Scadoxus multiflorus Katherinae a month after the flower buds began forming.
- Scadoxus multiflorus Katherinae with a flower bud just forming.
Scadoxus multiflorus Katherinae - another view of a young flower bud forming.
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This video is the fifth in a series – 30 videos in 30 days – for the NaBloPoMo Video Bloggers Group November challenge, #vlomo10.
Today we are looking at the hellebores in the shade garden to see if there are any flowers forming yet. Helleborus niger is getting its first buds, so I am sure it will be in bloom by Christmas. Moving along, we look at one of the viburnums in bud and several columbine which are beginning to grow. Last on the stop, is the hardy orange, Poncirus trifoliata ‘Flying Dragon,’ which is going on the sixth winter in the ground, unprotected, in my Indiana garden. It has not bloomed yet, but until this past summer, had not achieved any real growth. Eventually I will need to plant a second one for cross-pollination.
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Friday found Jerry, his mother and I at a native plant sale in Anderson. It was fantastic! I was able to acquire numerous native plants, some of which I was unfamiliar with. Those are the kinds of sales I like to attend.
This sale was put on by a group of nice ladies who were very knowledgeable. We came home with a trunk load of plants. Of course, it rained that day and has been cold or rainy since so I have not managed to get them planted yet. Here is what I bought.
Lobelia siphilitica – Giant Blue Lobelia
Asclepias texana – Texas milkweed
Dalea purpurea – Purple prairie clover
Ageratina altissima ‘Chocolate’ – White snakeroot
Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta’
Silphium laciniatum – Compass plant
Helianthus maximiliani
Asclepias speciosa – Showy milkweed
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp milkweed
Eryngium yuccifolium
Liatris aspera – Tall liatris
Lychnis floscuculi – Ragged robin
Stylophorum diphyllum – Celadine poppy
Oligoneuron rigidum – Stiff goldenrod
Parthenium integrifolium – Wild quinine
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