Spring in Southern Hemisphere... with crocus! (July- September)

[Otto Fauser]

Ray , you are lucky to grow and flower Frit . euboeica , a species that has eluded me .
 Did you raise it from seed ? or would a bulb be available somewhere in Australia ?
 I would be grateful to know of a source .

     Otto.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful Crocus Otto !!
C. gargaricus herbertii looks fabulous !!    Too bad it's loosing it's vigour 

[Ray]

Hi Otto,pretty sure that this Frit came from MH,but will check my lists and get back to you if I am wrong. bye Ray

[arillady]

Gosh there are so many lovely bulbs that it is hard to keep up with them all - well even a few of them. I noticed today that Iris willmottianna is coming up - it wasn't there last week I am sure. That is if it is correct.

[Stephen Vella]

Nice picks everybody, love those Crocus Otto.

Lesley nice Sedum, never seen anything like it.

This Eranthis is such a rich yellow and surprising scented like honey.

cheers

[Paul T]

Fantastic pics, everyone.  Stunning stuff!!  Otto, that C. tommasinianus 'Pictus' is amazing!    What a colour!!!!!  And such a wonderful clump.  And the glorious Crocus varieties from Marcus..... I must ask about 'Chocolate Soldier' and the one before it when I order next year.  Both are just so beautiful.  Fermi, I love the B. cauda-felis..... I think it was just finishing last year when we were visiting.  Is it earlier than the normal yellow species?  Mine of the yellow are not obviously going to flower as yet, but there could be buds coming I guess as I haven't actually checked it to see.  Your cauda-felis is so much more substantial a flower spike though.  And some wonderful pics from Ray, Lesley (glorious Crocus, Lesley!!  ), Stephen and Graham (my fellow Canberran).

Thanks for the excellent pics.  Thoroughly enjoying them all after 10 days away from the forum.  

[Ragged Robin]

Glad you're back Paul, missed your posting and humour - I agree there are some wonderful crocus photos from the SH - how is your raised bed evolving?

[Otto Fauser]

Stephen , love the deep yellow Eranthis cilicica -and the clump of Leucojum vernum var.
 carpathicum . Is it from the bulbs I gave you years ago ? Can't understand why it is not more freely grown here in gardens ,as it is so easy in woodland and moist conditions .

  Peter Leigh will be selling his glorious Hellebores onthe last Sunday of August here in the
hall of the Ferny Creek Hort. Soc. - he is setting up on the saturday afternoon, and I'm
allowed to pick out the ones I fancy : as at my age I do not buy any more seedlings ,
 which may turn out to be mediocre .He will also give us an illustrated talk on his trip
 to Ashwood and other nurseries in England and Europe this last February, which gave
him the opportunity to buy some really choice ones ,which are now being acclimaticed
 in a Quarantine Station .

[Maggi Young]

Otto, that sounds like a fun event on 30th August for your Ferny Creek Hort. Soc. Hellebore Happening  Wish I could see that!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Otto, that sounds like a fun event on 30th August for your Ferny Creek Hort. Soc. Hellebore Happening  Wish I could see that!

What's keeping you Maggi ?? 

[Maggi Young]

Otto, that sounds like a fun event on 30th August for your Ferny Creek Hort. Soc. Hellebore Happening  Wish I could see that!

What's keeping you Maggi ?? 

I'm just not that strong a swimmer, Luc! 

[Lesley Cox]

I should have plenty seed of the sedum later in the summer. I'll put a note here.

These three are from yesterday, Narcissus 'Pirouette' is from Marcus this summer. I expect that it may reflex some?


Another selection from E A Bowles, Crocus biflorus 'Myddelton Cream.' The outside is lightly washed with grey. Is this like yours from Ray Cobb, Otto?


And what I have as Erythronium caucasicum, which is usually in flower by late July. It was from a local friend at least 10 years ago and she had it as seed from a Russian source some years before that. Each year I try to work out whether the anthers are the same length or different lengths, the defining thing, according to Ruksans, between caucasicum and sibiricum. Sometimes they're one, sometimes the other. It's quite slow to increase and has set no seed.

[Maggi Young]

Lesley, BD has just passed on his way to bed..... nice E. caucasicum, says he..... 

[Armin]

Otto,
wunderful clumps of Pictus, "white" tommies and C. paschei

Lesley,
your sedum and clump of C. biflorus ssp. alexantri are superb!
I just received corms of similar cultivar "Eye-catcher" and hope for enjoyable flowers next spring.

Stephen,
nice clump of Leucojum vernum var. carpathicum
Otto, I would be happy if I could say it is a easy... I lost L.vernum 3 times in my moist loamy soil - now I've 2 tiny clumps in my sand bed which seem to please them much better - just need to take care to hold off the cats to use my sand bed as toilet )

[Paul T]

Otto,

What an opportunity!!!!!    I'd be like a kid in a candy store..... I need a nice apricot, double yellow, double black, good strong single yellow, nice picotee.... I doubt he'd have any left to sell to anyone else by the time I'd finished going through them.     

Hopefully you'll show us pictures of some of the treasures you pick up there?  I wish I could get down to it.... and to visit yourself, Tim and Fermi.