Flowering Now - September 2009

[maggiepie]

Nicole, I am thinking of digging the white plant up and potting it.
Perhaps if can keep it alive longer it will have time to set seeds.
If I can get some I will be happy to send you some.

How long does it take from flowering to get viable seeds?
These plants have only just started to flower.

[fleurbleue]

  About 7 to 10 weeks for me here.

[WimB]

Very nice plants, Helen.

I had never heard about it before.

[Lori S.]

Very exotic-looking, Helen.

1, 2) Funny... I had this on my map as Phlomis russeliana for some reason, though it actually seems to be Salvia glutinosa.
3) Hemerocallis 'Cherry Cheeks'
4) Ratibida pinnata
5) Hemerocallis citrina - lovely scent.
6) Silene regia, starting to bloom
7) Hemerocallis 'Indian Love Call'
8 ) Silene schafta
9) Rosa 'Ambridge'
10) Nymphaea 'Marliacaea Albida'

[Ragged Robin]

Very exotic-looking, Helen.

1, 2) Funny... I had this on my map as Phlomis russeliana for some reason, though it actually seems to be Salvia glutinosa.
3) Hemerocallis 'Cherry Cheeks'
4) Ratibida pinnata
5) Hemerocallis citrina - lovely scent.
6) Silene regia, starting to bloom
7) Hemerocallis 'Indian Love Call'
8 ) Silene schafta
9) Rosa 'Ambridge'
10) Nymphaea 'Marliacaea Albida'

Lori, what lovely plants and colouring in your garden this September - hard to choose which I like the most but the Hemerocallis 'Indian Love Call' is really gorgeous and the name, well.....I'm interested to see you Silenes, too, as these have become firm favourites of mine this year.

Does your Rosa 'Ambridge' have a good scent? It looks so enticing!

[Michael J Campbell]

Oxalis lobata

[Lori S.]

Hemerocallis 'Indian Love Call' is really gorgeous and the name, well.....
Does your Rosa 'Ambridge' have a good scent? It looks so enticing!

Robin, I actually did debate whether to add some vague sort of apology for the name of that daylily, but, heck, it's just a plant, and I doubt any insult was intended to anyone, and I didn't name it anyway!  (There, I hope that covers all the bases.   )
Yes, the scent of 'Ambridge Rose' is quite delicious!

[Geebo]

Hi All,
Just a few pics I got captured today,Weather a bit brighter here with good spells of sunshine

Guy.

 Crocosmia Seedling
 Crocus Kotschyanus ssp suworovianus
 Heloniopsis Tubiflora BSWJ 4173
 Rodohypoxis Baurii twinkle star
 Kirgengeshoma Palmata 2
 Tricyrtis White towers
 Zephyanthes Candida

[PaulM]

Yes, the Ceratotheca plants look astonishing. I grew some of this African plant last summer in a container, but they barely had time to flower before frost here, and of course never set any seed. I started mine indoors February 25, so without artificial lights I couldn't really start them earlier. The seeds germinated in three days at room temperature.
I like the violet one the best.

[PaulM]

I love the red in Silene regia Lori ! I find it difficult to grow here. How do you accomodate it in your garden ?

[Lori S.]

Paul, Silene regia just takes care of itself out on a dry, full-sun slope in unimproved alkaline clay soil; it is very drought-tolerant.  After a few years from seed, the plants are finally starting to bulk up a little, though each still only has 2-3 stems.

[PaulM]

I will try to find a better place for it next year. Is that an Echinops you have next to it, or some other thistle ?

[Lori S.]

Yes, what sharp eyes you have!    Next to it is Echinops tschimganicus... or so the seed was said to be - a white-flowered echinops.  There is a picture of the flowers here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3968.135 ( reply 145)

[Arykana]

we would have long fall, because the Caryopteris blooming late

[Lampwick]

Photo taken this morning.

Gentiana 'Shot Silk' - bought from Aberconway Nurseries about 5 years ago.