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Diane Whitehead

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September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« on: September 02, 2011, 02:43:49 AM »
Kirengeshoma palmata with flaring flowers like yellow lilies.

I have never seen it looking like this - they've always been
almost tubular.

It's been a very cool summer.  Could that have caused it?

I didn't have my camera, so can't append a photo.
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 01:16:44 PM »
Have you checked K. coreana (koreana/koreana group)? Or read Dan Hinkley's description in his book

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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 03:18:51 PM »
I think it often takes some nicer weather to get the Kirengeshoma to fully open its flowers , Diane.... though this can, and does, happen, even in the UK!! I remember seeing it looking very lily-like in the Stones' garden at Fort Augustus.
I can't show you a photo of one I grow... because it is one of the (many) plants Ian tells me we have no room to grow.... here is a picture from the RBGE  site:
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 06:11:24 PM »
Diane, if it's of any help for you here is what I always have grown as K. koreana ( coreana?)
Kirengeshoma koreana
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 07:55:37 PM »
Yes, my friend also grows koreana, which is smaller and paler.  It was also opening wider
than normal.

My palmata is not open yet.  It doesn't often manage to get beyond the bud stage, because
it is a favoured snack for deer.
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 08:14:01 PM »
Trip round the garden with the camera today getting pics of what shouldn't be in flower at this time of the year.

Helleborus-a double pink form
Dryas sundermanii-the third set of flowers this year-sorry about fuzzy pic.
Pulsatilla

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David Nicholson
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2011, 10:32:36 PM »
Quote from: Diane Whitehead on September 02, 2011, 07:55:37 PM
Yes, my friend also grows koreana, which is smaller and paler.  It was also opening wider
than normal.

My palmata is not open yet.  It doesn't often manage to get beyond the bud stage, because
it is a favoured snack for deer.
According to literature koreana is the taller one and with more open flowers which are not as nodding and pendulous as palmata.
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 06:29:43 AM »
This is Viola pedata - the bicoloured variety - growing in a sand bed -
in the first line especially built for this tricky species. Autumn flowers are
not unusual with this violet.

Gerd
« Last Edit: September 03, 2011, 06:31:14 AM by Gerdk »
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 09:12:31 PM »
Gerdk - that is a truly stunning Viola!

My contribution is Bessera elegans.

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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2011, 05:18:24 PM »
Thank you Meanie, Love your Bessera too. If I only would be able to
cultivate this outstanding autumn flowerer with more success.

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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2011, 05:57:09 PM »
Meanie, great pic of a lovely plant!

Poul
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 06:04:32 PM »
Some highlights from my garden

Oxalis lobata
Colchicum pannonicum
Colchicum hybrid
Arum italicum
Eucomis bicolor
Different Tigridas
Sternbergia lutea

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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2011, 07:02:45 PM »
Very nice Poul. My Tigridias were in flower weeks ago and are in fruit now. Can you get away with leaving them in the garden through the winter where you are?
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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2011, 05:02:37 AM »
Thank you David! No they are not hardy here so I must lift them and keep them frostfree  during winter.

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Re: September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2011, 08:58:05 AM »
Ferns at Wisley from the weekend:
Cheilanthes maderensis
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