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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 3, 2008
11:08 PM Post #5505771
| Just changing the title really. We came from here [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
First dutch iris, last of a three year old batch! They don't do all that well after the first flowering season, but this one has survived. Now if it can survive the spring rain, we're home and hosed!
Sue
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Kaelkitty
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 3, 2008
11:27 PM Post #5505869
| Oooh, Sue beat me to it!
Check out this link [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 3, 2008
11:44 PM Post #5505923
| Ha ha, I beat you to that too, as I just returned from the voting booth forum! Nice Narcissus KK! Have some Tibouchina! 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 3, 2008
11:45 PM Post #5505925
| And an Aechmea caudata 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 3, 2008
11:45 PM Post #5505926
| And aechmea recurvata. 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 4, 2008
4:16 PM Post #5508400
| Daffodils are just getting better every year - I didn't plant them so they come as a pleasant surprise every spring.
some haven't flowered till now...
and I have been here 8 years!
The camellias are coming out nicely too.
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 4, 2008
6:01 PM Post #5508811
| Lucky you, DH dug up all my daffodils (and cut every bulb in half while doing so) they had never flowered, and apparently don't do well her, but they had history! Never mind, he gave me a $100 limit at a nursery the next week to make up for it! I wish I had another patch of daffodils to send him into! LOL
Some rained on Salvias
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terriculture
london
(United Kingdom)
September 4, 2008
6:31 PM Post #5508905
| Gorgeous Salvia Sue, I haven't seen that colour before. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
6:03 AM Post #5515101
| Hi Terri, its more of an annual, but ha self seeded a bit, which I'm glad of because I wont have to buy more! I'll get out with the camera tomorrow, as there are lots more things flowering now that the rain has stopped! Its great!
Sue |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
7:56 AM Post #5515262
| Those wonderful salvias have flowered all winter for me Sue aren't they lovely? ...such value, they never seem to be without flowers so long as we pinch the dead stuff off.
Hi terriculture how has your summer been for you? those annual salvias are just beautiful aren't they? they seed everywhere too ...just push the mulch aside and sprinkle the little black seeds around (they look just like bits of black pepper) and they pop up where ever they land..they are supposed to be annuals but they never die in sheltered positions. Sorry no pics but it's poured all day, maybe tomorrow, thanks for the pretty Spring show everyone. |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
5:36 PM Post #5517408
| Well I went out to see what I could see and the garden is just soaked and bedraggled ...here is the best I can do for now ...this nice magnolia has enjoyed the wet I think as it has been flowering for weeks ... 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
5:37 PM Post #5517448
| A lovely white (and wet) camelia 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
5:39 PM Post #5517457
| and cold wet Angels with ripening pods 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
5:42 PM Post #5517475
| I bought the last of my orchids in out of the wet and icy winds ...and that's it! nothing else for now ...I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
6:30 PM Post #5517641
| Good morning ladies. Your flowers are all lovely. I went out this morning and found the first rosebud on the bushes. The climbing Iceberg already has buds but the bushes are usually a bit later . The bud is not open yet but the flower is a lovely pink and white . The daffodils have not all fallen over with the rain this year. They seem to be stronger and are certainly staying out a lot longer.
I see your gorgeous orchid , chrissy. Hello Terri and Sue. I hope to have some more salvias blooming as I have planted a lot of new ones this year.
Here are some of my Spring flowers.
Hyacinth --love the scent of these
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
6:32 PM Post #5517653
| I saw this plant in the nursery the other day but forgot to write name down. It certainly grows well here and is a mass of pretty mauve flowers. the white stems really show up in the garden. 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
6:33 PM Post #5517656
| The first of the freesias. 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 6, 2008
6:37 PM Post #5517672
| The reds, valerian and alstromeria. I have the white valerian too. I am trying to get rid of the pink one as it tends to self seed too much. The white and red seem happy to stay around the one area. 
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dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 7, 2008
4:45 AM Post #5519407
| so many lovely flowers...
mine are getting there despite the rain & cold.
At least today was sunny & cold just to be different:)
I love white camellias but they tend to go mushy & brown here.
I did some serious clean up on my white/pink camellia.
Hoping that by cutting off any brown blooms & picking up any from on the ground I can have a decent display.
cheers - Dalfyre
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annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 7, 2008
7:13 AM Post #5519480
| I have waited the longest time to see Salvia Disjuncta flower, this bugger always died before flowering but alas I get to see the first flowers in Spring:) 
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annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 7, 2008
7:14 AM Post #5519482
| Great bulb pics, they would never survive here in the balmy tropics lol. luckily my salvias love it here, here is another salvia star flowering today,
Salvia Rubiginosa.
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annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 7, 2008
7:16 AM Post #5519484
| p.s I saw some hyacinths and daffodils flowering bulbs for sale at the supermarket yesterday and just laughed, there is no way that these would ever survive here.They sure were pretty though:)))))))) |
terriculture
london
(United Kingdom)
September 7, 2008
11:24 AM Post #5520183
| It's lovely to see all your flowers everyone.
Hi Chrissy, glad you are back, our summer was a washout!!!!!! and it's still raining..
Beautiful white Camelia amongst the salvia there.
Hi Jean, Gorgeous Hyacinth and freesias, lovely fragrant plants.The mauve flower look a bit like sage.
Dalfyre, your clean up certainly paid off, the camelia with the pink edge looks beautiful.
annette, your blue salvia is so vibrant.
Thanks all, it's a treat for me today! Have fun on Father's day Sue!! |
dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 7, 2008
5:55 PM Post #5521515
| Annette - those salvias are lovely.
I have never grown them, I can feel the urge to research coming on.
I know they grow in ChCh, just have to figure out what part of my garden would suit them best:)
I am quite lucky as I have most conditions covered, dry shade, moist shade, hot & sunny, well drained...
Something to suit all manner of different plants.
And there are plants here growing in the complete opposite to what they should.
Just don't tell them that!
Posting a pic looking up my driveway yesterday morning...
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annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 7, 2008
6:37 PM Post #5521654
| Ahh lovely, just makes you want to drive in, luckily you have all sorts of conditions as salvias are quite diverse and you can cater to quite a few of their needs.
Always wanted to visit New Zealand, it always looks so green, but alas first port of call is going to be Sweden, my son is living over there and is going to make me a grandmother, yikes, hope it is a girl after having 6 sons that would be great, but alas as long as the baby is healthy doesnt matter what sex she is lol.
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 8, 2008
4:08 AM Post #5523433
| Hi all.
Hi Annette, my friend just gave birth to her 6th daughter. I don't know if they'll try for a son again, or if they'll give up! I'd be scared of the thought of 6 girls going through teenage angst! LOL
This is so great going into Spring and seeing all the flowers.
Dalfyre, your gateway is indeed inviting. Christchurch is the garden city, is it not? I went there once, in february, but only for a day on the way to nelson. we stayed at a caravan park with a hot pool and a bird aviary. It was quite a nice town from what we saw.
Thanks Terri. Fathers day was nice. I managed to be a caring wife till about 4.30pm, by which time I was cranky and DH had to accept that fathers day was over! I made him breakfast, and gave him some sox from my daughter, (we organised it earlier in the week) and a Johnny Cash DVD and block of Tirramisu chocolate from me, cause I knew his kids would probly not bother. I was wrong, as one of them did send him a text message, so he was halfway happy.
I took pics after the rain, but everything was a bit damaged. But NOW, its all booming!
Heres the first Ixia
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 8, 2008
6:08 AM Post #5523507
| Hi all, well spring has certainly sprung and all those photos prove it. I love the blue of salvias, it is so intense. Ihave given the blue one at my gate a hard prune so it should be nice this year. The pic I have here is a dipidax. I only grow it in a pot as I think I would lose it in the garden. But I think it cute. 
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annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 8, 2008
6:21 AM Post #5523522
| I think it is cute as well:) |
dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 8, 2008
4:57 PM Post #5525753
| Awchid - that is a pretty flower...
Weed-Woman ChCh is known as 'the Garden City', I like that Ixia, think I have a different colour.
Slowly learning to id my plants.
Some gardener was a busy soul here years ago.
I actually met a former owner of this house, small world we were on a computer course, she was responsible for some of the lovely plantings here so I was able to thank her for that:)
I am nearly over my nasty cold & hoped to use my day off in the garden.
The weather is grey, drizzly & with a nasty cold wind.
If the wind dies down I may brave it, don't mind a bit of drizzle.
So much weeding to be done & the lawns...
meadow garden perhaps?
cheers - Dalfyre |
khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 8, 2008
7:08 PM Post #5526301
| Hi 77, in response to:
"I saw this plant in the nursery the other day but forgot to write name down. It certainly grows well here and is a mass of pretty mauve flowers. the white stems really show up in the garden."
I'm pretty sure thats Teucrium fruticans.
And Annette - you are the Salvia queen!! I'm working on being the Salvia princess!!!! |
annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 8, 2008
7:12 PM Post #5526320
| Hey KK,
I am only the Queen of Queensland, you can be the Queen in South Australia, Todays salvia flower is the jamensis 'los lirios'.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!
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dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 8, 2008
8:57 PM Post #5526829
| I've been shopping...
2 azalea indica, 3 cyclamen & one multi pack of pansy Delta white.
all from the bargain bin at the Warehouse so they may not survive.
I tried to choose the healthiest looking ones.
Time will tell:)
Now to brave the cold & find them new homes.
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 8, 2008
11:29 PM Post #5527743
| Thanks khopton. I have 2 large plants here and they certainly do well and set off the background. I will write the name down right now.
I am going to be in the running for a Salvia bridesmaid if I keep going. I have planted 6 new ones and now have about 10 different ones. I am not into getting all the names straight . I just like them for their prettiness and hardiness,. they seem to like it here. That pretty one above from annette is one I just put in.
going back out in the sun. Jean. |
annette68
Townsville
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 8, 2008
11:37 PM Post #5527780
| Go Jean:) |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 8, 2008
11:49 PM Post #5527820
| I haven't flower does this count ...a growing Budda's hand ? lol glad to see you all enjoying your springtime ...ain't it great! We have sun at last yippee! 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 9, 2008
4:18 AM Post #5528224
| Dlafyre, your plants look ok~! Only water the cyclamen from the bottom up! You probly already know that. I sit them in a saucer and top the saucer up every 2nd day.
Nice Dipidax Lesley, i have not heard of that one before.
Nice Salvias Khopton and Annette, (bowing to the royals) LOL
Great buddas hand too Chrissy. Are they edible? i think I remember asking you once before, but obviously didn't pay attention!
Last azalea in bloom, and Verbena overtaking the flower garden.
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dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 9, 2008
4:02 PM Post #5530336
| At a mere $2.00 per cyclamen I decided to experiment & plant them in my woodland garden.
I have read that you can do that with potted cyclamens once they start getting 'tired' & not flowering so well.
The ones I bought were outside in the garden section so it won't be too big a shock for them.
The azaleas are in the same area as the azalea I brought with me from my last house, it is doing ok there so hopefully the new ones will like it too.
cheers - Dalfyre
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khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 9, 2008
6:21 PM Post #5530950
| OK, my turn to show off spring flowers:
Ceanothus 'Blue Pacific' - my favorite shrub/small tree!!
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khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 9, 2008
6:22 PM Post #5530958
| Next we have the lovely Anemones:
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khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 9, 2008
6:23 PM Post #5530971
| This is a Euphorbia that we "rescued" from my mother-in-laws childhood home just before the house was demolished. I think it appreciates it's new home!!! A true heirloom plant!!
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khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 9, 2008
6:25 PM Post #5530977
| What a fabulous native groundcover this turned out to be - you should all know what it is...
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khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 9, 2008
6:27 PM Post #5530988
| And last but not least, a little vase I made up with golden diosma, yellow freesias, and lavandula canarensis:
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 9, 2008
7:26 PM Post #5531193
| Beautiful flowers khopton. your garden must be a picture.
I , too like the blue of the ceanothus and have 2 different ones. They are not out yet. I also have the white. Have you seen it ? It grows quite quickly and is very pretty. Jean |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 9, 2008
7:34 PM Post #5531224
| Wonderful k ...
I am going to try and find some pretty pics ...not easy around here at the moment ...I am loving all the wonderful pics everyone. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 10, 2008
7:48 AM Post #5532933
| Ummm, I don't know what the native ground cover is? |
khopton
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 10, 2008
6:31 PM Post #5535538
| Native ground cover - Running Postman (Kennedia prostrata) |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
12:50 AM Post #5537112
| Well not as nice as your pictures ...I can't figure out how to stop the flash going off or how to zoom ...scared I will kill it! (the camera)
So here is my effort ...the pink is a solid colour but white appears because of the flash ...I grew this from seed and guess what happened ...it bloomed with a double flower. The parent was single.
Is that an omen for my angels or what?
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
12:53 AM Post #5537116
| Sorry forgot to say it's my Chinese lanterns ... 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
12:55 AM Post #5537121
| I know it may revert back to singles perhaps but ...it's a thrill anyway ...another one 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
12:58 AM Post #5537127
| happy little fairy bells ...always in bloom ...I love them ...we take them for granted. 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
1:07 AM Post #5537152
| I love them too chrissy. They just hang around looking pretty all the time with no fuss.
her's another pretty. I love wallflowers . 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
1:08 AM Post #5537158
| And the succulent who's name I should know but kk will tell me. Jean 
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Kaelkitty
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 11, 2008
1:36 AM Post #5537201
| Hi Jean,
Was that a hint? ...LOL!
Your plant is Cotyledon orbiculata 'macrantha form' . I did a long post on it and it's relatives in September 2007. The post is in this thread (you will have to hit Page Down about 4 times) : [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] This will make you laugh - I just checked to see if you had been on that thread and you posted to it a day before my post and not since. If it had been the other way around, you would have already known the answer!
Ciao, KK. |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
2:41 AM Post #5537265
| Thank you kk. I have decided that I should know the names of my plants and am going to make a bed for the particular ones I like. |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
2:57 AM Post #5537278
| I should have put succulent plants there. i know most of my "normal" plants. This cotyledon has been growing in this space for around 7 years and is always a beauty. it does not tend to fall over as much as the burgundy rosette thing next to it or the yellow flowered thingy near it . They all look great now after the rain but by the end of summer will be very straggly. They never get watered . I originally just stuck a few bits in to fill up the bare space near the clothes line and they have really filled that space. I will write the name down and gradually get all the others right too. All the smaller succulents are in a small shadehouse and like it there as it gets sun but is away from the cold south side. I will post a few more pics one day and ask you very nicely to ID them for me.
Jean. |
Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 11, 2008
7:45 AM Post #5537543
| Chrissy that chinese lantern is brilliant, you clever girl you. Have you tried a cutting yet. I enquired after the name of the white flower but never mind, now I know. I have a white one but the flower isin't as firm as your one, it is more crinkly where as that one is smooth and firm looking. I have a friend that grows lots of ch/l's and the colours she gets from the x pollination are lovely. I never had any luck with the cuttings though. Could have been the wrong time to take them of course. A good easy care high value plant i think. Perhaps your camera is set on flash Chrissy. Is your camera one of these new fangled ones? if so I know how you feel. Nearly every time I use mine I need to get out the manual. I used to take beautiful photos with my old SLR but this new one has a mind of it's own, but at least I don't have to wait for a result.
Lesley.
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
6:33 PM Post #5540018
| i know how you fell Chrissy and Lesley. With my new camera, I carry the book around. It has so many buttons, one is careful how one holds it in case of pressing a wrong button. I could not figure out the macro lens bit but luckily one of hubbys friends called in the other day, and he is a photographer so showed me what to do.
Of course as soon as he was gone , I forgot half of what he said. Darn old brain. I loved my old Canon 35 mm, but with computers , you need digital. The software that came with this Canon is fantastic. I will never puzzle out half of it, but boy , you can play with pictures.
The Chinese Lanterns are very easy to grow from cuttings. All mine came from a lovely old lady, since deceased, so I remember her when i see them . I have 2 different orange, white, peach, pink, yellow and dark pink plus a red There is also a dwarf yellow and one with a narrow flower of red and yellow..
Jean |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 11, 2008
9:52 PM Post #5540797
| Isn't it wonderful to remember who gave you the plant ...one of my favourite kinds of gardening.
Lesley yes perhaps you take the cuttings at the wrong time ...just shove them in in mild weather into well draining mix ... in a bit of shade.
Every piece takes for me ...water in with seaweed solution. I have just been given lots of old half dead pots of weedy stuff with hidden treasure in them ...young Clivia hybrids ...they said they are cream and yellow ...wow if they are!
Mandevilla ...vines
White Azalias
and some sort of bulb things ???? waiting until they flower.
So I am off to weed repot etc
Where will I put them ...ha ha ha aren't we a hopeless (but happy) bunch.
Enjoy the day everyone! |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 12, 2008
12:58 AM Post #5541572
| For chrissy and lesley and anyone else who likes the little lanterns. These are not so good yet but you can see the colors
Jean 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 12, 2008
12:58 AM Post #5541576
| another 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 12, 2008
12:59 AM Post #5541581
| This one was a present from hubby a few years ago. 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
5:53 AM Post #5541878
| They are going to be lovely Jean. Hi Chrissy, that sounds like an intriguing collection of pots and their contents./ We will all be waiting in anticipation For their blossoming. I got a pot of bulb things today as well. It would be funny if they were the same. I hope you enjoy some of my Dend. photos I have the names of most but don't think I will bore you with those as unless you see them up close you won't see the differences and smell the heavenly scents. These are all Dend, Kingianum and/or delicatum X's and speciosum X's. 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
5:56 AM Post #5541887
| another 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
5:59 AM Post #5541889
| more 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:06 AM Post #5541895
| the pink one above smells like talc and the yellow one smells of honey /citrus
this one is honey
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:16 AM Post #5541901
| Darn putor has gone on strike. |
Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:30 AM Post #5541912
| trying again 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:44 AM Post #5541926
| and another 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:46 AM Post #5541928
| again 
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 12, 2008
6:52 AM Post #5541938
| last one 
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leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 12, 2008
2:00 PM Post #5543247
| hello ladies of the southern sky, just got back from having my elboe injected. the dr. said it was inflammation of the ulnar nerve. he said to not use my left hand to type and i told him i haven't in two weeks, as i'm sure the southern sky folks with whom i talk can tell you. he asked, 'who?'. owen had to explain to him!!! why the pain is barely there. he put in some local anesthesia and a little amt. of steroids. now, it's feeling so good that i will fly down and do your repotting for you.
take care all, lee |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 12, 2008
4:30 PM Post #5543754
| Lesley, theres a Vriesea heiroglyphica in the bottom of that first pic! nice choice!
I'm sure I can smell the flowers from here,
Liking the abutilons ladies. they are scale magnets in my climate, but worth a go if you can find a resistant variety.
Lee, glad you're getting some worthwhile treatment! Hope you're back typing with two hands soon! Really, we have no problem with your typing, you must be ambidextrous!
Sue |
dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 13, 2008
11:12 PM Post #5549225
| Found all year around in my garden, Cassandra A Tod...
CAT for short.
Pest at times...
she loves to snooze in the garden
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dalfyre
Christchurch
(New Zealand)
September 13, 2008
11:24 PM Post #5549253
| also found this morning... a yellow violet!
Didn't know this was here - I thought it was the same as my pink one, I have spread that one around a bit...
will have to nurture this new one too.
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:37 PM Post #5549296
| Ooooh a yellow violet how wonderful ...love the smell of violets!
Lee I type with one finger and when it gets sore I switch to another ...I am a latecomer to the cyber world ...that sore elbow does not sound too good ...like tennis elbow?
The chinese lanterns get the scale when it's very wet ...but I use a homemade oil/soap spray on them and it knocks them off pretty quick ...I just love their happy little blooms they make me smile.
Well a couple of pics (taken in the rain) ignore the "blue stuff " and other crap ...plum blossom(lol)
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:39 PM Post #5549304
| My poor cornered plants 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:41 PM Post #5549313
| Love this ...it's just staring ...it's like a lavender waterfall and smells of Spring 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:43 PM Post #5549318
| I have summer jasmine intermixed with it ...mmmm! 
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leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 13, 2008
11:44 PM Post #5549322
| hi my southern friends, like the cat, daffs and what i think is a violet. did i get 2 out of 3 or none? tell me, on this site, i see a pic of what appears to be cheesecake or lemon squares. what is that, who made it and is it difficult? i can cook and whatever it is, i'd like to make it. at your own time, lee |
chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:46 PM Post #5549324
| a lonely little wattle in the paddock ...dripping wet 
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 13, 2008
11:48 PM Post #5549331
| Hi Lee that is over in Jean's shoppee you might have to ask her  |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 13, 2008
11:53 PM Post #5549345
| hi my other southern friend. didn't know she had a shop but will do. thanks and smiles back at you, lee |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 14, 2008
12:25 AM Post #5549443
| Hello Lee. I just popped in to see if there are enough cakes for the day.
Yes this is my shop. I saw the idea on the US forums and liked it, so borrowed to set up shop here.
I have been outside and it is freezing. After yesterday's warmth, it is ridiculous. One never knows what to wear each day.
I found this recipe site Lee. It has fantastic recipes which I use to feed the garden ladies on DG. You can see if it works and then go mad cooking .
Time for a cuppa for me now.
Jean.
[HYPERLINK@www.joyofbaking.com]
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 14, 2008
12:27 AM Post #5549452
| Back again Lee. Silly me, am in wrong thread for shop. My shop is actually the Flower Tea Room. You can visit for cakes and a cuppa and lots of friendly chat.. Jean. |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 14, 2008
12:37 AM Post #5549468
| hi jean, will get the next flight down and will you promise to fatten me up? didn't know, or forgot you have a shop. i was going through a recipe(or as my grandmother would have said,'receipt') book looking for my cheesecake recipes. then realized, i hadn't any cream cheese, did some cursing, and put it away. so, i suppose i'll make a framboise custard. i've a sweet tooth, tonight. i usually weigh about 150 pounds but am up to 163 now. so what harm will a little custard do, am i right, jean.
will go to the link. |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 14, 2008
12:43 AM Post #5549480
| i put all the goodies up for others, but never have been a sweet tooth myself. That's beside eating a 'little' bit of chocolate here and there or some icecream in summer.
go for it Lee , we only live once. I've just never been one for the sweets . Like my late Dad I guess.
Enjoy, the world may end tomorrow.
Maybe not tomorrow, I still have lots of plants to get. Ha ha. Jean. |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 14, 2008
12:56 AM Post #5549515
| enjoy your plants and you're right about going around only once. now, i can't find the blasted framboise. i'll just quit. it seems we have ALL things i don't need.
bad night, emotionally, anyway. ta, lee |
Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 14, 2008
5:54 AM Post #5549723
| Nice wisteria Chrissy, My one here has a few buds on it so I guess it has had a reprieve. I had a standard one for years until I came down here, must have got the sulks because it died the first winter. So did the one I had on a pergola. There had been no sign of anything wrong with either of them. Possibly too many hard frosts that winter. I was a bit disappointed as it took a long time to get them how I wanted. The standard one used to flower twice a year and was quite beautiful.
Jean your epi is lovely mine are just starting to get buds yet our temps have been pretty much the same, up around 19c. Mind you I think Crissy said that the temp at her place was up in the30's. I think I have an epi like that Red with abluish sheen haven't seen it flower for a few years though. That is quite early. I have about 3 D/Lily's flowering but if the night is too cold the flowers wont open properly so I wish they would just wait.. Lovely yellow violet as well Dalfyre.
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 14, 2008
5:42 PM Post #5551770
| Hello Lelsy. That epi flowered last season before I pruned all the old growth off so I may not get much this year. I had to cut them back as they were so bad when I bought them all. They are bigger now with all the new growth but I see no sign of flowers as yet, on any of the new growth. I have buds on some of the old growth that was left on. . My original red will always flower prolifically. I hope all the others take note and follow.
I love wisterias but it is not worth my while starting one here as it would be so slow growing. I did buy a rooted cutting once but it was such a pathetic little thing and it died before it even got going. They do grow up in Bright in N E Vic, so the cold doesn't worry them much once they are doing well.
Lee , did you get into the recipe site at all. It is American but you can substitute most things.
I am going out to inspect the garden after the wild winds in the night. will catch up in the Tea Room later for a cuppa. Jean |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 15, 2008
12:34 AM Post #5553180
| hi jean and everyone else, yes, thanks, i did get to the site and when i'm the size of a whale, i'm going to blame it on you. lol i still can't find the framboise. i probably put it away somewhere during a senior moment.
got all these orchids to water and as soon as i catch up responding, i'll start. it will only take about an hour but i'd rather not.
take care all. i don't mean to intrude on your threads but all of you have been gracious enough to allow me in. thanks, your foolish american, lee |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
2:56 AM Post #5553373
| Never foolish, Lee. You are welcome here anytime. we love to hear about your garden and what you are doing over there. If your orchids were here today they would be well watered. We have had some nasty storms all day with hail. Luckily only small hail. the wind is awful better go and check on my plants again see you later.
You can always run around the block every time you eat a cake. I take no blame for you eating the yummies Ha ha
Jean. |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 15, 2008
3:08 AM Post #5553389
| jean, all of you make me feel good and god knows i need it. nasty storms?--did you get any damage to plants, property, etc.? we get hail here from time to time but usually never the size they get in other parts of the country, such as in the mid-plains. they can get baseball size there, large enough to knock a mule down.
since ike has moved on, we're cooling off, thank goodness. it;'s suppose to be only in the 20'sC. now, i don't do this temp. conversion for just anybody, mind you. just the people i like. lol luckily, i have a little pocket size dictionary device that has temp, size, etc. conversions. good day to you all. p.s. yes, i still am holding you responsible for any weight gain. but truly, i am going to try some of the recipes asap. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
7:15 AM Post #5553563
| Hi Lesley, Jean and Lee. I manged to get a couple of pics this arvie for you.
First is the Ixias out in full bloom
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
7:16 AM Post #5553566
| And the beginning of the Hippies. 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
7:17 AM Post #5553567
| The Babianas are beggining to bloom too, but as I have a huge row of them, I'll wait until they are at their best, (and hope I don't miss it) then post the pic.
Oh, here, have a peek
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Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 15, 2008
7:50 AM Post #5553612
| Sue your flowers are lovely and your gardens are beautiful, I'm kind of jealous but in a nice way,lol. It repays you well for all the hard work you put into it. As each season comes around all the planning and hard work comes together probably a feeling only other gardeners would understand. but it certainly gives one a great feeling of wellbeing and accomplishment.
I just have to ask you Sue, would you have an Achmea winkeri flowering that you could show me. Once again a snail has chewed off a new flower so after 3 years I still haven't seen it and it will be another 2 probably before the tiny pup flowers. I HATE SNAILS!!! they go straight past the bait to eat the flowers. The gamosepala has lost all its flowers as well. Every day I go through the plants looking for the little beasties, then I go and check them out before I go to bed, I kill so many all the birds are getting fat on them Grrrr.. Before long I'll be having nightmares about them, lol. Kakete Lesley.
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chrissy100
Sydney
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
4:18 PM Post #5555543
| You need some Blue Tongues Lesley ...not a snail to be seen here because the blue tongues gobble them up ...they miss the slugs though ...I go out with the torch to get them ...@#%$&^ .
Ha ha ha ...can you picture it!
I am waiting on my white wisteria ...lots of fat furry buds on it ...it has a pink blush through it, very pretty.
Off to see what I can see. |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
5:53 PM Post #5555899
| Hello Sue and Lesley.
ha ha Lesley. I don't have snails. No, not a single one. They live down in the town in great numbers but have never ventured up the hill. I double check every plant and pot that comes in here . There are slugs which I control with snail pellets. We do have masses of Harlequin bugs during the warm weather . They are annoying but don't really do a lot of damage that I have seen.
We are having a quiet morning. No wind, no rain. but it is supposed to come again. The rain was welcome but we did have a lot of hail during the storms. Luckily only small hail.
Sue is that an Azalea I see near the Ixias ? .
My Ixias are budding but not out for a while yet. Some of the babianas are budding too. Don't they make a great border ?
My Ixias all came from an old farm that was demolished for the Blue gums.
I dug up huge clumps and planted everywhere. You would not believe it but after the first year of mixed colors, they have flowered each year with individual clumps each of the one color. I have clumps of red, clumps of yellow etc. Very odd.
Better go and put on the kettle, someone may come into the Tea Room for a cake. Jean.
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hel
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 15, 2008
6:33 PM Post #5556042
| Hi Guys, this is a pic of my chameleon rose and a few of my anthuriums they flower for months 
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leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 15, 2008
9:55 PM Post #5556980
| i'll take the flowers and whai i think ia a bottle of wine.
now, no lurking today. that term send shivers down my spine. lol lee |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 16, 2008
6:17 AM Post #5557972
| Hi Lesley, no I don't have an Aechmea winkleri, but I checked out the pic on the FBS site. [HYPERLINK@d3684183.u30.infinology.com] I've put one on for you, but it's very small.
As for snails, I use a bait called multicrop, and it's only ingredient is Iron chellate, which is poison to snails and slugs but not anything else. It actually breaks down into the soil so its good all around. Also, if anything, (bird or lizard or pets) eat the poisoned snail, it has no effect so If you can find something like it over there Lesley, give it a go. Don't put it down the centre bromeliad tank though. I get it at bunnings for $3.50 for 600g.
Hi jean, yes thats an Azalea. they do quite well up here, surprisingly. The ixias are all creamy yellow, but if like yours, they change colour, that would be great! The Babianas are really beginning to flower now, but it's hard to judge exactly when they'll be at their best.
Hel, your roses are beautiful and the Anthuriums too~! Like Lee, I'll help with that bottle of wine! Ha ha. Yum, yum.
Hurry up with that cake Jean, I'm starving. (not really, I just ate dinner!)
Sue
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Kaelkitty
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 16, 2008
8:22 PM Post #5560900
| Hi Sue and All,
Ixia's don't change colour. I have proven it by separating out all of my original bulbs and growing their progeny in individual pots. What I think happens in mixtures is that one or two bulbs will prove genetically stronger than the rest so over time you will get more and more of that particular colour. Check out my Ixia pages here [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] If you click on the "View" links at the right of any of the "Mixed Hybrid" records at the bottom of the page, you will be able to see all the different flowers from last year. Each of these started as just one bulb in a pot on it's own back in 2005 but you will note that some of them have been much more prolific than others.
The ones at the top of the page marked as "Candy Chimes" were new acquisitions this year, they are just about to open their first flowers - it will be exciting! Already the plants seem to be much more robust than my original strain and the flowers seem to be developing about two to three weeks earlier than my others. Waiting to see what you are going to get like this is a bit like Christmas - all anticipation and tenterhooks!
TTFN, KK. |
77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 16, 2008
9:29 PM Post #5561183
| Ha ha kk I did know that. I know Dutch Iris will do the same thing. I have a lovely bed of yellows and whites. The other colors have been pushed out and died.
I think it's strange that each clump of the Ixias has been taken over by a different color. You would think if a color was going to be dominant , it would be the same one. Perhaps they just like to be with their friends of the same color. I will post pics when they come out. The area of old garden where they came from also gave me heaps of gorgeous Nerines and some kniphofias.
Babianas are so pretty along the path. Mine seem to like jumping about to visit other parts of the garden but I don't mind. I bought a mystery bag of bulbs one year and when they flowered there were beautiful burgundy colored babianas in there . The cloud is coming over again so the day will go downhill from here. I am going to have a little lunch now. here are some of my Spring pics.
No 1 Wallflowers . So pretty, mine self seed everywhere.
Jean.
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 16, 2008
9:30 PM Post #5561187
| No 2 Sparaxis 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 16, 2008
9:31 PM Post #5561193
| No 3 pretty ground cover, may I ask the name kk ? 
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 16, 2008
9:33 PM Post #5561202
| No 4 one of the most hardy plants which flowers most of the year but is really pretty now. Grampians Thryptomene 
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Kaelkitty
Adelaide
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
September 17, 2008
12:07 AM Post #5561870
| Hi Jean,
Can't quite see enough detail in #3 to be sure but it could be a true Geranium (ie a Cranesbill, not a Pelargonium). In the meantime here's a nice surprise I git this morning. Three of my new Ixias have their first flowers open. This is the one I like best so far the other two are mostly yellow, pretty enough, but this is a standout!
Ciao, KK.
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77sunset
Merino
(Australia)
September 17, 2008
12:39 AM Post #5562008
| That is so pretty kk.. You may be right about the little ground cover.
I do have another cranesbill out there , but it grows a lot larger than this tidy little one. I'd put up another pic but the computer is having a day of no more photos. I may have to take the darn thing to shop for a check up. It does have fits sometimes. i think it is a problem with the ports.
The young genius at the shop will fix it.
The sun is still out and I have my jumper off. Everything is growing great. Witha bit more sun I will have more pics to put on .
Shopping day tomorrow so maybe a new plant.
Jean. |
leeflea51
Golden, MS
(Zone 7a)
September 17, 2008
12:40 AM Post #5562009
| gonna have to do with lavatory tissue and save for plants! lee |
Awchid
Gisborne
(New Zealand)
September 17, 2008
7:00 AM Post #5562298
| Hi folks, it has been a beautiful day today and I have been outside all day. Aphids have arrived full force on the roses so have given them a good spray. I'm sure its the ants carting them around, they are in my pot plants all though the gardens and on all the roses, they even climb the fruit trees and climb down into my hanging plants. That is a good pic of winkleri Sue thanks at least I don't have to wait for it to flower now. Fancy you not having one,lol. I had a clump of the bright pink Ixia for years. It would come up flower and then get mowed down with the grass then after many years a yellow one came up about 6ft away and did its own thing there, most strange. Its still going strong. I like the colour of the last flower you posted, very nice. Have a good day shopping Jean, I wonder what new plant you will come home with???
Sorry no pics I have run out so will have to take some more tomorrow.
Lesley. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 17, 2008
9:41 PM Post #5565872
| Nice Ixia KK. Mine were given to me and are the only ones I have, so no chance of a new colour then eh? I will check out your link when I have some time. (home on a lunch break of 15 minutes)
Snap, on the Spiraxias Jean. I took pics of mine yesterday to post.
In fact, nearly all my bulbs have been gifts! How lovely!
Lesley, its quite a shock isn't it? that I dont have a Winkleri! If I ever see one for sale anywhere, I will have one. LOL
This is eupatorium megalophyllum. I can't find a nice link to send you to, but I love this flower. I took some cutting last year and have 3 shrubs in flower
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
September 17, 2008
9:44 PM Post #5565892
| [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
The new address as this one is becoming quite long. Come and see. |
