South African bulbose plants 2009

[Maggi Young]

Is the article available somewhere?

Fermi your 'Teal' is a real stunner. Why is it we never see weeds in your garden? Only such lovely plants.

Fermi, I agree with everyone's opinion of your Teal clump... FAB!


Lesley,  article is in glossy magazine that is going out to ten thousand of the shops' customers.
I will see if I can make a pdf or jpg of the page and post it..... probably in "I'm so happy" thread.

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Maggi.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Maggi.

 You're welcome , Lesley... it's fun to show the publicity for the club.... I've posted the pdf here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2645.msg119851#msg119851

[tonyg]

Thanks Maggi.

 You're welcome , Lesley... it's fun to show the publicity for the club.... I've posted the pdf here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2645.msg119851#msg119851

Nice one Maggi  ....  "and its all centred on Aberdeen" - Centre of the Universe ....

[Maggi Young]

Well, of course it is, Tony:  surely you have heard of the headline from the local daily Newspaper.... the Press and Journal... on the sinking of the Titanic? "Iceberg sinks Tianaic.... Aberdeen Man Saved!"

[fermi de Sousa]

Fermi your 'Teal' is a real stunner. Why is it we never see weeds in your garden?

because I learned how to crop the pics!

Speaking of which here is a pic of the open flowers which Cliff wanted to see

I might try for a pic on the weekend (if there are any decent flowers left) if this one is insufficient!

Maggi that is a great little article and a lovely pic of you and the BD - shame it doesn't show his shoes!
cheers
fermi

[ranunculus]

Many, many thanks Fermi. That is an absolute stunner.

[BULBISSIME]

Wonderfull group and flowers fermi !!
How lucky you are in such climate 

[fermi de Sousa]

Wonderfull group and flowers fermi !!
How lucky you are in such climate 

Thanks, Fred,
but our lucky climate comes at a price! We're not yet into summer and we've already had 2 weeks of temperatures around the 30^oC mark - I'm already wishing it was autumn!
At least I'm learning to adapt to the climate which means growing a lot more bulbs!
cheers
fermi

[angie]

Fermi
I am jealous, but enjoying every picture.
Angie

[David Nicholson]

Via the South African Bulb Group I have a copy of Gordon Summerfield's latest Seed and Bulb List. Anyone who would like a copy of it please Email me at my private Email address.

[Roma]

Continuing with the greeny-blue colour theme
Lachenalia viridiflora
Not sure whether it looks better against the Cyclamen graecum or the wall.

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Roma. I see from 'The Color(sic) Encyclopedia(sic) of Cape Bulbs' that at home it prospers on granite outcrops, should do well in the 'Granite City' then

I've just spent half an hour droolong over Gordon Summerfield's Seed and Bulb List. I shall have to order some seeds and there are loads of bulbs of winter growers I would love to have. A question though- if I do order some bulbs how should I treat them given they will just nicely have entered dormancy? Take a risk and pot them, or keep them dry and warm until next August/September? Help appreciated please.

[Darren]

David, Cameron McMaster recommends giving them a short growing season immediately they arrive in January, then giving them a 'normal' dormancy in summer to turn their seasonality around. I can see this working with the true bulbs (which don't replace the whole bulb each year) but I'm not so sure about corms - surely a short season won't give them time to replace the whole corm and you might be left with a smaller replacement?? I'd be interested to hear the answer too!

[Darren]

Some pics:

I mentioned the one-off multiple offsetting of one of my 'pink' Massonia jasminiflora a few weeks ago. The offsets were potted up together and here they are. All 6 are flowering but two have taken dominance and I will have to be really careful about botrytis on the hidden flowers later.  The next picture is their mum. Brian Halliwell's book on propagation of Alpines & Bulbs suggests twin-scaling would work with Massonia. Sounds a worthwhile experiment.

M. pustulata is now at it's lovely best.

Paul Cumbletons Wisley log had a picture of the two forms of Lachenalia pusilla and , like me, he prefers the spotty one but the picture of the plain one was a wee bit unflattering so here is mine to support the underdog! It smells lovely!

The next is Lachenalia rubida which is behaving this year and not scraping pathetically against the glass in a bid to reach the light.