| Greg's garden: flowers in mid-winter 2020 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-winter 2020, mainly taken on 22 July, a month after the winter solstice. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
There's not much to see in the middle of winter, of course, but a couple of plants are of interest. Our indoor Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” faded dramatically over the previous week, and it's still not clear if it will survive:
So it's interesting to compare it with its outdoor companion, made from a cutting:
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That's been outside all the time, and though the leaves look a little moth-eaten, the bud looks as if it might yet bloom.
The indoor plant has an infestation of scale insects which I'm now trying to control, and there was a lot of water at the very bottom of the pot (which overflows when it gets too full), but are they the reason? Or is it just that 12 years is the normal life span of Hibiscus bushes?
Nothing directly related to the time of year, but our variegated Aloe has produced a number of pups:
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Yvonne wants to plant them on the north side of the eastern garden, though the appearance of one that we have already planted there doesn't fill me with confidence:
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The Banksia serrata continues to flower:
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I'm surprised how well it is doing, not far from where a couple of other plants have died.
The Alyogyne huegelii also continues to flower:
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And though the summer-flowering Corymbia ficifolia is not longer flowering the way it was through the autumn, it's not done yet:
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Looking forward to spring, the Camellia japonica in front of the house has also started flowering, though otherwise the leaves still look unhappy:
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Some of the Carpobrotus plants are also starting to flower, even the small ones that normally flower briefly and violently in November:
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And of course various spring bulbs are already on their way:
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On the other hand, some plants are not looking at all happy, like this lime:
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Somehow we have no luck at all with citrus fruits.
The herb bed is completely overgrown with some plant that I can't identify, but which I can't completely discard as a weed:
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At the bottom of that photo is evidence of kangaroo presence:
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I haven't seen them that close to the house for a long time. They must know when the dogs aren't there.
Here are the rest:
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