Early September flowers

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My biggest Red October and tardiflora are running late this season. Usually the scapes are up by now.

I have a trough with Candy Dish, Marilyn Monroe and Smokey. All three started their scapes at the same time and looked like they would open together. Candy Dish and Smokey started opening their flowers the same day about 10 days ago. Marilyn Monroe still hasn't opened yet.

Marilyn Monroe - September 2, 2013

I noticed the scape on Kinba has the same structure:

Kinba - September 2, 2013

Here is the flower head of Candy Dish:

Candy Dish - September 5, 2013

And a scape from Smokey at the end of last month.

Smokey - August 26, 2013

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Some individual flower photos.

Here is longipes latifolia. This is the first time I have seen it flower.

longipes latifolia - September 1, 2013

Geisha Satin Ripples:

Geisha Satin Ripples - September 1, 2013

Hyuga Urajiro:

Hyuga Urajiro - September 2, 2013

Mighty Mite:

Mighty Mite - September 2, 2013

Purple Heart:

Purple Heart - September 2, 2013

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Some more flowers:

Chopsticks - a cross of pycnophylla x longipes f. hypoglauca:

Chopsticks - September 2, 2013

Korean Snow - a yingeri hybrid:

Korean Snow - September 2, 2013

#114, an unnamed hybrid out of Art Wrede's breeding program:

#114 - September 3, 2013

Red Sox - a cross of longipes f. hypoglauca x 'Maruba Iwa':

Red Sox - September 3, 2013

Sugar Babe - a cross of 'Iron Gate Supreme' x 'Saishu Jima':

Sugar Babe - September 4, 2013

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Some more flowers:

Sparkle - a longipes seedling:

Sparkle - September 4, 2013

Sparkle flower cluster:

Sparkle - September 4, 2013

tibae - a species:

tibae - September 5, 2013

Almost - 'Cinnamon Sticks' seedling:

Almost - September 5, 2013

Bogie and Bacall - a cross of 'Beatrice' x 'Rhapsody in Blue':

Bogie and Bacall - September 5, 2013

[Carol O]

I took a few early September flowers this morning. After the pounding they got last night from the rain, I had to bring them in the house to let them dry out a bit.

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Along with a pod from a previous scape.

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Thanks Carol. I haven't seen "Travelin' Man" before.

It's funny, when I see photos of Purple Heart flowers they always look small but in the garden they look a lot bigger - must be an optical illusion with the shape of the flower.

[Carol O]

'Travelin' Man' is a Linda Port introduction, she gave me last year. It traveled on to the west coast.

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A few from yesterday:

Kisuji:

Kisuji - September 6, 2013

Hosoba Iwa - also called longipes f. sparsa:

Hosoba Iwa - September 6, 2013

Harry van de Laar - a hybrid of longipes f. hypoglauca x 'Maruba Iwa':

Harry van de Laar - September 6, 2013

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A couple from today:

Raspberry Sorbet - a small flower with good color - a cross of rupifraga x 'Shining Tot':

Raspberry Sorbet - September 7, 2013

Savannah - a large flower similar to the Iron Gate types:

Savannah - September 7, 2013

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A bunch of new ones opened today. Finally Marilyn Monroe flowered - a couple of weeks later than last season. Marilyn Monroe is a longipes 'Urajiro Hachijo' hybrid:

Marilyn Monroe - September 8, 2013

rupifraga - a species:

rupifraga - September 8, 2013

Kinba - a hybrid pycnophylla x pycnophylla:

Kinba - September 8, 2013

Kifukurin Hyuga - a variegated plant with kikutii hertitage. The flowers open just above the foliage:

Kifukurin Hyuga - September 8, 2013

The late azaleas are filling in. Here is one called Autumn Embers:

Encore Azalea Autumn Embers - September 8, 2013

[thy]

Thanks for the tour

I just love when you open my eyes

And some people cut off the flower scapes

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A Lime Fizz opened today. It had scapes earlier in the season but the rabbits got them. Lime Fizz is in the Lemon Lime family as a seedling of Lemon Delight:

Lime Fizz - September 8, 2013

Lime Fizz - September 8, 2013

Inaho:

Inaho - September 8, 2013

Blueberry Cobbler - a cross of 'Iwa Soules' x 'Blue Blush':

Blueberry Cobbler - September 8, 2013

And another late flowering azalea - Encore Azalea Autumn Twist:

Encore Azalea Autumn Twist - September 8, 2013

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Last page:

longipes hypoglauca - a species:

longipes hypoglauca - September 8, 2013

The last two are flowers from a pair of seedlings labeled #102 that Art Wrede gave me - he had received the seeds for Bill Meyer years ago. The plants looked the same until the scapes came up - one was green and one was red. The camera doesn't pick up the color well on this first one, to my eyes the violet on the first one is the same as on Violetta:

#102 -1 September 8, 2013

Here is the second one - bigger, lighter:

#102 -2 September 8, 2013

Here they are side by side:

#102 -2 & -1 September 8, 2013

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Is anyone growing Grape Fizz? It put out a huge (thick) scape this year - first time trying to flower. The buds develop and then fall off. So I'm not seeing the flowers. I have it in a trough with other hosta (Chopsticks) flowering like crazy.

[Eleven]

Ed, someone posted over on Garden Web the same issue with Grape Fizz. Said it had to do with the recent cool weather.

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Thanks. That must be it. We have the same weather. Hopefully with this warm-up some will open.

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Only one notable one today Rocket's Red Glare. A Red October opened but the flower was distorted. I'm not seeing any scapes from One Man's Treasure yet - it's really late this year.

Rocket's Red Glare - a cross of 'One Man's Treasure' X 'Strawberry Delight':

Rocket's Red Glare - September 9, 2013

Rocket's Red Glare - September 9, 2013

This one jumped up at me and shouted "Take my picture" - red water iris.
These have a tendency to "run" rather than clump. If one gets established later in the season it can flower.

red water iris - September 9, 2013

Another azalea with Fall flowers - Encore Azalea Autumn Sundance: