| Greg's garden: flowers in late summer 2024 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late summer 2024, taken a month before the equinox. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Things don't look as bad as they have done. The Corymbia ficifolia is finally coming into flower, the first time to this extent:
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Last year it didn't flower until a month later, and then not nearly as much:
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So maybe things are finally on the mend.
And despite all mistreatment, the remaining Clematis (“Edo Murasaki”) is flowering relatively profusely:
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There still should be more leaves, but maybe they'll come.
One thing is clear: watering is still an issue. After putting a dripper in the Maple “Chantilly lace”, it looks much better. Here is is two months ago and now:
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And the roses are making it clear that they're not getting enough water:
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I thought that we had fixed the watering problem in October, but it really looks as if I'll have to do a lot of this work myself. Why do others have so much trouble with irrigation?
The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” seems to be recovering from the insults of the last couple of years, but now some kind of insect seems to have taken a liking to its flowers:
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And it's not clear why the Ginkgo biloba and the Box elder are not doing better.
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The Box elder has been there for years, and it's still only about 40 cm high:
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The Abutilons that looked so unhappy earlier are now growing well, but there are relatively few flowers:
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And the Banksia serrata seems happy enough, but currently has no mature flowers:
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And the long-suffering Camellia japonica? It certainly doesn't look good:
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But it seems that there are some new leaves, and they look green, not yellow:
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Possibly, like with the Abutilon next to it, much will die off, but the rest may recover well.
The real issue, though, are the weeds. Here the south bed last month and now:
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Inside, Yvonne has an ornamental rubber tree. It clearly enjoyed the environment in the guest room: it had grown to about 3 metres in height. We've taken the top off and planted it in two parts:
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Here are the rest:
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