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These are the flowers we had in the garden in late summer 2025, taken mainly on 22 February and 23 February 2025. They're not all overly pretty, but the purpose of the photos is to record what was in the garden at the time.
It hasn't been an overly hot summer, but it has been very dry, and a number of plants have suffered as a result, despite ostensibly being irrigated:
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The good news is the Grevillea robusta, which had been stripped by the horses last month. Here two months ago, last month and now:
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It will clearly survive, something that I can't say of all plants. In particular, my Clematis “Edo Murasaki” has problems:
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Looking more carefully, it seems that the tendrils that held it in place have died back:
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I've tied the first stem back, sort of:
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Even more concerning is that the other half of the plant seems to have died altogether. Here last month and now:
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Is that because it's so dry? To be on the safe side, I'm giving it more water. Hopefully that will be enough. What problems I have had with this plant!
The Leucadendron that looked so sick after Nick Macdonald's visit seems to have recovered:
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About the only thing that really looks good is the Corymbia ficifolia:
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These bulbs in the house entrance are unexpected:
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Are they the ones that usually bloom a month or more earlier?
And the Mirabilis jalapa is doing well with no attention whatsoever, almost blocking the front door of the house:
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And somehow that seems to be all of interest. Sometimes I wonder why I bother. Here are the rest:
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