| Greg's garden: flowers in early autumn 2016 |
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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:
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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:
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It remains to see how long, of course.
The Petunias that we planted relatively late have, for the most part, done well:
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And the Cannas are doing better than most:
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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:
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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:
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One surprise is this volunteer tomato plant:
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There's not much to show for it, but it's as much as we got when we planted them.
Apart from that, however, things aren't looking good. Our Cycad may or may not survive, though I suspect it's already dead:
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The Tree fern will almost certainly survive, but it's not looking happy:
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And that's probably typical of the situation in the garden. Things seem to be dying of heat:
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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:
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Here are the other flowers, such as they are:
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