| Greg's garden: flowers in late summer 2016 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late summer 2016, taken on 15 January 2016. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
If anything, the garden looks worse than last month. All our Salvia microphyllas seem to have died, and the Cycad that we brought from Kleins Road seems to have as well:
Why? They're getting water, and even if they weren't getting much fertilizer, they shouldn't all die. Is there something wrong with the soil? Others, like this Nandina domestica, are also clearly struggling:
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A couple of Tropaeolum are flowering, as are a couple of (but not all) roses:
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A Tropaeolum isn't anything to write home about, except it's the only one that made it this far.
On the other hand, a couple of plants are doing better than expected, including this Coleonema pulchrum and the Fuchsia:
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And one of the pink lilies that Yvonne dislikes so much turned out to be something else:
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And these pretty yellow wildflowers seem to be completely at home (of course):
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Here are the other flowers, such as they are:
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