An interesting month

Wow Bjs you never cease to amaze me. Those alliums are to die for. Lots here I have never seen before and it is good of you to share them with us. No sign of my autumn snowdrops yet but the narcissus are already poking through in my newly planted up pots. The magnolia seeds are gorgeous. i wonder if the birds take them.

I do love the cyclamen, the flowers always look like alighted butterflies to me & the marbled leaves are attractive on their own.
What a strange plant the Nasturtium is, I read about it at Kew.
Three-coloured Indian cress is the longest flowering species of Tropaeolum in the collection at Kew, and also one of the most vigorous. It can easily cover, and overtop, the 2 m stakes provided as support.
It is grown in a frost-free glasshouse, in large (30 cm diameter) pots, filled with a free-draining, loam-based soil mix. The plants are re-potted in late summer and, once watered, growth soon appears above the ground. At re-potting time the tubers are often found near the bottom of the pot and if seedlings are raised and left too long before potting up, the tubers may emerge through the drainage hole at the bottom.

I love those alliums....very delicate flowers.

Those alliums certainly are very beautiful. I love the picture looking up through the acer - such a wonderful colour.

Are you going to sow some of the magnolia seeds?
I can't choose a favourite pic, they are all so lovely. Thankyou for showing them all.

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Had never heard it call three coloured Indian cress and as I have always been of the opinion it was native to Chile was a bit intrigued so googled it, below is the explanation
Nasturtiums were once known commonly as "Indian cresses" because they were introduced from the Americas, known popularly then as the Indies, and used like cress as salad ingredients. John Gerard called the plant "Indian Cresses" in his herbal. He wrote:
Having sorted it out
Knowing you only came to Goy this year I wondered if you had seen the blog I posted on the 25 march 2015 called colour in my alpine roof there you can see it in flower.

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I am tempted ,I regularly have seed on M. Soulangeana that are twice the size of these I germinated them quite easily a few years ago but they all perished in the first winter similar problem I have with sowing Acer seed, they grow alright when self sown so maybe I should sow a few in the open ground and cover with chicken wire to prevent squirrel eating them.
Send you some if you want I reckon its a natural for Bonsai but don't have 30 years to mess with it ,and my kids would bin it.lol

Like the above bloggers, I particularly love your Allium callimischon, so unusual, and the rest of your wonderful collection.

No, Brian, I hadn't seen that blog but I have now you told me about it, thanks.
Very interesting & unusual plant, especially growing at the coldest time in our country. I bet your alpine house looks pretty with all the little fairy lanterns hanging down.Wouldn't it be great to see the one at Kew?
So odd to think the tubers may emerge through the drainage hole, lol

Lovely offer Brian, but time isn't on my side and I'd be hope less at bonsai. I saw some seed in the Botanical Garden in Leicester last year and dithered then, but decided against it.

absolutely brilliant, love all those pictures what a great time you must have had wandering and looking up and down, hope you have not got a crick in your neck Brian. Beautiful beautiful blog. loved it all. :O)

Another very interesting blog, Brian! I love the plants you have in your Alpine house! Just today I pointed out to my wife some Sternburgia flowering in a garden we passed! I reminded her that we first saw them from the house we stayed at when we went to Spain (centre,Cuenca) for our son's wedding 11 years ago! I hadn't seen them before then but a friend of ours, who also went with us to the wedding, went out during the night & dug up a few plants! She didn't tell me till we were back in the UK & she brought me round a couple of them! Unfortunately the poor things died on us both! :-((

I saw some in flower in the Cambridge Botanical gardens some years ago but this is the first time I've ever seen them flowering here in a garden!

Thankyou for sharing your pictures. Cyclamen always give a bit of bright colour to the garden.