Flowering in October 2009

[johnw]

John...do any of your rhododendrons have Autumn colour?

Robin - My garden is never gorgeous, it looks like a warehouse of pots.

Actually colour comes very very late to my garden in the city, too protected I guess, we've only had 1 very light frost.  There might be a couple of rhodos coloured, such as the dwarf mucronulatums. R. camtschaticum has dropped most of its leaves but Menzesia ciliicalyx v purpurea dwarf form is almost at peak. Will shoot if worthwhile this weekend. 

johnw

[johnw]

John, the Montauk daisy is wonderful, a new one to me.
Viburnum mariesii is much bigger than mine, I am hoping mine will get through winter unscathed this year.

I can always send you cuttings as it may be hard to find up your way.

johnw

[Arykana]

acotinum, sisakvirįg - only 1 

[Giles]

Bits and bobs from the past week (several different gardens).
Camellia sasanqua cultivars:

[Giles]

Some leaves:
Nyssa sylvatica
Tetradium glabrifolium var. glaucum
Hebe lycopodioides

[Giles]

Some holly:
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Wilsonii'
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Belgica Aurea'

[Giles]

Some other berries:
Photinia beauverdiana
Sorbus randaiensis
Eleutherococcus

[Giles]

..and again:
Clerodendrum trichotomum

[Giles]

Some Salvias:
?
Salvia confertiflora 'La Mortola'
Salvia guaranitica 'Blue Enigma'
Salvia meyeri

[Giles]

Rhododendron Yellow Hammer
Rhododendron Nobleanum Venustum

[Giles]

Heptacodium miconioides
Colquhounia coccinia
Mahonia russellii
Punica granatum

..that's it.

[Maggi Young]

...............that's it.

That's grand, Giles! After the dark and extremely wet week we have had here, it is a treat to find that somewhere there are flowers and colour.

[maggiepie]

John, the Montauk daisy is wonderful, a new one to me.
Viburnum mariesii is much bigger than mine, I am hoping mine will get through winter unscathed this year.

I can always send you cuttings as it may be hard to find up your way.

johnw

John, thanks for the offer. I do have a clump of shasta daisies which were disappointing this year, not sure if it might be too cold for them here.
Is there much of a difference between them?

[maggiepie]

I think it might depend on the climate, Helen, for the Eryngium leavenworthii. The ones I have here started in August and are still holding the same flowers with the same strong colour now. So one might say it is "even worth a try".

Simon, I think you might be right  

Giles, your pics have cheered me up no end, your garden must be a constant joy to you.
Here we had 6 inches of snow on Thursday night, flattened my new OGR roses and broke some stems.
I love the sasanquas.

[Giles]

-not my plants, Helen.
Just a case of admiring other people's