Jean's glasshouse angel noid ...Brugmansia
Flowering in March 09
A fantastic collection there Chrissy.
Your new camera is taking lovely clear shots Chrissy.This is whats flowering today,my very favourite white frangi..it has the sweetest intoxicating scent quite unlike my other whites.This is the first time it has ever produced a slight pink blush to some of the petals!
Nother frangi...a lovely blush pink....nice scent
yellow canna today
Brical. I can smell them from here. Colleen
Apricot/salmon versicolor brug
full moon hibiscus
Peach blow Hibiscus
mixed foliage ...hanging baskets
Brical. Your garden must look a dream with all those flowers. The versicolour is just perfect. Colleen
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It is really starting to show the effects of this blasted drying wind we have had here for days....I am happy to send you cuttings of the versicolor if you would like.
Thank you Brical. That would be great. Chrissy sent me some cuttings but versicolour isn't there. In for a penny in for a pound. Will D-mail you
Your welcome!
As you may well be aware - I like climbers. Especially those that can behave themselves.
This is one of the first plantings I undertook on this block. It was going to hide the 'school yard' front fence but after 20+ years it's still sitting on the corner. If you don't know it, seek it out if only for the glorious perfume!
Gelsemium sempervirens - Carolina Jasmine
Not much flowering here so I thought I'd show this. In fact we'll make it a little puzzle. What is it?
It's a flower!
Bauhinia?
Budgieman is not right it's two flowers and not a Bauhinia. I'm not sure if it works like maths where two minuses make a plus. I will have to wait for a higher authority to rule on that.
Brian
It's a snail vine
No it's not, it's a pea flower of some kind
Dang! Lost on a technicality!
So i'm one third right anyway!
Gardengal on the money with pea flower (my thoughts)
Definitely Fabaceae, but there are so many that look just about the same. The flowers are dead ringers for Winged Bean, but the leaves definitely aren't. I'd say more likely Lablab Bean.
That caused some fun for awhile and I'm glad that it did. The flowers are on my "Yard Long Bean" plants. Rather pretty I think especially for a veg. In about a week I'll be able to show you yards & yards of Yard Long Beans (I hope).
Brian
Yard Long Beans are what we call Snake Beans, Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis. The "sesquipedalis" means foot and a half, which is pretty well the biggest they grow to. And then you'd only have them as dried beans. I prefer them much smaller. I didn't think you'd grow them that far south.
Here's a mature Snake Bean from my garden.
Not much around to compare with all your lovelies but I do have a flower on my Stapelia.
Jean
The Stapelias and relatives have some very pretty flowers and I bet that their aroma can be detected at a greater distance than those Brugmansias.
Brian
