These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-winter 2020, mainly taken on 22 July, a month after the winter solstice. They're not all overly pretty, but the
purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
There's not much to see in the middle of winter, of course, but a couple of plants are of
interest. Our indoor Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” faded dramatically over the previous week, and
it's still not clear if it will survive:
That's been outside all the time, and though the leaves look a little moth-eaten, the bud
looks as if it might yet bloom.
The indoor plant has an infestation of scale insects which I'm now trying to
control, and there was a lot of water at the very bottom of the pot (which overflows when it
gets too full), but are they the reason? Or is it just that 12 years is the normal life
span of Hibiscus bushes?
Nothing directly related to the time of year, but our variegated Aloe has produced a number of pups:
Yvonne wants to plant them on the north side of the eastern
garden, though the appearance of one that we have already planted there doesn't fill me with
confidence: