September 2011 in the Southern Hemisphere

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To start the month - the first day of Spring officially in Australia, and "Wattle Day" - the first bloom on my very first Aril Iris _ one of Pat Toolan's hybrids, I.kirkwoodii x I.atropurpurea.


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Also the first Tulipa greigii


A cluster of Tulipa cretica


And a few daffs,
"Camp Hill"


"Kedron"


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[Lesley Cox]

They all look good Fermi. Pat's arils should be "at home" in your climate.

[David Nicholson]

Nice stuff Fermie.

We had summer in spring

[arillady]

David we have 27C forecast for Saturday which is a bit more than I would like for September - when we had a hotter day in September a couple of years ago it was a very drought year.

[Lesley Cox]

We had spring in winter and now we're having winter in spring! More snow on the ground this morning.

[t00lie]

First flowering from seed sown Feb 06 of Gagea fibrosa --even allowing for the temporary visitor   the combination of yellow/green striping ,more defined on the outside of the petals, i find most appealing.

Cheers Dave.

[t00lie]

While i have a number of good sized clumps of various coloured Corydalis solida such as the pink below, around the garden ,they are spread well apart ,so i've been keeping some of the spares,that are in pots ,all together this season in the hope of some interesting seed .One plant has seed forming.

Cheers Dave.

  

[David Nicholson]

Very nice Dave. It's lovely to be part of your spring given our absence of summer (wet!) and autumn coming on and promising to be equally wet.

[Brian Ellis]

That's a nice red on the right Dave, which one is it please?

[t00lie]

Very nice Dave. It's lovely to be part of your spring given our absence of summer (wet!) and autumn coming on and promising to be equally wet.

Thanks David --i know the feeling --just started to rain here and I'm due to head away and help the local Landcare group plant a couple thousand native plants as part of the world cup celebrations ,(by the way best of luck to the Scottish rugby team for their match this afternoon at our local stadium).

Forecast to reach 18c here tomorrow,half that the day following with rain all week ...sigh !

That's a nice red on the right Dave, which one is it please?

Thanks Brian --i raised it many moons ago from NARGS seed as x C.solida george baker--It's a really go 'doer' multiplying well each season so I've managed to pass a number of corms around.

Cheers Dave.

[t00lie]

just started to rain here and I'm due to head away and help the local Landcare group plant a couple thousand native plants as part of the world cup celebrations

Arrived at the designated meeting spot ...saw no activity ...looked at my diary again.....planting day is tomorrow -- Duh !.
I know i have been called keen on a couple of occasions but 24 hours early is a bit over the top

[angie]

Full of enthusiasm then 

Angie

[anita]

Spring is kicking in. These photos of Gladioli tristis and Ixia Emperor of China were actually taken a week ago.. I haven’t had a chance to post. The Glads are just outside the backdoor and smell beautiful in the evening, so that even if I do get home in the dark I can still enjoy my garden. The Ixia are blooming alongside and make a show in the sunshine. The Anemone are coming into bloom all over the garden. They self sow in a range of colors – often such color saturated reds and blues that the camera struggles to capture the vivid hues. The A, pavonina are in bud and will pose equal problems for the camera in eye-catching vivid pink.

[Maggi Young]

Cold wet and dark here, Anita.... you've made my day with those colours!