| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-summer 2024 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2024, taken mainly on 21 January 2024. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Last month things looked good. This month, it's not as clear. Part is definitely due to the lack of lawn mowing and trimming, but there's still a lot more than can be done to combat weeds. Here's the status to the south of the house:
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Still, some things are looking good, notably the roses:
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And the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” is flowering again:
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The curry tree is flowering, something it doesn't do very often:
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And the Mirabilis jalapa that we bought 13 years ago seem to be indestructible. I thought that we had removed all traces of them from this position, but they don't want to know.
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Indestructible? Well, sort of. In the last few years we no longer had any red flowers, only yellow. This is the first time in a long time that red flowers have reappeared.
And the Buddleja x weyerania is definitely doing better:
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The Abutilon that we grew from a cutting three years ago has had its ups and downs. Lately it doesn't seem to have been flowering, but that appears to be incorrect. It's hiding its light under a bushel:
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The Corymbia ficifolia has been promising to flower for weeks now, but all we have is what must be over 1000 flower buds:
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Other plants, like this Schinus molle and the Camellia japonica, seem to be surviving rather than flourishing:
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The same applies to our 8-year-old Ginkgo biloba and our seven-year-old Box elder:
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But possibly there's hope for them.
Here are the rest:
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