| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-summer 2021 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2021, taken mainly on 20 January 2021. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
It's been a cool, moist summer so far, but gradually it's getting warmer, and the paddocks look more like what you'd expect of an Australian summer:
Gradually I'm losing interest in gardening. When we were in Kleins Road things grew well, but just keeping things alive is a challenge. I've given up on the Paulownia kawakamii: it died a month or two after barely reaching a height of 70 cm. It should have been 5 m high a couple of years ago. And the Corymbia ficifolia that looked so happy last year is just barely alive:
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On the other hand, the Schinus molle that was looking unhappy a couple of months seems to have picked up. Here 3 months ago and now:
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And even the Box Elder, presumed dead, is trying to fight its way out of the weeds:
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The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in the north garden has recovered well enough:
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It's better protected than before, but it took a very long time to recover from the winter, and it sounds like a good idea to protect it from the next winter. And, of course, take some cuttings.
The Clematis “Edo Murasaki” continues to flower through the time when it should be dormant:
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The hanging baskets in the house entrance are a mixed bag. One of the fuchsias is doing fine, while the other one and the Maidenhair fern have had it:
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The gazanias are flowering better than in recent months:
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I suspect that the sunshine has something to do with it. Normally I look for overcast weather for the photos, because they give the best lighting, but today I didn't have the choice.
The Leucospermum cordifolium is still flowering, doing much better than in previous years:
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And while most plants in the north side of the north garden have died (with the notable exceptions of the Banksia and the Eremophila nivea), the blue salvias that we got from Lorraine Carranza have really taken off:
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They're annual, unlike the other salvias, and maybe that's how they survive.
And that's the trick, I think. I should plant more bulbs and tubers. What happened to our alstroemerias? That would be a good choice.
Here are the rest:
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