Fig tree expansion

I've managed to find some properly labelled fig trees at the Starke Ayres garden centre in Cape Town.

I now at last have a real "Adams" fig tree, and a proper "Kadota", to replace the ones I bought at the Sunnyside nursery in Grahamstown. Comparing the trees, small as they are, it's obvious they're different, and the ones from Starke Ayres match other pictures from the web of the Adams and Kadota.

Additionally, assuming the labels are accurate, I got nice healthy specimens of "Deanna", "Parisian", "Black Mission", and "Tangier". Tangier is apparently a Smyrna fig variety that needs to be pollinated, so it might not be very successful.

The new arrivals survived the trip from Cape Town in the back of an open bakkie without suffering much wind damage and still have to be put into pots.

Together with the seven trees I already had, this makes thirteeen in pots in total, plus the old original planted in the ground. So, there are three of uncertain parentage -- the fake Kadota and Adams and the old original. Identifying these will be a challenge...

The older ones -- with labels from Sunnyside, so might be misleading -- are "White Genoa", "Cape Brown", "Cape White", "Avignon" and "Black Toulouse". The White Genoa is from 2015 or so, while the others are from late 2016 or early 2017.


In addition to all the above, I have a bird propagated fig seedling that I found in the garden and transplanted into a large black bag. It's doing well, but too young to fruit. The new Deanna is a very tall and sturdy whip, so it might be possible to prune it way back and try to propagate from the cut off bit.

Black Mission.... I messed up by trying to detach the sucker and half broke the main plants connection to the root mass. After transplanting, it's badly wilted.

Planted the sucker in small pot.

Kadota

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Parisian

Adam... the real one.

Deanna

Tangier

Unusual Sparaxis, Tritonia and Babiana bulbs

On a recent trip to see our grandson (and his parents and aunt) in Cape Town, the mandatory shopping splurge at the Starke Ayres nursery in Observatory uncovered a whole lot of indigenous bulbs for sale.

I've often planted the "usual" Hadeco Sparaxis and Tritonia offerings, but this is the first time I've seen these:

Sparaxis bulbifera - about 13 tiny bulbs planted in a mix of acid compost, sand, and seedling mix.

Sparaxis multiflora variety multiflora - about 8 bulbs in a mix of sand and seedling mix.

Sparaxis villosa - about 6 bulbs in herb seedling mix.

Sparaxis elegans - 5 bulbs in seedling mix.

Sparaxis multiflora - 6 bulbs in seedling mix.

Tritonia deusta - 5 bulbs in herb seedling mix.

Tritonia crocata - 5 bulbs in seedling mix.

Babiana "Tulbagh" selection - 5 bulbs.

All of these bulbs need to be planted in autumn, so they're planted just in time. Most had already started sprouting and all looked healthy. Where there were more bulbs in the packet than advertised, the extras were comparatively small.

With luck, these will grow, and propagate.

Unknown rose - need help in identifying?

We've owned our house in Grahamstown since 1985, and this rose bush was already well established. The house was built in 1958. Presumably the rose was planted in the 60's or 70's?

It's not a Dufte Wolke, Queen Elizabeth or a Harmonie, all of which I now have planted and flowering -- this pink is quite different, and the petals are fleshy.

I'm not sure if Ludwig's Roses has an identification service? Or anyone else? What information is required to help in an identification? Colours are hard to do consistently in photographs.

Below it in this photo is a Germiston Gold.

Peas

Sugar snap climbers - supposedly a summer crop?

Mangetout Kennedy and Greenfeast.

Onions and Garlic from sets

Seen for sale recently... last time, I tried planting pickling onions but that didn't work out so well.
I'm not sure this way is all that cost effective, though.

From the packets into the ground. Leeks to the left.

Update 2017/05/10:

Most of the garlics have just broken the surface.

Update 2017/05/13:

Onions just starting to break the surface.

Update 2017/05/16:

Baby cabbages to the left.