These are the flowers we had in the garden in early summer 2021, taken mainly on 23 December 2021. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to
record what was in the garden at the time.
The “spring” has been very cool, and though it's now warm enough, the garden is not as far
advanced as in previous years.
In previous months the “trees” in the east garden have given cause for concern. They're
still not doing well, but they're better. I had expected that the Schinus molle would die, but it
doesn't look as bad as last month (first photo):
Last month I had the suspicion that the problems could be related to too much water. This
still seems a good hypothesis.
The rest of the east garden seems to be doing better too. The remaining birch seems to be
better than I recall, and the oak is also looking better. Even the long suffering
box elder that we planted
nearly 5 years ago, ago and then smothered, hasn't given up yet:
The Persicaria odorata that Bryan Ross murdered is still struggling, but by the end of the summer it might be
back to being a small bush. Here last month and this month:
The more I look at it, the more anger I feel towards Bryan. The sage bush that he mutilated
has not really recovered: all that's left are the shoots that Bryan missed. And the
Alyogyne has not really
improved: