| Greg's garden: flowers in late autumn 2019 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late autumn 2019, taken mainly on 16 May 2019. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
The garden didn't fare well over the summer, and of course things still show. But now that it's cooler, some plants are recovering. I have a surprising number of hibiscus and similar:
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The first two photos are the “Uncle Max” Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, which is still not very happy outside; possibly next spring will be better if it survives. The next is the Hibiscus with the erectile dysfunction and the prolific but small flowers.
Then there are the relatives:
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The first two are the Alyogyne huegelii that I planted in the spring, and the last is a Hibiscus syriacus flower. I hadn't noticed until now how similar the flowers are. I planted two Hibiscus syriacus trees a couple of years ago. One suffered at the hands of Mick's whipper-snipper, but proved equal to the challenge; after it recovered a little, we transplanted it to the north side of the house, where it has grown a lot but barely flowered (the last image above and the first below). The other one has flowered a lot but not grown as well, presumably because of the wind (second image).
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The trees in the front garden have been a source of concern since we moved in. Two of three birches died, but this year the third has what looks like normal autumn foliage:
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Nothing special there. But that's not the way it was before. Last year it looked like this:
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But that was in February!. After that it lost all its leaves.
The situation is similar with the Paulownia kawakamii:
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I don't seem to have taken any photos last autumn, probably an indication that there wasn't much to see, but in the middle of summer 2018 it looked like this:
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Clearly it has grown a lot, but still far short of the way it should have (by now it should be 5 m tall).
The Clematis “General Sikorski” that was nearly strangled by the Tropaeolum is recovering well. I thought it might be forming a flower, but not quite. The first photo is from last month:
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Preparations for spring are well on their way. All of these bulbs are outside my bedroom window:
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And the first forget-me-nots are flowering in front of the library:
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On the down side, the blue-flowering salvias have almost completely died. Here last year; I didn't even bother to take a photo of the dead sticks today:
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Here are the rest:
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