it looks like there are a few different types but this seems the closest to mine...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/241490/
October in the Garden
I think this is waiting for spring to warm up a bit before opening out
rhodie
iris on it's way
harlequin flower
aka Sparaxis tricolor
That sparaxis is really special, never saw anything like that, great colors.
Beautiful
I know that sparaxis and ixia are closely related - anyone know what the main difference is to tell the two apart? They both tend to have dark centers.
lol - I had no idea what either one was until recently.
my garden is full of interesting plants, some were here when I bought it others came from my Mum.
She has friends that pass on bulbs etc so it can be a bit of a lucky dip.
iris, pretty pale blue.
I love getting plants from friends and family. Always a source for surprises. What a pretty iris!!
Here are a few October blooms that I have that is not included in the yard to vase series - here is an abutilon - it does tend to wilt rather quickly so is not a great candidate for cut flower, but it blooms beautifully from April to November. This was taken during a windy stormy day last week.
red peony, open at last but not as big as last years blooms.
red, white & blue...
Teresa - we are cross posting here LoL. Peonies are one of my favorite all time flowers. I finally got some red ones this year. Can't wait to see them bloom. I hope that they turn out as lovely as yours.
Here is one of my red flowers - Hibiscus coccinea. I have not tried using it for a cut flower. It grows to about 8 feet tall.
Dahlia - Clyde's choice
those are very nice, I love hibiscus but it is too cold here to grow them.
Lovely,
Dianne that is the dahlia that finished up with my fall arrangements. We had a very hard frost on Sunday night and all is now gone, so sad. But now will be able to pull the zinnias and have room to plant the new tulips, so all happens for good reason I guess.
i'll be away for 4 days - going to the Gold Coast to visit in-laws on their 50th wedding anniversary.
See you all when I get back :)
50 years! How wonderful!
Have a great time and we will see you on the rebound!
had a good time despite taking a rotten cold with me.
I sniffed & sneezed & coughed my way through 4 glorious sunny warm days.
But I could still enjoy the gardens there.
White gardenia - something I could never grow here.
red hibiscus
no idea what this is, was growing along the fenceline up the road.
Seemed to be a 'council' plant - was also featured on may roundabouts & roadside plantings
i love gardenias...they canbe grown as a house plant....tried it once, failed miserably....lovely flowers as always dalfyre
they were selling gardenias here as conservatory plants.
If I had a conservatory I would have been tempted.
I am reluctant to buy something that needs to be moved around & brought indoors when the weather changes.
And for some reason my indoor plants all died in this house.
Neglected in favour of the outdoor plants or just not the right lighting etc?
I will never know & really don't want to try anything else inside with two dogs & a cat prowling about.
I like that mystery flower. I do very poorly with indoor plants too - I don't really have the light, and I don't water regularly. At least with the outside, some area gets water when the timed lawn sprinklers go on. And when the plants are in the ground, it is not as critical if I forget to water since the ground has a reserve of moisture in it.
How come you can't grow gardenias? Does it freeze in your area?
yes we get frosts - some pretty good ones, normally just -5C is the hardest but we had a -7C frost a couple of years ago that kept ChCh plumbers busy for weeks with mending frozen & then burst pipes.
Not sure if you can grow gardenias outdoors in out 'winterless north'.
I never heard of them in a garden, only as a hot house exotic.
One consolation for having the cold winters is that we get camellia, rhododendron, azaleas & spring bulbs that won't cope with the heat of the tropics.
Oh and peonies... they need a good chilling in winter
This is my red one, pic doesn't do it justice, they are a much deeper red - and you can't see just how big the blooms are.
rhodie at it's peak
my oldest azalea, just about to burst into flower.
The nasty southerly wind has knocked this flower about.Funny how you cant see it until looking at the pic on teh pc.
So lovely! I like that NOID too! So unusual! Is it like a bulb?
I asked on the Aussie forum & it didn't take long to get an id...
Dietes bicolour
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http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/dietesbicol.htm
Awesome.. would not mind to get that one!
Well, one of my final blooms of the season is my late bloomng mum..
here she is in all her autum glory...a bit earlier this year than last...so winter is not far off.
Well, heres my last hurrahs for October...
Bittersweet vine
A mum, usually the last to bloom around here before winter..ugh! my last bloom until spring!
Hop on over to the November blooms!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1052875/
November already.. OY! Cannot beleive it!