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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late spring 2024, taken mainly on 20 November 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 Nick Macdonald of macGARDENS came with his mate to tidy up the garden, including spraying weeds. Now we can see the difference:
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But there are other plants too. What's wrong with this Leucadendron?
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Last month it looked like this:
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Is that a result of the weed spraying, the lighting, or something else?
The Clematis “Edo Murasaki” was definitely caused my Nick or his mate:
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But it isn't giving up without a fight:
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Maybe it will flower by autumn.
And the wild grass with the seed spikes that got destroyed last year has recovered. Here September 2023, October 2023 and today:
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The original spikes appeared one at a time over a period of years. I was surprised to see so many now.
The Marriotts may be gone from next door, but Diane planted quite a number of bushes along the fence line before they left. This Callistemon is looking particularly good right now:
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It's a pity that they don't flower longer.
For some reason the Hebes are flowering profusely this year:
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And despite all concerns, the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis “Uncle Max” is flowering earlier than ever before, even if it still looks a little the worse for winter:
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And with a bit more watering, the Maple “Chantilly lace” looks reasonably happy:
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The Strelitzia nicolai has suffered from multiple winters, and it no longer looks very impressive:
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I suppose I'm going to have to cut the leaves back substantially. But it continues to flower:
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That's more than I can say for the Strelitziae reginae, which all seem to have died.
One surprise is this Solanum laxum, which appears to have self-seeded:
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The parent vine died some time ago, probably drowned.
Here are the rest:
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