Australian Gardening: Flowering in Australia *October 2009*

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Author Content MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) September 30, 2009 04:24 PM Post #7120841 Here is my first bloom on my seedling 'Black Fire' Desert Rose,if you look closely you can see the black rim around the petals... Click the image for an enlarged view. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) September 30, 2009 04:26 PM Post #7120851 Here are my Fuchsia,the cuttings I got back in May...I know they're not flowers yet but they nearly are... Cascade Click the image for an enlarged view. ctmorris barmera Australia September 30, 2009 05:43 PM Post #7121137 My first Hippeastrum flower for the season. Millenium Star Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia September 30, 2009 05:55 PM Post #7121168 Hello Mya, I was wondering if someone was going to start the new months thread. here are some of my gorgeous ranuncs. A lovely show this year except for when the rain knocks them over. Jean Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia September 30, 2009 05:56 PM Post #7121176 red ranuncs and small lavender Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia September 30, 2009 06:00 PM Post #7121184 dwarf iris, first for the season. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia September 30, 2009 06:01 PM Post #7121190 the lovely blue ceanothus with the white one behind. gorgeous show. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia September 30, 2009 06:04 PM Post #7121196 burgundy babianas. I have the purple too. very pretty. Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 01, 2009 02:16 AM Post #7122570 You most likely all know thw Coral Gum, Eucalyptus torquata. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 01, 2009 02:47 AM Post #7122582 I've got a couple of seedlings of that coral gum, Brian. Being seed grown, their colour is unknown but I'd be happy if they looked like yours. Mya, I see you've kept the possums away from your fuchsias! They really have reached flowering stage from (rootless?) cuttings really quickly. hel Alstonville Australia October 01, 2009 08:53 PM Post #7125041 Hi all this is my hippeastrum the last ones to flower does anyone have a name for it please. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 02, 2009 05:15 AM Post #7126054 Mya, your Adenium "Black Fire' is gorgeous. Colleen, your hippy looks very rose-like at that stage! Jean, what a lovely bulb display you have! My Babs didn't flower this year, so I don't know if you sent me the burgundy ones or not. They didn't do well in the pot so I will find a spot in the garden for them. Brian, I like your fluffy flowers, and Hel, I don't know any cultivar names for Hippies! Heres my hippies, a bit more crimson than yours. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 02, 2009 05:16 AM Post #7126056 Heres some more hippies in front of the Callistemon viminalis. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 02, 2009 06:27 AM Post #7126099 Some years ago I fell in love. A long romance eventuated... With a Hippy! :)) Hippiastrum 'Apple Blossom'. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 02, 2009 05:10 PM Post #7127923 Some of my Dutch iris. You can see a confused petal on one. It didn't know if it should be white or blue. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 02, 2009 05:13 PM Post #7127934 I love this green lavender. It was originally a tiny plant rescued from an abandoned house but has now asserted itself in the garden. I moved the plant as it grew large and this one grew from a piece of the root left behind. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 02, 2009 05:14 PM Post #7127938 More ranuncs and friend. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 02, 2009 05:15 PM Post #7127943 A pretty melaleuca. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 02, 2009 06:16 PM Post #7128107 Jean, I have not grown or thought of Lavandula viridus in years! Thank you for reminding me. I love the honey scent and "sticky" texture of that plant. Your plant is a treasure. Glad to know you are growing it. Here is Fuschia arborescens. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 02, 2009 08:09 PM Post #7128519 Dandilion Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 02, 2009 08:12 PM Post #7128534 Dahlia 'Delicious Honey'. Plus inscets. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 02, 2009 08:14 PM Post #7128541 Species Glad. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 03, 2009 03:05 AM Post #7129677 Wayne, i think I have Apple blossom, if it hasn't been blown to smithereens, I will get a pic to compare. I love your confused Iris and your Dahlia. Jean, your malelucah is so cute and fuzzy, and I would like to have the friend of your rununcs in my garden. he he. Here is the flower on one of the pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in the boat pond Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 03, 2009 03:05 AM Post #7129678 And the red one in another pot. Last year I had a pink one, but it hasn't flowered for me this year. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 03, 2009 05:32 PM Post #7131295 Little hot air balloons! Silene vulgaris. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 03, 2009 05:35 PM Post #7131302 Trying this elkhorn on Old Double White Brugmansia. Budding tape is great for tying on. Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 03, 2009 11:57 PM Post #7132466 Clematis 'Angelique' Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 04, 2009 06:29 PM Post #7134705 Cute little baloons wayne! So are you trying to graft that Elk horn or what? he he Beautiful clematis Teresa. Its too warm here to grow them, unfortunately, so thanks for sharing. Wayne, do you think this one is Apple blossom too? Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 04, 2009 09:24 PM Post #7135356 Yes, looks like it Sue. A beautiful Hippy. Budding tape is such a beaut tool. I use it for lots of jobs in the garden. That Elkhorn was a freebie! Fell out of a tree the other week with the wind. Hopefully it will attach OK to that old Brug. This light rain falling here is perfect. Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 05, 2009 04:53 AM Post #7136193 I can see why they called that hippie Apple Blossom, it is really pretty! I don't know anything about them so time for me to wander down the research trail & find out if I can covet them for my garden or just admire them from afar... Stake Barmera Australia October 05, 2009 09:18 PM Post #7139255 G'Day All, Late last year or early this one there was a discussion on Budding & Grafting and I posted a series of photos of different ways of doing the job. I thought I'd remind those interested that we are now in a new season for those who would like to try a bit of grafting. The most common usage of this method of propagation for home gardeners is to have more than one flower colour or fruit type on one plant. The photo is of a nearly white "Iceberg" rose with a dark one budded onto it. Apart from the curiosity angle of this it also allows the trialling of more plants in a restricted area. Give it a go it's not hard to do and you can get a great deal of satisfaction when successful. Roses and Stonefruit trees are probably the easiest to do and are a good starting point. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. ctmorris barmera Australia October 05, 2009 10:04 PM Post #7139469 I think this is a David Austin. Colleen Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 05, 2009 10:39 PM Post #7139641 looking down the garden path Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 05, 2009 11:12 PM Post #7139761 This is the flower on one of my latest salvias. Isn't it unusual ? I do have another with a brown flower but different to this one. I now have 12 different salvias but at the time of planting did not put the labels in so am now in the dark as to their various names. i don't worry too much as I just love them for their flowers. They do well here . Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 05, 2009 11:13 PM Post #7139766 Love all my lavenders. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 05, 2009 11:16 PM Post #7139777 Just a pic to show what the white ivy geranium can do. It will outgrow all the other colors in the ivy geraniums that I have. Excellent to cover something and very easy to cut back with the hedge clippers. This will be a mass of white flowers soon and last most of the year. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 06, 2009 03:30 AM Post #7140160 Hey Wayne, is that coelogyne flaccida? If so, I bet it smells fabulous! I bought a small plant of it a couple of weeks ago, and just found the name about 20 minutes ago, how bizarre? Brian, is it time to do bud grafts on roses now? I think we might be passed it up here though. Colleen, beautiful roses Theresa, I love your garden path, can I take a stroll? Jean, very different salvia, and I love the lavender. I was meant to pick some from a deserted garden today, but I forgot! Nevermind, with any luck they'll still be there in a couple of weeks. This is dietes. It loves a bit of rain and puts a great show on within 24 hours. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 06, 2009 04:43 AM Post #7140183 G'Day, Now until February at least is OK for roses, any later and while the bud should "take" it may not shoot until next spring. A good yardstick for budding is if the plant is in active growth the bud should take grafting on the other hand is almost opposite except it is still OK if the plant is just starting to grow in the new season. There are exceptions to this but that will only complicate things. Weed_Woman if you want to try it then nows the time. Remember a nice plump bud from the scion onto an actively growing stock, if you need any help just yell. Brian WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 06, 2009 06:57 AM Post #7140288 Yes Sue, Coelogyne flaccida! :) We have it in varying shades here from white to the colour in this pix. These plants were once again rescued from abandoned gardens... Progress of high rise along Pacific Hwy Sydney. A lovely little orchid, perfect for basket culture or attached to trees. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 06, 2009 07:03 AM Post #7140296 So many beautiful blooms...Oh how I love spring!! I came home to this Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 06, 2009 07:05 AM Post #7140300 My first 'yellow' Oleander. Click the image for an enlarged view. hel Alstonville Australia October 06, 2009 06:22 PM Post #7142253 Wayne you named my hippi papilio for me, can you name this one please!!! Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 07, 2009 12:30 AM Post #7143469 Hel, this might be H. 'Zanzibar' a cultivar that has been around for some time now. Do a Google Image / web search and compare. Considering that you have H. papilio (a species) which is rather rare, I think that perhaps the previous gardeners at your place had quite an eye for the exotic! Zanzibar is a real goer and can be relied upon to bloom as is the striped cv. 'Cocktail'. My 'Apple Blossom' has taken five years to bloom in pot culture. However what a wonderful plant it is, five stems with four flowers each! Colleen, your 'Millennium Star' is magnificent! I have never grown the doubles, they are so expensive to purchase. Have you had that one long Colleen? I would love to know what you have found with growing it. ctmorris barmera Australia October 07, 2009 01:54 AM Post #7143577 Hi Wayne. I purchased Millenium star in flower for $20 last year. I have re-potted it in my own medium . It doesn't take any more care than the normal ones. I have put all the potted ones up on a bench now as the snails were reeking havoc with them. The snails have already chewed one flower off another Hippy. There's plenty of the common old red ones in the ground so they can leave my flash ones alone, thank you. I noticed that the price of the Hippies in the catalogues was a lot more than last year. Maybe you'll have to find someone who is willing to sell one to you cheaper and give them a try. Colleen dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 07, 2009 02:15 AM Post #7143597 Sue you would be very welcome to take a wander up the garden path... it used to be a dreary weed filled bed there but I am slowly working out what works & improving it. I love those flowers in your pic, they look wonderful en masse. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 07, 2009 02:59 AM Post #7143624 Dash snails and slugs! Yes a problem Colleen with Hippies and other bulbs in general. As much as I am impressed with the new cultivars, I am concentrating my efforts on growing old cvs and specie plants. No room left for doubles, triples or other newbies as alluring as they are. I drew the line several years ago with 'Apple Blossom'. At that time I was fortunate to be given bulbs from Elizabeth Farm (John / Elizabeth Macarthur, Parramatta). These went into the ground, flowered, then needed to be dug up, potted as we had a excavator in to dig new levels. I am waiting for a bloom this year from the potted plants. Again, my problem is space... None left. Problem added to, by a certain six year old who decided to play with the labels and rearrange in the pots... 'Elizabeth Farm' is now a lucky dip. We have to wait until it flowers... Next year maybe? :) weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 07, 2009 03:36 AM Post #7143633 Wayne, I love the fragrance of that orchid! Brian, I would love to have a go at budding. We did a lesson on it while at tafe, and went to Benefields rose gardens for demonstrations on alot of different types. I only have 3 roses! A blue moon standard, and two patio roses, so I don't have much to choose from, although, my neighbour is away for another week, and she has roses, hmmmm... Judy, is that a Petrea vine? What a beautiful thing to come home to. I have never seen a yellow Oleander. Thats quite different! Hel, lucky you to inherit such lovely plants. My garden was very young when we purchased the place, but the plants have turned out to be the bones in some places. Azaleas, gardenias, tree ferns and a couple of standard hibiscus. I've been adding Hippies as I see something new, but really, its just the standard variety around here! Thanks Theresa, I'll pop over for a stroll this weekend. Put the jug on will you, I'll bring some pumpkin scones! he he. Colleen, thats alot to pay for a plant! you would hope it was something special for that. Lucky for you, it really is spectacular. I didn't get any pics today, but maybe tomorrow Sue hel Alstonville Australia October 07, 2009 04:25 AM Post #7143647 Thank's Wayne, I will do that. I've never had hippy's before. Sue, I have given up on the brom's, they realy were very ugly, obviously not looked after, shoved here there and everywhere. This is only the second time my Anthurium 'white heart' has flowered. They are all thriving since we moved here. More brightness where I have them. Coffs, I think was too dull where we were too much shade. Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 07, 2009 05:14 AM Post #7143660 G'Day Weed_Woman, Why not try budding say a red onto your Blue Moon assuming the plant is growing vigorously, just select a branch that is 1/4 inch or more in diameter and put the bud on there. Your scion material will need to be a bit smaller than the stock and if it has a flower on it will be mature enough. You know I still get a kick out of successfully budding a plant especially with the growing of different sorts on the one stock. The photo is of a Kalanchoe that a lady has at Berri next door to my daughter, I've never seen so many flowers as this. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. ctmorris barmera Australia October 07, 2009 05:34 AM Post #7143670 Wow. That is nice. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 08, 2009 02:14 AM Post #7146966 Hel, NO broms are ever ugly! poor little darlings. I've often thought that Coffs is dull! he he. Brian, I'm not sure what colour flowers are on the neighbours roses, because they aren't in flower, but they have lots of new growth, so hopefully there'll be a nice fat bud on the stem somewhere. I'd try and do that 'T' cut I think? I won't be able to get around to it till the weekend. Do you think time of day matters? Dendrobium 'Golden Aya'. It smells like the lolly shop at the big banana. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 08, 2009 02:16 AM Post #7146969 Oh Brian, that Kalanchoe is gorgeous. Amazing that it was strong enought o hold up all those flower heads. Its blowing a gale here! Yukky outside! Aechmea 'Chianti' Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 08, 2009 05:17 AM Post #7147090 G'Day. Time of day makes no difference but temp & humidity (or lack of it) do. Rule of thumb re temp don't bud if temp is the old 100f or 38c, because you are a learner it will take longer to do the job so aim for less than 30c. Once the bud is taped temp doesn't matter. I agree with the "T" cut since the flaps provide a seal for the union so the tie isn't so critical other than being firm not loose. The colour doesn't matter you'll be tickled pink just to get a different colour on your plant and I wait for a photo of it. Probably everyone does so good luck. Brian brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:13 AM Post #7147387 Brachychiton discolor This pic and the following geranium pics were not from my garden but are blooming now and are spectacular! This message was edited Oct 8, 2009 10:52 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:17 AM Post #7147397 Pretty in pink Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:19 AM Post #7147401 Another Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:23 AM Post #7147411 Geranium 'Always' unfortunately this pic does not do it justice...it is so pretty with the pink and white blooms on the one flower head. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:28 AM Post #7147421 Rich mahogany red ivy geranium ..just beautiful! Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:35 AM Post #7147438 This is a true bright cherry red Ivy geranium...my camera can never accurately capture bright red shades... Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:42 AM Post #7147450 Rosebud type geranium in the softest pink Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 08, 2009 08:48 AM Post #7147471 The same again.. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 08, 2009 04:54 PM Post #7148895 I suppose I can say these are flowering at my place as they are now in the shadehouse here. These are the two beautiful soft cane dendrobiums I was lucky enough to buy quite cheaply. They are lovely specimens and I didn't expect them to be so nice and large and in flower. They are unnamed but I don't mind . I have other dendrobiums but never had the soft cane ones. At least my dendrobiums love me and flower not like those darn cymbids. Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 09, 2009 12:31 AM Post #7150215 Thanks Brian, I will get my budding knife out tonight and give it a good sharpen. I s'pose I had better go check my plants to see if there are some suitable sites. How funny would it be if I grafted buds all over the neighbours roses, and she had multicoloured blooms? he he. That brachychiton is gorgeous judy, and the geraniums also. I have seen lots of lovely ones in the shops this spring. Jean, ditto on the dendrobiums! My Cymbidiums are still sulking, although they have the nicest growth on them that i've ever seen, so maybe they are finally getting some energy happening. I've never seen them flower, so don't even know what I've got? As per usual in Spring, its still blowing a gale. I must get outside and water the pots and the veges. I bought pumpkin seedlings last sunday, and I think they might be too overgrown to plant now, but I'll try in the cool of the morning. There is an Orchid show on tomorrow, so I'm definitely checking it out, but am a bit short of cash, due to the long weekend, so might have to content myself with just looking! Doh! Sue WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 09, 2009 01:13 AM Post #7150270 Judy, those Pelargoniums are lovely. What a selection! Also very impressed with Brachychiton discolor. I have never seen this in the wild, but enjoy each year a walk through Hyde Park here, where a majestic tree stands over towards St Mary's Cathedral. The carpet of fallen blooms is as spectacular as the display above. Jean, those soft cane Dendrobiums are beaut plants. I have a couple of them here (nameless), rescued from demolished gardens. Does this one look like yours? Sue, I dared not go to the local orchid shows here for fear of bringing home more! I am sure I must have compulsive behaviour disorder when it comes to collecting plants!! :) Enjoy! Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 09, 2009 03:12 AM Post #7150363 G'Day, Weed_Woman I forgot to tell you to remove the thorns from the stick of buds and around the area where you are going to do the "T" cut. If the thorns are pinkish they can be pushed off with the thumb, if the bark tears then the shoot is not mature enough if really mature the thorns might have to be removed with a knife. Go for it I'm barracking for you and so is everyone else I hope. Brian ctmorris barmera Australia October 09, 2009 06:39 AM Post #7150482 Wayne I think we all are guilty of having compulsive behaviour when it comes to plants. Here's a pic of the pink Shirley poppies. Colleen Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 09, 2009 06:44 AM Post #7150488 Yes Sue & Wayne they are beautiful pelargoniums...I took lots of cuttings so with luck... That B. discolor is only a few years old, approx 2metres high and will flower now until next month as it did last year...the individual blooms are so exquisite they almost look artificial! Wayne,both your's and Jean's Dendrobiums look very similar...very pretty! Your big fluffy poppies are gorgeous Colleen! 77sunset Merino Australia October 09, 2009 04:42 PM Post #7152417 Yes Wayne, your dendrobium looks just like one of mine. I need more. One can't just have a couple can one ? I have put them in with the bromeliads. brical1 brisbane Australia October 09, 2009 08:56 PM Post #7153160 The single pink oleanders,lavender blue Jacarandas & golden Silky Oaks are all in flower now and provide a beautiful picture when planted in close proximity to each other...I have them all in flower here now in my yard but not closely planted together unfortunately.. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 09, 2009 11:07 PM Post #7153588 Fab poppies Colleen! I am watching ours, just waiting for those big fat buds to open. Always a lucky-dip here regarding colour. Hopefully 'Storm Cloud', a big purple will have survived. The single white is lovely all the same. Judy, you are way ahead of us with Jacs out. Just in tiny bud down here. That pink and mauve is a lovely mix. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 09, 2009 11:11 PM Post #7153598 That is beautiful Wayne..look at all those busy bees! 77sunset Merino Australia October 09, 2009 11:40 PM Post #7153660 First iris of the season for me. Windy , so not a great photo. Not one of the better iris so will be a cull later. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 12:38 AM Post #7153774 #Asystasia Anyone have any of the other colours to trade...I have the white and white variegated but would like to procure some of the bicolour or yellow shades This message was edited Oct 10, 2009 2:41 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. hel Alstonville Australia October 10, 2009 01:00 AM Post #7153798 Wayn, I looked up this hippy and apparently it is fairly rare. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 01:44 AM Post #7153864 Yes Hel, I mentioned that in my post to you. :) As far as I know it is a species. Take care of it as I have not seen them advertised for sale in some years. A very kind friend gave me a small bulb some years back. However I have no idea which pot it is in as a certain six year old decided to play with Uncle Wayne's plant labels! brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 03:00 AM Post #7153943 As beautiful as any rose ...double rose pink 'splendens' oleander.. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 10, 2009 12:33 PM Post #7154819 umm Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 10, 2009 12:41 PM Post #7154837 whaaa for a minute I got excited ...but it only loads the pics from before the big blow. whaaa pass me the port please. ...i really am leaving now . see you tomorrow. (hopefully). WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 01:58 PM Post #7155094 Hang in there Chrissy... This morning is another day! Here is some citrus blossom to clear your head. :) Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 02:01 PM Post #7155102 Now something for visual stimulus! Impatiens niamniamensis, the Congo Parrot. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 02:05 PM Post #7155120 A pretty little Dendranthema. This might have been sold under the brand "Federation Daisy". I took cuttings last year from a very compact shrub in a garden ready to be demolished... Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 02:07 PM Post #7155129 An old favourite, Cymbidium lowianum. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 10, 2009 02:08 PM Post #7155135 A little soft cane Dendrobium growing on our Wisteria. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 10, 2009 04:40 PM Post #7155445 old faithful! Every year, one bloom! he he Jacobean Lily. Chrissy, go to bed! he he Wayne, lovely pics as always. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 10, 2009 05:01 PM Post #7155510 Love those lilies Sue. I must go and see what all mine are doing. They flower well here every year. My arctotis are as usual, making a lovely splash. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 10, 2009 05:03 PM Post #7155517 Another one. I did have a white but it disappeared. There is also a bright orangy one out there somewhere. I must go and look for it. Probably buried under the agapanthus. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 10, 2009 05:07 PM Post #7155525 Love daisies especially this pretty soft leaved one. It grows really well from pieces so I have them all over the garden. I do also have a white in this pretty soft green leaf . There are the usual darker harder leaf ones around in the garden too. I find daisies very appealing. There is one way back in the corner of the paddock that has been there for about 20 years. It flowers beautifully every year without me going near it. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:25 PM Post #7156318 Singapore pink Bougie Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:26 PM Post #7156324 Couldn't resist! Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:28 PM Post #7156335 For Mya. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:29 PM Post #7156340 Hibiscus Kona aka Mrs George Davis Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:32 PM Post #7156356 I have just noticed that my oleanders and brugs are infested with thrips...have never seen them like this before! 'yellow' Oleander Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:34 PM Post #7156364 # Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:35 PM Post #7156369 Yellow aurea Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:37 PM Post #7156374 Single bloom on Full moon. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 09:39 PM Post #7156381 Couldn't resist again! Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 10, 2009 10:18 PM Post #7156563 If anyone is interested, here is an interesting site for unusual bulbs plants etc... http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://raysunusual... ...some nice zephyranthes etc dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 11, 2009 01:13 AM Post #7156907 pink rhodie Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 11, 2009 01:13 AM Post #7156908 Oh Judy, what temptation you place before us!:) I am thrilled to see so many lovelies, but must practice restraint. Your flower photos are beautiful. All your plants are doing fine. I did not post pix of the Cannas in your "Adoption" thread, however all looking fab in 8" pots wanting very much to go into the ground. Here are some Hippies camped out on the stairs!:)) Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 11, 2009 01:14 AM Post #7156909 Lily of the Valley Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 11, 2009 02:01 AM Post #7156953 G'Day You might remember some time earlier Dalfyre (I think) was having trouble with Earwigs and I suggested using a vegetable oil trap but it didn't work for her. I don't know why unless Kiwi Earwigs are different to ours. It is the European Earwig that does the damage not the native one. Any how here is my oil trap from this year, the rotten cows were riddling my Broad Beans again. The bowl has a couple of beetles, ants and a Cockroach along with hundreds of Earwigs. The light is the flash reflecting off of the oil but the photo is clearer than the ones with the sky reflecting from the oil. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 11, 2009 04:23 AM Post #7157002 Hey Brian, this isn't the tea room, maybe you should post your gourmet dish over there! he he. I did some bud grafting today! Neighbours roses were butchered so couldn't get any bud material from there, but I used some buds from my yellow and pink patio roses and grafted the yellow to my standard blue moon, and the pink to a rambling miniature red. Here is a yellow bud Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 11, 2009 04:23 AM Post #7157003 slipped into the inverted 'T' cut on the Blue Moon Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 11, 2009 04:25 AM Post #7157005 And taped up with floral tape (had to use what was on hand) I wonder how they'll go. It was quite enjoyable and now I'm thinking of putting yellow buds onto the climbing red also. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 11, 2009 04:29 AM Post #7157007 Theresa, your Lily of the Valley is lovely. I remeber growing them in Katoomba years ago. Wayne, your hippies look like happies! he he Judy, sorry to hear about your thrip infestation. What will you do about it. The thing I hate most about them, is they spread viruses from plant to plant, it seems more so than other insects? I can't get over your yellow oleander. I've just never seen one before. They wouldn't be all that common? I decided to get on the band wagon and show you my one and only geranium. I think it might be 'Apple Blossom' and its the only one thats ever taken my fancy. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 11, 2009 05:23 AM Post #7157042 G'Day, That soup is not ready it has to be simmered for a while. Weed_Woman every thing looks right with your budding and the florists tape works OK unless you are working with older shoots with thick bark. I have always done a right way up "T" because that is how I was first shown either way works and the inverted "T" has the advantage that if the bud moves while the tie is being made it only moves deeper into the cut. In about 2 weeks you should be able to have a look and if the bud is still alive (and it will be) then you can shorten the stock back to a couple of inches above the bud and the stub left can be pruned off later after the shoot has grown. Don't cut it too short initially because roses have a habit of dying back and if too close, the bud will die too. The stub can be left until normal pruning if you wish. Brian dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 11, 2009 05:34 AM Post #7157046 I think it was Awchid who had the earwig problem. I never see them here. MeeMum has them in her dahlias... weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 12, 2009 01:01 AM Post #7160119 Brian, what would happen if i didn't cut back the stem above the bud graft? I ask, because I didn't think of that when I grafted to the rambler, and I did the graft halfway up the side of quite a long cane. If I cut it, it might take some untangling! The Blue moon is ok, because I used a cane that has no leaf growth yet. There was only one suitable site on it really, so I put both bud grafts on the same piece. Will that be a problem? Sue Stake Barmera Australia October 12, 2009 02:29 AM Post #7160235 G'Day, If you don't cut the shoot off your but may not shoot because of apical dominance. However if the scion is more vigorous than the stock it might sprout on its own if not you could make a cut through the bark above your bud (partial ringbark) which will force the "sap flow" into your bud and make it shoot. With the two buds on one cane you might have only one shoot unless they are on opposite sides of the cane. While it is nice to see your bud growing the main thing at this stage is for you to be able to see that your methods were right and the bud "took". Brian 77sunset Merino Australia October 12, 2009 06:50 PM Post #7162597 My bearded iris are starting to flower and I have to run out between rain showers to get photos. This is Sterling Mistress. She looks a bit plain but in the sun is covered in gold dust and just sparkles. Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 12, 2009 10:39 PM Post #7163419 pretty iris... I have flower spikes on mine. They are mystery ones Mum gave me so no idea what colour. Was busy weeding & mowing & finally noticed my white ranunculus has flowered, once I spotted one I realised that there are others. This message was edited Oct 14, 2009 3:52 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 13, 2009 07:53 PM Post #7166229 Pandorea' Aussie Bellz' Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 13, 2009 07:54 PM Post #7166233 Plumbago Royal Cape Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 13, 2009 07:56 PM Post #7166243 Bucks Fizz Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 13, 2009 07:57 PM Post #7166249 Ruellia Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 14, 2009 04:08 AM Post #7167161 Frosty Pink... early this evening Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 14, 2009 04:11 AM Post #7167164 Hippeastrum hidden away Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 14, 2009 04:18 AM Post #7167167 White Centranthus ruber Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 14, 2009 04:20 AM Post #7167168 Feverfew goes on for months and months. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 09:12 AM Post #7167530 Beautiful judy ...you know it's so cold here still that I don't even have any buds on Frosty Pink yet ... The ruellias are very pretty ...heck everything is lovely. jean your iris is very feminine and lovely! Beautiful pictures! that earwig soup is very interesting brian but no I wouldn't apply for Master Chef just yet ...great result for the garden though!. Sigh sorry no pictures from me ...yet chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:19 PM Post #7170356 I have learned how to put pictures in but bo oh boy talk about going around and around any way here are the usual suspects after horror winds /dust etc like all of you Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:21 PM Post #7170368 unbelievable ...fragance wafting around even in the howling wind from that pink honey suckle. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:26 PM Post #7170386 roses jostling with the boges (the smaller birds love this huge thorny area) they dart in and out escaping both cats and larger birds. I often find tiny nests in there when chopping back stray canes. The very fragrant lamarque ...smells of channel no 5 Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:30 PM Post #7170396 And boges jostle with each other ...the lovely yellow making it's spring appearance (this one is no longer bred a grower told me) a great shame because it's beautiful. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:35 PM Post #7170411 Of course here is Clementine a darling little brugmansia (Alistairs) Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:40 PM Post #7170431 Ginko leafing out Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:42 PM Post #7170439 more roses ...mmmm Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 14, 2009 10:45 PM Post #7170459 Brugmansia Glass House Angel noid Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 15, 2009 05:22 PM Post #7172954 Frosty pink in all it's glory...It is a cold morning here again...weird weather! Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 15, 2009 08:46 PM Post #7173733 not just weird ...the awful winds are very destructive ...these winds bring fire if you don't get rain ... my Brugmansia Dreamtime noid surviving ... Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 15, 2009 08:48 PM Post #7173740 clementine chatting to glasshouse angel noid Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 15, 2009 08:50 PM Post #7173750 Clementine sitting pretty (sheltered from the worst wind by the other plants) Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 15, 2009 08:52 PM Post #7173760 a lovely sunny bloom is clementine Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 15, 2009 09:40 PM Post #7173929 Watch that girl Clementine, Chrissy. I see her making eyes at GHA. Maybe golden babies later. Jean WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 16, 2009 12:14 AM Post #7174376 Judy, good looking 'Frosty Pink'! Chrissy, the cuttings you sent of your FP have been grown at one of our facilities in an area where the residents can't access. They ate doing very well and have reached "Y" stage, so hopefully blooms soon. 'Clementine is looking great. I can't wait for our plant to open in bloom. Presently about 20 cigar like buds, so will be beautiful when out. Today 'Alphonse Mucha' had it's first flower open! I have planted it next to my own 'Berocca', so the two will be lovely together. The winds have been constant here, and I dread finding broken canes full of buds. A gardener's lot! So far the opium poppies have been the only casualties, with the odd Brug branch here and there. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 16, 2009 12:18 AM Post #7174384 Some more poppies... and a shed! :( This message was edited Oct 16, 2009 12:35 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 16, 2009 12:41 AM Post #7174434 'Golden Celebration', a David Austin rose. This is such a wonderful shrub rose. I have grown it here up to 1.2m. The blooms are huge and beautiful in form and scent. Very P&D free. My plants here are grown on their own roots. I have budded these quite easily. However given that they do just fine as cuttings, I don't bother anymore. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 12:46 AM Post #7174445 Mmm, all those lovelies, thanks Chrissy! I'm glad to see you've worked out how to post pics once again. Nice poppies and roses Wayne, and also Judy's frosty pink x 2. I have the first blooms on a cutting grown native frangipani Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 12:46 AM Post #7174447 Chinese Star Jasmine, finally growing and spreading. The scent is lovely. Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 01:18 AM Post #7174520 My coral tree sapling (Erithrina sp.) has flowered for the first time, a seedling growing in a pot. Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 01:29 AM Post #7174540 Here's a closeup of the flowers; it's one I've found hard to photograph for some reason ... Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 01:33 AM Post #7174545 Wayne, that rose would look rather lovely with my soft-orange bougainvillea :-) WW, I've got the tree-sized Hymenosporum and the dwarf version but both are still too young to flower ... dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 16, 2009 03:18 AM Post #7174631 this is making a real splash right now, does anyone know what it is? Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 04:14 AM Post #7174652 Chrissy,your garden still looks wonderful,even with the wind...it has been blowing a gale here today too...not great at all for gardening! Wayne,I used to have Golden Celebration and you are right it is beautiful...my garden became too shady for where it was growing so I gave it to my mum. I bet it smells great at your place Sue! Nice coral tree cestrum.. Dalfyre...that looks like an Ixia to me... Stake Barmera Australia October 16, 2009 04:49 AM Post #7174661 G'Day I think Cestrum has it wrong. That isn't an Erythrina it's a clothes line with pink pegs on the wire. Brian weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 05:00 AM Post #7174665 he he Brian, you're funny. I agree with Judy, Theresa, I thought Ixia too. Very pretty colour, quite stunning. Cestrum, I didn't know the Hymenosporum came in Dwarf, and I'm pretty sure mine is a full size tree. Its been in the ground about 1 year, and more than doubled in size with all the rain earlier in the year. I tried to post this after the flower, but I lost my connection. This is the star jasmine vine, which is growing over the fernery, which will be a seating area eventually Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 05:01 AM Post #7174667 This is the Japanese Iris in the boat pond. No yellow one this year. Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 05:02 AM Post #7174668 This is it in the boat setting Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 05:03 AM Post #7174670 Last one...maybe! This is grevillea robusta in flower. Its keeping the blue-faced honey eaters fed for another season. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 16, 2009 05:04 AM Post #7174673 Oh, see, now I'm going to show you a close up of the flower. Last one, definitely! Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 05:31 AM Post #7174685 All looks good Sue...I have a Silky Oak in bloom now too...makes a mess of the( neighbours) yard with leaves everywhere just prior to blooming! dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 16, 2009 03:38 PM Post #7176390 thanks for the id on my pink flower. I was making breakfast & wondering if anyone had known & the word ixia popped into my mind, I thought that was something else I have but I think I just need to label stuff to keep them in order in my tired confused brain. Yesterday was busy at work, they started coming in for the reunion, all up expecting 160 for dinner tonight. we have lots of beer & wine, one order wasn't filled - we only have one keg of lite beer & the boss asked a few other clubs about 'borrowing' a keg till our order is filled - they are all in the same boat. Someone at the brewery must have messed up big time. Fancy not being able to supply before the weekend! Boss has his fingers crossed it lasts, I am sure it will run out... we have a light beer in bottles but had we realised would have ordered extra of that. At least he should be able to get more bottles at a wholesaler. I just want to win lotto so I can retire & look after my dogs & garden full time... cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 16, 2009 11:46 PM Post #7178299 Get out the magnifying glass, Brian, and you'll see that there is indeed an Erythrina sapling underneath that clothesline LOL. Actually, that's a disused clothesline--well, except for hanging out odd things such as mats and pets' bedding, hence the pegs. As I can't remove it--not without paying someone to do it--I've been trying to cover it up with plants. And, with the passionfruit vine growing along the wire over it, one or two passionfruit growing under it, plus the grapevine--fruiting for the first time, assuming the fruit will survive the humidity and fruitfly--underneath it too, I reckon that goal should be achieved this summer. I love climbers!! 77sunset Merino Australia October 16, 2009 11:54 PM Post #7178318 Don't you just love the color of this little daisy. I relocated some cuttings from Mt Gambier and now have several plants around the garden. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 16, 2009 11:55 PM Post #7178322 One of my self sown Echium seedlings. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 16, 2009 11:57 PM Post #7178332 This might not have the greatset flower but the foliage is really pretty. It seems as if no two leaves are the same color. My variegated ivy geranium. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 17, 2009 12:00 AM Post #7178347 Dendrobiums do flower for me. This is I think, a cross of D. delicatum and D. speciosum. Grows very well here but doesn't have the huge sprays of flowers seen in warmer areas. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 12:06 AM Post #7178363 I have one of those unused clothes lines too cestrum ...in fact two because there is another one over in the cottage area too, I also love climbers, so much for so little. Like judy my garden is now too shady to grow my favourite "Celebration "rose ...stunning fragrance and colour! I agree with you wayne! I planted a native frangipani at my woronora garden and watched it grow quickly up past the second balcony ...we could look into it's canopy and the flowers and the perfume was incredible ...the white cockies tended to rip it up sometimes. Lovely thing it was. those coral trees are pretty ...and can grow ummm ...really big!,pretty flowers dalfyre ... WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 17, 2009 12:07 AM Post #7178367 >One of my self sown Echium seedlings.< Bring it on Jean! :))))))) Thank you for sending that pic. I am "playing" with Echium too. Not "breeding", but use in so called, aged care gardens... chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 12:08 AM Post #7178377 beautiful jean! Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 12:11 AM Post #7178384 Echium grown from seed ...I never thought of that ...you clever thing how hard was it? Hi wayne I have seen a beautiful maroon hybrid too. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 17, 2009 12:16 AM Post #7178388 If you look in the background of the cordyline pic I posted on the other thread, you will see big momma echium. I saw a row of them the other day. Alternate purple and pink. Hubby wouldn't stop so I could ask for a piece of the pink. These thrive without water here. I know there are other colors as hubbys sister had some at her previous house. They are long gone so I can't get pieces. Next time we go past that house with the pink, I am going in to ask . They can only say no. Chrissy. My original echium was one self seeded on an old farm . It was quite small when I bought it home. It has a few babies around it every year. I have never actually collected the seed myself. Here is the flower on that dendrobium above. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 12:29 AM Post #7178418 That is really interesting jean ...those little pink blooms are so cute! Ok I just looked it up and it says the best way to get seedlings is to throw the old flower spike onto the compost. Yes lots of interesting things come up from that! chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 08:47 PM Post #7180743 One of my Brug crosses opened this morning Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 08:48 PM Post #7180747 and Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 17, 2009 10:00 PM Post #7180963 This is the best I could come up with lol!~ Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 17, 2009 10:18 PM Post #7181051 That's an unusual coloured Moggy, I suppose it's keeping your pot plant warm. Brian dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 17, 2009 10:19 PM Post #7181052 anemone Blue Poppy Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 17, 2009 10:22 PM Post #7181068 white ranunculus Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 17, 2009 10:26 PM Post #7181078 rhododendron... all over ChCh the rhodies & azaleas are flowering. The clematis Montana in pink or white are also showing off... I would like one of each colour to grow along the fence. They have fragrant varieties at the Warehouse for $10 right now. The pink supposedly has a hot chocolate aroma. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 17, 2009 10:46 PM Post #7181200 More like flattening the plants,this is his favourite pot and I never have the heart to shift him lol!! dalfyre...you sure have some beauties there...love your Rhodie,such a pretty shade of pink.. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 17, 2009 11:02 PM Post #7181256 it is a nice size, and coped well with getting a serious cut back along he street frontage. I had a nasty letter from the council to cut back overhanging foliage. I went a bit overboard, a light trim would have been enough as it barely crossed the boundary but I was determined not to have to keep nagging it year after year & it has been very good about staying behind the wall where it should be :) My neighbours think the letter was wrongly addressed as I keep my place tidy. Some people let their shrubs take over half the foot path & one place up the road has rose canes arching over the foot path so you have to duck or walk right around them. Years ago I knew a blind chap who carried secateurs & would cut back anything that hit him in the face & toss the offending foliage back onto the property it came from. And that is why many vision impaired people wear safety glasses... to protect their eyes if they walk into over hanging branches. Limited vision is better than none at all! This message was edited Oct 18, 2009 12:35 AM 77sunset Merino Australia October 17, 2009 11:12 PM Post #7181286 Not strictly speaking, flowering in the garden yet. This is one of the new iris I bought at the trash & treasure today. I have never seen such a gorgeous bloom with the long purple horns too. Not the best pic but the flower was bumped around a bit All I need now is it's name. Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 11:17 PM Post #7181295 Gosh dalfyre ...we just don't think of these things do we ...my brother has lost his sight recently ...he has various injuries from bumping into things and falling ...once he gave in and used a white stick to feel his way about he was off walking up streets to the shops, it scares me to think of what can happen to him ...I must tell him to wear glasses ...thanks for the the tip, we sighted people don't understand the dangers . The garden looks beautiful! chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 17, 2009 11:21 PM Post #7181309 That is really unusual jean! judy I don't think I have ever seen a chocolate coloured cat before, reminds me of a palamino horse colour (one like that across the road). Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 18, 2009 12:49 AM Post #7181536 Jean, could this be an Iris kaempferi cultivar? Hard to tell. Did the seller mention that it liked water? Very nice bloom. A Cordyline stricta "runner" will be in the post tomorrow to you. Thanks Helen for the ID. Judy, here is David Austin's 'Golden Celebration' to wish you a happy week! A wonderful rose. I want to grow it x 3 in a garden. What a spectacular display it would make. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 18, 2009 01:38 AM Post #7181614 You terrible woman Judy! So "OT" in this forum. A "Cat O'9" punnishment! Ha:))) As you guess we are a pussy cat friendly zone here at "Flora". Ferals need to beware... :(((((((((( Back to topic... Here is Jack in the Cat Mint! Nepeta. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 18, 2009 01:42 AM Post #7181616 ... but we all need "training". :)))))))) Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 18, 2009 01:50 AM Post #7181621 Beautiful Wayne! It would look really spectacular in a wide sweeping garden bed with lavender&white Iris,Blue & White Agapanthus,White Iceberg roses and a few yellow and white daisy bushes thrown in for good measure with Lavender/purple & white dwarf ruellias as a border...it would take restraint though...or go the other way with all the bright hot colours... reds ..oranges.. hot pinks...deep blues/purples..hmmm... I forgot to mention Salvias...gotta have salvias! This message was edited Oct 18, 2009 4:04 PM WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 18, 2009 01:51 AM Post #7181624 Some popies here... Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 18, 2009 01:51 AM Post #7181625 Ooooh How beautiful is that !!!lol 77sunset Merino Australia October 18, 2009 04:20 PM Post #7183068 Wayne, I put that iris on the iris forum and was lucky to have an answer. It is an arilbred , Kalifas Horn. Gorgeous. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 18, 2009 06:06 PM Post #7183342 My Frangis are waking up and powering away... Radical Bay (named so because that's where I Pilfered *as one does*, it from) Click the image for an enlarged view. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 18, 2009 06:11 PM Post #7183365 Another stolen one...the only thing against aquiring plants this way is, that you can't identify them...oh well small price!!!!!!!!! Chrissy can you spot the Angel? Cestrum huge cocunut oil scent wafting in through those kitchen windows,all the time... 20mm of rain this morning and still on the hills behind... Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 18, 2009 06:25 PM Post #7183412 Mya, I can almost smell them from here!! That closeup is fabulous--both the flower and the amazing backdrop. Are those pink brugs in the background? They look almost like doubles ...? Chrissy, your brugs look wonderful ... what a thrill! Legal, too LOL This message was edited Oct 19, 2009 8:27 AM chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 18, 2009 06:34 PM Post #7183449 Sniff sniff sniff ...never mind I have a good imagination and memory for fragrances ...coppertone tanning lotion right? beautiful! Stop it right now I have work to do *giggling* Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 18, 2009 07:32 PM Post #7183745 Jean, glad you found an ID for your Iris. Lovely plants! Back to Echium. We have a small pink here, so will take cuttings and strike. Up the road, some neighbours have a stunning blue/magenta. I think it might be one of those fab things from "Herronswood". I have to go see the tax man this afternoon, so will ask for a few cuttings when I pass by.. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 18, 2009 10:01 PM Post #7184358 wayne ask for a dead head of the echiums while you are at it.Put into a bag (shake) and there will be seeds everywhere. brical1 brisbane Australia October 19, 2009 03:57 AM Post #7185148 Mya, How beautiful is that!I am drooling the epitome of the tropics! This is it's cousin ...seed grown Oleander Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 19, 2009 04:00 AM Post #7185150 Nother 'lation... Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 19, 2009 04:04 AM Post #7185153 Duranta 'Geisha Girl'. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 19, 2009 04:10 AM Post #7185154 Very pretty Echium Wayne. This would look lovely planted in with your 'Golden Celebration' Rose. 'Heliotrope' aka Cherry Pie,flowers for months and months... strong vanilla scent too...Have you got this one Cestrum? Click the image for an enlarged view. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 19, 2009 06:22 AM Post #7185233 Judy your Oleanders are beautiful, mine are just starting to flower for the first time. Here's my Desert Rose,Optimizer... Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 19, 2009 10:48 PM Post #7188731 G'Day As the weather warms up the cacti are at their best. The first Echinocereus for the season, at present there are 9 buds on this plant. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 20, 2009 04:16 AM Post #7189163 Beautiful Adenium Mya, my first flowers for the season are quite small and pale compared to last year, but they didn't flower this early either. Love the cactus flower Brian, Do they generally all flower in the same season? I have Fejoa flowers for you. Hopefully the fruit will ripen this year, although I have read that a bug gets in there and ruins them, which is what happened last year I think. Must research it a bit more Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 20, 2009 04:32 AM Post #7189171 Coriander is proving to be a great companion plant in the garden, attracting bees and butterflies Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 20, 2009 05:42 AM Post #7189211 G'Day, I don't think there are Winter flowering cacti but the Cleistocacti started flowering end of August and will continue through until Autumn. Others will give just one show and that's it others will have several bursts for the year. Brian MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 20, 2009 06:50 AM Post #7189282 Sue ,your Fejoa flowers are gorgeous... chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 20, 2009 07:04 AM Post #7189294 yummy yummy ...love the flowers and the fruit! brical1 brisbane Australia October 20, 2009 07:41 AM Post #7189337 Stunning Desert Rose Mya...the one you gave me has a few tiny weeny little buds...keeping my fingers crossed. Very pretty cacti blooms. Love your Fejoa Sue Just went out to turn a bore pump off ...and the scent from this Cunjevoi was intoxicating...I wasn't even aware it was in bloom until I walked outside just now ...have you got this one in your collection Cestrum...mmm? This message was edited Oct 20, 2009 10:11 PM Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 20, 2009 05:27 PM Post #7190825 mmmm judy delicious fragrance! ...not nick named "sweet stick" for nothing. Here come my my red and orange blooms ...almost open. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 20, 2009 05:32 PM Post #7190841 And my you know whats ... Click the image for an enlarged view. ctmorris barmera Australia October 20, 2009 06:42 PM Post #7191086 Thought that you might like to see another cactus. Mammillaria. Colleen Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 20, 2009 10:53 PM Post #7192123 Lovely Colleen. She has a flower wreath around her head! Judy, i didn't know Cunjevoi had a flower! Is the scent very strong? Chrissy, your zygo, is that a Rhipsalis, with the star shaped flowers? chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 20, 2009 11:01 PM Post #7192171 yes a dark red and a hot orange. Very late this year. Last year Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 20, 2009 11:54 PM Post #7192370 The Cherry Pie has always been a disappointment to me. I've grown it in Melb and had to stick a sprig under my nose to smell it at all. I came across two of its cultivars at the Nambour show earlier this year, a purely ornamental unscented one and one labelled as highly scented, but still disappointing. I don't find the smell either strong or particularly pleasing. Just a personal preference, I guess. Now the Cunjevoi is intriguing. Gotta love a plant that announces its presence via its perfume! Sweet stick indeed ... must keep an eye out for it. Somewhere I mentioned the dwarf hymenosporum. If you have a dwarf plant of this, you'd know it. Here's mine, approaching its third summer. No flowers yet. Previous two summers it was completely defoliated by caterpillars, so I guess that set it back. Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 20, 2009 11:58 PM Post #7192380 my iris is pale blue, I was fooled by the colour of the tightly furled bud... thought I was getting a dark blue but I like blue of any shade. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 12:17 AM Post #7192418 Cherry Pie is rather elusive ...one of those plants that seems to send rivers of scent around the place only to be stumbled upon,when you least expect it ...I am a fan. Once many decades ago I was walking through the sydney botanical gardens and came upon this wonderful ...scent (cherries and vanilla custard) ...so following my nose I came upon a bank of it surrounding a bench. The fragrance eddied and flowed throughout the whole area.Of course I have grown it ever since, I think many hybrids lose their smell, the old fashioned one is delicious. I do agree that different fragrances suit different noses though. Now if you like fragrances that shout from under the door ...gardenias,white ginger (oh stunning!),angels(sigh) of course and lots more including cestrum chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 12:19 AM Post #7192425 I like the fragance of iris too ...very pretty! it would be cooked on the spot right now (here any way). cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 21, 2009 12:21 AM Post #7192431 Mine must have all been inferior cultivars of Cherry Pie because I've never had the smell waft over. Had to stick my nose right in it to smell it ... chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 12:32 AM Post #7192445 It seems rather like the angels in a way as it likes the cooler times for the scent to pour forth morning and rather late in the arvo, I reckon you haven't had the old fashioned one. Look at the 4o'clocks ...nothing at all until late arvo then suddenly the garden is filled with their pretty citrus /jasmine scent. The cherry pie breath must drift on the wind. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 21, 2009 01:00 AM Post #7192500 The four o'clocks are ones I've heard about but haven't been ready to try ... I'm still focused on trees, climbers and taller shrubs (as a general rule) ... have yet to turn my attention to the understorey :-) chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 01:07 AM Post #7192523 I have wonderful 4'oclocks, but they will take over the place. They start to come up from underground tuber like things any time now ...they are still very welcome in my jungle because they are so very pretty ...mine are the broken colours that are streaked and splashed. Hot vibrant colours ...like a part in Rio! you could grow them in pots but the seeds scatter all over, They also keep my summer grass down so I love that. Sing out if you are interested and I will send you some seeds when they bloom. They die down once the frosts come and come back around november. Sorry lost the pictures when my thingy died. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 21, 2009 01:19 AM Post #7192543 Thanks, Chrissy, but I'm still focused upwards LOL chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 08:53 PM Post #7195388 First poppy ...the first shaggy one that I have ever seen in person! Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 08:55 PM Post #7195394 Yes I understand want that canopy ...my first thing too when I moved here ... Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 08:58 PM Post #7195404 The blooms are all slurping up the drops ...not much though Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 21, 2009 09:00 PM Post #7195412 Well back to work ...not hard to do with this beautiful fragrance. Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 21, 2009 09:15 PM Post #7195462 Grevillea leucopteris. Sweet honey smell in the open, in an enclosed area, over powering. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 21, 2009 11:41 PM Post #7195984 Love these bright sunny yellow knifophias. The tall orange ones won't even think about putting up spikes until summer. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 21, 2009 11:47 PM Post #7195997 It is flowering now but not exactly in the garden yet. This is an iris I bought at the trash & treasure last sunday. I thought it was a pacific coast at first but now it has flowered I see it is not. I looked on internet for ID and found that it is called Golden Clough and is a hybrid of Iris chrysographes and Iris pseudacorus. Developed in England c 1960. It seems I now have an interloper in my midst. It apparently likes water so I will keep it in a bucket. Very small but very pretty. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 22, 2009 01:44 AM Post #7196190 Beautiful blooms everyone, thank you. Chrissy, love that poppy! Be sure to harvest the seed. How did those go I posted off to you? Ours are just starting this week. We are lucky as the huge tripple pink one is vigerous and blooming very well. The single pinks are like crepe paper in texture. Good old single white is doing it's thing too. The bees love them, opium crazed I am sure! Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 22, 2009 01:45 AM Post #7196193 another... Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 22, 2009 01:50 AM Post #7196196 Rosa 'Carabella'. As simple as apple blossom. I love it! Easy to strike from cutting. I have used it for under stock when budding. This rose is p&d resistant, grows beautifully with 'New Dawn' another pink climber. Both are recurrent bloomers. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 22, 2009 01:52 AM Post #7196198 Hi wayne that one is yours or jeans ...I put them all together ...that one is shaggy are yours? I intent to keep seeds of course and I also have the white single out too. Hundreds to come! I am not very familiar with poppies do you recognise it? it is shaggy with a scarlet blotch at the beginning of the petal which does not show in the picture. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 22, 2009 03:18 AM Post #7196258 Not one of mine Chrissy... They are lovely. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 22, 2009 03:30 AM Post #7196267 ok thanks jean it is a real treat and a first for me ...almost up to my chin. Do you know what kind it is? Wayne I hope I get one or two like that one! it's very pretty ans so is the lovely rose. ctmorris barmera Australia October 22, 2009 03:50 AM Post #7196274 Beautiful pics everyone. My poppies are still going too and now the hippies have started. How do you like this pic Jean? [it's not my flower]. Colleen Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 22, 2009 04:16 AM Post #7196283 Ok I found out what the poppy is. Pretty Iris colleen, are you waving that at jean? wayne I will keep that flower head for you if you like. I was wondering if these come true from the parents or all different like the angels. In other words if they are not "species" are they likey to throw different colours than the parent. Anyone know? This message was edited Oct 23, 2009 6:36 AM 77sunset Merino Australia October 22, 2009 04:46 PM Post #7197839 Chrissy. I have found that most of my opium poppies are usually mauve and there are always some odd pinks among them. I used to have both single , semi double and double mauves but the singles have disappeared. The mauves have a darker centre. You should get both pink and mauve from those seeds as I gathered from both. I have planted lots of other opium poppy seeds from various places but only my originals come up. I have no idea where the seeds ever came from as I never had any. The plants just popped up about 8 years ago. Hubby never had them here before. Mine are all that lovely fluffy ball type and the bees really do go mad over them. I have seen the flower covered in bees. I wonder if it affects them ? Can you see lots of 'high' bees flying crazily back to the hive ? Here's my lovely blue Pacific coast iris. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 22, 2009 06:22 PM Post #7198166 Lots of bees ...the opium comes from the white sap, but the bees certainly seen pretty happy! thanks so much it's lovely ...but triffid I didn't know they made them that tall ... gotta love triffids like that, Love your new iris thread! brical1 brisbane Australia October 22, 2009 11:53 PM Post #7199412 Beautiful Poppies and Iris!! Solanum Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 22, 2009 11:54 PM Post #7199417 Datura Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 22, 2009 11:55 PM Post #7199420 Hibiscus Ritzy Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 22, 2009 11:59 PM Post #7199426 Cunjevoi today...the scent is so strong...if I had to describe it,then I would have to say it is very similar to the scent of sweet violets...beautiful! Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 23, 2009 12:51 AM Post #7199540 Lovely flowers Judy. Is that Solanum the one with "hooks"? Beautiful mauve. If it is the same one, we had it here but it grew too large for the place it was planted. We relocated it to my parents garden where it can rage on and do its best. The "Cunjevoi" is a beauty! Great blooms and scent I believe. Our plant came from one washed down the creek nearby. It is growing in our "jungle" and very happy there. Gosh, that orange Hibiscus and mauve Datura are vibrant! chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 23, 2009 03:18 AM Post #7199646 You have to see Ritzy to believe the neon bright orange rather like a back lit bottle of Fanta soft drink, you need to see it to know what I mean ...I don't think I have seen anything like it ...a bit touchy with cool weather. My purple datura is still only a couple of inches tall planted under an angel ...I think the Angel was greedy and took up all the space in the roots department. I caught a whiff of a sweet stick in bloom many years ago and hunted high and low to find one ...I did find one and was shocked to find it dead after a frost (before I knew better) I am waiting for mine now too ...the perfume is glorious! Well sorry everyone no pics today, it was mayhem around here. But I have loved yours WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 23, 2009 04:37 PM Post #7201174 Judy, still looking for that Solanum pic from a few years back to check if it is the same as yours. Meanwhile found the Cunjevoi pic from last year, just forming up now. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 23, 2009 08:50 PM Post #7201938 Old Hippeastrum Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 23, 2009 08:55 PM Post #7201962 Yes Wayne the same Solanum wendlandii ...with hooks...barbs..however you like to describe them..lol Pandorea Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 23, 2009 09:07 PM Post #7202013 G'Day All, I found DG about a year ago while searching for info on IDing and grafting cacti. I subscribed on Nov.7 and I've more than been repaid my membership fee for info received and just the fun of "talking" to people with like interests and of course the fun of being associated with Villains who want to pinch a poor fellows table and chairs. That was a bit long winded, but here is what I was getting at. This "Peanut" cactus is grafted on the top of an Echinopsis spachiana and if it can hang on should form a weeping version of the little "Peanut" now Echinopsis chamaecereus. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 23, 2009 11:18 PM Post #7202535 Awe brian what a nice thing to say ...likewise! nothing like shared experiences is there? Don't you love purple judy? love it :) beautiful cactus! Congo parrot with tango supreme boge backdrop ... Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 24, 2009 12:05 AM Post #7202644 Brian, I do hope you weren't referring to a couple of we ingenious ladies who only wanted to give the poor orphan furniture a good home. Ha ha. How's this for bright color. My tulips have been in the groung for a couple of years and decided to be beautiful this year and flower. This is the last one to open. Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 24, 2009 12:09 AM Post #7202648 Ha, no wonder they didn't flower before, being in the groung. This time I will put them in the ground. Love this rose. It is an oldie and I never remember it's name. Very large flower and a bit of a climber as long as it's not too high. I guess it gets vertigo too far from the ground. The perfume is heavenly. Click the image for an enlarged view. Stake Barmera Australia October 24, 2009 12:12 AM Post #7202653 Sorry Jean I didn't realise that it was orphaned. Brian chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 01:01 AM Post #7202730 Is that Sutter's Gold? the rose I mean. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 02:12 AM Post #7202802 At last a picture showing the dark red next to the tomato red/orange dark red left and tomato red/orange to the right. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 24, 2009 02:27 AM Post #7202808 Brian, I don't think Steve knows they are orphans needing a new home. ha ha. Chrissy, that rose isn't Sutters Gold. It opens much bigger than the pic shows too. look at what is going on inmy garden. I have 2 Dyckias with these large bud looking thingys that I assume are going to be flowers. I have never seen one flower before. I can't wait. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 02:27 AM Post #7202809 Solanum wendlandii! Thank you Judy. A beautiful plant. Sr. Anne gave me a piece to grow some years back. It came with a cutting from that indigo coloured Iochroma we have... What a great climber that Solanum is! :) ): Beautiful mauve flowers. How do you manage it Judy? How big does it grow for you? WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 07:55 PM Post #7204868 Asclepius... Great butterfly food! Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 07:57 PM Post #7204871 Mackaya bella. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 07:57 PM Post #7204877 David Austin's 'Heritage'. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 07:59 PM Post #7204883 More poppies Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 08:00 PM Post #7204886 Brugmansia 'Equador Pink' Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 24, 2009 08:01 PM Post #7204891 Drimiopsis. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 08:29 PM Post #7204981 Your garden must be an absolute' picture' Wayne...such beautiful images!! DonnieBrook Southern Gulf Coast, FL (Zone 10b) October 24, 2009 08:30 PM Post #7204985 Surprise! And hello everyone! I just stumbled onto this gorgeous thread and to my happy surprise, so many of my Australian friends are here posting beautiful shots of their lovely flowers! What a treat to see so many of your blooms! Wayne - I have Apple Blossom here in Florida and it is a real favorite of mine too! It has been buried under weeds for the last 6 months, so I hope it will bloom this winter. I also have a bright red hippie that I will have to move into more sunlight. Brian - that furry eucalyptus flower is amazing! I didn't even know that eucalyptus flower! Mya - that Black Fire desert rose is also spectacular. I have a pink/white one and I love them! My neighbor has successfully grown some from seed pods on another of her plants, and I'm excited to go see her babies. Oh, I wish I could keep going with comments about everyone's plants that are so pretty, but I have to sign off now. I'll be back...I'm so excited to see that you all grow so many of the plants we have in Florida, and also so many I've never heard of! Bye for now! Louise chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 08:32 PM Post #7204996 I think it must be a show piece ...you should make your own garden calender. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 08:37 PM Post #7205012 When I was first here at daves garden I mostly spoke to our American friends at first and was astounded to find that in California, LA and Texas the gardens are filled with our Australian plants and gum trees, never stopped to think that our gardens are filled with International blooms too! brical1 brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 08:42 PM Post #7205024 Yep, similar climate thus similar growing conditions therefore similar plants! Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:05 PM Post #7205072 That's a pretty oleander, Judy. Surely not scented?? Any chance of a pic of the whole plant, so see how it looks overall? brical1 brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:15 PM Post #7205093 Yes cestrum it is SCENTED lol! Is still only a small potted plant,but judging by it's growth rate and multiple flowering heads coming on, I would think it could grow into a very similar bush to the old Double white...the scent appears to be the same too...strong vanilla. I just may attempt to grow this as a standard... chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 09:22 PM Post #7205111 Glad you finally tracked down or grew a yellow one, I remember how much you wanted it, lovely! ...you mentioned thrips earlier, always a problem with pale colours, white and yellow being their favourite, here we have no thrips unless it is hot and dry ...I am seeing some in the last couple of days but we are experiencing some decent rain right now whew! they reckon we will have an "event" today/tonight ...a new word for storm? Ok I look at everyone's beautiful ordered gardens and here is my own private enclosed jungle from the second balcony upstairs ...my "tropical area" enclosed by a fence and near the home.The giant white strelizia has taken a beating from the winds and frosts and needs to be trimmed but on the whole it does the job of protecting the inner garden from the Southerlies (winds). So this is wild and wonderful! Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:22 PM Post #7205112 What is its name, Judy? I remember your saying that there are scented oleanders but I swear I have yet to come across one, and the mind boggles at a vanilla-scented one LOL chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 09:28 PM Post #7205123 nothing ordered about it but I can pretend it really is a jungle and in the high heat of summer and providing I have mozzy protectant on I can be "lost" under a cool green canopy of boges and roses.I can walk along under that shower of blooms ...it's lovely. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 09:31 PM Post #7205128 My double white has a Johnson's baby talc fragrance cestrum ...not strong but pretty.Mine is called Madonna. I hope you get some rain there too everyone. Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:35 PM Post #7205142 Double white, Chrissy? I swear that's purple ... and single LOL I love both types of gardens--the ordered and the joyously exuberant! brical1 brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:39 PM Post #7205161 Your 'jungle' is looking beautiful chrissy. cestrum, A lot aren't fragrant but some are and these are the ones I have found to be :The old Dle white 'Grandiflora',Dle Rosey pink 'Splendens' and the Sgl Rosey pink''... This new one ...for me anyway... has the same fragrance as the others mentioned above. I have noticed the fragrance more so at different times of the day or season... afternoon heat/sun being the most evident but it may also be noticeable at night ...have not checked this out yet but will. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 09:45 PM Post #7205179 no I just threw that in because it was the other picture ...I took them just now under cover of the verandah because of the rain ...my dw oleander is out front ...I will post a pic of it for you later or tomorrow,do you have one?if not I will send you some cuttings if you want some. I grow mine as sort of a standard ...not lolly pop more a dome shape ...no suckers allowed. I love purple and corals together. Being in a jungle makes me feel like a little child again ...everything dwarfs you and it all seems awesome as it did in childhood. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 09:50 PM Post #7205191 That's very kind of you Chrissy, but I don't want to grow it, only to smell it. I must remember whenever I see one in flower to smell it, because it's just not something I would think to do with oleanders. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 24, 2009 10:04 PM Post #7205239 Don't sniff too closely keep your nose and fingers away from the pollen ...I ended up having an operation as a five year old on my lower eyelid because some if it got into my tear duct ...it almost closed my eye the swelling was so bad, they had to lance and stitch it back up again ...the docter said I must have rubbed my eye while pollen was present. Just gentle warning on that, it didn't stop me from sniffing other oleanders or blooms but not close enough to get the pollens in my eyes. I still love oleanders. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 10:09 PM Post #7205252 OK, good to know ... I know that, like brugs, oleanders are poisonous; never thought of the pollen, though. Probably a bad idea to rub any sap/pollen into the eye! cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 24, 2009 11:12 PM Post #7205475 Here's my Albizia julibrissin. Spent several years in a pot and it's taken a few more years to get established. Pink powderpuff flowers resembles those of the pink Calliandra but the foliage is much more feathery. And this will grow to be a proper tree, not a tall shrub. Not scented but I like it ... Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 25, 2009 01:01 AM Post #7205839 Double Zonal Pelargonium aka Geranium I am ashamed to say that the Chartreuse foliage is not how it should look lol! I had put it aside and forgotten to water it...hope it's forgiving!! Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:06 AM Post #7205848 I am enjoying visiting all your gardens so thought I'd invite you all for a cuppa to my garden . Always at it's best now before the heat gets to things. Bright calendulas and friends. Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:08 AM Post #7205850 Love the orange Californian poppies but I can never get any other color to grow here. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:10 AM Post #7205852 A real statement of pigface. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:11 AM Post #7205856 This purple alogyne (native hibiscus ) never stops flowering all year. Pink pigface on the fence in front. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:13 AM Post #7205858 My brolgas are lost in the jungle of hellebores, roses and geraniums. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:16 AM Post #7205861 Geranium in front is a species geranium that likes to scramble around. The larger ferny leaves behind are geranium maderense. They both self seed prolifically and look really beautiful. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:18 AM Post #7205864 I can't have you visit and not show the epis. These are some of them in the new extension we built early in the year. You can see they love it. Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 25, 2009 01:21 AM Post #7205867 Last one . We can sit in the fern house and enjoy our cuppa. The way the plants are growing in here, we may have to take it in turns to go in and have a seat. Enjoy, Jean. Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 25, 2009 01:30 AM Post #7205879 You have a very pretty cottage garden there Jean...and I'd bet it smells lovely too.. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 26, 2009 07:15 PM Post #7211539 I couldn't resist a few flower pics while I was away in Robina... hoping to get some ids on a couple. this orange flowered shrub is growing in my in-laws garden, it was there when they purchased so no idea of what it is, seems quite popular in the area as I saw quite a few around the neighborhood Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 26, 2009 07:17 PM Post #7211548 red flowered tree that was up the road - the lorikeets (?) were enjoying it Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 26, 2009 07:42 PM Post #7211635 this pretty flower seemed to be fairly common in roadside plantings, can't recall seeing it used when I lived in Brisbane. Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 26, 2009 07:46 PM Post #7211647 this one I feel I should know - I am sure it is a very common plant. By the time we left there were flowers all over it. I saw some similar in different colours, would that be right? Click the image for an enlarged view. hel Alstonville Australia October 26, 2009 07:58 PM Post #7211682 Hi dalfyre, your orange plant is a Ixora (jungle flame). In Asia, the roots are used to make a medicine said to alleviate stomach ailments and cure dysentery (ref from Botanica), but I don't think I would try it. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 26, 2009 08:08 PM Post #7211721 That last white one is a vinca ...I wish I had something to show you but it is sprinkling again and everything is drooping from the rain or flattened. Very pretty shots ! jean are your plants still standing upright? love it all,and that river of calendulas is something to really smile about ...no one could feel sad with all those happy faces.I have my first purple poppy at 5 ft! but now drooping under the weight of water ...maybe I can get a shot later ...it's surrounded with the purple ...all shaggy ones! also some single whites that are shedding their petals after the strong wind and rain last night ... hel Alstonville Australia October 26, 2009 08:18 PM Post #7211763 Your red flowering tree is a Illawarra Flame. They sure do make a show. This is a Lilly Pilly ( Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 26, 2009 08:35 PM Post #7211831 hel what lilly pilly is that mine only flower white that is very pretty ...do you know it's name? 77sunset Merino Australia October 26, 2009 10:29 PM Post #7212257 Dalfyre, that pretty yellow flower looks a bit like dietes. Hel, like Chrissy, my lilly pillys flower white too. Chriisy we never had any rain to flatten anything. The garden is looking as good as ever . Hubby says it the best year ever . With the showers we had almost continuously earlier , it has grown madly. Once the summer heat gets here it will be different . The plants have to learn to do without much water then. They are used to it by now and if they are still here after the 10 years I have been here, they will survive. Love this green flower. Lost the label so not sure what native thingy it is. Flowers like a callistemon but has odd leaves. Jean Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 26, 2009 11:13 PM Post #7212378 thanks for those names guys, I will have to let Dad-in-law know about the Ixora. He probably knows the vinca but couldn't recall it when asked. He is getting on in years so his memory gets speed wobbles at times. Stake Barmera Australia October 26, 2009 11:25 PM Post #7212429 They look like some of the Melaleuca leaves, have a look and see if there is a Melaleuca viridiflora or viridis. Brian dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 27, 2009 12:30 AM Post #7212602 well the sun came out & the wind dropped so I was able to wander about & get some pics... Penstemon Electric Blue is just starting to come out. It seems to be a smaller plant than my other two. I don't mind that - gives me more room to fit in some more Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 27, 2009 12:32 AM Post #7212606 iris looking a bit worse for wear after the nasty southerly wind & rain Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 27, 2009 12:35 AM Post #7212613 tiny azalea that managed to survive being a terribly pot bound orphan. It's 'sibling' wasn't so tough & withered away over winter. Hoping that the survivor will fill out a bit, still very sad looking Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 27, 2009 12:37 AM Post #7212616 my oldest azalea, brought it with me from my previous house. Hopefully the weather will play nice & let the flowers come out safely Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 27, 2009 01:17 AM Post #7212668 Thank you Brian. I was vaguely remembering it was maybe a melaleuca. I looked up on green flowering natives on internet and found it . Melaleuca diosmifolia or green flowered myrtle. Steve, here's my pale pink weigelia. Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 27, 2009 01:21 AM Post #7212673 So many wonderful plants and gardens! It is an inspiration to come home and read up and see so much. Thank you! 77sunset Merino Australia October 27, 2009 01:23 AM Post #7212675 Love snowballs. Both sorts, the edible and the pretty garden viburnum. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 27, 2009 01:52 AM Post #7212707 brian beat me to the bottlebrush blooms (lovely) I lost a pink one in the fires. The bright blue pentstemon is a darling ...I love them. Snowball trees are one of my favourites. Here is my poor shivering OSD white brug ...not happy at the moment but you can see her dropped skirt ...the wind last night tore her up a little and a green grub used her for breakfast and as an umbrella! Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand October 27, 2009 02:46 AM Post #7212770 I have a variegated weigelia, it is looking sad since I pruned it heavily but there are still dead branches I couldn't get rid of & I wonder if it would do better if I cut it almost to ground level & let it grow back? Someone used it as a cut flower in the foyer at work & for ages my boss thought a cat had peed in there... I was able to point the finger at the culprit as I noticed the odd scent of the flowers here when it was still looking lush. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 27, 2009 09:11 PM Post #7215308 A single pink poppy ... Click the image for an enlarged view. hel Alstonville Australia October 28, 2009 05:29 AM Post #7216053 Hi Guy's, I'm sure it is syzygium wilsonii (powderpuff lilly pilly). I agree Wayne, it inspires me to want one of every plant I see. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 28, 2009 05:16 PM Post #7217820 Love that lilly pilly what a little ripper! Ok I don't know what it is ...it's one of my "triffid eppies"...about the size of a bread and butter plate, I have this in a dark red and a tomato red. The stems are flat and scalloped ...it roots as the stems arch over and hit the ground. A couple of years back I sent some to jean and to sue ...I can't remember the name (if it was id'ed) does anyone know? This message was edited Oct 29, 2009 8:26 AM Click the image for an enlarged view. hel Alstonville Australia October 28, 2009 07:20 PM Post #7218220 I had to show you all my little patio tomatoe, she's a little bottler. Click the image for an enlarged view. DonnieBrook Southern Gulf Coast, FL (Zone 10b) October 28, 2009 09:03 PM Post #7218620 Beautiful blooms, everyone! Dalfyre - That orange ixora was the standard shrub planted as foundation plants on all the houses here in our neighborhood. I still have the hedge of them in front of our front porch. They were planted in 1952 and are still going strong despite continual abuse of no watering or fertilizer. There are some newer, lovely cultivars of ixora here now. I really like the hot pink one with dark green, shine leaves. Nice patio tomato, Hel! I'm just now planting mine here. I'm doing green zebra and azoychka this year. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 29, 2009 03:39 AM Post #7219541 Another hippy Click the image for an enlarged view. 77sunset Merino Australia October 29, 2009 04:20 PM Post #7221237 Chrissy, my piece of your lovely epi is growing well. As to a name, well they are very hard to ID unless there is something different that really stands out with the flower. They can have the flat or triangular stems some scalloped, some not, all on the same plant and they do root easily when they find another pot or the ground. Jean. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 29, 2009 10:04 PM Post #7222372 Here's the first Michelia champaca flower of the season (note the seedpods behind it). It has an elusive floral scent that tends to waft in the air rather than hang as a heavy presence like the fragrance of the white brugmansia suaveolens for example. Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 29, 2009 11:29 PM Post #7222683 beautiful! mine are growing well ...I can hardly wait. I have one Peltophorum germinated while I was soaking them in warm water on the Foxtel box ... thanks cestrum. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 29, 2009 11:32 PM Post #7222692 ooops I forgot to ask how long before they bloom ...sorry if you have already answered that question. Love the fruit in the background. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 29, 2009 11:45 PM Post #7222743 Chrissy, I find the (almost certainly) Peltophorum seeds germinated readily for me last summer, so there should be no problems there. *But* the plants do seem to be frost sensitive, so bear that in mind in winter. Champaca: 5-7 years to flower, I believe. Dunno what I'm going to do with all that seed--that is only one cluster of many on the tree. Don't suppose you fancy growing some more :-) WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 30, 2009 01:31 AM Post #7222900 Oh Chrissy, hide that poppy before the Drug Squad turns up! One of my duds I think. Presently the poppies are rampant here. I will collect seed from this one in particular. I have a gardening friend, now re-located to Tasmania who "insists" on only white singles... I hope he has success! :) Jean's lovely mauve is most desirable. Could that one be 'Storm Cloud', Jean? Regards Wayne Click the image for an enlarged view. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 30, 2009 01:32 AM Post #7222901 More... Click the image for an enlarged view. chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 30, 2009 01:41 AM Post #7222906 Are you calling my pretty poppy a dud? I love it ...I was just out there looking at poppies and vincas growing under brugmansias ...the morning glories are starting up too.Ummmm! Your pictures are glorious as always. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 30, 2009 06:47 AM Post #7223116 my blackfire desert still flowering... Click the image for an enlarged view. MyaC Magnetic Island Australia (Zone 11) October 30, 2009 06:48 AM Post #7223118 don't know what this vine is called but comes up in the same spot every year... Click the image for an enlarged view. brical1 brisbane Australia October 30, 2009 06:50 AM Post #7223121 Gawd that Desert Rose is beautiful Mya!!.. That's a passiflora vine . This message was edited Oct 30, 2009 8:53 PM Stake Barmera Australia October 30, 2009 07:07 PM Post #7225001 G'Day All, My Epis have started to flower now. Just made it into October. Brian Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 30, 2009 08:18 PM Post #7225256 Judy, is your scented Cunjevoi an Alocasia macrorrhiza? Because that's what I've just found at Bunnings. My Qld-born friend was amazed that I wanted it, because she remembers it growing in people's gardens when she was a child. Apparently only the poorest people grew it, and they ate the tuber (i.e. taro). She doesn't remember it having a flower much less a scent. But the label shows a flower that looks like yours. It's described as Giant Elephant's Ear or Cunjevoi: Bold foliage plant with large arrow-shaped leaves on fleshy stems. Grows 2-3m tall. Says nothing about the scent. Have I bought a dud? Oh, I've just seen the small print at the bottom of the label: Caution. May be harmful if eaten/may cause skin and eye irritation. So I guess that means it isn't the edible taro that my friend remembers ... BTW, I also picked up a pomegranate. No idea what I'm going to do with the fruit, but this is another plant my friend remembers being commonly grown in her youth and now pretty much disappeared from local gardens. So it will grow well here, which I didn't know, thinking it preferred a Mediterranean climate--maybe that's a persimmon? chrissy100 Sydney Australia October 30, 2009 09:36 PM Post #7225563 I think it may be this one cestrum http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswf... I grew taro once ...lovely leaves but very different. It died in a hard frosty Winter. You will love your pomegranite ...pretty hot orange blooms, I love the fruit too, you can cook the juice down to a delicious syrup. Love that intense colour of the desert rose and the red passionfruit is a pretty thing. Your blooms look like mine brian. WayneCarter NW Sydney NSW Australia October 30, 2009 09:49 PM Post #7225631 Cestrum I enjoyed reading your Dmail on Cunjevoi. We grow it here too as you will have read above. We were given our plant from my parent's garden. It was washed down the creek in a big rain here in Sydney years back. My mother as born in Vanuatu (New Hebrides) where the folks there grew water taro similar to this plant. Mum tells me that the plant we have growing is not the same as those grown in the "native gardens". Mum thinks it might be poisonous. I do not know, and am not willing to experiment!:) We have friends who cook wonderful taro dishes with coconut! Yum, but no good for the waistline. Yes, a very poor man's dish / everyday in the Islands. Oh, just remembered! The "Voodoo Lily". Colleen, yours is wonderful! Ours this year is a bit dagy. My mother remembers this plant growing on the way to the beach at Tangoa. The local folks had taboo on this plant! No wonder!!! :))) I grow it for fun... It freaks out "non-gardeners"! :))) Click the image for an enlarged view. cestrum_SEQ West of Brisbane Australia October 30, 2009 11:08 PM Post #7225915 I'm still not sure if the 'Cunjevoi' I've bought from Bunnings is the one with scented flowers. I read somewhere that Alocasia brisbanensis used to be classified as A. macrorrhiza. I guess I'll just have to wait until it flowers to find out. BTW, I also bought an A. brisbanensis on ebay so hopefully I'll have at least one scent stick! weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 31, 2009 04:37 AM Post #7226524 Last day to post the flowering shots for this month! I'll post my Hoya, which has blooms all over it! Click the image for an enlarged view. weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia October 31, 2009 04:38 AM Post #7226526 And one for Jean, Iris NOID Click the image for an enlarged view. dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand November 01, 2009 05:39 AM Post #7229342 taro is like rhubarb in that it is toxic if you eat the wrong bits... I think there is a trick to cooking it to make it safe. I have eaten taro, when I was young we lived in a predominately Maori & Pacific Islander area. I also remember having raw fish in coconut cream - yum! weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia November 01, 2009 06:07 AM Post #7229359 Theresa, you are making me drool. I too used to eat raw fish in cocnut cream, and whenever I visit NZ, someone allways makes me a dish. i also remember eating chopped suey at Hangis, puha and porkbones, watercress, and Taro in coconut cream. I would have been the size of a house had I rmained living there! dalfyre Christchurch New Zealand November 02, 2009 04:41 PM Post #7234508 Oh now you are making me drool - living down south I don't get much hangi food. I miss that! weed_woman Coffs Harbour Australia November 03, 2009 04:15 AM Post #7236417 Oh, me too! My x-father - in -law (an Irishman I might add) used to put down a rarotongan hangi for any of the kids birthdays. I love the way the pork falls from the bone! I really miss that kind of food! The kind where someone else cooks! he he Today is the start of all the daylilies! Well, at least in my garden. I think they've been flowering for a couple of weeks now, but most are just coming into their own. No idea of names, but lovely none-the-less. Sue Click the image for an enlarged view. DonnieBrook Southern Gulf Coast, FL (Zone 10b) November 13, 2009 09:30 PM Post #7271927 Very pretty, Sue!

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