| Greg's garden: flowers in early winter 2020 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in early winter 2020, mainly taken on the winter solstice, 21 June. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Despite the relatively mild winter so far, there isn't much to show. I had been rather pleased with the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max”, which is still flowering and has buds on their way:
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That's a far cry from what it looked like in October last year:
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On the other hand, we had a bud this time last year:
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Other plants that appear to be defying the season include Cannas:
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The Corymbia ficifolia is also still flowering, though it is not looking as well as it did a couple of weeks ago. I suspect that a number of the buds won't open:
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One Hebe, and only one, is flowering relatively profusely:
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And the Strelitzia nicolai looks like it's producing a new flower spike:
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On the other hand, some plants are doing less well than I had expected, including the roses:
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At this time of year we normally have quite a few still flowering, but this year this is about the only one:
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And the Fuchsia triphylla is once again looking effectively dead:
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And the Grevillea robusta doesn't seem to be making it. It's now smaller than it was when we bought it (second image, coincidentally a year ago today):
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I wonder why. I thought that the name “robusta” was supposed to be indicative.
And surprisingly, the Schinus molle that I've been observing since its transplantation last November is not improving the way I expected. Yes, it has many more leaves than when we planted it there, but now a couple of branches have died off:
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The other one, which we planted to the west of the house, might yet overtake it:
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The mistreated Epazote plant also looks as if it will make it:
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There are the first signs of spring. The Narcissus that looked so sad a couple of weeks ago is now flowering more reliably, though it's small, and there's a second bulb flowering as well:
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Indoors, the transplanted Hibiscus rosa-sinensis from Yvonne's bedroom is growing like fury, unfortunately only upwards:
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I'll have to cut the main stem off, but I'd like to wait until there's a good chance of the cutting taking.
And the Buddleja × weyeriana cuttings that I salvaged from the dying bush have taken well. They're even producing flowers:
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I still don't understand why the main plant died. But we're going to have to do something with the cuttings: the stems are far too thin, and I think they need planting outside.
Here are the rest:
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