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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #105 on: November 17, 2009, 06:54:43 AM »
Divine.
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #106 on: November 17, 2009, 10:10:11 AM »
They are Doug, I only wish I could grow them :(
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #107 on: November 17, 2009, 01:47:53 PM »
OK Doug, I'll sell my soul for those. It is not so long ago when we grew these but with the passing of years we found it more and  more difficult while friends in north of Ireland continued to succeed with them. Their conditions were a bit cooler and wetter than ours.

Great plant. Paddy
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #108 on: November 17, 2009, 01:54:59 PM »
Great photo and the blue is outstanding  8)
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #109 on: November 17, 2009, 04:17:32 PM »
Quote from: David Nicholson on November 17, 2009, 10:10:11 AM
They are Doug, I only wish I could grow them :(

.... sigh..... I know the feeling David !

Gorgeous flowers Doug !!
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #110 on: November 18, 2009, 05:16:30 AM »
A beautiful little NZ native all rounder, Carmichaelia nana. (was C. enysii)
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #111 on: November 18, 2009, 05:31:03 AM »
Here is another nice blue coloured Iris sibirica "Over in Gloryland" that I picked up at the last local Iris show in Tauranga.
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #112 on: November 18, 2009, 05:37:07 AM »
And another nice white Watsonia "Frosty Morn" suitable for the borders and makes good cut flowers.
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #113 on: November 18, 2009, 06:08:25 AM »
Nice Watsonia, Bill.  Nice to see the red stems with the white flowers.... most of the whites I have seen previously lack the red pigment in the stems.

Doug,

The Carmichaelia nana is a cutie.  How big?  I'm assuming it looks to be a groundcover type?
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #114 on: November 18, 2009, 06:19:44 AM »
While on the subject of Tropaeolum species seed, I have just finished harvesting fresh seeds of Trop. azureum and Trop.brachyceras and perhaps Trop. tricolor later.
Anyone interested in exchanging seed especially the tropaeolums just send me a PM at daffodil@xnet.co.nz
I prefer exchange for obvious reasons, (eg. Narcissi miniature species, Trillium, Tropaeolum.  Hippeastrum ) but If you have not got anythings to swap, (or have some seed available perhaps later in your NH season) don't worry, you're still welcome to some seeds.
Cheers,  Bill
BTW: there could be a few seeds with some minor interesting variations and colours of the leaves and flowers of the Trop.azureum.    
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #115 on: November 18, 2009, 02:05:49 PM »
NOTE: Bill has also been posting on "Trops" in the Tropaeolum thread:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1463.345
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #116 on: November 18, 2009, 02:19:34 PM »
Quote from: kiwi on November 18, 2009, 05:16:30 AM
A beautiful little NZ native all rounder, Carmichaelia nana. (was C. enysii)

Doug, I grew this from seed many years ago and have the plants growing still - well, they are very small and growth is hardly noticeable. However, I have never had a flower on any plant - very disappointing. Also, your plants seem far fresher than mine, a much brighter green on the 'foliage'. Perhaps mine are a little starved or might benefit from growing inside. The flower is very like our native Restharrow, Ononis sp.

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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #117 on: November 20, 2009, 09:56:42 AM »
A couple of plants flowering now. bye Ray


 Lilium pumilum.JPG
 Gladiolus sp.JPG
 Ixia meterlekamplae.JPG
 Urceolina peruvianna.JPG
 Romneya coulteri.JPG
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #118 on: November 20, 2009, 05:03:06 PM »
Your raised beds certainly produce some wonderful plants, Ray  :D

Romneya coulteri is something I've always admired - it's really lovely!
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Re: November 2009 in the Southern Hemisphere
« Reply #119 on: November 20, 2009, 07:51:27 PM »
Ray,

have you some information about Urcelonia peruvianna? Look's like a bulb.
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