| Greg's garden: flowers in late spring 2019 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late spring 2019, taken between 23 and 25 November 2019. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Probably the biggest success this month are the roses. This time last year I was also happy with the results:
But clearly they're better this year:
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One thing that has changed is the Tropaeolum that was growing against the fence. That proved to be responsible for the near-death of the Clematis General Sikorski, which has now recovered relatively well. The rather timid flower of a few days ago has now opened, and more are on their way:
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But things are only relative. The other clematis, which flowered last year, is hardly overly active:
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Still, the idea of more fertilizer is gradually making itself felt.
The Banksia integrifolia continues to flourish, and to my surprise there are what appear to be three different kinds of flower:
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Why is that?
The Box elder that we thought dead has recovered:
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The hanging baskets in the entrance are still alive, but there's no obvious difference in their appearance:
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The Honeysuckle at the west side of the dog run is in full flower:
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The last water Iris of the season is still flowering, and the first water lily has just appeared:
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And the first Strelitzia reginae for nearly 3 years is promising to flower:
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It's still a bit behind the state of 3 years ago, though. This was on 30 November 2016:
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And these small blue wildflowers are doing well:
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As the ant indicates, they're tiny, about 1 cm across. I must finally get round to taking some good photos of them.
The Grevillea robusta that we planted 5 months ago has not done as well as I had hoped:
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My guess is that horses are to blame; the mesh on top wasn't there when I planted it.
Here are the rest:
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