| Greg's garden: flowers in late summer 2018 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late summer 2018, taken mainly on 16 February 2018. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
The lack of watering last week has taken its toll. The Salix babylonica is looking particularly unhappy:
Hopefully it'll survive. Others are also not looking very good. Here the Alyssum, normally a constant bloomer, last month and then this month:
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And the smaller Carpobrotus, which normally blooms in November, is flowering here and there:
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Does that have something to do with less water?
The lack of water might also have something to do with the roses and the Grevillea, though that's a little certain. Some of the roses are flowering well, others less so, and others again have died:
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The Grevillea bronwenae is looking a bit dry, but certainly surviving:
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The Hedychium gardnerianum that we have had for years, and which we had to cut back several times at Kleins Road, is finally flowering:
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In the past I had thought it was a Hedychium coronarium, but clearly that's not the case. It's claimed to be an invasive weed; I'd be happy if it would just grow normally.
And we now have all of two Buddlejas flowering!
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The big one isn't flowering very strongly. Do I need more fertilizer? That might be a general issue.
The potted Mandevilla by the front door is flowering nicely, as are the self-seeded Mirabilis jalapa:
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I originally had yellow and red flowering Mirabilis, and what I have seen suggests that they will cross-pollinate and create other colours, including stripes. But not here, it seems. I still only have the same two colours:
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The other Mandevilla, the frost-hardy one that nearly died in the winter, is finally coming round to flowering again—at the end of summer!
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Another plant that only barely survived the winter were the two blue Salvias, now looking quite happy:
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The Clematis that I bought three months ago are gradually coming back to life, though they're still looking very much under the weather:
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The Tropaeolums are also not doing particularly well. For plants that should grow no matter what, this one has only maintained itself the way it was a couple of years ago:
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And this one, the black-flowering one (if it ever flowers) is clearly surviving, but not much more:
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On the other hands, some things are doing better than I expected. We didn't plant any petunias this year, because they didn't do well last year, but one seems to have survived:
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Indoors, the Phalaenopsis has almost finished flowering, after nearly 6 months. Just this one flower is hanging on, and it has been the last orchid of summer for at least 3 weeks:
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Here are the rest:
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