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These are the flowers we had in the garden in mid-winter 2024, taken mainly on 22 July 2024. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
It's the middle of winter, and a month ago we had a relatively heavy frost. That was particularly evident on my Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max”, which had fortunately been protected by some dead cannas.
But then somebody removed them, and now it looks like this:
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Will it survive? It has done so before.
The frost also means that there are even fewer flowers than normal for this time of year. In particular, there are almost no roses:
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The spring flowers are on their way:
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The Strelitzia nicolai is already showing a bud:
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But the Strelitziae reginae that were replanted are not looking any happier:
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The tree fern is also looking unhappier than for a while, perhaps because it's being throttled by some creeper:
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And despite all my exhortations, the weeds are winning against the gardener:
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Not for the first time, I wonder why I bother.
Here are the rest:
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