus...

i'm hoping at least a couple will be hardy up here, only tried the gold nugget type last year, but they were in pots not yet sunk into the ground when the sudden cold (-20C almost right after high 20'sC) hit in oct 09, didn't make it...not sure if it was that, or wintering in the goopy peaty nursery soil..i'll be trying again and making sure they are in the ground or at least in real soil before winter; i'm watching for seed available out there, though i'm sure i wont be able to grow as many species as you in balmy denver

looking forward to more pestering...

[ranunculus]

I was not able to access SRGC's forum from my last computer most of last year: I was just given a new computer at work, and I can now pester you all!

We look forward to persistent pestering, Panayoti ... !!!   

[Maggi Young]

Well PK, your re-appearance with these sunny summer colours is well timed for those of us getting heartily fed up of too much snow...... thanks!
M

[kelaidis]

You've all been so responsive and kind I shall attach a few more images to warm you up (we are expecting a high tomorrow over 20C!)

Two more overviews of the garden (the second showing a pale form of wild Delosperma nubigenum that is quite different) and a closeup of Hereroa calycina, a fabulous and very hardy Aizoaceae that blooms for a long time, although the flowers only open widely at night (good for insomniacs like me)...

[Hoy]

Here's theweather for Denver the next days:

I'm a little jealous!

[cohan]

Here's theweather for Denver the next days:

I'm a little jealous!

i understand the blue parts  of the line, but the red is a little unfamiliar to me...

[Hoy]

Here's yours, cohan! I am not jealous on you, though...

[cohan]

mine is just a little better than that, trond-- not a lot, but i will take every degree i can get 
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-16_metric_e.html
we should get to around -13C tomorrow, and no lower than -22C tomorrow night..
edmonton is north of me, and even more importantly, farther from the mountains, so they are a bit colder in winter, and a bit warmer in summer!
they had a big storm the other day that totally missed my area, fortunately!

[Hoy]

I took a chance, I didn't know exactly where you live. (I'm not sure "yr" have your place though)
Here you can choose for yourself: http://www.yr.no/sted/Canada/Alberta/

And pardon everybody, I have corrupted this delosperma and aizoaceae thread! Want do it anymore.

[johnw]

Hoy -  Your weather by the way, seems to have returned to us! On the other hand that blue line looks nasty.    They say we have rollercoaster weather.  Usually those arrows at the bottom spin uncontrollably.



Thank-you for the red lines.

johnw      - +4c and dark.

[Hoy]

Well johnw, we still have an all blue line here! And the blue line continues another week - with only 5cm snow cover. Some plants suffer, I know for sure!

PS: One last table, here's the temp the last months:

The black line is the normal mean temperature, and that's a cold 30 year period!

[Maggi Young]

Seasonal Greetings, Delosperma Lovers!

Please see this thread for some pix to cheer you.....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4828.msg177551#msg177551