| Greg's garden: flowers in late summer 2017 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late summer 2017, taken mainly on 16 February 2017. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
The summer started out with insufficient irrigation. That changed, but not enough for everything to catch up. There are signs, though, that things are improving. In particular, the roses are coming up well:
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Various other plants are also coming along, noticeably the Banksia, which had been struggling before:
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The Senna and the Buddlejas are also doing better than I had expected. Here the Senna in late November, early January and today:
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The comparison photos of the Buddlejas are unfortunately not convincing, but at least they have grown out of their protective plastic cover. Here one example:
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The Carpobrotus in the central island in the driveway are also coming along well. Here's a comparison only 26 days apart:
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The Metrosideros excelsa hasn't grown very much, but it's developing a number of buds:
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On the other hand, the ferns aren't looking very happy:
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I've been spraying them from above, and I suspect that the minerals in the water aren't do the foliage any good. Next year they get watered from below again.
Here's the rest:
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