| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-summer 2019 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2019, taken mainly on 16 January 2019. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
One of the things that I discovered only slightly before these photos was that I wasn't watering the garden enough. I had a similar problem last year, but I didn't recognize the magnitude. I had had the sprinkler to run for 20 minutes per circuit, increasing to 30 in hot weather. But now I'm up to an hour per circuit, and though it isn't obvious from the photos, I think it's improving things.
Some things are just dead, though: the Acer negundo that we coddled this time last year, and one of the birches. The birch is trying to come back, but given that it died in early spring when it was neither too cold, too hot nor too dry, I don't have much hope. Even this time last year it was playing autumn:
And now the surviving one is doing that same thing this year:
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That could be due to the watering, of course.
The Paulownia kawakamii, on the other hand, seems to be benefiting from the additional fertilizer, and it now growing a little (though still far from the 3-5 m that it should be by this time). Here last year and this year:
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Our second Buddleja x weyeriana is now growing well (though at a distance it looks as if it's drooping):
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But the ones to the left of the big one have all died. This time lack of water can't be the issue. They're in the overflow area from the tanks, so they may have been drowned. I don't see any point in replacing them.
Last month's Kniphofia flower has finished flowering and is in the process of maturing hundreds of seeds, but in its place no less than 5 new flowers have popped up. Here four of them:
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The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis that I got from my uncle Max, and of which I have cloned many times, is currently not flowering. It does that from time to time, and I'm not overly worried. The one that I planted outside two months ago has recovered from the shock and now looks about as good again as it did when I planted it. Then and now:
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The other one, the one with the erectile dysfunction, is flowering, but with very small flowers, though the style is at least erect:
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Maybe this is the size that it's intended to be, or maybe it, too, will benefit from more water.
The roses are also flowering, but I suspect that they're not getting enough water, like this « Monsieur Tillier »:
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I'll see how the added water helps.
Some of the flowers in the shade area are doing well. While we lost one of the fuchsias that we bought two months ago (proved not to be getting any water), the other one is looking quite happy, and compared to this time last year the tree fern is also doing well:
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Here are the rest:
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