| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-summer 2020 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2020, taken between 21 and 23 January 2020. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Last month I was still concerned about some trees, notably the Schinus molle (pepper tree) and the Curry tree. We're not out of the woods yet, but things are looking better. Here's the pepper tree last month and now:
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The Box elder that we had thought dead is recovering. Again last month and now:
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The curry tree has also recovered, though somewhat unevenly. Again last month and now:
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The upper branch is not dead, but not much seems to have happened, but the lower one is progressing nicely.
The indoor Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is still not looking overly happy, and I think some of the branches have really died off. But the interesting part is the leaves. The part that hasn't died has blotchy leaves that suggest that it wasn't getting enough fertilizer:
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I've fertilized it, and the new growth on the sick branches is looking much greener:
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So I'm hoping that the new growth will be better from now on.
The Hibiscus syriacus are also flowering better than in previous years:
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I've been following the Strelitzia nicolai on a daily basis, but it has still not flowered completely, though some of the first flowers are gradually fading. Here's the current situation:
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Last month I noted how the succulent garden in the north-east of the north garden has progressed, but it's doing much better still. Once again last month and now:
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The individual succulents are flowering more than I ever recall:
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Of the other dry climate flowers, the Leucospermum cordifolium has finished flowering, not really reaching its potential I thought:
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I suspect that it, too, could do with fertilizer, despite the conventional wisdom “don't fertilize Proteaceae“.
But the Kniphofia continues to come with new flower spikes:
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One of the grass plants in front of the verandah is flowering:
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Nothing very interesting in itself, but the flowers look just like an Agapanthus, which is also flowering at the moment:
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Is the grass a kind of Agapanthus? It's much smaller
The Buddlejas are in flower again:
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Nothing unusual in that, but it's nice to see that they're flowering well. In Kleins Road they grew profusely, but this is the only one that has survived since we moved here nearly 5 years ago.
Then there are the Mirabilis jalapa that grow in front of the house:
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They're really remarkable. I have done absolutely nothing to cultivate them; in fact, I didn't really want them there any more. But they self-seed profusely and grow with neither water nor fertilizer.
An interesting detail is the name that I've heard them called, “four o'clock flower”. Allegedly they only flower round 16:00. But I haven't seen that: these photos were taken at 9:06, and by afternoon they had shut again. Does it maybe depend on the time zone? At least it seems correct that they don't flower all day long.
Here are the rest:
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