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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2018, taken mainly on 15 January 2018. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
There's certainly progress to be seen since last month. The Acer negundo (Box Elder) is growing happily. Here last month and this month:
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On the other hand, the birches seem to think that it's autumn.
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Not enough water? Too warm? Too much sun?
As expected, the Buddleja is flowering. Again the first image is from last month:
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The Clematis are also gradually recovering:
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On the other hand, the Hebes are doing differently. The white-flowering ones are happy, but the purple-flowering ones less so. Otherwise they look happy enough, so maybe this is just a seasonal thing:
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That's definitely the case for the Leucospermum cordifolium, which has reached the end of its flowering period:
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The roses weren't at all happy last month, but they're coming back in force:
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I think that was related to the problems we had with the irrigation.
The salvias in the north bed looked pretty much dead in early October, but they've recovered well:
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I'm somewhat ambivalent about this one, a thistle. On the one hand, it's pretty, but it's also a weed:
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The tree ferns are doing well enough, especially the one that Mick nearly killed off:
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Indoors, despite my expectations, the Phalaenopsis is still flowering, though it's on its last legs:
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Here are the rest:
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