Colchicum make great and fragrant cut flowers , often lasting over a week in piss ( even without weewee ! ) .
No pauperization for standing testis on end , harvesting corn in o.k. clothes or dancing naked at mid - night Pagan fete of fire and light , for mother nature herself clearly can not keep a mystery . Today ’s Autumnal Equinox was as expected as the marketplace clangour and the lodging crisis – inevitable , yet still capable to arrest you off guard . The only conflict was that the Equinox matter end up with a snatch less press .
Coconut scented Oxalis pockockiae , an fall growing lightbulb from South Africa .
This is always the first Oxalis to bloom in the fall for me , and therefor it is a fav . On September afternoons when the air is crisp , and the strong sun make the greenhouse warm and bright , this little light bulb always surprise my with its macaroon scented flower . This stool started with a single electric-light bulb 6 years ago , and has slowly grown to produce this video display of livid blossoms . Hard to witness , but deserving growing in humble pots – buy as many as you’re able to afford , for a individual efflorescence is hardly a display . Nerine sarniensis bud come forth week after a major repotting . Look at them all ! I ca n’t conceive it . I like this electric-light bulb was more available , very few retailer carry these in the United States , the majority of this collection come from England , and is comprise of nearly 20 named varieties .
I ’ve been slack in update and post due to locomote for work , a stumble to Los Angeles , a nuptials in Vermont and an off - site in the Berkshire mountains for creative thinking , all in two calendar week time . I was eager to come home after a week away , for many plant in the collection were beginning to start growth . This year is never made the time to repot the Oxalis and Narcissus aggregation , only a few N. romieuxii made the cutting . I rivet or else on the Nerine sarniensis , which I have been rather lazy with , in the repotting department . My excuse is that it was an ‘ experiment ’ to keep the bulbs in 6 inch square dope , where they nested up nicely with offsets , get wind if the crowd together conditions would help . Many growers insist that Nerine sarniensis necessitate small muckle and sozzled conditions that are lean . I have had proficient luck with growing these notoriously fussy drawers , but now that my pots are jam - pack with bulbs , I decided to repot the larger unity severally . To my surprise , most are flower , in fact , some name cultivar which only sent one bud per pot of 5 or six ripe bulbs , are now each sending up a bud . I ca n’t aid but wonder if the repotting each bulb on an individual basis has actuate them to bloom , Reinforcing this observation , the potty that I did not get to repot , are still only send up one bud stem , even though the pot may contain 3 or 4 mature lightbulb . I will need to try out more with this hypothesis . A rarefied Autumnal blooming newbie in my collection , Allium callimischon ssp . haemostictumfrom Crete , blooming in the alpine house . This is a rarefied soma apparently of Allium callimischon ssp . callimischon , but I am not convinced that it is not the same hoagie coinage . If anyone is an Alliumphile , please share your thoughts . When I match my image up with on - line images , this does look like a distinct sub - species , since it has spots on the petal . According to Paul Christian this fall blooming species is smaller than the type , and more recommended for growing in pans in a greenhouse with some shelter . The flower bud form in the outpouring , yet remain hibernating until fall . Although , it may be fearless here , I have little reference material on Allium , although I know thatJohn Lonsdalegrows ssp . callimischon in his awing Pennsylvania garden , Edgewood .
FIrst Frost admonition chance last dark , so we picked all of the tomatoes . The hoarfrost never arrived , but temporary worker did fall into the XL . These cold temperatures are welcome , as far as I am concerned , for they are one of the triggers that help break-dance the sleeping with the wintertime growing bulbs that make up most of my ingathering .
In the glasshouse , the Cyclamen species started sending up thier blossom buds earlier this twelvemonth , some C. hederafolium began blooming in early August , but the peak is for sure now with the majority of the autumnal coinage blooming such as the other two specie that bloom now … C. graecum and C. rohlfsianum . Various Cyclamen species bloom on the deck display steps .
The ‘ lovely ’ combining of lilac Colchicum and rusty orange Marigolds … .. nothing say autumn , worthless ! Sometimes accidents are indeed , accidents .
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