Late Autumn Bouquet

Orostachys and Sedum sieboldii

Orostachys

I have written about it two months ago and I promised pictures when in flower.

Our balcony is not a good place for it because the plant gets sun only from one part and consequently the flowers open only on that part. It looks rather strange.

I bought some bulbs again:

• Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin' – 5 
• Tulipa turkestanica – 7 
• Narcissus bulbocodium – 4
• Sternbergia lutea – well, this was a present, many corms, the flowers just over.

Everything was planted in pots, the rest comes in spring.

Orostachys After Rain

I just liked our Orostachys – possibly furusei with the rainwater drops on it.

THIS book says: The Orostachys iwarenge is native to China and Japan, the Orostachys furusei lives on Hokkaido isle. They are very similar. The O. furusei makes many offsets unlike the O. iwarenge which reproduces itself mostly with seeds.
– Therefore I think that our plant is Orostahys furusei. It makes numberless offshoots every year. –

And: They are good rock garden plants but like neither full sun nor too much water.

It flowers in September-October. I see there are many buds this year. I will show it when time comes.