Flowers 2019

Carol 83

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After a long and arduous repot of the Barbados Cherry I got from Wigert's this spring, it's back to blooming. It was really healthy when I received it, but totally rootbound, with a bunch of circling roots. I was afraid I might have done too much, but it's back to being a happy camper.big cherry.jpg
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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Habenaria x regnieri
A natural hybrid orchid from SE Asia. Putative parentage is (rhodocheila x carnea). Relatively easy to grow compared to other Habenaria species. Blooming in a 3 x 3 x 4 inch plastic pot, lovely foliage, would be attractive as kusamono, but seasonal required dry spell makes a mixed planting near impossible.

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More end of winter species flowering each day now.
Adenanthos cuneata - another West Australian species but seems to be OK on well drained soils.
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Acacia. Not sure what species this one is. Small shrub with realatively large flowers.
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Acacia dealbata is Silver wattle, an abundant local species now in peak flowering time in the bush, along roadsides and in our garden.

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Grevillea depauperata. A small prostrate shrub with vivid red flowers in spring.
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I think this one is amazing. Hakea orthorrhynca. It is another one from North West WA but has grown well in our garden for 10 years now. Red flowers grow along the branches. It is one I would love to develop as bonsai. Would flower year after year no matter how much it was pruned. Rarely sets seed here and has been difficult to strike as cuttings. As most hakeas it is very susceptible to root infections so I have not been able to keep them long in pots.
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Even right down to the base of the tree on really old wood.
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There are more flowers each week as we officially enter spring down under.
Most Aussies refer to our Acacias as 'wattles' there are a number of species currently in flower here.

Acacia genistifolia - grows as a tangled shrub with very spiky leaves so it makes a great hideout for the smaller birds. Has been flowering since mid winter so almost finished now
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Acacia pycnantha - golden wattle
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Acacia buxifolia - boxleaf wattle. Small shrub with grey leaves
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Acacia acinacea - gold dust wattle. Grows from knee high to around head high, sometimes abundant so makes a real show when it flowers
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Acacia paradoxa - Kangaroo thorn or hedge wattle has spines among the leaves on a sprawling plant
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Not sure which species this one is ff hand.
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Acacia bormanii - snowy river wattle. Grows as a multi trunked shrub that reproduces as suckers so often forms dense stands.
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