| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-autumn 2020 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-autumn 2020, mainly taken on 22 April 2020. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
On 18 April we did some more significant changes to the garden. We've finally given up hope of growing Buddleja weyeriana to the south of the house, so we pulled out the last dead bush and replaced it with what we think is a Robinia pseudoacacia, which had sprung up in front of the guest bedroom window, along with a surprising number of Arum plants that were growing by the laundry door:
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At the same time we also removed the Boobialla tree from the north-west bed, where it had just about taken over. Here before and after:
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The existing plants in the garden are doing differently. The Schinus molle (pepper tree) that we transplanted 4 months ago is now well on the way to recovery:
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And the other one that we planted to the west of the garden is also coming along:
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The Hibiscus plants to the north of the house are also doing well. Here the Alyogyne huegelii:
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Then the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max”:
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And the Hibiscus syriacus:
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The trees are doing reasonably well. The one surviving birch in the east garden is now looking more like a tree:
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In previous years it had started to play “autumn” from January on. I didn't even take a photo this time last year,but here's a photo from January 2019, with noticeable yellow leaves:
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The Paulownia kawakamii is also now looking better:
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My guess is that in each case the combination of significant fertilization and irrigation has made the difference.
And the newly planted Corymbia ficifolia has barely stopped flowering since we planted it:
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There are plenty more buds. My guess is that this is a one-off because it was planted so late: normally they flower in the summer.
As last year, the Banksia integrifolia is producing multiple inflorescences:
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It's doing so well that I wonder if we shouldn't plant another.
The American Oak that we planted in the east garden now has very reddish-brown leaves:
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But maybe that's what it should look like at this time of year. Like the birch, I didn't take any photo this time last year, but the photo from March 2019 doesn't look anything like as healthy:
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The Clematis that we bought over 2 years ago are now both gradually flowering:
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Again, I think a combination of irrigation and fertilization were the cause of the delay, though in this case ill-treatment also plays a role.
And the chili plant that I planted in October is bearing fruit, though strangely it hardly seems to have grown:
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The Buddleja bushes are all dead, but two of the cuttings I took of the last dying bush are still alive. This one is growing well:
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The leaves at the top are all new growth. The other one is not as active:
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Here nearly all the leaves were there when I took the cutting. But at least it isn't dead.
One bush that has never done well is the Camellia japonica in front of the house:
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It flowers, but I can't get the leaves green, despite plenty of irrigation and masses of fertilizer.
It's a similar story with the Gingko biloba in the north paddock, barely larger than when we bought it:
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I'm going to try lots of fertilizer on this one. It should be getting enough water.
One plant that I had almost given up on was the Fuchsia triphylla in the shade area. But at least I am now getting a couple of flowers from it:
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And the Fuchsias in the hanging baskets in front of the house are also flowering, but not profusely:
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Inside, Yvonne moved the Syngonium podophyllum from the bathroom to her bedroom last month. It's certainly not doing badly in its new position. Here before and after:
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My experiment planting them outside has not looked overly positive, but I'll give it time. In the meantime, the bath is empty. We also have two Spathiphyllum boxes, one in Yvonne's room and one that had been in the dining room. The one in Yvonne's room looked fine, while the other looked half dead. Trimmed off the dead leaves and moved it to the bath:
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The only issue with Yvonne's plant is that it doesn't flower.
Here are the rest:
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