| Greg's garden: flowers in early winter 2021 |
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These are the flowers we had in the garden in early winter 2021, taken mainly on 21 June 2021. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
Winter isn't the best of time for flowers, and this month it's particularly bad, since the gardeners have trimmed away many of the the flowers that I had previously left over winter, such as the roses:
Once again the Corymbia ficifolia is flowering out of season:
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Hopefully Bryan is correct that it will flower normally from next summer.
The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” is also offering buds, though it's unclear whether they will flower:
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At least the cannas round it should protect it from the winter. Overnight we had “1.1°” with widespread ground frost, and the winter isn't over yet.
The bulbs that somebody shaved last gardener session are recovering somewhat:
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There's even a Snowflake in there.
And the lime tree is bearing more fruit than I can recall in its 12 or so years. They may even be ripening, though they're pretty firm.
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And the surviving Fuchsia in the entrance seems not to have noticed that it's winter:
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Here are the rest:
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