September 2011 in the Northern Hemisphere

[KentGardener]

Hi All

One of my brief visits to SRGC during Non-SNOWDROP season.   

Work is being very demanding this year so my garden has taken a back seat.  But I have a day at home (and to myself) today so a few quick pictures and random shots from maison de kentgardener.

I'll be back when the little green and white beauties start appearing.   

John

[Hoy]

John, what is the hellebore-like plant in the middle of picture 4?

WimB, I like the 'Sugar Plum Fairy'

Here some plants have started the autumn colouring process; Actinidia kolomikta is one with nice fall colour.




An unknown berberis from China (Chadwell seed).

[daveyp1970]

John the last Hederefolium is just incredible.See you later...Did Samantha flower for you mine didn't ?

[KentGardener]

Hi Trond

The plant you mention in picture 4 is Begonia luxurians - a couple of my friends have reported this as hardy(ish) in their gardens so I am trialling it in this little part of Kent.

Davey m8 - your lovely 'Galanthus 'Samantha'' bulbs flowered beautifully for me.  Hopefully she/they will reappear in early 2012.   

John

[Hoy]

Hi Trond

The plant you mention in picture 4 is Begonia luxurians - a couple of my friends have reported this as hardy(ish) in their gardens so I am trialling it in this little part of Kent.

Davey m8 - your lovely 'Galanthus 'Samantha'' bulbs flowered beautifully for me.  Hopefully she/they will reappear in early 2012.   

John

Thanks, John. I would never guess a Begonia However I have had hardy begonias in my garden for years (I bought corms from Heronwood) however they have all disappeared now. It is not the weather but they were swamped by greedy stronggrowing neighbours.

Does Begonia luxurians have a corm?

[KentGardener]

I have only had this plant since April so I am not that familiar with it's growth yet.  It was given to me as a rooted cutting.

[ruweiss]

Now flowering in our garden:
Begonia grandis, rose and white form
Begonia sutherlandii from Lesotho is not hardy, the tubers are kept dry in winter
Hosta Tortilla Chips started very late to flower
The Ipomoea flowers last only for one day, but each new morning enjoys us with new flowers.
Pelargonium quercetorum is another hardy species from Southeastern Turkey.
Stenbergia lutea and Taraxacum pseudoroseum love the unusual warm late summer weather
we have.

[daveyp1970]

Davey m8 - your lovely 'Galanthus 'Samantha'' bulbs flowered beautifully for me.  Hopefully she/they will reappear in early 2012.   

John

Cheers for that John you have made my day.

[johnw]

Davey / John - Has a shot of Samantha ever been posted?

johnw

[meanie]

The Nesocodon mauritianus is quite something! On the subject of coloured nectar, I found this the other day.............
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44793369@N00/305449262/in/faves-35724365@N05/

One of the highlights of the year for me is when my Tibouchina urvilleana bursts into bloom. It will have to move into the consrvatory soon, but should be in bloom until mid to late November.
And can there be a better annual than Nicotiana sylvestris?

[daveyp1970]

Davey / John - Has a shot of Samantha ever been posted?

johnw

John when i first found and lifted the clump i did but it was a rubbish picture. My plants didn't flower last spring so i couldn't take a pic,i think Johns is the only ones to flower.I hope we will get a pic this spring,she now is in a a few gardens so hopefully she will be on the galanthus thread early next year.

[annew]

John of Kent - loooooovely scollies 

[Olga Bondareva]

Lovely pictures from everyone!
I like especially John’s cyclamens with very decorative leaves.

Yesterday autumn leaves.

[zephirine]

Good luck to each of you!
First blooms of Reineckia carnea, the chinese lily-of-the-valley!

[Surreylad]

Lovely pictures from everyone!
I like especially John’s cyclamens with very decorative leaves.

Yesterday autumn leaves.

Lovely mixture of leaves and shades of colour Olga