These are the flowers we had in the garden in late autumn 2019, taken mainly on 16 May 2019. They're not all overly
pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
The garden didn't fare well over the summer, and of course things still show. But now that
it's cooler, some plants are recovering. I have a surprising number
of hibiscus and similar:
The first two photos are the “Uncle
Max” Hibiscus
rosa-sinensis, which is still not very happy outside; possibly next spring will be
better if it survives. The next is the Hibiscus with the erectile dysfunction and the
prolific but small flowers.
The first two are the Alyogyne
huegelii that I planted in the spring, and the last is
a Hibiscus syriacus flower. I
hadn't noticed until now how similar the flowers are. I planted two Hibiscus syriacus trees
a couple of years ago. One suffered at the hands of Mick's whipper-snipper, but proved
equal to the challenge; after it recovered a little, we transplanted it to the north side of
the house, where it has grown a lot but barely flowered (the last image above and the first
below). The other one has flowered a lot but not grown as well, presumably because of the
wind (second image).
The trees in the front garden have been a source of concern since we moved in. Two of
three birches died, but this year the third
has what looks like normal autumn foliage:
I don't seem to have taken any photos last autumn, probably an indication that there wasn't
much to see, but in the middle of summer 2018 it looked like this:
Clearly it has grown a lot, but still far short of the way it should have (by now it should
be 5 m tall).
The Clematis “General Sikorski” that was
nearly strangled by the Tropaeolum is
recovering well. I thought it might be forming a flower, but not quite. The first photo is
from last month:
On the down side, the
blue-flowering salvias have almost
completely died. Here last year; I didn't even bother to take a photo of the dead sticks
today: