These are the flowers we had in the garden in early autumn 2016, taken on 15 March 2016. 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 seem to be getting less and less interesting. High time to fix up the
garden.
The red Mirabilis jalapa has
already finished flowering for the year, but the yellow one, which started late, is still
going well:
A few weeks ago, Sasha broke off a stem
of the yellow Mirabilis, and Yvonne planted it in
soil—something I thought would have no hope of survival. But it's flowering too:
Even the Fuchsia triphylla that
gave us such concern in Kleins Road has now decided to flower. There wasn't much left of it
after last winter, and I fear it won't survive this one, but at least it's still there:
The roses are struggling on, and even
the Tropaeolums are not getting very
far. This is the only one of about 10 that I planted that is actually flowering:
That first photo shows a Eucalyptus that we planted in June. The horses didn't help, and
they have bitten off most of it (and all of the Eucalyptus caesia). But even so
it's not doing at all well. In each case, I can't make up my mind whether it's the exposure
or the poor soil, but we'll explore both possibilities before the winter.
With that sorry situation, it's even more remarkable that
the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
in the dining room is doing so well:
