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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:27 PM Post #8237949
| First day of summer, first pic in the forum: my radermachera, the flower with the unusual fragrance. (Sorry, I can't describe it. Not fantastic or anything to knock your socks off, just ... odd somehow.) 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:33 PM Post #8237958
| That's lovely cestrum...is that *china doll*? |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:49 PM Post #8237974
| Wow that china doll is different ...the blooms on my "telegraph poles with leaves" are pure white.
My triffid house plant escapees are much like the ones in this Picture
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/53405/
If that one is a hybrid ... better be careful the seedlings don't revert.
Well you have me stumped on the seed pod and seeds in the previous thread except to say they look itchy ...or are the downy bits soft?
come on what are they?
We are under inches of water here ...can't walk around outside at all.
Still cold ...wet and showering. |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:50 PM Post #8237975
| No, this was labelled as R. yunnanensis 'Fragrant Empress'. My other one, which seems identical to this one, was just labelled Radermachera 'Summerscent'. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:52 PM Post #8237979
| China Doll is Radermachera sinica, a different species. I think I have seedlings of it, self-sown from a neighbour's tree. Hasn't flowered yet--do you think that's what this seedling is?
Funny thing is that this seedling reminds me of an indoor plant I used to have in Melb that was called a Ming aralia ...
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 2:55 PM Post #8237981
| As for that seedpod, Chrissy, does this seem familiar? 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:00 PM Post #8237986
| Mine look like this one
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=3770340
Yours is very pretty. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:02 PM Post #8237987
| Did I mention itchy?  ...Lovely!
Edited to say the leaves on those seedlings look just like the hundreds I pull out.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:09 PM Post #8237997
| I reckon it's the same thing ...maybe change of names or something.
http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/flower-pictures/pl01901/chi... |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:10 PM Post #8238000
| The leaves look a little different from mine, don't they?
I remember seeing some sort of white flowers at the top of the neighbour's tree, but they were too high up to see clearly. Perhaps the different leaves are a natural variation as occures in the candlenut? Or perhaps my seedlings came from seeds from another plant altogether. Although they germinated right by the boundary fence, within a couple of metres of what looked like the neighbour's China Doll tree ...
I've confused the issue by mentioning the Ming Aralia. The MA has more crinkly leaves and is another plant (although it may well be related). This is not a Ming Aralia. If it is a China Doll, then a pot would be the safest spot for it. On a concrete surface!
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:15 PM Post #8238009
| Apologies, but I just have to post another pic of the Michelia alba.
Scent isn't what it was cracked up to be, but it's still pretty ...
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 3:17 PM Post #8238015
| And the Michelia champaca in comparison.
OK, that's it from me!
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 30, 2010 4:28 PM Post #8238110
| Cestrum, I can just about smell your beautiful flowers. Here's my Christmas Lilium just coming out. Colleen 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 30, 2010 4:30 PM Post #8238117
| I'll put my orange lilium in here too. Colleen 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:17 PM Post #8238317
| cestrum you need to put that pic in the Plant files.
Edited to put this link in
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/73500/
scroll down for comments.
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:18 PM Post #8238319
| That seedling looks just like the indoor ( supposedly ) China doll that I planted in my mother's garden, cestrum...It is now about 10ft tall and has profuse white flowers all over the top...Some people can detect a perfume, not me.
I wish that I could smell that M. Champaca...
Lovely Liliums Colleen...haven't they done well this year.
Here is a little plant that I am fond of...colours beautifully in full sun.
Actinidia...dies back each year, related to the Kiwi fruit.
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:23 PM Post #8238324
| Dianne,your plant looks a lot like a Houttuynia http://www.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=houttuynia&um=1&ie=U...
Regardless,it is very pretty. :0)
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:32 PM Post #8238342
| Tiny geranium I didn't realize I had until it bloomed. 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:33 PM Post #8238347
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:34 PM Post #8238350
| yes that does look like the houttuynia ...if it smells like lemony sardines when you crush it it is. Loved mine but it stank.
I if it feels like felt then it is a Kiwi vine but they usually only have pinky tips if they are ornamental. |
brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 7:35 PM Post #8238352
| Mrs Roeding. 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:21 PM Post #8238416
| Look what I nearly have out. Colleen 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:32 PM Post #8238429
| Oh Colleen,a Solandra ..lucky you! Mya gave me a variegated one just like yours and it is really starting to get a go on now...I potted it into a larger pot. No sign of flowers on mine though. |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:38 PM Post #8238432
| Oh, wow--that's fabulous, Colleen. And the variegated one, too. You must sniff it when it opens and confirm that it does indeed smell like coconuts. My green one is presumably still there beneath the foliage under the old clothesline but seems to be literally lying low there, ie growing along the ground! Perhaps you could say a few words about its growing conditions?
I recognise those rose-like geraniums, Judy LOL And your double yellow oleander is as lovely as ever. (Still waiting for mine to flower, but I know it will. Not to mention the seedlings--great anticipation there ...)
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:46 PM Post #8238433
| Beautiful pics everyone!
Too wet out there for me ...inches of water in the driveway.
Looking at the Broms because they live undercover on my verandah
You can't see all the tiny internal blooms but they are plentiful in 5 of them.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:49 PM Post #8238435
| They are bright and cheerful on such a bleak wet day and best of all they are dry.
Judy the ollies will be very special I am sure ...lots to look forward to. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
November 30, 2010 8:51 PM Post #8238438
| Forgot the pic 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 30, 2010 9:13 PM Post #8238459
| Cestrum. My younger brother who lives near Mackay, thought that he had found a varigated brug so we asked him to send some cuttings down to us thinking that it was Maya. Well he sent 2 dozen cuttings down and Brian and I took 12 each. Not one of mine struck but Brian got 2 of his dozen to take and he ended up with one and he gave me one. Mine has been in the SH all the time with the broms. It's not very tall about 18" but looks healthy enough. Hopefully the flower will be out in the next couple of days and I can see whether it smells like coconut for you, Cestrum. We've had a lovely thunder storm go through here this afternoon and it looks as though it's coming back now. The thunder has started and it's black as the ace of spades out there. Colleen |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
November 30, 2010 9:22 PM Post #8238467
| A solandra mistaken for a brug? That's funny! But wonderful for you :-)
So it likes your shadehouse--you might have to set up a banana lounge there, cocktail in hand, breathing in the coconut fragrance LOL |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
November 30, 2010 9:37 PM Post #8238480
| Rick doesn't know anything about brugs so when I was talking to him about these huge flowers on the brugs he just thought they were the same thing. He said it was a tree, with these huge bell shaped flowers. Just wrong shaped bells. lol. It's very humid here at the moment and the thunder storm is getting closer by the minute, so I had better close down for a while. Be back later. Colleen |
Marleneann
Sunshine Coast
Australia
November 30, 2010 9:40 PM Post #8238481
| I can't go out to get photos...it's raining cats and dogs here on the Sunshine Coast!!!!! |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 1, 2010 12:08 AM Post #8238546
| Judy, you are right with the name you gave my plant,
All these years I have thought that it was the plant shown below..
I have grown Kiwi vines and it's nothing like that texture of leaf.
I am so pleased that I posted it...so instead of not being able to remember Actinidia, which I never can, when asked what it is.
I will have Buckley's hope of remembering Houttuynia...hootoo will have to do..lol
Thanks Judy for the correct name and thanks Chrissy for confirming it.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 1, 2010 12:51 AM Post #8238553
| reading the garden special section of the weekend paper saw an advert for Brugmansia...
Old Gold & Ecuador Pink are the only two available.
Cost - $49.99.
I won't be investing in one but who knows if they are available here now then perhaps sometime in the future I will have a place for one...
or two...
definitely no more than that.
Meanwhile I will always have room for more roses, this was taken this morning with my new camera, I need to change the date setting, must have done something wrong when I first set it.
It was steady drizzle when I took Copper for his morning walk, I noticed how pretty this rose looked as we came back in.
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:15 AM Post #8238559
| Dalfyre that pic is beautiful. You're really taking some lovely pics with your new camera. Colleen |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 1, 2010 1:23 AM Post #8238563
| my opium poppies are starting to flower 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 1, 2010 1:26 AM Post #8238564
| this one is fully open.
I call them my giant mutant poppies :)
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 1, 2010 12:42 PM Post #8239485
| Lovely pics Teresa.
Here is a link to a NZ nursery that has very pretty Brugs for $20...their Angelique is lovely...
http://www.subtropical.co.nz/writingDatura.html
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:05 PM Post #8239515
| Not my garden but lovely flowers from a cacti garden in Mt Gambier run by the local cacti society. I promised our late friend Brian that I would try to photograph them when they flowered. I missed quite a few which have finished and a few are still budding but heres a selection of very pretty cacti flowers.
Colleen, I hope Brian is looking in to see them
Jean. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:06 PM Post #8239517
| Another 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:07 PM Post #8239519
| such small flowers on a large plant. very cute. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:08 PM Post #8239521
| last one. I wish I had caught the others out as the remnants looked like there had been a real flower party going on. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 1, 2010 1:09 PM Post #8239523
| Forgot one . 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 2, 2010 2:16 AM Post #8240380
| I'm here, and I do smell like coconut. Not real strong, but maybe in the morning. Colleen 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 2, 2010 2:29 AM Post #8240386
| my sister could grow angels... she is in the far north not far from where this nursery is located.
They seldom have frost, in fact it is referred to as the winterless north...
but it can get cold & once in a blue moon old jack will head up there for a change of scenery.
However I think from reading the posts about brugs coming back after frost that it probably wouldn't kill them... the ground would never freeze.
it is nice to know that they are here & being bred in NZ too perhaps they will breed some tough ones that can live in sheltered southern gardens.
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 2, 2010 3:59 AM Post #8240418
| So beautiful Colleen,my variegated one died,due to being left in a pot that had blocked drainage and far too much rain... however my other non variegated one is alive and kicking.
The non variegated Solandra appears to be a stronger yellow and mine has a strong smell of coconut...delicious
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 2, 2010 11:04 AM Post #8240878
| Mum gave me a fuschia cutting that is slowly making progress... 
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DawnSong
Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 12:18 PM Post #8240965
| Good morning everyone. Lovely to see those cactus flowers. Nothing new flowering here at the moment. It is actually a very poor flowering season here this year. Been too wet, I suppose. Speacking of which, it looks wet again outside. Think I'll hibernate for the day. Maybe go to the shops later. A bit busy out there this time of year.
Have a lovely day
Karen
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 2, 2010 1:22 PM Post #8241046
| Cute frog.
Here is another Arisaema...this one is Candidissimum.
Love the pale pink...it's another from the Tassie grower.
Colleen, you will love that Solandra, mine was the non variegated one and when it flowered it reminded me of the coconut suntan oil.
I have decided that I must have a Bat plant...a Tacca, black or white, I don't care...it is going to be my Christmas present from whomever I can get to pay for it...lol...only seeds on Ebay. So I will be looking for it in nurseries.
Dianne
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 2, 2010 1:40 PM Post #8241063
| Touch of Class...a lovely rose.
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 2, 2010 3:51 PM Post #8241266
| A great year for the Callistemons. Mine are all flowering well this year instead of a few flowers at a time. The Acanthus always look lovely.
One good thing about the flowers in the pot,l , I never have to water them.
Jean
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 2, 2010 3:52 PM Post #8241268
| Always a great show. Lovely Lavatera. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 2, 2010 3:53 PM Post #8241271
| More nasturtiums running wild. I love the way they sneak around and pop up in the middle of things. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 2, 2010 3:56 PM Post #8241273
| Some of the roses. Not looking as good this morning after the rain though.
Jean. 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 5:12 PM Post #8241361
| Had to pull the grass away but here they are Dianne and everyone ...seedlings I grew out from the "unforgettable" range ...they just pop up all over now anywhere from palest lavender to deep rose.
sorry for quality as I am having a shocker with this annoying picture program.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:34 PM Post #8241443
| Lovely colour there, Chrissy. Seedlings that don't come true are always exciting--never know what you'll get until they flower for the first time.
Here's my apricot hibiscus cutting. It's setting a flower even though I'm not sure it has formed any roots and might yet die.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:35 PM Post #8241447
| In the neighbourhood, a blue morning glory. I believe this is a cosseted greenhouse plant in northern Europe, and it is indeed pretty. But here it would cover a skyscraper, given the chance ...
Edited to say that Judy has identified it as a Thunbergia grandiflora.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:37 PM Post #8241452
| Another weed growing behind the shops. One of these germinated in my garden. It flowered before I could identify it. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:38 PM Post #8241456
| Once it was identified as a balloon milkweed or Asclepias physocarpa, I pulled it out before these seedheads could burst open and broadcast the seed across my entire garden. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:39 PM Post #8241457
| One of the kurrajongs. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:40 PM Post #8241458
| The flowers are very pretty. I believe these grow across pretty much most of the country. There were seedpods too :-) 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 6:41 PM Post #8241460
| Finally, a Hymenocallis littoralis. I sniffed it. While it is scented, it wasn't enough to entice me to buy it ... 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 2, 2010 7:30 PM Post #8241537
| cestrum_SEQ wrote:In the neighbourhood, a blue morning glory. I believe this is a cosseted greenhouse plant in northern Europe, and it is indeed pretty. But here it would cover a skyscraper, given the chance ...
Cestrum,that ain't no morning glory...it's Thunbergia grandiflora...I have it here and it is very beautiful but is a rampant pest up north that will smother anything in it's path. It is easy enough for me to control in my garden but then I don't - usually - have the rainfall and humidity like on the coast.
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 7:33 PM Post #8241540
| I can't detect much in the way of fragrance with then either.
What lovely pictures.
aren't we lucky to be able to grow such diverse varieties and sometimes all in the same garden.
cestrum even your weeds are pretty ...I guess one man's weeds are another man's treasure.
Here is the yellow "perfume " tree ...I swear it's grown a foot in a week.
surprising when you consider all the rain and cooler temps.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 7:54 PM Post #8241557
| Chrissy, that must be your Cananga odorata, aka ylang ylang? The one you grew from cuttings? I still suspect that yours will flower before mine do!
Judy, thanks for identifying the vine for me. I assumed it's a weed, given the way it's growing ... BTW, I was just checking rainfall data and found that the average here is just under 900mm per year--that's a decent but not huge amount. I'm not along the coast either ...
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 2, 2010 8:25 PM Post #8241586
| Cestrum you made me laugh. 900mm!!!! we're lucky if we get 250mm, that's about 10" in the old scale. Our yearly rainfall is between 3" and 9". What a difference. I can't believe that I'm growing and flowering some of the same plants. Colleen |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 8:57 PM Post #8241619
| We have had 741.6 mm in the last 114 days.
As we are on clay it was not the rain but the rain combined with much cooler temps that worry me a bit because of the tropicals.
The sun is trying to get out but we are still to get a lot more rain according to the weather people.
We do need sun to ripen fruit and veg and to get some blooms to bloom.
The weeds are blooming their heads off of course. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 9:01 PM Post #8241623
| Psst cestrum I keep getting the name of these trees wrong ...best go back to the T room and correct it. *blush*.
I like the Perfume Tree best because I can remember that |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 9:18 PM Post #8241639
| I thought 'ylang ylang' was the most common name used in Australia for Cananga? To me, 'perfume tree' is Fragrea berteriana! Probably because that's one of the many species of seed I've bought from overseas that never germinated LOL
Colleen, that's a huge difference in annual rainfall ... but we're comparing apples and oranges. Yours is an arid zone, right? Mine is supposed to be subtropical. So I compare mine with the nearest coastal subtropical zones, where the annual rainfall can be about twice as much as it is here.
Mind you, I wasn't complaining, In many ways, this amount of rainfall is more pleasant to live with than near-constant rain. And it's definitely not cold here! But the threat of frost during the cold winter nights is the real problem here ...
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 9:40 PM Post #8241656
| Oh dear now I have a headache!
More confusion ...it is the Joy Perfume tree ...
http://mgonline.com/media/Images/m/micheliachampaca03.jpg
This one
http://mgonline.com/media/Images/m/micheliachampaca03.jpg
I am off to bag my head ...
too tired, only getting about 4 hrs sleep at the moment and I should not play with the puter ...but I am housebound and need something to play with in between other stuff.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 9:53 PM Post #8241660
| Ah, the Joy Perfume tree--I probably would have recognised that name. To me it's simply the Champaca! (Michelia champaca)
Mind you, I've no idea what Joy perfume actually smells like. The flowers on my tree have a light floral almost watermelon-like fragrance that wafts beautifully when there's enough of them on the tree/s ...
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 2, 2010 10:05 PM Post #8241669
| I've just flicked thru a copy of the current (issue 21) volume of Subtropical Gardening, and there on page 16 in a feature on plants for butterflies is a picture of my balloon milkweed, listed as Gomphocarpus sp. I still wouldn't grow it! I remember how hard it was to dig the plant out--that taproot had dug itself deep into the ground and was determined not to let go! (But I was more determined to get it out LOL)
And they've been caught out by the change in regulations regarding hedychiums in Qld. Because on page 65 is a photo of the lovely white H. coronarium with the caption that 'it can be propagated now by dividing clumps'! |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 2, 2010 10:19 PM Post #8241677
| Surely not the white one ...noooooo! |
MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 3, 2010 2:12 AM Post #8241747
| Quoting:I've just flicked thru a copy of the current (issue 21) volume of Subtropical Gardening,
I love that magazine,have just started buying it so will get the back issues when they come out on DVD,I hope.
Here's a link
http://www.stgmagazine.com.au/back_issues.htm
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 3, 2010 2:24 PM Post #8242650
| I've noticed that I have been getting plant names mixed up of late, but after reading the last few posts, I don't feel that I am on my own...lol
Chrissy., I haven't heard that saying, "Bag your head'' for years...every now and then an old saying pops up...I love them all.
Pale pink is beautiful if you can keep the sun off it...that looks like a good spot.
cestrum, your plant is related to the Black eyed Susan, that you may remember from Melbourne gardens...Thunbergia alata...a pretty little orange flowered vine..not at all rampant here.
We have had 60mm since the 1st of Dec...that's a lot for us, so I am expecting a lot of fungal diseases with this humidity.
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 3, 2010 9:50 PM Post #8243199
| Dianne beautiful garden. Cestrum here's a pic of the golden chalice with his colours on. Colleen 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 3, 2010 10:17 PM Post #8243248
| Open at last! Pretty, yes. Smell? Coconut, obviously. But faint, medium or weak? Does it waft? Tell all!
Here's my so-called yellow frangipani. Looks little different from the common yellow-white frangipani that grows in Melbourne but, unike the common one, this one has virtually no scent!
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 3, 2010 10:38 PM Post #8243281
| Cestrum. It definitely had a coconut smell, but only if you put your nose in the flower. No sorry it didn't waft, not like the brugs do. I would say that the perfume was medium smell but only if you put your nose in there. Colleen |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 3, 2010 10:49 PM Post #8243294
| It might strengthen over time, or perhaps in warmer weather.
Still, a triumph to get it to flower :-) |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 3, 2010 10:56 PM Post #8243297
| Cestrum it is really hot and humid here at the moment. About 38C on my front verandah. Jean please come and get this weather. I dislike it intensely. Colleen |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 3, 2010 11:16 PM Post #8243308
| Oh, wow ... it's quite fresh here. Not sock territory, but I did put on some sandals indoors :-)
Still, give the flower a chance to mature a little. Maybe the whole plant; I've found many plants seem to have a stronger fragrance once they become established. (Or maybe it's just because they have more flowers then LOL) |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 4, 2010 8:39 PM Post #8244653
| My one and only Gladioli. Colleen 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 4, 2010 8:43 PM Post #8244662
| I love that colour!
would look good with my one & only - a nice orange one.
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 4, 2010 8:55 PM Post #8244689
| It certainly would Dalfyre |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 5, 2010 11:57 AM Post #8245421
| That's a gorgeous colour, Colleen...I would love to grow them, but they annoy me when they flop.
These are my only orchids now and it is their second year...I was so pleased when they flowered again.
No trouble these ones...
Sorry Colleen...I knew it was you...lol...Charleen probably doesn't grow gladdies.
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DawnSong
Brisbane
Australia
December 5, 2010 12:36 PM Post #8245476
| Colleen, I've never seen a gladioli that colour. It is beautiful.
Karen |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 5, 2010 9:36 PM Post #8246251
| The Mandavilla in flower this season is growing up and putting out a lovely show. Colleen 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 5, 2010 9:38 PM Post #8246253
| some pretty petunias 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 5, 2010 9:40 PM Post #8246255
| duranta Geisha girl. 
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 5, 2010 9:43 PM Post #8246258
| Not xactly a flower Cestrum but go figure...rooted in water 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 5, 2010 9:49 PM Post #8246267
| Colleen,that mandevilla is gorgeous...can you grow it in the open there or do you have to protect it over winter?
Well done Mya...what can't you get to grow!! :0)
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 5, 2010 9:51 PM Post #8246270
| Ah, Mya, I've just read your post above: well done!
Does this mean you intend to have a plantation of them? Or is this just a backup for the rooted cutting? |
MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 5, 2010 10:00 PM Post #8246275
| Gosh Cestrum they are relating this Budd M as a weed in Maui,so I'll have to be responsible and just grow it in a big planter otherwise the EPA will have a tantrum...as they do
http://www.hear.org/Pier/pdf/pohreports/buddleia_madagascari... |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 5, 2010 10:09 PM Post #8246283
| I know it's supposed to be a strong grower in the sub/tropics. And I have heard that it is spread by seeds/berries overseas--but they're reputedly sterile in Australia and there's no record of them being spread this way here. Plus, they're not on the list at http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_10168.htm
So my advice is (1) Don't grow it along your boundary fence; and (2) Don't dump any pieces of it--as if you would dump garden rubbish anyway! But a big planter sounds OK too. Remember that it isn't fragrant LOL |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 1:48 AM Post #8246321
| Judy it grows in the open over an arch just inside my back gate. It gets all the cold south wind and all the burning west sun but it does great. I also have a red one planted on the same arch but it is not as vigorous as the pink. The white one is on another arch over the path around the north side of the pine tree. They are all in large pots. I don't do anything to protect them in the winter time. Colleen |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 6, 2010 12:11 PM Post #8247128
| Colleen. is your Duranta a standard?...either way, it's very pretty.
Beautiful Frangipanni, Judy.
This is the Ian Thorpe rose...never seen such a prickly rose in a hybrid...
The colour is more on the brown side than the pic shows.
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 12:29 PM Post #8247162
| He's very pretty Dianne. No the Duranta isn't a standard. It's in a huge pot and is about 6' high. It looks lovely when fully in flower. Colleen |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 4:48 PM Post #8247533
| How would you like one of these in your back yard? You'd have to move out because of the smell. Colleen 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 4:50 PM Post #8247537
| or this one. This can grow to 3' across and the well in the middle can hold 6 litres of water. Colleen 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 5:47 PM Post #8247627
| Has anyone got some pieces of Tree Daliah that I would be able to have please? I know there is a mauve single and a double white. Are there any other ones? Colleen |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 6, 2010 8:16 PM Post #8247870
| Colleen, If you asked me 2 months ago, where my Mum lives there is a beauty...but it has been cut back for summer...It's a mauve single..
If you can't get one, I will get this one for you when it grows back.. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 6, 2010 8:24 PM Post #8247880
| Thanks Dianne. Why do you cut them back for summer? I thought that they flowered all summer and then got frosted in the winter and then you cut them back. I will let you know if anyone else has any. Colleen |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 6, 2010 8:56 PM Post #8247900
| Colleen they bloom late Autumn/early Winter.
After the bloom you cut the harder canes down and these are grown out.
Summer cuttings don't do well.
The cuttings are best laid on their side and they shoot from the bamboo like nodes. |
dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 7, 2010 11:06 PM Post #8249565
| love this colour 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 7, 2010 11:10 PM Post #8249566
| I have this in a variety of shades 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 8, 2010 8:56 PM Post #8251028
| They are great Teresa, mine only came up in the purple this year, they were all colours last year...I have the perennial white one too...It is such a great border plant.
Here is my yellow Vireya...it is supposed to be Teddy's Best...but I don't think that it is.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 9, 2010 12:22 AM Post #8251238
| I have the perennial white too.
I just dead headed it - with hedge clippers :)
I used those on the nemesia as well.
A good hard clipping now & I should have flowers all the way into winter.
The nemesia are exceptional & flower in hard frost - love them!
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 9, 2010 8:51 PM Post #8252683
| Not a flower maybe...but just as beautiful as any exotic bloom. :0) 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 9, 2010 8:52 PM Post #8252686
| Exotic bloom :0) 
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 9, 2010 8:55 PM Post #8252687
| These are the size of large bread & butter plates. 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 9, 2010 11:27 PM Post #8252749
| That Hibiscus is gorgeous, Judy..
I wish we could convince Alan to show us some of his.
and your Oleander flower is beautiful enough to be exotic :-)
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brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 10, 2010 12:13 AM Post #8252762
| Wish I could grow beautiful Vireyas like you Dianne. I have only just found this Alpinia zerumbet variegata out in bloom. 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 10, 2010 12:58 AM Post #8252772
| Oh wow Judy. It's such fun isn't it? Colleen |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 10, 2010 1:06 AM Post #8252776
| I cut the Alpinia zerumbet variegata off (the whole stem) just as the buds are breaking and a few leaves- then use them as an indoor decoration ...they last weeks that way and look beautiful.
Beautiful pics everyone. |
brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 10, 2010 2:20 AM Post #8252785
| Colleen your cuttings are doing well ...no roots yet but shouldn't be too long.
Chrissy that's a good idea,will have to give it a try sometime. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 10, 2010 3:21 AM Post #8252825
| Judy, I'm glad to hear that. When The oleander cuttings come this way they just shrivel and die. I saw a yellow one in the nursery the other day here and I was very tempted but it's too close to Christmas. Colleen |
brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 10, 2010 3:51 AM Post #8252845
| Colleen,I will send you some rooted cuttings of the double & single yellow.They will grow! |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 10, 2010 4:25 AM Post #8252861
| Thanks Judy. That will be great. Colleen |
WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
December 10, 2010 11:05 AM Post #8253393
| Lovely blooms everyone!
We have been flat out with work and the garden. The Angophoras are shedding bark by the truck load so it has been non-stop raking and mulching. The bark goes through the shredder at a rate of knots, giving us a wonderful mulching material to cover the chook poo pellets.
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
December 10, 2010 11:13 AM Post #8253404
| The last of the poppies. Thank you Jean. 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 10, 2010 12:35 PM Post #8253491
| Beautiful flowers everyone. I wish I could get oleanders to grow here Judy. Any cuttings shrivel and even the large orphan I bought a while ago has died. It was 5'high and looking good. Maybe it was all the rain but I have had them die at any time. I still have the original two I mentioned ages ago. They just grow and thats all. Never get any taller and hardly flower.
I have seen some huge ones in the area so it must be me. Another plant that hates me.
I was given the seeds of this gorgeous hollyhock by some one on DG but I am terrible as I cant remember who. It has taken about three years for the plants to get bigger each season . They are now around 4'tall and covered in buds and flowers. I will have to try a few more in different colors.
Glad the poppies did well Wayne. Mine were just about non existent this year. Probably the rain. They like the dry better.
Dianne, I tried vireyas once but they only lasted a year or two then poof, gone. Azaleas go the same way. Even in pots.
I blame the water here as things in potting mix should grow .
Oh well, I can grow lots of other pretty things.
Jean. 
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WayneCarter
NW Sydney NSW
Australia
December 10, 2010 1:42 PM Post #8253583
| Jean, do you want more poppy seed to top up for next year? I have harvested this morning and have loads! :)
Your hollyhock is lovely! We never get good results due to the bugs! :((((
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 10, 2010 2:17 PM Post #8253634
| Jean I think your Holly Hocks were from Shelley in Victoria ...sadly they seem to need a cooler climate than we have here.
A very big thanks to both Jean and Wayne for my poppies which were wonderful this year ...grown in washed river sand.
I have been very blessed with 100% success with the ollie cuttings ...the water thing works a treat just strip off all but the top leaves (I trim them back if they are long) and place into pre boiled and cooled to tepid water ...about an inch.
Sit on a sunny window sill and hey presto roots.
I am finding this treatment very successful for very many cuttings of different sorts of plants.
Ollies need a decent watering when young but can be left to Mother nature once they get up to a foot high.
Judy thankyou I am very delighted to have these beauties powering away ...the coloured sweet potato plants are now re shooting ...so happy I thought they were lost in the frosts.
The queen of herbs has poked it's head up too now (I thought I had lost that too) and I am thinking of Brian.
The Congo Parrots have shot up another foot in all this rain ...I think of Helen ...great delight in having this amazing thing.
Cestrum so many things from you ...the butterfly bushes blooming pink, purple, yellow and white all at once.
Hubby found the seeds you sent last night ...he forgot to give them to me ...thanks so much.I do love that hibiscus!
I look around at the garden full of friends plants ...all the Brugs shared ...all the things everyone has been so generous with and count my blessings.
Thankyou everyone for a wonderful 2010 and all the years before. |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 10, 2010 3:42 PM Post #8253768
| Thank you Wayne. I would love some as without seed this year, I may not see any next year.
Chrissy, My congo parrots are up again here too.
Jean. |
MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 10, 2010 3:51 PM Post #8253785
| Just gorgeous ,gorgeous pics everyone...Judy your Ollie is stunning...great minds think alike Judy, gave my Red Torch flowers the chop this morning... 
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 10, 2010 3:52 PM Post #8253786
| oops ...mean't to do the closeup 
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 10, 2010 5:00 PM Post #8253888
| Wonderful display ...now that's what I mean!
I love doing it with papyrus heads too ... the real ones.
Can't find them any where!
Does anyone want to swap something for some papyrus?
I am looking for this one ...or does anyone have a link to where I can purchase it.
It's this one
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://visiting-egypt...
They last for weeks as an indoor decoration.
I love them but they died off in a hard frost.
I often use greenery rather than blooms as indoor art ...it's very nice in Summer as it seems to bring the outside inside. |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 10, 2010 5:04 PM Post #8253893
| Sorry that link does not work but it's the big fluffy headed one that grows along the river Nile.
I ordered one once and they sent me the wrong one (the one that grows wild here and looks like grass).
Jean I will send some seeds back to you too .(poppies) |
77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 10, 2010 8:51 PM Post #8254131
| Thanks Chrissy. Here is my new hippeastrum just opening. Lovely white with spots. I have another stripey one with a bud, but the others are too small to flower this year. I am also trying some seeds which seem to be doing well.
Jean. 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 10, 2010 9:05 PM Post #8254142
| Oh oh Jean looks like I have to do some more Hippy searching. I haven't got that one. Just lovely. Colleen |
brical1
Inland S.E QLD
Australia
December 10, 2010 10:53 PM Post #8254192
| Rain drenched Frangi. 
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Marleneann
Sunshine Coast
Australia
December 10, 2010 11:44 PM Post #8254208
| This one has a pretty flower.
Bauhinia corymbosa
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 11, 2010 3:30 AM Post #8254256
| Another arrangement,did this late this afternoon 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 11, 2010 9:26 PM Post #8255490
| Dianne, do you recognise this lovely rose ? Its come out to see the sun and looks lovely. I have had a couple of flowers on two of the others. Both pretty pink.
Jean.
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 11, 2010 11:16 PM Post #8255548
| I certainly do, Jean...as you know... it is the Delbard rose "Maurice Utrillo"...so glad that it came out and you posted it today.
We need a little bit of beauty to brighten up this sometimes grey world.
It is a wonderful rose and every flower is different.
It is a credit to you.
Thanks. |
DawnSong
Brisbane
Australia
December 12, 2010 1:11 PM Post #8256302
| I love the beautiful flowers shared in this thread. That rose is glorious.
I have a Mexican Oleander growing, but have learned it is a declared weed. The tree is about 30 years old now and it is almost always in flower.
Does this mean I should destroy it? This tree has a lot of meaning for me, as it is a seedling from a seedling of my fathers original tree. All the others are long gone, but this one remains. It would be difficult for me to destroy it for sentimental reasons.
Karen
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MyaC
Magnetic Island
Australia (Zone 11)
December 12, 2010 2:03 PM Post #8256366
| Hi Karen
We also have this growing all over the Island and is always in flower,they couldn't eradicate it now as it has a real hold on the island.If it were to become a weed in your area it would have by now, especially after 30 years,it would be all over your garden.You could stop it from spreading by getting rid of the seed when you see them,that's basically what I try and do... |
DawnSong
Brisbane
Australia
December 12, 2010 4:12 PM Post #8256600
| Thank you Mya. Good sense. I really would be upset if I had to cut it down.
Karen
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
December 12, 2010 9:55 PM Post #8257063
| Don't you just love some of those tropical weeds and triffids ...many of these things are considered "exotic" rare beauties in cooler climates ... nurtured and adored as they shiver in the heated glasshouses.
What beautiful pictures! |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 15, 2010 8:01 PM Post #8262649
| Dianne, are these the ones you are looking for? Canterbury bells. Colleen 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 15, 2010 8:03 PM Post #8262659
| I love these little Irises, shame they don't last very long. Colleen 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 15, 2010 10:23 PM Post #8262817
| Thanks for posting the Canterbury Bells, Colleen...I love them...unfortunately they are the singles, the doubles have the Saucer as well...it sits right behind the cup/bell and looks just like a cup and saucer...
Love your Iris...
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 21, 2010 12:57 PM Post #8271017
| I went out yesterday and spotted this lovely mass of blue / mauve flowers in a corner. I haven't been over in that area for quite a while as it has been too wet. I have been nursing this little plant for about 4 years. It was an orphan and very pitiful. It has not liked the heat so I have it between a couple of larger plants for shade. I have sometimes forgotten to water it but still it has survived. All our rain must have convinced it to flower. I was delighted to see what it was.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow, Brunfelsia bonodora.
Jean. 
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ctmorris
barmera
Australia
December 21, 2010 3:49 PM Post #8271304
| How do you like this for a bunch of blooms. This is one of my cactus NOID. It only had a few blooms last year all down one side but has certainly excelled this year. Colleen 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
December 21, 2010 4:00 PM Post #8271319
| Beautiful Colleen. If I see a flower on my cacti, I'll faint. Even the large white that used to flower didn't this year. Maybe too wet and cold.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
New Zealand
December 21, 2010 8:25 PM Post #8271759
| orange day lily...
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 21, 2010 10:42 PM Post #8271864
| Colleen that is really spectacular...
Brunsfelsias are lovely things Jean, mine is about 3ft high and gets morning sun...I have one called B.undulata, excellent perfume.
Larger flowers than the B.bonodora, but white.
It's hiding behind the Hydrangea...
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 27, 2010 8:24 PM Post #8279771
| Hello all, hope all those in the far north (Mya?) and west (Judy) have survived the floods. Here it's just been steady rain with a lot of mud and squelching when venturing into the garden. No damage done and the tank is full, so that's good. Look at what I found hanging onto the net over my old vegie patch, trying to escape the wet soil. (I despatched them with a brick, in case you're wondering.)
That's a pretty Brunfelsia ... I keep forgetting where people live. CS is in Victoria, isn't it? Anyway, somewhere cooler than you would normally associate with brunfelsias?
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 27, 2010 8:27 PM Post #8279775
| OK, here's something prettier: my Hedychium Mountain Cream. I had to check my notes to be sure, but this flowered for the first time in March this year. So this is its second flowering this year. The stems are much larger than they were last season too, probably the result of becoming established and getting all the rain together with warmth and not much wind. Not as strongly scented as the flavum but the pefume is definitely in the same family. Lovely. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 27, 2010 8:28 PM Post #8279776
| Finally, a curiosity. This is the seedpod on my Cunjevoi. It began to rot after the heavy rain, disgorging the seeds into the pot beneath. I wonder if they'll germinate? 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 27, 2010 8:51 PM Post #8279827
| Cestrum, almost every time you post, I have to look up the name of the plant and this time is no different.
Cunjevoi...Spoon lily...you northerners are educating us southerners on plants that we don't see here.
Lovely shape isn't it.
Yes, Clifton Springs is on the Bellarine peninsula in Vic.
These little perennial petunias, I bought last year and they have grown again.
This year I bought the blue and white ones...nice little plant.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 27, 2010 8:59 PM Post #8279843
| My fault, Dianne: I normally post the botanical name. Cunjevoi lily = Alocasia brisbensis.
I didn't know most of these plants before I moved here from Melb either, so you're not alone there.
Brunfelsias in Vic--that's pretty good. With the right climate I'm sure a lot of plants considered too tender would grow much further south than people expect. Problem was that in the past you simply couldn't get the plants down south to try. (I was so thrilled when I managed to get hold of some precious Adansonia seeds in Melb years ago!)
Here's a pic of the Cunjevoi when it was in flower a short while ago, smelling of those pink musk stick lollies. 
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Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 27, 2010 9:19 PM Post #8279872
| Cestrum, the site I looked at didn't mention perfume...so it looks beautiful and smells great..
I used to grow the old Elephants Ear...but they took up too much room... |
cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 27, 2010 9:27 PM Post #8279881
| The names are confusing, because some of them have edible tubers. A local friend said the 'Cunjevoi' she knew as a child here was grown solely for its edible tubers, and then only by those who were too poor to buy potatoes! She didn't remember it having any flower at all. |
gardengal
se qld
Australia
December 28, 2010 12:17 PM Post #8280749
| I ventured out in the rain yesterday to get these guys. The Spathiphyllum is 'Sensation' with flowers about a metre tall.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 12:44 PM Post #8280800
| Brilliant combo, and that bat plant reminds me of one of those exotic birds from New Guinea.
Here's my pink Caesalpinia pulcherimma about a fortnight ago, before that heavy storm that brought twilight to the afternoon. It blew half of the shrub down (together with the main about-to-flower pup on my Blue Java banana) and I'll be taking the other half out sometime soon. It's along the back fence where the wind seems to be problematic, because I originally had a row of lemon-scented gum seedlings growing there. They too were all blown over in strong winds, although not at the same time. I have more caesalpinias growing along a side fence and none of them was damaged, so they will stay.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 12:46 PM Post #8280806
| Bauhinia tomentosa (unscented). It used to flower much more heavily before it was shaded out by all the surrounding growth. I had to prune off a good hunk of it too after that storm, which left a few branches leaning right over the path. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 12:51 PM Post #8280810
| Here's the Old Apricot brugmansia, growing further along the back fence. I guess the shed must have sheltered it from those strong winds because it sustained no damage and is now in full glorious flower (pic taken yesterday). In fact, I've found all the brugmansias survived the storm undamaged--even the seedling leaning over at a right angle from the weight of the numerous seedpods on it (the bottom of the seedpods are now touching the ground). I was sure the branch would snap and yet it hasn't, amazing. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 12:53 PM Post #8280815
| Frangipani vine (Chonemorpha fragrans). Yes, it has a heavenly frangipani fragrance, just lovely. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 1:09 PM Post #8280832
| This moonflower is not as large as they often get, but still pretty. The light scent is strongest just after the flower opens in the late afternoon, earlier on overcast days, esp. cooler grey days. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 1:11 PM Post #8280840
| Variegated shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeana). Tiny cutting when I bought it and it has only really started to grow in the last few weeks when I moved it to a shaded spot. Unscented but pretty. 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 1:15 PM Post #8280843
| Part of the Cestrum nocturnum hedge, which loves this wet warm weather. I find that the smell is lovely when I'm doing anything but trying to sleep: then it becomes overwhelming, esp. during the warm nights. When it flowered at the same time as the brugmansia suaveolens, the combination was unbearable--the bedroom window was slammed shut at night! 
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 1:18 PM Post #8280847
| Spines on my chorisia seedling :-)
'Sapling' is the better word, I think ...
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 1:19 PM Post #8280851
| A caterpillar on one of the brugs. I assume it's a moth? Funny thing is that the bigger the insect, the more reluctant I am to kill it. Not just because it's messier, but almost as if it would be a shame to kill something that has managed to stay alive so long ... 
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gardengal
se qld
Australia
December 28, 2010 3:16 PM Post #8280996
| A nice variety of plants there Cestrum. Anything that's not going to do long term damage to a plant I tend to leave too, or alternately, relocate. The birds do a pretty good job at controlling their numbers. |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 28, 2010 8:07 PM Post #8281357
| Wow that Bat plant, gardengal...lucky you.
Cestrum, you have a lovely mix in your garden and you always seem to have something in flower...the Bauhinia and the Frangipani vine are beautiful.
Will you relocate your Blue Java banana?...I must look that up.
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cestrum_SEQ
West of Brisbane
Australia
December 28, 2010 8:38 PM Post #8281408
| Too tired to go into the banana saga (frost/bats/rats/triffids) but no relocation. Blue Java isn't the sweetest banana but is the best-flavoured banana I've tried--sort of vanilla. Alas, it must go ... |
Seachanger
Clifton Springs
Australia
December 29, 2010 9:37 PM Post #8283017
| Frost/bats/rats/triffids...say no more ,cestrum.
A Romneya flower...luv 'em.
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