| Greg's garden: flowers in early spring 2021 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in early spring 2021, taken mainly on 23 September 2021. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Somehow things are still not up to expectations in the north-east part of the garden. It really looks as if the Schinus molle is dying. Here in January and now:
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And the Corymbia ficifolia is once again looking worse than it did a couple of months ago.
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About the only glimmer of hope is that there are new shoots this year.
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I had asked Bryan Ross about this a while back, thinking of protecting it against the elements, but he thought it wouldn't need it this year. Another indication of lack of expertise.
One thing that is definitely doing well are the bulbs and tubers, in this case the Irises, which seem to be increasing considerably every year. Here this time last year (first image, where I also commented on the number) and now:
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Indoors, the Abutilon that we grew from cuttings taken in January is already flowering profusely:
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Now just to find a place to plant it.
I've moved the curry tree outside, mainly because it's a losing battle fighting the mites that appear on it over the winter.
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That's probably another candidate for staying outside with protection in the winter.
And the Spathiphyllum in the bathtub is flowering more than ever before:
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That's a total of 6 new flowers, along with the old one from last year which I'll remove once the others are all visible. Currently the newest flower is only just showing itself.
Here are the rest:
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