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Ragged Robin

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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #60 on: July 24, 2009, 08:37:22 AM »
Great shots Stephen of your plantings in lovely soft light, showing up the detail of the crocus petals too  :)
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #61 on: July 24, 2009, 10:23:46 PM »
Stephen,
your pictures, preferable the crocus ones, are mouth-watering in expectation of the next spring season in the NH. :D
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #62 on: July 25, 2009, 08:09:32 AM »
Today I was excited to find my Adonis amurensis had fully opened. Such a divine plant to warm you up on a cold day! I hope I get seed!
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #63 on: July 25, 2009, 08:43:03 AM »
Thats really nice Doug,it sure is something special, did you raise this one from seed and how do you grow this one?

Armin Im glad you like the Crocus.

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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #64 on: July 25, 2009, 09:00:40 AM »
It's a cracker, Doug.  :o  Striking, isn't it.
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #65 on: July 25, 2009, 09:14:55 AM »
Iris unguicularis cretensis in flower
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #66 on: July 25, 2009, 12:15:32 PM »
Pat,

Is this the "dwarf" one that was around a few years back?  The only one I can think of that I've seen pics of with such a lovely dark colour.  The winter irises are brilliant, aren't they?  I have the straight species, 'Walter Butt', 'Snow Queen' and 'Blue Stripe' here in flower sporadically at the moment if the darn snails don't get to the buds first. ;)

Great pics by the way.  One of those colours that looks like it could be a pain to get accurately on a digital camera?
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #67 on: July 25, 2009, 12:41:11 PM »
Paul the blue should be darker I think than is shown. Yes it is the dwarf unguicularis.
Just realised that the arils are beginning to flower nearly three weeks earlier than last year. Iris haynei is budding up well - photos in the next day or two when they open.
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #68 on: July 25, 2009, 12:56:05 PM »
Pat,

I remember reading about the dwarf darker unguicularis a few years ago, which is why I asked.

Looking forward to the Iris pics.  Already commented on your luscious atropurpurea.  ;D
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #69 on: July 25, 2009, 01:18:57 PM »
Stephen , did you crosspollinate the 2 subspecies of Crocus sieberi ? I have some selfsown
 seedlings appearing in my garden that are almost identical .
 Your very healthy clump of Galanthus ikariae [ you labelled it akara ] is about 10 days
 earlier than mine - still in bud here .   
 The Gal. caucasicus from 'Cherry Garth' is now called G. elwesii var. monostictus ,it is one
 of the most prolific ones inmy garden , must be more than a thousand in flower at the
 moment.
     Mat has'nt commented on his beloved Crocus for a while .
   
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #70 on: July 26, 2009, 03:40:58 AM »
A couple of things flowering here at the moment.....

Daphne bholua - just recently purchased when I found one at a nursery.  The perfume is so much like Viburnum carlesii, or at least my memory of that species anyway.  I just love it.  So very un-daphne-like.  :D  I bought it for that as much as the lovely flowers.

Gladiolus maculatus is perfumed in the evenings, no sign at all during the day.

Crocus ancyrensis is a lovely little ball of gold right now.  I've posted a couple of other Crocus pics down in the crocus section too.

Iris histrio along with histrioides ssp sophensis is flowering now, with more coming along.  I've posted pics down in the Iris section, and I'm shortly going to post a bunch of pics in the Narcissus section.

Enjoy.

Don't forget to click on the pic for a larger version!
« Last Edit: July 26, 2009, 05:54:46 AM by Paul T »
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #71 on: July 26, 2009, 04:35:49 AM »
Hi Otto

Good to hear from you,

Those Crocus are Mat's, he took the picks and he loves them alright, allways brushing their stamens ;D Those Galantus elwesii var. monostictus (thanks for the correction) are sure large in every way, would be nice to see them in the thousands, you must be planting them next door!!  :)
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #72 on: July 26, 2009, 06:01:12 AM »
Wow, wondrous things from everyone!  This thread is really twisting my head around - it seems like it's scarcely summer here, yet we are back to spring again!  Fantastic!   :D
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #73 on: July 26, 2009, 07:33:05 AM »
Quote from: Lori Skulski on July 26, 2009, 06:01:12 AM
Wow, wondrous things from everyone!  This thread is really twisting my head around - it seems like it's scarcely summer here, yet we are back to spring again!  Fantastic!   :D

thats what i said--between us late northerners and early southerners, and then the gamut of central and southern europeans and islanders, almost a full year of spring!

espcially love the adonis, iris histrio, and everything else!
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Re: July 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #74 on: July 26, 2009, 07:43:03 AM »
Paul: That's a wonderful I. histrioides. How fun to see the spring flowers at this time of year  :)
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