| Greg's garden: flowers in early autumn 2016 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in midautumn 2016, taken on 15 April 2016. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Things are still in need of great improvement. The new surprise is the Azaleas. A solitary flower:
Normally nothing to write home about, but clearly it's not feeling happy where it is (too sunny, I think).
The roses, petunias and cannas are still going strong:
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And the violets, despite the sun, are also timidly flowering:
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The Solanum laxum are coming on, though it seems to prefer to grow by itself rather than where I plant it:
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With the Salvias it's a different matter. Nearly all of them died, I now think because of the heat and the wind. In particular, we no longer have any Salvia microphylla. But one has not completely given up, even trying to flower:
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Hopefully the increased attention we're giving to the garden will help improve matters come spring. Here are the rest of the photos:
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