| Greg's garden: flowers in early summer 2018 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in early summer 2018, taken mainly on 16 December 2018. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Gradually the garden is looking tidier, and my application of fertilizer a while back seems to have borne, if not fruit, then at least flowers. The variegate Hebes are flowering for the first time (first photo), and particularly the lilac flowering ones are doing better than ever before:
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Other plants that appear to have benefited from the fertilizer are the Pelargoniums and the roses:
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The roses look less good than a week or two ago, though; possibly it's time for another round of fertilizer.
The annuals in the beds are doing less well. Some of our pansies and petunias have died, and the others are not all as good as they should be. There were several pansies in this image, but only the ones on the right have survived (and thrived):
A number of plants are coming into flower, though a little later than last year, notably the Cannas and the Leucospermum cordifolium. Here comparisons of last year and this year:
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The sole Kniphofia bloom is disappearing from the bottom:
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There's a good reason for that: it's directly outside the dining room window, and on a couple of occasions we've seen Wattle birds sucking the nectar from the flowers. I don't think that's what nature intended: I can't imagine what's left bearing fruit.
The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis that I planted in the garden are still doing acceptably, though differently. The clone of my uncle Max's Hibiscus has recovered from the burn it got, and the leaves are looking a lot better, though it currently has no buds:
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On the other hand, the new one with the erectile dysfunction has many flowers, but they're smaller than usual:
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And indoors, the parent Uncle Max Hibiscus is showing the way with flowers at least double the diameter:
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Other things that aren't doing well are the Fuchsias that we bought only last month:
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I don't understand that.
Here are the rest:
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