| Greg's garden: flowers in late spring 2017 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late spring 2017, taken mainly on 15 November 2017. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Last month things were rather depressing, but things are looking a lot better now. The Paulownia kawakamii that had suffered so much in the frost earlier this month seems to be coming back strong. Here two weeks ago and today:
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The last image shows leaves that completely disappeared 10 days ago.
The Banksia that had suffered frost damage last month has also recovered well. Here the first two from last month, and now today:
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The Senna aciphylla that we planted last December has not only lasted out the winter: it's still flowering, something that we never saw in Kleins Road:
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And the roses are flowering profusely, notably this climber:
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It's a pity that it doesn't have a nicer colour.
The more established roses are also coming up well:
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But the ones in the new bed are not:
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I'm not sure why that's the case.
The tree ferns are coming back, though the first one seemed to be nearly dead, and I'm not sure that it will make it. But the other has come out with new fronds, late but strong:
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The Adenanthos sericeus (“wooly bushes”) that we planted behind the riding arena are gradually growing, despite the grass around them:
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Another plant that has taken its time is an Anigozanthos (“Kangaroo paw”) that the Marriotts gave us a couple of years ago, which Sasha then mutilated, and we nurtured back to health. It's doing very well now:
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This one was a surprise:
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It's a grass that Yvonne bought years ago for the colour of its foliage. We didn't know that it would flower like that.
A year and a half ago we also planted a couple of crawling Grevilleas in the D bed. Neither has done very well, but this one now finally seems to be coming:
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The Grevillea bronwenae that we bought in Pomonal last month doesn't seem to have changed much, but appearances are deceptive. It's coming up with lots of new buds:
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And the Eremophila nivea that we bought at the same time has also carried on flowering, though I suspect it would like less wind:
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The Hebe that was looking so sick last month is no longer looking sick. It's dead. But others are looking very good, notably this one:
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On the south (shade) side of the house, the Vinca minor seem to be taking over:
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The Buddlejas have had different results. These two are in a row together, about 3 m apart:
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It's not clear why the second is so sick, but hopefully it'll recover this year.
And this plant (wildflower? weed?) probably needs more attention:
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I've seen it before, but never really had time to investigate it.
Here are the rest:
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