It is difficult to select only six flowers from the many blooming at this time of year.
1. Morea bicolor, yellow African iris is not very yellow. It is an impressively resilient and reliable perennial, though, and is quite easy to propagate. It really deserves more credit.
2. Morea iridioides, African iris is at least as resilient, reliable and easy to propagate, so is therefore very common. Whenever we have use for more, we simply split big colonies.
3. Canna X generalis ‘Mango’ canna performs very well and proliferates very efficiently. It begins its bloom before any other canna here. I just am not so keen on its floral color.
4. Echinops ritro, globe thistle looks like an Allium in this closeup picture. You might be able to guess where it is from. It is the first that I have grown since the summer of 1986.
5. Crinum bulbispermum, Orange River lily typically does not bloom quite like this. The florets should have darker pink or red centers. Could this be another species of Crinum?
6. Hemerocallis fulva ‘Flore Pleno’ daylily has been growing like a weed. We relocated a few only a few years ago, and must already relocate some of their now crowded progeny.
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Tony Tomeo 
What a lot of beauties here! My favourite are the moraea, they are so lovely.
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They are so common that we forget how pretty the flowers are up close like this.
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Your globe thistle looks quite a bit lighter than the one I’m growing. Both those African lilies are very widely grown in QLD where I lived for 23 years….not so much here. The day lilies are lovely. Have a great week ☺️
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Thank you. The African iris are very common here also, so we tend to ignore how pretty they are. The globe thistle is my first since 1986, so I am pleased with what I got.
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I haven’t grown globe thistle before….I’m hoping mine will come back looking well come spring.
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A beautiful Six! Echinops has been on my wishlist for a while. Definitely one to get next year.
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I had been wanting to grow it also when Skyler of Tangley Cottage Gardening gave me this one. I am very pleased with it.
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I notice that you’ve also posted some daylilies in a really beautiful color. Regarding the Morea , are they tender plants? They must thrive in your climate, but I imagine they’d struggle here in winter.
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I do not know how tender they are, since it does not get too cool here for them. I suspect that they are not as resilient to cold weather as they are to warm weather.
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I am really drawn to Number 2 and Number 6. I find that certain colors, whether flowers or other things, draws me in.
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The daylily is such a bright and happy orange. The African iris would be prettier if the flowers were bigger, as they seem to be in the picture.
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How fun to see the Globe Thistle as a macro–the flower structures are so fascinating. And the Irises with dew on their petals…lovely!
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Actually, the irrigation just finished.
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I remember my parents having globe thistles in their garden years ago. I love them but have been unable to convince my husband, so we don’t have any!
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