These are my purdy flaaars.

Some more purdy flaaaaars.

…. and some more………….

….. and these ones……

Woodie said:

…. and some more………….

they’re rippers.

what about these?

want some more?

And another one.

These is purdy too.

There’s lot idn’t there.

….. and more to come as well on this lot.

Peak Warming Man said:

And another one.

Oi you !! No weeds!!

sarahs mum said:

Woodie said:

…. and some more………….

they’re rippers.

Good Zygocactus yeah.

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another one.

Oi you !! No weeds!!

Fair enough, it’s just…….it’s like Sunday afternoon, a quite time, not many people about so I thought I’d get away wit it.
But year, fair cop.

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another one.

Oi you !! No weeds!!

Fair enough, it’s just…….it’s like Sunday afternoon, a quite time, not many people about so I thought I’d get away wit it.
But year, fair cop.

They are actually a good cover crop that discourages nematodes.

Some fine red bloomers Woodie, ta.

Ooh, I took pictures of flaaaars today at Casterton.

And the pretty pink smelly climbing rose:

buffy said:

Ooh, I took pictures of flaaaars today at Casterton.

Monet meets Ecky Thump

And the orange and the tangelo smell divine…in flower. The orange still has some of the last crop stored on the tree (they store better on the tree than picked) but I picked all the tangelos.

These are a few of the local wildflowers around here from a walk we did a couple of weeks ago.

fsm said:

These are a few of the local wildflowers around here from a walk we did a couple of weeks ago.

:)

Nice.

:)

fsm said:

These are a few of the local wildflowers around here from a walk we did a couple of weeks ago.

Lovely snaps. The third one’s petals look like they’re made from that soft packing foam.

fsm said:

These are a few of the local wildflowers around here from a walk we did a couple of weeks ago.

Very crisp photos and good to see you around.

I picked roses the other day. They are getting a bit oldish looking in the vase now.

And just now I picked some of the reds, because it is warm in the sun and they will blow. There is Mr Lincoln, Camp David and another old red that I don’t know the name of here.

I think the darkest one is Mr Lincoln.

from this morn’s walk

transition said:

from this morn’s walk

My yellows are also coming out. Mine is Goldbunny. But it has multiple flowers on one stem, so I don’t pick them until they are down to the last one and I can cut off the spent ones. It has quite a good perfume. Which is why it is allowed in my garden. I don’t like yellow roses all that much.

Here are a few more of our local wildflowers.

fsm said:

Here are a few more of our local wildflowers.

Fine floral portraits.

fsm said:

Here are a few more of our local wildflowers.

Very nice.

Bubblecar said:

Fine floral portraits.

Thanks. In the springtime the bush around this area explodes with wildflowers. The waratahs were especially abundant this year.

I never photograph flowers any more, well, hardly ever.
I have no idea what any of these are.

Some snaps from the older sister’s garden, recently destroyed by floods but now recuperating.

Bubblecar said:

Some snaps from the older sister’s garden, recently destroyed by floods but now recuperating.

:)

I wish the pademelons hadn’t eaten all my hostas. I loved my hostas.

nice

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Some snaps from the older sister’s garden, recently destroyed by floods but now recuperating.

:)

I wish the pademelons hadn’t eaten all my hostas. I loved my hostas.

Sister has to put up with destructive possums and wallabies in South Hobart, only a few minutes from the city centre.

roughbarked said:

Nice. Purdy.

Ah shit, I forgot to water Mr Mutant’s veg garden.

roughbarked said:

Thems is nice and purdy.

One I prepared earlier this year.

buffy said:

my only, full rose bush ~2.3metres high, will get a drink tomorrow, rain help bamboo too

A few more wildflowers from a bush walk we did a little while ago…

The bushfire that ravaged Perth’s Kings Park has had a silver lining, with rare wildflowers that are only seen in the aftermath of a blaze germinating for the first time in years.’‘ – ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-04/aftermath-of-kings-park-bushfire-sees-wildflowers-bloom/10457996

fsm said:

A few more wildflowers from a bush walk we did a little while ago…

very nice

fsm said:

A few more wildflowers from a bush walk we did a little while ago…

Would be nice to walk there.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Lovely backlighting.

buffy said:

Can I smell the purple ones from here?

buffy said:

Nice.

:)

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

Can I smell the purple ones from here?

Very likely. They are a very dark red, and I picked them earlier in the week so they are now wide open and wonderfully smelly. I think they might be Mister Lincoln. Or Camp David. Not sure which is which in my front garden.

buffy said:

very pretty

buffy said:

awwwwww….. shucks, Ms Buffy. Thanks. I’ll put them on the mantle piece.

My roses are out as well, though I learned from last year if you are going to have cut roses in a jar leave them outside for a bit to degreeble.

Goldfields bottlebrush Melaleuca coccinea.

roughbarked said:

Goldfields bottlebrush Melaleuca coccinea.

roool purdy. :)

I don’t have many purdy flowers. the wobblies eat purdy flowers.

But I tried.

I had a nice visitor. She gave me some alstromerias. It’s been a long time since someone gave me flowers.

sarahs mum said:

I don’t have many purdy flowers. the wobblies eat purdy flowers.

But I tried.

I had a nice visitor. She gave me some alstromerias. It’s been a long time since someone gave me flowers.

This has only been happening since I have been downloading from the card.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

I don’t have many purdy flowers. the wobblies eat purdy flowers.

But I tried.

I had a nice visitor. She gave me some alstromerias. It’s been a long time since someone gave me flowers.

This has only been happening since I have been downloading from the card.

really nice, is that an olly near the pine

transition said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

I don’t have many purdy flowers. the wobblies eat purdy flowers.

But I tried.

I had a nice visitor. She gave me some alstromerias. It’s been a long time since someone gave me flowers.

This has only been happening since I have been downloading from the card.

really nice, is that an olly near the pine

No. It is a largish rhododendron.

sarahs mum said:

transition said:

sarahs mum said:

This has only been happening since I have been downloading from the card.

really nice, is that an olly near the pine

No. It is a largish rhododendron.

nice, like that picture, got a feel, pines and all

transition said:

sarahs mum said:

transition said:

really nice, is that an olly near the pine

No. It is a largish rhododendron.

nice, like that picture, got a feel, pines and all

I call that garden ‘the christmas tree graveyard.’ It’s where christmas trees go when then out grow their pots.

Bubblecar said:

Ripper. That vase of looks much better now. It was a worry when the water wasn’t pouring out.

This thread is getting a bit long. Never the less, I’m going to make it longer: Double Delight and Mr Lincoln.

…………….

buffy said:

This thread is getting a bit long. Never the less, I’m going to make it longer: Double Delight and Mr Lincoln.

…………….

Lovely smell, ta.

Nice rosies in bloom on the old Methodist chapel. Snapped on my way to the shop today.

Bubblecar said:

Nice rosies in bloom on the old Methodist chapel. Snapped on my way to the shop today.

What is that building used for these days?

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Nice rosies in bloom on the old Methodist chapel. Snapped on my way to the shop today.

What is that building used for these days?

Dean, the owner (who used to run the Red Bridge cafe & providore) is currently doing it up as holiday accommodation (along with two neighbouring cottages).

He’s put a lot of work into the gardens but I think there’s a lot of interior work yet to be done.

>>Red Bridge cafe & providore)

Burnt to the ground wasn’t it.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Red Bridge cafe & providore)

Burnt to the ground wasn’t it.

No that was Hooked seafood restaurant, on the other side of the village.

Dean & family eventually gave up the Red Bridge cafe because they got sick of all the work. It was for sale for years, but I don’t know what’s going on with it now because I rarely walk past that building since moving from the old cottage.

It’s possible they’re converting that into holiday accommodation too.

My frangipanis

Divine Angel said:

My frangipanis

They’re pleasant and preumably have a nice scent too. I have a can of frangipani & mango air freshener in the lavatory.

Divine Angel said:

My frangipanis

:)

Did you grow them from cuttings?

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

My frangipanis

They’re pleasant and preumably have a nice scent too. I have a can of frangipani & mango air freshener in the lavatory.

that;s the reason I am not a fa of frangipanis.. because I associate the smell with bathrooms…

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

My frangipanis

:)

Did you grow them from cuttings?

Yes. Bought the cuttings off eBay years ago.

Divine Angel said:

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

My frangipanis

:)

Did you grow them from cuttings?

Yes. Bought the cuttings off eBay years ago.

:)

roughbarked said:

Fine floral studies.

These are a few of the small and maybe lesser appreciated blooms that the grass and weeds are producing in the back yard today.

fsm said:

These are a few of the small and maybe lesser appreciated blooms that the grass and weeds are producing in the back yard today.

All weeds. ;)

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

Michael V said:

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

Just don’t get too close to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfktrrDciSs

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

Just don’t get too close to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfktrrDciSs

:)

Probably this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_spatulata

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

Just don’t get too close to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfktrrDciSs

:)

Probably this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_spatulata

Definitely not that one.

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Just don’t get too close to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfktrrDciSs

:)

Probably this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_spatulata

Definitely not that one.

Why?

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

:)

Probably this species:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_spatulata

Definitely not that one.

Why?

Totally different leaf structure.

This is similar to the one PWM had, which quite a different (rosette) leaf structure to your one. The shape of the leaves are a distinct diagnostic feature with many species.

PermeateFree said:

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

Definitely not that one.

Why?

Totally different leaf structure.

This is similar to the one PWM had, which quite a different (rosette) leaf structure to your one. The shape of the leaves are a distinct diagnostic feature with many species.

Oh, no, sorry. You may have misunderstood me. PWM posted the video about another species – Drosera capensis, a South African model – not the one I saw.

I put up photos of the Drosera I probably saw in flower the national park near home, 2 days ago – Drosera spatulata.

Anything like these, MV?

Michael V said:

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

I didn’t know they had flowers. Interesting.

mollwollfumble said:

Michael V said:

No photo, sorry, but I saw some Drosera in flower a couple of days ago, on the shore of Poona Lake. Beautiful 1 cm across pink flowers. Never seen any sundews in flower before.

I didn’t know they had flowers. Interesting.

All carnivorous plants flower; Sarracenia produce some rather bizarre flowers. I always thought it ironic that carnivorous plants use bees (and some other insects) to reproduce, then eat them.

btm said:

Anything like these, MV?

A bit, but with longer, much redder leaves and strongly pink flowers.

Michael V said:

btm said:

Anything like these, MV?

A bit, but with longer, much redder leaves and strongly pink flowers.

The leaves are similar, but their Inflorescences are completely different. There are around 130 Drosera spp.

been up mother-in-laws, many beautiful flowers

transition said:

been up mother-in-laws, many beautiful flowers

Looks like Double Delight. My Double Delight puts its flowers up at spouting height. Careful cutting and you can get extremely long stems for a tall vase.

transition said:

I reckon the top one is Apricot Nectar and the bottom one is a petunia. Dunno about the others. I picked a vase of all my smelly roses today in Casterton. I’ll do a photo.

buffy said:

transition said:

I reckon the top one is Apricot Nectar and the bottom one is a petunia. Dunno about the others. I picked a vase of all my smelly roses today in Casterton. I’ll do a photo.

Nice petunias.

I think the hot pink one is Zephirin Drouhin, the red one might be Alec’s Red, and the large pink one at the back I don’t know. It is yellow to the base of the petals, tends to ball easily, but is divine in scent. Zeph has a very “rose perfume” sort of smell. I find it fascinating how each is a bit different.

My roses are out but after today will probably be fading from now although there are still some budding on some of them. I don’t do the deheading thing, I figure it’s such an extreme climate here anyway I don’t want to exhaust them by forcing repeated flowerings. I enjoy it as it happens.

Having said that, they are tougher than the natives and I hardly bother with watering them at all. The ones out the back are totally without loving.

AwesomeO said:

My roses are out but after today will probably be fading from now although there are still some budding on some of them. I don’t do the deheading thing, I figure it’s such an extreme climate here anyway I don’t want to exhaust them by forcing repeated flowerings. I enjoy it as it happens.

Having said that, they are tougher than the natives and I hardly bother with watering them at all. The ones out the back are totally without loving.

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

My roses are out but after today will probably be fading from now although there are still some budding on some of them. I don’t do the deheading thing, I figure it’s such an extreme climate here anyway I don’t want to exhaust them by forcing repeated flowerings. I enjoy it as it happens.

Having said that, they are tougher than the natives and I hardly bother with watering them at all. The ones out the back are totally without loving.

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

My roses are out but after today will probably be fading from now although there are still some budding on some of them. I don’t do the deheading thing, I figure it’s such an extreme climate here anyway I don’t want to exhaust them by forcing repeated flowerings. I enjoy it as it happens.

Having said that, they are tougher than the natives and I hardly bother with watering them at all. The ones out the back are totally without loving.

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

Blackberries will run. So will these:

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/edibles/purple-raspberry-crop-failure-2018/wraps/

But they are very nice. And hardy. Diggers do have a good blackberry too.

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/fruit/berries-other/thornless-blackberry-waldo/wblw/

I’ve had these (a friend grew them) and they are good. The thornless bit is nice.

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

Blackberries will run. So will these:

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/edibles/purple-raspberry-crop-failure-2018/wraps/

But they are very nice. And hardy. Diggers do have a good blackberry too.

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/fruit/berries-other/thornless-blackberry-waldo/wblw/

I’ve had these (a friend grew them) and they are good. The thornless bit is nice.

Doesn’t matter the running, it’s whipper snipping range along the fence and mower everywhere out side of the fence line. I like blackberry cos it’s tough. It’s out the back, it’s full sun all day, no shade at all and gets wind from the back paddocks. No shelter.

Thornless is good.

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

My roses are out but after today will probably be fading from now although there are still some budding on some of them. I don’t do the deheading thing, I figure it’s such an extreme climate here anyway I don’t want to exhaust them by forcing repeated flowerings. I enjoy it as it happens.

Having said that, they are tougher than the natives and I hardly bother with watering them at all. The ones out the back are totally without loving.

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

I strongly recommend that you don’t plant blackberry; the Vic Dept. of Agriculture classifies it as a noxious weed (see http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/weeds/a-z-of-weeds/blackberry#).

AgVic said:

Blackberry is considered a serious environmental threat and is highly invasive…

Blackberry is an extremely serious agricultural threat…

btm said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

I strongly recommend that you don’t plant blackberry; the Vic Dept. of Agriculture classifies it as a noxious weed (see http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/pests-diseases-and-weeds/weeds/a-z-of-weeds/blackberry#).

AgVic said:

Blackberry is considered a serious environmental threat and is highly invasive…

Blackberry is an extremely serious agricultural threat…

I figured if I can buy a cane from a nursery its legal? Raspberry or whatever. I don’t care, it just has to be a berry fruit I can run along a trellis and can take a flogging.

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

Yer lawn is a frigging disgrace, wake up to yourself. Nice blooms.

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

:)

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

sniff sniff sniff….. smells wike a wose.

Woodie said:

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

sniff sniff sniff….. smells wike a wose.

Might have a different epithet.

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

Standard Icebergs?

kryten said:

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

Standard Icebergs?

NFI

transition said:

Puurrrrrdy…

Cactus flowers were out this morning, but been a hot day, they be fucked by now, spectacular but short lasting.

buffy said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

Same family as blackberries, so there’s a clue… :)

I’ll post a piccie tomorrow, me and the neighbour fixed a decrepit fence, probably only just post war, or she fixed it, I helped pay. At my request it includes a higher section of braced wire so next autumn I will be planting some blackberrys or something tough, about 12 metres worth, or at least three plants/pickets.

Blackberries will run. So will these:

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/edibles/purple-raspberry-crop-failure-2018/wraps/

But they are very nice. And hardy. Diggers do have a good blackberry too.

https://www.diggers.com.au/shop/fruit/berries-other/thornless-blackberry-waldo/wblw/

I’ve had these (a friend grew them) and they are good. The thornless bit is nice.

I have a thorn-less Blackberry, but was very disappointed with it. The fruit is small and is not as juicy as the wild thorny Blackberry. Raspberries, don’t do well for me either, but the Boysenberries are excellent and very hardy.

AwesomeO said:

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

Yer lawn is a frigging disgrace, wake up to yourself. Nice blooms.

snigger

kryten said:

sibeen said:

My front fence roses. I really should have taken a picture last week as they are just slightly off now.

Standard Icebergs?

I don’t think they are even his.

This is my variegated aspidistra. I recently reported it into a pot I made when I was making pots.

now I have never noticed an aspidistra flowering before and it isn’t particularly purdy. In fact it is a bit weird.

sarahs mum said:

This is my variegated aspidistra. I recently reported it into a pot I made when I was making pots.

now I have never noticed an aspidistra flowering before and it isn’t particularly purdy. In fact it is a bit weird.

It has long been said that slugs and snails pollinate Aspidistra flowers. This has been described as a “myth”. Amphipods, small terrestrial crustaceans, are responsible for pollinating A. elatior in Japan. Amphipods have also been shown to pollinate species of Aspidistra introduced to Australia. Springtails and fungus gnats have also been suggested as pollinators. The newly described Vietnamese species A. phanluongii is probably pollinated by flies of the genus Megaselia.

-wiki

No photos of the new fence, I went out earlier, it’s bright and clear and the sun overwhelms the IPad and you can’t even see the wires. Inside for the duration now. Tomorrow is predicted 90% storms so will be darker so I will do it then.

On a good note and I also don’t have a photo my pineapple plant has a flower, only small at the moment

AwesomeO said:

No photos of the new fence, I went out earlier, it’s bright and clear and the sun overwhelms the IPad and you can’t even see the wires. Inside for the duration now. Tomorrow is predicted 90% storms so will be darker so I will do it then.

Have a look in the twilight towards dusk. Sometimes you get good flat light then.

mummy’s this arvo

roughbarked said:

Eremophila? Which one?

roughbarked said:

Very purdie. :)

ruby said:

roughbarked said:

Eremophila? Which one?

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

roughbarked said:

ruby said:

roughbarked said:

Eremophila? Which one?

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

The leaves acan get very sticky substance on them.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

ruby said:

Eremophila? Which one?

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

The leaves can get very sticky substance on them.

I might be getting a bit mixed up because this one is E.denticulata. So too manyulata’s involved with Eremophila.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

ruby said:

Eremophila? Which one?

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

The leaves acan get very sticky substance on them.

How about Eremophila sturtii. If so, it is a very useful one.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

The leaves can get very sticky substance on them.

I might be getting a bit mixed up because this one is E.denticulata. So too manyulata’s involved with Eremophila.

Not E. denticulata, the flower stalks on that rare species are a very pronounced “S” shape. If they are reasonably straight on your plant, it may be one of the E. glabra forms.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

The leaves can get very sticky substance on them.

I might be getting a bit mixed up because this one is E.denticulata. So too manyulata’s involved with Eremophila.

Not E. denticulata, the flower stalks on that rare species are a very pronounced “S” shape. If they are reasonably straight on your plant, it may be one of the E. glabra forms.

OK glabra is a possinbility.

ruby said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Yep. It is Eremophila but as yet I have no name for it. Perhaps I should do some research. I’ve been growing it around the place for decades but haven’t got a handle on the name.
I’m sure it isn’t E. divaricata.

The leaves acan get very sticky substance on them.

How about Eremophila sturtii. If so, it is a very useful one.

Not sturtii. also have that in the garden.

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

I might be getting a bit mixed up because this one is E.denticulata. So too manyulata’s involved with Eremophila.

Not E. denticulata, the flower stalks on that rare species are a very pronounced “S” shape. If they are reasonably straight on your plant, it may be one of the E. glabra forms.

OK glabra is a possinbility.

Not many glabra with leaves toothed at the ends though.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

Not E. denticulata, the flower stalks on that rare species are a very pronounced “S” shape. If they are reasonably straight on your plant, it may be one of the E. glabra forms.

OK glabra is a possinbility.

Not many glabra with leaves toothed at the ends though.

Toothed?

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK glabra is a possinbility.

Not many glabra with leaves toothed at the ends though.

Toothed?

perhaps not toothed as such.
It is more obvious when I take cuttings on the new growth.
Here is a leaf picked just now..

roughbarked said:

OK, it could be E. granitica, some of the description fits but I think it most likely to be Eremophila campanulata

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

Not many glabra with leaves toothed at the ends though.

Toothed?

perhaps not toothed as such.
It is more obvious when I take cuttings on the new growth.
Here is a leaf picked just now..

and no. It can’t be E. glabra because it does have S shaped flower stalks. E. glabra have barely visible flower stalks.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK, it could be E. granitica, some of the description fits but I think it most likely to be Eremophila campanulata

Eremophila campanulata another rare species from central WA and named after the bell shaped flower.

https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/15169

I know that it isn’t E.glabra and I doubt it is E. decipiens. It cannot be E. maculata because it has no spots even though there are heaps of variants of E. maculata, this isn’t one.

I couldn’t call the leaves glabrous anyway.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

OK, it could be E. granitica, some of the description fits but I think it most likely to be Eremophila campanulata

Eremophila campanulata another rare species from central WA and named after the bell shaped flower.

https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/15169

Yep so WIKI has their photos all wrong then? Which is no surprise.

roughbarked said:

I know that it isn’t E.glabra and I doubt it is E. decipiens. It cannot be E. maculata because it has no spots even though there are heaps of variants of E. maculata, this isn’t one.

I couldn’t call the leaves glabrous anyway.

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

I know that it isn’t E.glabra and I doubt it is E. decipiens. It cannot be E. maculata because it has no spots even though there are heaps of variants of E. maculata, this isn’t one.

I couldn’t call the leaves glabrous anyway.

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

I know that it isn’t E.glabra and I doubt it is E. decipiens. It cannot be E. maculata because it has no spots even though there are heaps of variants of E. maculata, this isn’t one.

I couldn’t call the leaves glabrous anyway.

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

I wonder how computers would go at recognising the subtle difference if they had a database of all the plants/flowers/etc

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

I know that it isn’t E.glabra and I doubt it is E. decipiens. It cannot be E. maculata because it has no spots even though there are heaps of variants of E. maculata, this isn’t one.

I couldn’t call the leaves glabrous anyway.

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

How would you go with this one? I’ve only ever found the one plant in an remote location near White Cliffs. As such with infrequent visits, I’ve never been able to find good enough material for cuttings.

Cymek said:

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

I wonder how computers would go at recognising the subtle difference if they had a database of all the plants/flowers/etc

PF just pointed out that facial recognition tech would be of as much help as flicking through photos.

Cymek said:

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

I wonder how computers would go at recognising the subtle difference if they had a database of all the plants/flowers/etc

The new way is via DNA. I had to collect material on some local Lobelia spp. in order to sort them out, especially when there are few physical differences. It also gives the plants linage, so better in many ways.

PermeateFree said:

Cymek said:

roughbarked said:

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

I wonder how computers would go at recognising the subtle difference if they had a database of all the plants/flowers/etc

The new way is via DNA. I had to collect material on some local Lobelia spp. in order to sort them out, especially when there are few physical differences. It also gives the plants linage, so better in many ways.

Indeed. now that we have such tools that is the way to go.
In Eucalypts it was down to microscopic examination of seeds but DNA would make it all clarify more easily.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

PermeateFree said:

I knew Bob Chinnock well (former Australian Authority on this group, passed away a few years ago) and have a very thick file of our correspondence, plus have his very thick book on “Eremophila and allied genera” where hundreds are described. Eremophila are like Eucalyptus in as much there many of them, most with only slight differences from closely related species. So to make a minor mistake in the key on some variable feature will lead you in an entirely wrong direction. I even had difficulty when I had a specimen, let alone trying to ID from a photo. Still you may be lucky and find what you are looking for, but it is very difficult to be 100% certain.

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

How would you go with this one? I’ve only ever found the one plant in an remote location near White Cliffs. As such with infrequent visits, I’ve never been able to find good enough material for cuttings.

I could easily spend a couple of hours checking and still get it wrong, plus it might even be an undescribed species. New ones are being added on a very regular basis, often from potential minesite locations.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Yeah. They are decidely difficult.

How would you go with this one? I’ve only ever found the one plant in an remote location near White Cliffs. As such with infrequent visits, I’ve never been able to find good enough material for cuttings.

I could easily spend a couple of hours checking and still get it wrong, plus it might even be an undescribed species. New ones are being added on a very regular basis, often from potential minesite locations.

I’m not surprised.

So, I’ve taken some more pictures because I am going to make sure Mum gets some mail while she is in care. The native frangipani is just about finished now, the flowers have all gone to yellow and are dropping. So it is now time for the Buddleias to take over being the perfumed ones in the garden

…

Ooh, that’s a bit bright, isn’t it. It is a bit unusual to have all colours out at the one time. Usually the white comes out and then the others. But now they are out, the butterflies will come and soon I will be able to go out there and wave my arms and be amongst a cloud of butterflies.

And the scarlet runners are starting to flower. This is the one called painted lady.

Our traditional red Christmas flaaaars are the NZ Alstromeria and the Jacobean lily. Both now in flower. The Jacobeans are trying to take over my front garden and it is gorgeous when there are large drifts of them. I think the Christmas lilies are going to be late though…

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buffy said:

So, I’ve taken some more pictures because I am going to make sure Mum gets some mail while she is in care. The native frangipani is just about finished now, the flowers have all gone to yellow and are dropping. So it is now time for the Buddleias to take over being the perfumed ones in the garden

…

Ooh, that’s a bit bright, isn’t it. It is a bit unusual to have all colours out at the one time. Usually the white comes out and then the others. But now they are out, the butterflies will come and soon I will be able to go out there and wave my arms and be amongst a cloud of butterflies.

I like those deep blue ones.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

So, I’ve taken some more pictures because I am going to make sure Mum gets some mail while she is in care. The native frangipani is just about finished now, the flowers have all gone to yellow and are dropping. So it is now time for the Buddleias to take over being the perfumed ones in the garden

…

Ooh, that’s a bit bright, isn’t it. It is a bit unusual to have all colours out at the one time. Usually the white comes out and then the others. But now they are out, the butterflies will come and soon I will be able to go out there and wave my arms and be amongst a cloud of butterflies.

I like those deep blue ones.

It’s actually a really dark purple. They photograph blueish for some reason. The same happens with some other purple flowers.

buffy said:

And the scarlet runners are starting to flower. This is the one called painted lady.

Our traditional red Christmas flaaaars are the NZ Alstromeria and the Jacobean lily. Both now in flower. The Jacobeans are trying to take over my front garden and it is gorgeous when there are large drifts of them. I think the Christmas lilies are going to be late though…

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I’ve grown all others pictured but scarlet runners have never managed to do their full thing here.

Hmm, had to google to find this thread.

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And yes, the perfume in Casterton is good. Those climbing roses smell just like rose scented soap smells. The other pink one has a different, but still rose smell. And well, lilac – smells like lilac!

I’ve picked a little bunch for a friend I hope they make it through the night.

That’s the flowers to make it through the night, not the friend…

buffy said:

Hmm, had to google to find this thread.

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:)

buffy said:

Hmm, had to google to find this thread.

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Roses. lilacs. Looking fine. :)

Rule 303 said:

OK..that’s more arty than mine…

:)

Here’s something a little unusual.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Spectacular!

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Spectacular!

Are they perfumed? I discovered the other day the waxlip orchids are perfumed. I’d never thought to sniff them before. They are quite sweet.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Spectacular!

Are they perfumed? I discovered the other day the waxlip orchids are perfumed. I’d never thought to sniff them before. They are quite sweet.

:) Yes. Both the cactus flowers and the rock isotome flowers have their own lovely scents.

The latter is Pycnosorus globosus.

Plant ID please. Townsville. Sister on hols there atm.

Bleeding Hearts

…growing outside my front entrance…

Ogmog said:

Bleeding Hearts

…growing outside my front entrance…

Nice.