June 2010 in Southern Hemisphere

[Tecophilaea King]

Everything from my Beaugainvillea which has been in flower since about October, through the Canarina canariensis which has a single flower on it for the second year in a row, to Protea nerifolia alba (with a closeup for he lovely furry details), Iris unguicularis 'Snow Queen', and

Paul, I like your Iris unguicularis , I am very fond of the Iris family, Iris are among the most fascinating, colourful, prized plants in the garden landscape.
Your flowering Canarina canariensis is another beauty, way ahead of our plants in the nursery, not even budding up.
Good show, keep those pictures coming.

[Tecophilaea King]

Two more pictures of a potful of Narcissus bulbicodium sp. and the last of the flowering Nerine angustifolia I think.

[Lesley Cox]

Yet again, the half dozen N. cantabricus I bought from Marcus earlier in the year, are flowering as a selection of different pale yellows to lemon shades, not unlike Bill's above. He seems somehow to have them thoroughly mixed up. Fortunately I have seed from Rafa of the genuine article.

[Tecophilaea King]

Just a few more of the beautifully variegated marked Cyclamen hederafolium plants. Enjoy

[Tecophilaea King]

This time I am showing pictures of a few bulbs I picked out of the Narcissus bulbocodium var. mesatlanticus selection.
The flowers are almost flat, wide spreading, nicely propotioned and fully two inches ( 50 mm.) accross.

[Lesley Cox]

Those are very good leaves Bill. Who needs flowers?

Your N. romieuxii are well ahread of mine too. Last year I had 'Atlas Gold' out be now. Not a bud in sight so far but they were bone dry until very recently.

[Tecophilaea King]

For some spectacular colour the Lachenalia's are hard to beat this time of the season, almost in the middle of winter.
Lachenalia quadricolor and Lachenalia viridiflora never fail to demand attention when displaying their brilliant colours.

[Tecophilaea King]

The first of a nicely shaped miniature trumpet daffodil to flower, and looking forward to many more to come, especially the new seedlings flowering for the first time.

[Paul T]

Bill,

Great Narcissus.  Excellent form and looks so tiny.  I adore the colour on the Lachenalia viridiflora.  So strong!! 

[cohan]

Cohan,

Yeah, we only get down to about -8 or -9'C these days, but I'm banking on one of these years getting back to the winters of a number of years back.  That will sort out the plant "men" from the plant "boys", let me tell you.    There's a lot of things that are borderline here that wouldn't survive the old temperatures of 20 years ago.

it does seem to be just a matter of time in most places.. knock on wood..

[Lesley Cox]

A very cute - and early - Narcissus Bill. Is it a new one?

[Tecophilaea King]

A very cute - and early - Narcissus Bill. Is it a new one?

Lesley, this is a new cultivar named Birdmagic that I exchanged with a well known American miniature breeder, when he was visiting one of our national daffodil shows. I am pleased with its performance and first year flowering after acclimatization, and hope will be fertile to breed from.
Long may exchanges continue, always something new to look forward to.

[Lesley Cox]

A very cute - and early - Narcissus Bill. Is it a new one?

Long may exchanges continue, always something new to look forward to.

MAF and ERMA permitting.

[Tecophilaea King]

MAF and ERMA permitting.

Don't start me on MAF or ERMA, they've given me high blood pressure for years, not to mention the black sheep label.

[Lesley Cox]

No, I've probably said more than enough about both, on the Forum. Pains we have to live with I'm afraid.