early summer garden views
The garden looked great a week or so ago. Then, all of a sudden the heat and dry got too much and lots of plants finished their flowering and some are even drooping. And we're only barely into summer!
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| juicy green leaves |
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| Santolina chamaecyoarissus |
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| Valerian officinalis |
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| Nigella, Love in the Mist |
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| the spring clouds of hoverflies have gone |
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| Huntsman Spider |
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| Nasturtiums |
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| Echium candicans, leaves contrasting with Derwentia perfoliata |
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| Nepeta Six Hills Giant, Catmint, contrasting with large Ginger leaves |
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| Two flies mating on the petals of a Seaside Daisy |
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| Dietes bicolor |
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| Salvia greggii - Autumn Sage |
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| Wallflower still flowering but nearly ready for its summer rest |
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| cheery pig among Violets |
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| Blue Fescue |
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| Banksia petiolaris |
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| Teucrium betonicum - Germander |
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| a young botanist inspecting a pot plant |
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| Salvia African Sky |
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| Artemisia Powis Castle |
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| Philadelphus mexicana - Mock Orange - fab scent |
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| artemisia ludiviciana valeria finnis |
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| Correa lawrenciana, earning its place not through beauty but through providing habitat |
I love that Dietes bicolor, such a special plant and the young botanist, he is really looking very interested. I don't like the Huntsman spider, although he does not look dangerous.
ReplyDeletethanks for the comment, Judy.
Deletered valerian, devil's beard, is an invasive alien here and a very popular garden plant.
ReplyDeleteThat artemisia has lovely silver velvet leaves!
artemisias are fabulous plants to grow, drought resistant and filling gaps with bright silver colour. Re the valerian: I must say it does spread a bit, but I don't think it's a problem here. It comes from Europe and parts of Asia, so it's a foreigner in both our countries.
DeleteSo much to see! Enough to keep a young botanist busy all day :-)
ReplyDeleteyes, although he's qualified, he still has quite a bit to learn!
DeleteLoving your spring garden, especially your Love in a Mist. I've never had good luck with it in my upstate New York garden. Looking at that Huntsman spider (we have nothing like it) I'm glad to see they are beneficial - I would be scared if I saw one in my house. Happy GBBD. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThey're not dangerous, but still it's a bit unnerving when you see them on the ceiling in your bedroom. Happy GBBD to you too, Alana.
Deletelovely to see what is flowering in your garden.We live in Canberra and recently visited Cranbourne gardens on the way to Melbourne. They were amazing! Great to see Australian natives flowering in spring .
ReplyDeleteCranbourne is very interesting. I also love visiting the botanical gardens in Canberra, been a couple of times. Thanks for the comment, Gerrie. I suddenly realize most of the photos in this post are not natives.
DeleteLiked your Santolina chamaecyoarissus photo best of all. I have a new ginger -- tumeric.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a tropical plant. I sometimes use turmeric when I cook Asian dishes. I love that Santolina too. It's been very reliable for me too.
DeleteSue this was a treat to see all these flowers...even with the warm winter the garden is resting here...for the most part! I love the pig among the violets!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your warm winter, Donna. It's good for me to see the flowers in this post too. Most are rapidly disappearing in the heat.
DeleteIt is a treat to read about your summer garden! I was intrigued by your Banksia petiolaris; it has such interesting foliage. It reminds me of our native holly fern. I also love your first photo, with all the shades of green and various textures in your garden.
ReplyDeletethanks, Deb. There's far more green and textures than flowers. As long as it's not too boring I find it restful. That Banksia is wonderful. It's not indigenous to here, but it's a native. I looked up your native holly fern, I see what you mean. Both plants have a similar shape but the Banksia isn't a fern.
DeleteA previous post, wherein you referred to some plants being wimps, inspired me thank you, to remove a clump of pepinos from under my neighbour's large tree (my side of the fence!)where they were doing no good and constantly begging for water.I have replaced them with some pretty sages which I hope will be more resilient. I love African skies- so undemanding and beautiful. Like yours, my garden looks like an end of January garden already - many plants flowered out and tired. I see many of the plants you have I have too.
ReplyDeleteThe weather has been very bizarre, born out by several of my fruit trees which flowered well then dropped all their flowers - so no fruit. Several of the farmers I chat to at the local markets had the same experience this year - more drastic for them.
- email from Paula, whose garden I blogged about 7 months ago ... http://slowgardener.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/paulas-garden.html.
Thanks for such a wonderful post.
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