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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2014/2015, mainly on 17 January 2015. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
This page shows most, but not all, of the flower photos I took: some were repetitive. They're all there on the photo page for 17 January, and there's a description of the more interesting ones in my diary.
This will be the last summer in Kleins Road. We're expecting to move to the Stones Road property in 2 or 3 months. And we're not paying as much attention to the garden as we did in previous years. Still, there are some surprises:
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That's the Mandevilla laxa that I planted 3½ years ago, and which is flowering for the first time. Why so long? I also planed some Jasminum polyanthum in the same place, and though that has flowered profusely in other parts of the garden, it's still not flowering here. Either the soil is bad, or it's not getting enough water. In any case, the Mandevilla is pretty and looks and smells like a small Frangipani, so we'll find a place for it in the new house.
And then there's this plant, which seems to be a volunteer:
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My best guess is that it's a species of Leptospermum
The Fuchsia triphylla that suffered so badly from frost has made a partial recovery, though large parts have died off:
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And our Gladioli are flowering, but not standing upright. It looks as if the bulbs grow towards the ground, and then offer insufficient grip to hold the stems up.
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Finally there's a somewhat bewildered Hellebore, still flowering, more or less:
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It should have flowered in winter.
Here are most of the remaining photos:
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