| Greg's garden: flowers in late spring 2015 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late spring 2015, on 17 November 2015 They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
The spring hasn't been clement. After a particularly cold winter came a particularly hot, dry and windy spring. It shows. In previous months the roses were doing well, but they're not looking at all happy now, probably because of the wind:
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About the only things that are doing well are the Gazanias. This one flowered while waiting a week to be transplanted:
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And the Alyssum that we brought with us from Kleins Road is also doing well:
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And then there are the wildflowers. This one is Arctotheca calendula, better known as capeweed. As the name suggests, it's not welcome. And it seems that we inadvertently brought it with us from Kleins Road: it's only in the garden area. I wonder if we'll be able to eradicate it.
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To make up for that, we have this wildflower, which grows all over the property:
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So far I haven't been able to establish what it is.
Here's the rest:
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