| Greg's garden: flowers in early summer 2021 |
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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):
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The Corymbia ficifolia is also looking better. Again last month and this month:
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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:
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The oak is looking much better than last year:
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As expected, the Leucospermum cordifolium is now in bloom:
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The Strelitzia nicolai is still flowering:
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Last month the Kniphofia was not flowering at all, but as expected, it is now in full bloom:
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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:
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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:
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The Ornithogalum that I noticed last month are taking their time, but they're flowering now:
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The ornamental grass that we planted long ago and brought with us from Kleins Road is flowering nicely. Somehow it looks particularly good this year:
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Gradually the roses have been freed of weeds, and they're flowering at significantly different rates:
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The two Abutilons that we propagated in January have taken well. One is in the ground, the other waiting to see what happens:
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It'll be a while before they look as good as the original bush:
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The curry tree that I put out too early in the spring has now recovered and looks almost as if nothing had happened:
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Various lilies are in flower, both in the house and outside on the road:
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And apart from that, there's very little to be seen. Here are the rest:
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