September in the garden, something rare

Ebracteola wilmaniae, S. Africa, Aizoaceae family, we were lucky today to see at last this plant in bloom.


Bergeranthus vespertinus,S Africa,Aizoceae. This one didn't see before in bloom.


Malephora crassa,S Africa,Aizoceae. For sure is a new plant for me.
All these Aizoceae plants are in Hot house


Sternbergia lutea, Europe,Asia,Amaryllidaceae. We posted this Autumn daffodil or Winter daffodil last year but it is still looks special to me.


Dierama erectum, S Africa, Iridaceae is the latest of Dieramas and very beautiful as always

 

Here is a habit photo for the Dierama erectum that Nadia posted in this thread. She made a point of remarking on how apt the name is, since most of the other Dierama stems are arched.


Someone proposed Lespedeza as a possible ID for a posting in the Plants ID forum, so I was interested to see this Lespedeza thunbergii. Nadia has posted it twice before and usually remarks how it disappears every year and then there it is next September. Her previous years' September photos were much more colourful, so I think it must be about finished now.


We haven't posted Eutrochium maculatum, Spotted Joe-Pye weed before, a big winner for this bee that possibly never did leave this plant.


Still on my apparently purple theme, two I've posted before,
Sedum cauticola is in bloom now


and Aralia californica, for the third month in a row, still looks stunning.


One more old friend, not purple, but rare enough around here, is Franklinia alatamaha. We're finally getting the idea that we're not going to see a tree full of open flowers. There are still lots of buds, and a few flowers open.

 

not purple, but rare enough around here

Franklinia is prone to water molds and was in fact dying out in the wild due to this vulnerability when first discovered.