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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 1, 2009 7:37 AM Post #7229268
| Poppies! 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 1, 2009 7:46 AM Post #7229272
| Cactus 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
 November 1, 2009 8:04 AM Post #7229277
| More Cactus, Epis 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:07 AM Post #7229278
| Opuntia macrocentra I think, they love this heat.
Brian
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:15 AM Post #7229280
| My big fluffy red poppy pic is blurred ...so this is the only poppy pic today because it's getting dark.
Note all the little stings in the seedcase ...some critter is having a "high"old time.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:17 AM Post #7229282
| this clump is over a metre across ...three baskets 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:19 AM Post #7229283
| I am waiting for one of those big round ball type ones ...it's a lovely poppy there wayne. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:15 PM Post #7230817
| The first of the poppies opens. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:16 PM Post #7230822
| And my pink. The purple poppies are over 4 foot tall and the pink are up to my head this year. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 8:45 PM Post #7230909
| Jean they are beautiful!
My battery has just run out and I have to recharge it ...
Jacaranda opening ...with the market garden up on the hill in the background.
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hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 1, 2009 10:12 PM Post #7231155
| Hi all, Wayne that double poppy is beautiful, I don't think I have ever seen a double.
We moved here in July andthis Calibrachoa (Cabernet Cherry) is still flowering.
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hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 1, 2009 10:14 PM Post #7231164
| Here is the Lavender. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 10:19 PM Post #7231183
| Excuse my ignorance here but I have never heard of that ...does it have a common name? Very Pretty sort of million bells look about it. |
hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 1, 2009 10:22 PM Post #7231197
| Chrissy, it is actually a type of Petuna. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 1, 2009 10:29 PM Post #7231227
| Oh those spreading ones ...they are wonderful and seem to last a very long time, very nice. |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 2, 2009 5:00 AM Post #7232507
| More poppies!
Chrissy, hopefully in the mixed seed I sent there will be a few of these. Never mind if not, this year a great lot came up. I will bag them and save / send out. Your hanging baskets are fab! I am spotting those little "Rhips" (or are they Shlumbergera?) here and there. Some are almost fluro in their colour.
Jean, your poppies are wonderful too. They remind me of some of the hats the late Queen Mum wore! :)
Gosh that is tall!
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 2, 2009 5:04 AM Post #7232512
| Yet more poppies...
St. Fiacre might be getting a little distracted from his pious reading! :)
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 5:37 AM Post #7232554
| I plan to send you some for your special corner (even if you have these already you can think of them as bit's from chrissy's jungle...sorry I couldn't find a flamingo anywhere! |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 2, 2009 8:04 AM Post #7232668
| Thanks Chrissy, they really are fun to grow. I saw a plant today that "glowed", electric pink! :))
Hel, thanks for bringing your Calibrachoa to the forum. I have never seen this plant before. When collected, let me send some of that poppy seed up to you. 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 2, 2009 9:15 AM Post #7232740
| I love all the poppy pics you lot. Lots flowering around the neighbourhood at the moment, so i will have to get the camera out!
Sue |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:12 PM Post #7235006
| Poppies everywhere ...pink and purple and white singles as well as pink red and purple doubles ...thanks so much, the doubles are so tall. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:16 PM Post #7235034
| Tall as ...well almost the 6ft fence.Everything is looking a bit bleached out in this shot ...too much sun and the silly flash thing won't go away. Much prettier in real life and I love the seed heads. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:18 PM Post #7235043
| Self seeded vincas popping up everywhere and starting to bloom so far a pale lavender 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:20 PM Post #7235051
| pale pink and a maroon one that is just budding up. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:22 PM Post #7235065
| The white semi double oleander is starting to open up ...it throws singles ...semi doubles and full doubles. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:25 PM Post #7235081
| The persimmons are fruiting up nicely ...we get hundreds of fruit from our two trees (non acidic) I love these trees so pretty at every stage. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 2, 2009 11:29 PM Post #7235098
| And finally for today (it's scalding hot out there!)
This picture of one of my congo parrot plants ...I think of that lovely "parrot lady" every day when I look at these dear little plants ...can't believe they are real! (thanks again helen aka parrot lady where ever you are).The plants are just bustling with buds and little parrots everywhere ...beautiful!
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 3, 2009 2:48 AM Post #7235819
| my Flanders poppy 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 3, 2009 2:51 AM Post #7235824
| from a barren weedy corner to lush jungle (with sneaky weeds hiding in amongst it all)
amazing what digging an area over & a sprinkling seeds will do for you.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 3, 2009 2:53 AM Post #7235829
| iris, pale blue noid 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 3, 2009 2:57 AM Post #7235842
| and the other one...
I like this darker blue.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 3, 2009 6:45 AM Post #7236374
| Dalfyre, love your blooms.
Now remember to post one of your Flanders Field poppies next Wednesday...
Remembrance Day.
Now watch those "seed heads" Chrissy! :))))))))))))))))
Yes, they are lovely!
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 3, 2009 8:26 AM Post #7236419
| I put my pic on the wrong thread, so here it is again. NOID daylily 
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hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 4, 2009 12:10 AM Post #7238757
| How are thing's in Coffs Sue?
Is this a November lilly anyone?
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hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 4, 2009 12:17 AM Post #7238775
| Here are nine of my Anthurium blooms. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 4, 2009 12:25 AM Post #7238802
| Golly!!! Poppies over 6 foot tall.Those flowers are so beautiful.
I love them all. Thanks for the pics.
Charleen |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:02 AM Post #7239129
| Here's a shot of one bunch of the pink poppies with valerian and friends. I leave the parsley to self seed along here and it fills in spaces while looking just great for a long time. There is a lot of self seeded dwarf sprawling geranium too. It is exactly like the large cranesbill I have elsewhere 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:05 AM Post #7239150
| Very pretty scarlet rose which has a yellow inner of varying size . With friendly white valerian 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 4, 2009 2:07 AM Post #7239154
| Paradise.
Beautiful.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:09 AM Post #7239168
| A bit hard to see the golden inner in last pic, but those flowers glow in the sun. The purple rose in the background is either 'News'or 'Great News'. One is single and one double, I always forget which is which.
This pic is of the most heavenly scented rose as it is opening and one already full blown. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:10 AM Post #7239173
| 'Double Delight' 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:12 AM Post #7239180
| A favorite in the reds. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:13 AM Post #7239187
| This iris grows among the roses and is well named 'Buisson de Roses' 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 2:18 AM Post #7239205
| Everyone should have one of these just for the very strong and beautiful perfume. It wafts around over a very large area. Blue Fountain Bush. Yellow flowers are daylilies with a smaller flower but lots of them. It blooms a lot longer than the larger ones. To the left you can see the grape vines that occupy the birds during summer. They very knidly allow us one or two. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 4, 2009 2:33 AM Post #7239275
| We are going into winter and you all are having
Spring. How wonderful. Winter here in Georgia is not as harsh as it is
up North, I still have flowers blooming, They love the cool weather.
But I can look forward to visiting you wonderful folks and seeing your
Beautiful gardens. This is a brug that I have blooming but it is a pretty plant
and has opened even more sine I took this. Had to get a new Card for my camera, look out tomarrow, I will be taking
pretty pictures again.
Love the pic.
Charleen 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 4, 2009 5:20 AM Post #7239668
| Beautiful everyone! ...I just want to show you my "ball" of poppy ...so heavy it can't hold it's head up straight ...a little burn't from yesterday but lovely!
jean that cottage garden is asking us to walk through it.
hel just stunning.
sue love the daylily
dalfyre ...as always cool climate loveliness.
charlene ...lovely white angel 
Here is my fluffy ball ...
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 4, 2009 9:09 AM Post #7239796
| I was so glad I took my iris photos yesterday...
this morning we had a gusty nor'wester & the best flower spike snapped off at the base.
I was running out the door for the bus so didn't even have time to stick it in water & see how long it would last inside.
Also pleased that I got my plants in yesterday as they would have been toasted sitting on the terrace.
this is my $10.00 rhodie
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 4, 2009 9:11 AM Post #7239797
| and the two clematis, Elizabeth, hot chocolate scented & Persian Fragrance...
whatever that is. |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 4, 2009 9:13 AM Post #7239798
| help of you attach the photo... 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 4, 2009 9:15 AM Post #7239799
| Hel, I'm pretty sure your bloom is also a daylily, so called because each flower only lasts a day, but there are many buds continuing to open, usually. The November Lilies are white, and very fragrant. Love the Anthuriums also.
Gosh jean, there isa lot going on at your house!
Love youe fluff ball Chrissy, and your angel Charleen.
Sue |
Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 4, 2009 9:38 AM Post #7239809
| G'Day Dalfyre that Persian Fragrance probably means it stinks like a camel.
Brian |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 4, 2009 6:39 PM Post #7241200
| Lord, A'mercy. I would hope not.
But I have never smelled a camel.
Cute.
Charleen
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 4, 2009 7:51 PM Post #7241421
| hopefully it will stick to he fence like camel spit on a window...
many years ago a friend had a camel stick it's head in the car window.
In a panic they wound the window up but the camel's lip got caught & it slobbered down the glass...
don't know what is in camel spit but it reeked & wouldn't wash off.
The evidence was still on that window weeks later. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 4, 2009 8:23 PM Post #7241513
| Dalfyre, You'd spit too if someone wound your lip upin the car window. Colleen |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 4, 2009 8:33 PM Post #7241547
| Chrissy, I have planted a lot of my angels around the garden to see how they do in different places. I will be watching them carefully for buds. This is part of the area at the back gate that will eventually be all covered with shade cloth. I will be ablr to have lots more hanging baskets and move all my cacti closer , to be seen.
Dalfyre, if you ever get any more iris that break, you can keep them in water for ages and the unopened flowers will open. I buy a few iris from a lady at the market every November and she sells the whole plant , flower stems and all. I keep the stems in a bucket so I can get a good photograph of the flowers as they open. They do last quite a while as a cut flower inside too.
Jean. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 4, 2009 10:12 PM Post #7241792
| Oh, 77sunset , your garden is beautiful. Love it.
Dalfyre, that is so funny, the camel with his lip in the window.
Poor camel. Needed some Frebreze or tomatoe juice to clean it off.
Whew!!
Charleen |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 5:33 AM Post #7243243
| Great to see at least one of the big pink ball poppy seeds came up Chrissy. They are lovely as long as the rain stays clear. This year I will save as much seed as I can to share around.
Jean, your roses are beautiful! They are a favourite of mine, along with Iris. We have less and less space to grow either due to shade. Good to be able to enjoy yours here.
One rose that I will never let get shaded out is 'Carabella'.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 5:36 AM Post #7243251
| Another of 'Carabella'.
That is Chrissy's Brug. 'FFA' nearby.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 5:40 AM Post #7243261
| Lilium tenuifolium, the Turk's Cap Lily.
A lovely small bloom, held in large sprays.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 6:25 AM Post #7243322
| Dalfyre, I almost forgot your Clematis and their fragrance.
Firstly I love Clematis, can't wait to see pix of yours in bloom!
The "Persian Fragrance" is most likely a reference to Myrrh and Frankincense... ... ...
Take a look here...
http://www.itmonline.org/arts/myrrh.htm
Nice map there too, regarding location.
David Austin, "English Roses" often refers to a "Myrrh Fragrance" in his creations. One of his, a favourite of mine is 'Cymbeline'. Too beautiful for description in few words! The perfume always makes me think of the Magi, the three wise men and their gifts from the East.
Gosh, that thought reminds me that Christmas is one step not too far away! :))
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 5, 2009 8:45 AM Post #7243398
| Double Hippeastrum. Don't know her name. Colleen 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 5, 2009 8:45 AM Post #7243399
| well there are a couple of unopened buds on my Persian Fragrance so hopefully I will be able to get a whiff of the scent.
Otherwise it will be next spring before I know.
My roses are looking promising, lots of buds.
A few blocks away from me is a house with a rose on a trellis against a north facing wall of their brick house.
It is covered in huge red blooms.
Looks just stunning.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 7:26 PM Post #7244736
| More poppies, a wild colour mix! :) 
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 5, 2009 7:30 PM Post #7244749
| Day Lily (Hemerocallis) 'Kosciusko'. 
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g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 6, 2009 9:57 AM Post #7246746
| hello ridesaredmule,ill speak to you if nobody else will...its a great time of the year here.the last of the spring bulbs,irises poppies and the start of the liliums...we,ve had lots of rain and everything is buzzing...im a lily grower/shower,i love them... |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009 1:47 PM Post #7247036
| Hello g_whizz I am so glad to know you. Oh, these folks have been very nice to me.
I just pop in and try to help, I don't know if some of our products is down there, but I love to help and
You all have very Magnificent gardens now. I am truelly enjoying them all, as we are going into our winter here.
Thank you.
RRM |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 6, 2009 8:14 PM Post #7248080
| Hello on this lovely morning. Another rose from my garden. The very beautiful 'JustJoey' 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 6, 2009 8:15 PM Post #7248081
| One of the semi double poppies 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 6, 2009 8:19 PM Post #7248085
| One of the entrances into the larger jungle. Love the pigface when the sun hits it. Purple at the back is the ever blooming native hibiscus with ivy geranium on the right, gradually getting to cover the arch. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 6, 2009 8:19 PM Post #7248087
| Hi ...loved the site wayne,
I once went to an Egyptian exhibition at the Museum in Sydney ...it was one of the best things ever ...I am heavily into Egyptian.
It was so amazing.
After the tour we were able to purchase a vial of a replicated ancient perfume ...to my nose it had a strong cinnamon note with a myrrh fragrance too.While Quite different to most perfumes that we are used to it was ...mysterious and warming. It was in the form of an oil.
Mouthwatering is the description I would give it ...a sort of Christmas smell, hard to describe.
mmmmm christmas tree fragrance mixed with cinnamon and spice.
I can imagine that enhanced in the Egyptian heat.
It also reminded me of the oil fad we had in the 70's where we wore the essential oils.
here is a link ...
http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/incenseperfume.html
Hi to everyone ...I have been very busy with hospital stuff (my brother)
so a big wave to you all and hopefully I can post a picture or two a bit later ...it's drizzling here.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 6, 2009 8:35 PM Post #7248134
| pretty bulb & I have forgotten the name since last spring...
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 6, 2009 8:36 PM Post #7248140
| yellow mini rose - noid, cutting grown. 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 6, 2009 8:39 PM Post #7248147
| first red rose, another noid, cutting grown.
I had two of these but dug one out to make room for new stuff...
Have two cuttings of Compassion that I really hope take as the scent is heavenly
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009 8:40 PM Post #7248150
| Beautiful flowers Love the rose the poppy is fantastic, I love the delicate petals on poppies.
Your entranceway is gorgeous but please forgive me for not seeing a "Pigface"
may need to be told what to look for.
Hope the brother gets better, chrissy100.
Charleen
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 6, 2009 10:56 PM Post #7248541
| G'Day
I think we have our own problem with "Pig Faces". Around here it applies to Carpobrotus sps but some employ it for Mesembryanthemums and others for any spreading succulents.
Brian |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009 11:22 PM Post #7248618
| Thank you, Brian. I appreciate the explanation.
Love to see the flowers.
They are so beautiful. I enlarged it but I saw no
pigs
Charleen |
Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 6, 2009 11:26 PM Post #7248629
| I was pleased last week when I was able to get several cuttings of this Echinocereus and today I find that I already have it and this is the flower. Not dead sure of species but possibly E. coccineus or E. polycanthus.
Brian
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 6, 2009 11:28 PM Post #7248639
| Beautiful.
Charleen |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 7, 2009 12:13 AM Post #7248763
| same bud this morning,
it is warming up here - even a bit of sting to the sunshine early on.
Will have to be careful about sunscreen now.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 7, 2009 3:26 AM Post #7249345
| Sorry Charleen, we do tend to use local names and forget that others don't know them. All the soft flowering and creeping succulents like mesembryanthemum are just pigface to most of us. The main pigface I remember from growing up was a thicker leaved one with large pink flowers. It was used all along railway sidings and on beach sand dunes to stabilise the ground. Now there are numerous ones in smaller leafed varieties with the most amazing bright colors. Brian will know more but I think the proper mesembryanthemum is smaller again and not as spreading but still in amazing colors.. It is more grown as an annual but did self seed where I have had it.
In the photo, the pink on the left is a large pigface plant growing over the fence. The red on the right is another which is not so rampant . I also have orange, pale pink, yellow and there was another darker pink somewhere.
Brian that red echinocereus is lovely. I hope to see a lot more flowers on my cacti when I can get them moved and in a bit more sun.
This is a poppy I noticed this morning. Not right open but you can see it is white and purple. 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 7, 2009 5:17 AM Post #7249559
| These are the "Proper Pigfaces". They were used as you say Jean, around here they were used to stabalize the banks of the irrigation channels.
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&rlz=1R2ADRA_enAU346...
Crikey! I didn't know there were so many.
Brian
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 7, 2009 12:56 PM Post #7249851
| Hey, you all. I think you are a great group of people.
The "pigfaces" are called Iceplants here. They are a very pretty
succulent. I looked at the link, Lordy, I didn't know there were so many either.
Thank you for all the help in explaining your plants.
Charleen |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 7, 2009 6:42 PM Post #7250697
| Jean the poppies are fun to grow. That one you last posted is similar to one here. I purchased seed a few years back from a lady on eBay. I was after one named 'Storm Cloud', a murky mauve. It never came up. However lots of big pink "mops" did!
We will have to be careful this season with the seed. A large crop of shocking pink mop tops have come up in frount of the orange flowering Canna 'Bengal Tiger'... Break out the sun glasses! :(
Charleen, I have heard "Pigface" refered to as "Ice Plant" here in Oz. After one terrible year of bushfires here in Sydney, folks on fringe bushland areas were seeking "fire proof" plants. "Ice Plant" was recommended. At the time I had no idea what the writers were refering to!
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 7, 2009 7:10 PM Post #7250765
| That poppy is downright beautiful.
I guess they are tough plants. They are bright are't they??
Bengal Tiger, I do have a canna called theat. does yours have "Sterile" seed that
are no good. It has Beautiful Orange blooms. I transplant some into my new flower beds.
Charleen |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 7, 2009 10:41 PM Post #7251281
| This is the only large single poppy plant this year, with friendly visitor. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 7, 2009 10:43 PM Post #7251289
| One corner of the garden with poppies and daisies. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 7, 2009 10:43 PM Post #7251291
| Two of them, Beautiful. That is a pretty color too.
How wonderful. Love to see bees.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 7, 2009 10:45 PM Post #7251301
| Some of the bottlebrush which are now doing really well since the large trees were chopped down. One is actually putting on a new lot of flowers above the now opening ones. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 7, 2009 11:03 PM Post #7251337
| Some of my kalanchoes. I love them for their hardiness. I have quite a few and am always looking for different ones. I do like these with the bright flowers but I have others with lovely foliage.
I'm showing off a bit here too as I have finally managed to do something different with my Canon program. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 7, 2009 11:21 PM Post #7251369
| Beautiful, do you grow these outsides?
They are very pretty. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 7, 2009 11:38 PM Post #7251416
| Charleen hi. Kalanchoes are succulents and are very hardy. Here is a pic of my Stenocactus. Colleen 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 7, 2009 11:44 PM Post #7251431
| Colleen, that is the cutest little bloom on that cactus.
Thank you. How cold does it get down there?
I love all the flowers and pictures. Everyone is so
Great.
Do you have a lot of cacti blooming?
Too many Questions, huh?
Charleen |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 12:01 AM Post #7251488
| Hi everyone ...I think I read somewhere that the Ice Plant was called Pig Face because you once pigged out on it (ate it), if you were very hungry and lost.
I wouldn't like to try it as it was also called "sour fig" which refererred to the actual flower buds. I can't grow them here though I have tried many times because the rosellas come in and chew the plants until nothing is left.
I have those smokey pink balls of fluff and the purple one too ...how long do we wait until the heads are ready? I have seen pictures dried poppy heads and they are brown, is that when we pick them?
colleen your cactus is so cute.
The pictures are all lovely everyone and look we are sharing them with our friends across the globe ...very cool.
jean ...I went cross eyed at that ...how did you do it? I don't know how to do anything but snap the picture and downsize it, you are so clever. I love the kalanchoe too, do you have the yellow one? I like my yellow one very much.
I haven't been able to get out there yet. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 12:08 AM Post #7251516
| Ummm it's raining ...maybe later. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 8, 2009 12:09 AM Post #7251518
| Yes Charleen I have quite a few of the smaller cactus flowering at the moment. They're so beautiful. We had a very mild winter this year but we do get frosts. If we get a frost we usually know that we are going to get a lovely day. The temp does get to 0 but by 10am it's usually back up to 8-10degrees. Succulents don't like to get frosted but I don't get too many frosts in my back yard. I have huge pine trees and I think they protect everything. I'm hoping that the Brugsmansias will be okay out the back if I can keep the grubs off them. Colleen |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 12:18 AM Post #7251540
| I goot some brug cuttings today. Above the Y. I bought some
and then the man gave me 3 more. He was so nice. I did take a pic.
Insiginia Gold is this ones's name. It was so beautiful.
I enjoyed visiting.
Charleen
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 8, 2009 12:20 AM Post #7251543
| Chrissy, once all the petals fall off the poppy, tie a little paper bag over the head. A toe of stocking does the trick equally well, however the paper bags offer better protection from the rain. Write the colour or type of poppy on the bag.
If you do not want the poppies to self seed all over the place, cut the poppy seed heads off before they ripen. If left to turn brown, they will be like little pepper shakers sending seed off all over the place.
We will have to be careful here this year, as I mentioned above, the shocking pink mop tops are not a good look in front of Cana 'Bengal Tiger'! :(
I will be collecting seed of all varieties in separate bags.
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 12:26 AM Post #7251552
| They are so pretty. They tone down the orange.
Poppies don't last very long, do they?
charleen |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 5:02 AM Post #7252187
| That's very interesting thanks wayne ...so these come true to type.
charlene that's a lovely yellow brug you have there.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 5:38 AM Post #7252255
| Not much out there to show it's been wet, grey and awful all day ...here is my Ice Cream Bean tree starting to bloom ...the flowers are white puff balls similar to lilly pilly blooms but larger. that's to the right and the Jacaranda is to the rear. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 5:42 AM Post #7252261
| It feels like autumn ...here is a gloomy but better picture of the Ice cream bean blooms.
pretty good because there are three large bunches of sugar bananas ready to be picked, don't understand how because the wether is so odd but perhaps it was that warm spell we had in winter.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 5:48 AM Post #7252276
| Here is a site that tells you of this fruit tree ...it says the texture is like cotton wool ...to me it is like dense fairy floss with a real ice cream flavour.
Hopefully I can grab enough beans to share with anyone interested, this tree has grown two storey high in about 4/5 years, I know they use them in the tropics to shelter and nourish the coffee trees.
http://www.capetrib.com.au/icebean.htm
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 8, 2009 6:57 AM Post #7252382
| Lucky you Chrissy to have so much room to grow that tree. I have never seen it before. Please keep us posted.
From my own experience the poppies tend to come true from seed. Try the paper bag method of harvesting. Be sure there are no bud worms, otherwise you will end up with a bag of "manure". :(
Be sure to cut off the unwanted seed pods. You can dry them. They look great as indoor ornaments. Jack the cat here plays football with them!
My parents were over this afternoon for a cuppa (nice cake too, must give Jean the recipe :). Mum is totally in love with Brugmansia 'Lipstick'. The blooms are amazing! Thanks Chrissy and kind regards from my Mum to you! :))
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 1:06 PM Post #7252613
| Great looking Brugmansias Chrissy and Wayne.
I love the pic of the Jacranda tree with the Rose looking on, it made a beautiful photo.
The Ice Cream tree was very interesting to read about.
thanks
Charleen |
MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
November 8, 2009 9:48 PM Post #7253914
| my red torch ginger, ready to burst open... 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 10:16 PM Post #7254020
| I envy your red torch ginger mya ...they just shiver and go to the big garden in the sky here ...it's lovely.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 10:17 PM Post #7254025
| single poppies a bit drowned 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 10:19 PM Post #7254030
| Some Brugmansia seedling buds opening 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 10:19 PM Post #7254032
| Such Fragile beauty. |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 10:23 PM Post #7254044
| Brugmansia is such a beautiful Interesting
plant. Always something to learn.
This is Dola.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 8, 2009 10:48 PM Post #7254101
| Thanks for that Dola shot ...I have some Dola brug crosses (I think a few other gardeners here do too) ...we await the blooms on our seedlings here. I agree with you yes always something to learn ...not only brugmansias but many other beautiful plants too. |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 8, 2009 11:23 PM Post #7254203
| Glad you liked it.
It is alwas a learning experience
to be around flowers and plants. |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 9, 2009 3:18 AM Post #7254833
| Finally, my aloe flower has started to open. I looked up the Plant Files and I am pretty sure this is Aloe maculata. Quite common apparently, but very pretty.
Brian, if you are out there, am I right with the name ? 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 9, 2009 7:07 AM Post #7255197
| G'Day,
Just found a funny one for you folk. I have an Aloe that I thought was A. maculata but was informed in the C & S Forum that it was A. saponaria (this was quite some time back) so I changed the lable to A. saponaria. Following Jeans query I was going to post a photo of mine saying if it looked like this then it is not A. maculata but A. saponaria. I went to check the spelling and found that they are the same plant and A. saponaria is the redundant name. So Jean if yours looks like this photo it is A. maculata also known as the soap Aloe, apparently it can be used as a soap substitute and has been in the past, that is probably why it is so common.
Brian
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 9, 2009 9:30 AM Post #7255259
| I am just watching Jamie Oliver cook and eat cactus in Mexico ...those big flat flaps, they have to remove the spines first ...he said it's delicious.
http://www.succulent-plant.com/crecipe.html
My lovely Dreamtime has darkened beautifully.
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 9, 2009 11:08 AM Post #7255299
| Chrissy I had the pads from Opuntia ficus-indica grilled the weekend and sliced into strips in a stirfry last night. If the pad is young the spines can be removed with a scrubbing brush. They are something like Zuchinni in that they are pretty tasteless but take on the flavours of the food they are cooked with, I find chokoes a bit like that too. The pads cleaned and ready to use as food are called Nopalitos.
Brian |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 9, 2009 10:40 PM Post #7257300
| pink mini rose 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 9, 2009 10:42 PM Post #7257310
| penstemon electric blue - I love this colour! 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 9, 2009 10:58 PM Post #7257381
| That is a beautiful blue, the mini is so precious.
I have several mini roses.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 9, 2009 11:29 PM Post #7257499
| Dalfyre, that blue pentsemon is gorgeous.
Here's my latest epi. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 9, 2009 11:40 PM Post #7257542
| love that penstemon!
brian I like chokos so that is interesting. I confess to never having heard of BBQed cactus, I have heard of a cactus grub in tequila (is that how you spell it?)
Brugmansia Zabaglione
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 10, 2009 8:39 PM Post #7260706
| Electric blue is a very apt name for that penstemon, the photo can't quite capture just how vibrant it is.
I will have to try again for a cutting of the pink penstemon at work, my last one didn't make it.
I keep looking out for different varieties now, it is just trying to fit them in that is the problem. |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 11, 2009 4:15 AM Post #7262168
| Found these out this morning. First blooms on my orphan Pink Iceberg alongside a white Alstromeria, I never knew I had. Hasn't flowered before. 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 11, 2009 6:13 AM Post #7262457
| nice - that rose is a lovely delicate shade of pink.
Burgundy Ice was the landscapers plant of choice last year...
I see them all over town.
The alstromeria is pretty, Mum has spent several years trying to eradicate a yellow from her garden, she was given some & didn't know just how invasive it is.
I think the more subtle colours are less inclined to be triffids. |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 11, 2009 8:31 AM Post #7262566
| Here's my second tree orchid to flower for the first time. (I'm not counting the yellow Bauhinia tomentosa, which started flowering a couple of years ago. But that's a shrub, not a tree.) I'd lost track of what I'd sown, but this one clearly is Bauhinia monandra. Which is a thrill, because I was afraid I might have ended up with all the same colour. No discernible scent (leaning out from the window), but very pretty. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 11, 2009 11:13 AM Post #7262637
| That's a beautiful thing cestrum ...believe it or not the bauhinia cuttings *tormentosa* you sent me about 4 of them are growing out new leaves! I am shocked, I did not really expect that to happen ...I just put them into washed river sand ...seasol drink and sat the pot under the warm shade of the Congo Parrot ...I am sure they are growing.Thanks so much ...that is quite a thrill!
There are many Bauhinia trees from Penrith right up to the Blue Mountains used as street trees. |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 11, 2009 2:25 PM Post #7263056
| You have such beautiful plants. So wonderful to have such exotic trees.
I reallyenjoy the pic. Thanks
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
November 11, 2009 5:57 PM Post #7263890
| You all have such lovely gardens blooming now. They remind me of visits to your Botanical gardens and my sweet little Aussie grandsons. Thanks for sharing your beauties and the sweet/sad memories. grin
Jean/Moon |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 12, 2009 1:59 AM Post #7265523
| Chrissy, that's 'tomentosa' and the Bauhinia really is quite lovely and not a torment at all LOL
It's great that your cuttings have put on leaf. Just wanted to caution you against disturbing them too soon, in case they've put on a few leaves without growing much roots. So just be sure the cuttings have a decent root system before disturbing or transplanting them. I thought they would take much longer to root, so you've done well!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:03 AM Post #7265527
| I won't touch them don't worry about that ...I will wait until I see roots coming out of the bottom of the pot. That is the brick coloured one right? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:06 AM Post #7265532
| Or this yellow one
http://www.yuccado.com/displayone.php?ytitle=Bauhinia toment... |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:07 AM Post #7265534
| Bauhinia tomentosa is the shrubby yellow one. You can see my original pic here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=7082529
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:14 AM Post #7265565
| Sorry I forgot ...beautiful thanks so much |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:17 AM Post #7265574
| Here's a yellow shrimp plant, given to me by a friend who took it as an unrooted cutting on 1 August. And it's blooming now. Not scented, but pretty. And, I believe, quite tough. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:35 AM Post #7265628
| They are a lovely old fashioned thing ...they just go on and on.
The first day lily ...don't know it's name.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 12, 2009 2:37 AM Post #7265630
| The poppies probably about to burn up in this heat ... 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 13, 2009 2:44 AM Post #7268951
| These laugh at the heat Parodia ottonis syn Notocactus ottonis. Some cacti flowers will stand very little heat but this one loves it. I think this is my favourite cactus with these bright yellow flowers & red stigma.
Brian
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 14, 2009 3:42 AM Post #7272280
| Colleen, look what opened this morning. I thought I may not have a dracunculus flower this year but here it is. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 14, 2009 1:11 PM Post #7272949
| Oh, it's beautiful!! I love those Aroids.
Great plant.
Charleen |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 14, 2009 6:55 PM Post #7273752
| Great to see your success with "Drac" Jean! Is yours in the ground?
Here are some more poppies, this time bagged to collect seed.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 14, 2009 8:18 PM Post #7273959
| Yes Wayne. I saw it first in a garden I was visiting and asked about it. I was immediately given a chunk dug straight up there and then. I put it in the ground in the shadehouse and it flowered the very next year. This is its second year flowering and it loves where it is. They multiply quickly.
I have a smaller slightly different one which is yet to flower.
A rose pic that I managed to get before it sizzled. 
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
November 15, 2009 11:29 AM Post #7275698
| my red torch ginger...I had to cut it and place in a vase ,so I could see it all day... 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 15, 2009 8:39 PM Post #7276892
| Some of the roses before they all cooked in the sun. Poor things, most don't get a chance to open fully. All the dry looking stuff is the leftover wallflower and sparaxis foliage. I know it looks untidy but I like to leave the seeds to drop on their own. Usually the wallflowers are still doing their thing but have dried early in the heat. 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 15, 2009 8:41 PM Post #7276898
| Very pretty. 77sunset.
No one would really know
it was cooking. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 16, 2009 12:24 AM Post #7277573
| Isn't nature amazing the torch lily looks like a tropical waxy waratah!
it's stunning.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 16, 2009 12:26 AM Post #7277582
| The last hippy 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 16, 2009 12:27 AM Post #7277585
| Very pretty. Both of them.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 16, 2009 12:28 AM Post #7277591
| Mock orange over 20ft high and wide ...perfume so strong it is giving me a headache, the bees are drunk again. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 16, 2009 12:30 AM Post #7277596
| Pink Panther 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 16, 2009 12:35 AM Post #7277615
| I've grown mock orange and seen it in Melbourne gardens. But I have *never* seen it grow to that size. Chrissy, your soil must have testosterone in it! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 16, 2009 1:17 AM Post #7277754
| Don't get too excited it's only a Murraya ...but yes it covers the whole front lounge room wall and verandah of my home ... only 12 ft from the window. Nice shade though it faces North West so we do need it for the shelter. |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 16, 2009 2:56 AM Post #7278034
| Oh, I thought it was a philadelphus. I know murrayas can grow to be trees if left unpruned. Mine are rough hedges. |
Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 17, 2009 1:04 AM Post #7280791
| G'Day
The Lagunaria pattersonii is flowering. Another one of those colours that doesn't reproduce well. It is a Magenta fading to Purply Blue
The flowers
Brian
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 17, 2009 1:06 AM Post #7280799
| Back a bit. 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 17, 2009 1:07 AM Post #7280811
| Some more 
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
November 17, 2009 1:11 AM Post #7280822
| The tree 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 17, 2009 1:16 AM Post #7280837
| love the cow itch tree brian shame about the seedpods ...I agree it's a lovely thing.
Here is the Crinoline Brugmansia noid said to be Frosty Pink perhaps ...no it isn't.
See Frosty Pink Bloom set back in the blooms to compare ...
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
November 17, 2009 4:57 AM Post #7281432
| Love everyone's photos...my garden is 18 months old and just beginning to get some size about it... grew my first Brug... a pretty apricot..heavy perfume...will get more of these...this is my 8th garden so I was determined to only have plants that were perfumed..for the most part I have been strong...so I am well pleased with the results especially on these warm Spring evenings...have put up a photo of "Barbara Dobbins" she isn't perfumed but she doesn't stop flowering all through Spring and Summer and she's beautiful. 
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 17, 2009 5:47 AM Post #7281544
| Welcome Seachanger!
Your water lily is lovely! Perfume and long display to add. I am wishing for a water garden to grow 'Barbara Dobbins'! Alas, space here in our garden does not allow for that luxury, so I must be content with you pix here!
The Brug you are growing is probably what most "Brug Folks" here in Oz refer to as "Old Apricot". This plant grows in gardens from the Cape (FNQ) down to the Bay VIC) to differing degrees of success. Please post a pix when you can of the bloom. It would be good to see what you have growing there. The delight here is that you have a Brug growing!:)
No doubt you will be able to show us more treasures from your new garden. Your experience will be well valued here!
Here we are at worst in Sydney... :(
The pix here from SMH.
Our "Red Wednesday"... ... ...
A gardeners delight...
No way!
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 17, 2009 6:20 AM Post #7281584
| Hi seachanger ...loooove lotus!
Hmmm if the scent is heavy it may be a versicolor ...I don't find my Old Sydney Apricot as fragrant as most others though very nice and of course the more bloom the more fragrance.
There are Brugmansias that one bloom opens and you know it's there from across the garden or through your window.
I hope you are looking at our Brugmansia threads.
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g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 17, 2009 8:12 AM Post #7281699
| greatest crop of arabs eyes in 5 years 
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 17, 2009 1:28 PM Post #7282035
| Oh, I love those pictures. The Brugs are heavenly, I love those Yellow ones,
Actually I love them all.
That waterlily is fabulous too. Thanks for letting me look.
Charleen |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
November 18, 2009 3:41 AM Post #7284979
| Here is a photo of my Brug flower... it was taken on the first day ..it's getting a deeper apricot with each day...I only have the one flower... I hope that it is possible to identify it..
Wayne, my waterlily is growing in a half wine barrel...I bought "Barbara Dobbins" particularly, because it stands about 4ins/10cms above the water...
Yes Chrissie I have been reading them with interest.
I bought another Philadelphus "virginalis".this morning...love the perfume. I also have the smaller variety with the french name...that I never remember.
Thanks for the comment Charleen...will look for your Solomon's Seal...
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 18, 2009 3:47 AM Post #7284994
| Don't know for sure ...probably Old Sydney Apricot or Apricot versicolor, a bit hard to tell from that picture.
Flowering today Brugmansia Crinoline noid and a poppy friend.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 18, 2009 3:51 AM Post #7285001
| The last bloom on the Brugmansia "Dreamtime " flush ...it is a bit battered after everything but still holding up it's tendrils. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 18, 2009 3:53 AM Post #7285011
| Brugmansia Buck's Fizz opens. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
November 18, 2009 4:08 AM Post #7285069
| Nothing bothers the Iceberg roses. I have this white, the burgundy and the pink. All totally unconcerned about the heat . I may have to get more and spread around the place. I have 2 climbing white Icebergs also. More of a scrambler actually, not a rampant rose at all. It barely gets to around 10 feet, but very nice on a fence or pillar. 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 18, 2009 7:43 AM Post #7285543
| Nice pics all, Anthony, I haven't seen those 'Arabs eyes' before. I will have to look then up to see what size, climate e.t.c
Uh-Oh, Seachanger, another brug fan! You guys are outnumbering us broms fans! Glad to see a new face in the forums. I lurve the water lily! It would look nice in my pond!
Jean, glad to see some of your roses are coping with your recent hot weather.
Theres a bit flowering around here at the mo, but all I've got to put on is my Oncidium 'Sharry Baby". I bought it last year at the markets, and devided it straight away, and it rewarded me. 1 spike is flowering and another yet to open.
Sue
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g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 18, 2009 8:13 AM Post #7285558
| seachanger,do you have any liliums...sue ive had those arabs eyes 5 maybe 6 years...never had a show like this[5 months of rain may have something to do with it]...i'll throw in some of last years liliums 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 18, 2009 8:21 AM Post #7285562
| They're beautiful Anthony, i can appreciate nice Lilys. As for cats, around here they leavs bite marks on your ankles! |
g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 18, 2009 8:41 AM Post #7285566
| did you check out my 'dudes' on the pet gallery? |
ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 18, 2009 2:31 PM Post #7285974
| Sue, that "Sharry Baby" is absolutely beautiful.
Anthony, those lilies are beautiful.
Got a question, when spring gets here , last year I had my Brom in the shade. Do you think they could be put out in the sun?
I don't want them damaged but I wanted to plan (new at planning too) on putting it by my Bog garden that I have just made.
It will be in the sun and I sure don't want it burned.
Charleen |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
November 18, 2009 6:47 PM Post #7286799
| Hydrangea quercifolia, the Oak Leaf Hydrangea.
That is Brugmansia 'Ecuador Pink', peeping out.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 18, 2009 9:46 PM Post #7287330
| Awe love everything here ...that oakleaf hydrangea is a beautiful thing wayne ...the lillies are stunning g whizz,Sharry Baby ...Stunning ...I can hear Frankie sing "Sherry Baby" to that one ...
Icebug roses are real troupers for sure jean.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 19, 2009 12:19 AM Post #7287849
| Chrissy, here's a seedling of what I think is a Peltophorum (I sent you seeds of these), sown about 8 months ago. Definitely not Delonix (poinciana) or Cassia (seeds were different); Robinia was a close match, but the bronze tip of the new growth is I'm pretty sure indicative of a Peltophorum. Very pretty but seems to be frost sensitive when young, as I lost a 1.5m potted sapling during its first frost. 
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hel
Alstonville
Australia
November 19, 2009 12:25 AM Post #7287877
| Hi Guy's, this thread is getting awful long.
Robin Gordon Gravillea
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 19, 2009 3:58 AM Post #7288520
| I will pop a photo in early tomorrow when I can go outside.
Mine are only smallish because we have had an extended coolish spring ...making up for it right now ...whew! |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 19, 2009 5:59 AM Post #7288841
| Hel, are you suggesting Jean moves the tea room?
Anthony, I think you do a bit more exploring around DG than I! I tend to read my favourite forums then rush off to do something else. If you post a link, we can all go and look. Do you know how to? I can Dmail you with the steps if you like.,
Charleen, it depends on the type of broms you have, as to wether they can handle some sun. The best advice I can give you, is to move them out of shade VERY gradually, (couple of inches each time) and let them adjust for a couple of days. If there is any sign of burning (bleaching of the leaves) you've gone too far. Most broms can take morning sun till 10-11am in winter, and depending on how hot your summers are, they might be able to take that much too.
Yes Chrissy, hot, muggy, sweaty, and I'm covered in grass and dust from mowing. Just having a break before the next round.
Hi Cestrum, you must have a veritable jungle with all the plants you have?
Wayne, what a beautiful Hydrangea. I haven't seen that one before, although the name seems familiar. How does it go, climate wise?
Sue |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 19, 2009 6:12 AM Post #7288862
| no she means this thread it's very long for dial up gardeners almost 200 ...that lovely oakleaf H requires a bit of cool I think the leaves colour in Winter if it's the one I had many moons ago in a cottage garden. A very beautiful plant ...hard to find these days. |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
November 19, 2009 6:29 AM Post #7288889
| Thanks g-whizz ...you have given me an idea for my lilliums...they haven't flowered yet...but my pup ate the flowers last summer and was sick...I have been trying to think of a way to keep them on show whilst protecting her.
This little lavender is a seedling that was growing amongst stones...it's like an English lavender...very perfumed ...obviously it knew where to come as I don't have one yet...so I transplanted it in early Spring. 
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g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 19, 2009 8:04 AM Post #7288984
| sue------ no i dont have a clue ...seachanger glad to help,glad to find another lily grower...glad a lot of you fired into the pet gallery,it really picked up my day...and arent there some cuties in there? |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 19, 2009 8:45 AM Post #7288994
| I am envious of that lavender...
love them to bits & had a nice frenchie but it was very old & finally split at the base & is gone - it gave me interesting seedlings one year, one was white & another green but none survived past a year old.
I have some cuttings but looks like they are not going to take... shame.
Would love some english lavenders, adore the scent.
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ridesredmule
Barnesville (Charle, GA (Zone 8b)
November 19, 2009 2:10 PM Post #7289347
| that is a beautiful lavendar, Gorgeeous picture.
The rocks will keep it cool and happy.
Love the picture.
Charleen |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2009 3:27 PM Post #7289546
| Seachanger, try dusting spicy red capsicum powder around your lillies. Won't hurt your pup, but will make her think a bit about eating them.
Beautiful gardens all, and such a pleasure to see them as our gardens are going to sleep for another winter. |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 19, 2009 7:37 PM Post #7290275
| one of my regular customers brought in a posy for me...
she didn't know the name of the shrub the flowers are from, the leaves look a little like daphne.
I took the photo on the terrace with my silver thyme in the background.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
November 19, 2009 7:38 PM Post #7290278
| close up of the mystery flower 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
November 19, 2009 8:20 PM Post #7290384
| I think that it's a Kalmia latifolia...our US correspondents will know for sure..I tried growing one once but it was too warm for it. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2009 8:40 PM Post #7290441
| I think you nailed it Seachanger...the small dots on the petals are a pretty good tell. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 20, 2009 12:30 AM Post #7291119
| That is a beautiful plant ...needs cooler temps than most of us could offer ...we have a new thread because this is too long for dial up gardeners ...so
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1057009/
please join us |
g_whizz
rosetta TASMANIA
Australia
November 20, 2009 4:14 AM Post #7291821
| for a moment there,i thought we were talking cardiocrinum...took a look about[thanks howlmoon]didnt realise hippies had similar species names to liliums...i can walk away a smarter person now...ive planted ccrinum gigantium from scotland,but have been advised i may not succeed in fruition[theres 120 seeds planted]...wayne carter and howlmoon...this message was supposed to appear in the new thread...somehow it came back here
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
November 20, 2009 4:30 AM Post #7291864
| \Posts have a way of jumping around now and then...grin Glad you found the info useful, g_whizz |
