These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-summer 2024, taken mainly on 21 January 2024. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to
record what was in the garden at the time.
Last month things looked good. This month, it's not as clear. Part is definitely due to
the lack of lawn mowing and trimming, but there's still a lot more than can be done to
combat weeds. Here's the status to the south of the house:
And the Mirabilis jalapa that we bought 13 years ago seem to be indestructible. I thought that we had removed all traces of
them from this position, but they don't want to know.
Indestructible? Well, sort of. In the last few years we no longer had any red flowers,
only yellow. This is the first time in a long time that red flowers have reappeared.
The Abutilon that we grew from
a cutting three years ago has had its ups and downs. Lately it doesn't seem to have been
flowering, but that appears to be incorrect. It's hiding its light under a bushel: