Flowers by the Roadside 2010

[Ezeiza]

Fermi, those irises are there from seed?

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Alberto,
I've never noticed any seed-pods on these - but I can't say that I'd been looking for them, either. I think they have just spread by vegetative increase and possibly from the area being cultivated/ploughed which might've spread the rhizomes around. A lot of people in the area also grow them in their gardens, mostly "harvested" from these feral populations.
cheers
fermi

[Ezeiza]

Thanks, Fermi, I was thinking of obtaining Iris albicans and I. "florentina" virus free!

[Rogan]

I love your "weeds" Fermi - I wish they would naturalize to the same extent in this country!

These two species of Albuca grow in fair numbers alongside the roads in the southern Cape. They grow unmolested so must be unpalatable to livestock. I have yet to identify the species:

[Arykana]

Hi Erika,
send me your address in a PM and I'll try to remember to collect some gazania seed for you

Thank you!

is there a lucky somebody to have Zantedeschia as weed in the neighborhood?

[fleurbleue]

Yes, me ! but not as a weed   I send  to you a PM  

[fermi de Sousa]

These two species of Albuca grow in fair numbers alongside the roads in the southern Cape. They grow unmolested so must be unpalatable to livestock. I have yet to identify the species:

Hi Rogan,
the first one looks like A. maxima which we have growing in our garden; it's still in bud here.
cheers
fermi

[Arykana]

Yes, me ! but not as a weed   I send  to you a PM  

thank you so much!  but I just was envious, green and jealous to have such an expensive and beautiful weeds you have there 

[Arykana]

this is my offer  from June

[fleurbleue]

It's not so bad Arykana  !

[Onion]

Arykana,

is this a Salvia nemrosa? A secret love of mine 

[Arykana]

realy? Salvia pratensis, growing all over the field
would you  like a bite of root?

[fermi de Sousa]

I got a few more pics last evening.
Firstly there are a few embankments along the way home where the "pink bells" are a blaze of...purple!
Tetratheca ciliata






Here the tetratheca is growing through a mat of Pultanea pedunculata which will later be a solid mat of yellow/red or orange,


Further along in a sunnier area, but still damp underfoot, the sad glad, Gladiolus tristis is building up to a nice colony!




cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

With roadside like these to admire I wonder you folks ever get anywhere.... I'd be sitting on the verge just looking at the flowers!

[Paul T]

Good grief, Fermi.  You have fascinating weeds in your area.  Nothing like that here, although the Gazanias colonise nature strips all over the place around here (and I love them).  I too can contribute seeds if people are looking for them, as they seed happily around here all over the place and providing no-one mows them I should be able to collect seed.  Yours are a better range of colours though I think..... I do like the pinks in there.  And those wonderful orchids...... I would love some of each thanks. 

Fascinating to see the Tetratheca as well.  Both times I've been down to visit Victoria I've seen things in the area that I find fascinating to see in the wild.  This time it was the Epacris impressa flowering madly in the burnt out areas that remain from the big fires in the last few years.  And of course along the highway as we were heading down to Melbourne.  I would have loved to have seen the orchids in the wild.  So cool.

Thanks for showing us your local weeds.