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meanie

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August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« on: August 05, 2011, 10:47:12 PM »
Really pleased to finally see some action on the Scadoxus multiflorus (Katherine) at last!
Forgive my indulgence in posting Mimosa pudica, but I always grow a couple every year as they amuse me and I do like them.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 10:52:26 PM »
I sadly lost most of the perennial Lobelia last winter, but fortunately I had this Fan Scarlet coming along from seed in the cold frame.
The second is a new addition and it's great to see it blooming - Impatiens morsei.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2011, 08:52:37 AM »
I have just collected seed from Clintonia andrewsiana before the blackbirds get it what a colour, here is a picture, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2011, 10:05:31 AM »
Nice plant Ian but hard to find  ::)
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2011, 01:15:56 PM »
Something happened to my birch tree yesterday
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2011, 01:20:30 PM »
yes, I peels the cracking outer bark and today it is pristine. Today the step ladder comes comes out so I can reach higher

I tried to find the moan about my mother ripping off a small branch because she "thought it was leaning too far over the neighbours fence". The scar is healing nicely
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

mark smyth

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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 01:25:06 PM »
What about Angelica for the larger rockery/scree? These looked great in a garden I visited on Saturday
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 04:16:21 PM »
Be careful Mark, they reseed a lot  ::)
 
« Last Edit: August 08, 2011, 04:18:25 PM by fleurbleue »
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 07:00:37 PM »
1. Eryngium Planum blue hobbit
2. Iberis Betty Swainson. lovely thing
3. Campanula prenanthiodes
4. Lilium Black Beauty
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2011, 08:00:18 PM »
Very nice Dave.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2011, 10:39:21 PM »
My Tacca chantrieri is officially in bloom!
It's getting darker by the day now as well.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2011, 11:44:59 AM »
Fred says the attachment facility may need to be out of action for a few more days .... the volume of work required is bigger  due to the vast size of the Forum.

For those of you missing the photos on the forum, Ian's latest Bulb Log is online  :D
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Aug101312971183BULB_LOG__3211.pdf

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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2011, 12:27:34 PM »
Are any of you up there in Scotland going to see the Burryman in Queensferry, Edinburgh on Friday? And if so can you take some pictures?

http://www.ferryfair.co.uk/Burrayman.html
http://www.ferryfair.co.uk/route%202011.html
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2011, 07:06:24 PM »
A bit of fun in a friend's garden and a very artistic planting of heucheras.
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Re: August 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2011, 08:27:41 PM »
Yes, the duck clothed with feathery Tanacetum is fun.
 I like the mixed pots with the Heucheras, too. Always so good to see planting ideas like that from other folks' gardens.
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