These are the flowers we had in the garden in early summer 2017, taken mainly on 15 December 2017. They're not all
overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the
time.
This month I somewhat extended my range by taking photos of many tiny (wild?)flowers that I
had previously ignored. That
included focus stacking, something
that wasn't completely successful.
The Anigozanthos (kangaroo paw)
plants are doing very well. This is the one that Sasha chewed on a couple of years ago. It has
recovered well:
And these are the ones that Petra Gietz gave us a year ago:
The Box elder is growing relatively
fast, though not enough for Yvonne's liking:
The Buddlejas in the south
are doing from well to badly. This one is over a metre tall and is developing flower heads
that we expect next month:
This one is only about 40 cm high, but it's looking a lot better than last month (first photo):
That may be due to the liberal dose of fertilizer I gave it. On the other hand, that
doesn't seem to have helped this one, which is barely alive:
The Clematis that we paid so much money
for last month are still there. And that's all. They don't seem to have grown at all:
The grass spike that I identified last month has
now flowered. First, last month:
This month it seems to be fully open:
The thing must be about 3 m tall.
The black grass that we brought from Kleins Road, and which never seemed to do very much, is
also flowering:
And the Hebes are also finally
flowering relatively consistently:
I think this is an indication that they need more fertilizer than I have given them in the
past.
The Leucospermum
cordifolium is now also in full flower, though there are still more heads maturing:
And the various lilies that we have planted over the last couple of years are all coming up
now:
The Cannas are in full flower:
The big tree fern is looking presentable again, and the little one appears to be raising a
finger at the person who cut off all its shoots:
The roses are doing OK, but not well, possibly because they haven't been cared for. Time
for more regular pruning:
Indoors there's not much to see.
The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
are currently hardly flowering at all. This is the best that I could bring up today (15
December), though more are on their way:
The Phalaenopsis are still
flowering, though it's clear it won't last much longer now:
And though the Begonias are not overly
profuse, they have grown extensively:
Time to trim them.
Wildflowers?
There are lots of smaller flowers on the property that might be considered weeds, but maybe
they're not. Here are some that I've identified:
This one looks something like
a Dandelion, but it doesn't develop
puffballs. It also grows in water. Somewhere I have seen an indication that it's an
Australian native:
This one is really tiny, with flowers only a couple of millimetres across. It's visible in
the first photo (amongst
the Carpobrotus) only on careful
examination.
Yvonne thinks, probably with some justification, that this
might be a species of Lobelia, and thus
exotic:
This one is growing in the nature strip between the house and the road. It's the first time
I've seen it, and it, too, might be exotic:
This is another tiny one, but apparently distinct from the previous. The hose in the
background is 19 mm in diameter.
Here's yet another. The leaves are different. Hopefully I can get a better photo:
Here's yet another that looks similar, but only at first sight. I need better photos:
This one is everywhere this year, even in our old pots:
And this one I've seen before. Again I need better photos:
Here are the rest: