A Garden Update

Hallo again, my friends.

Thought you might like to see what is happening today in the garden.  Our Winter is over, we have had no rain for about 12 weeks ( to speak of) and the wind is terrible!  I'm sure that it blows the rain away, so consequently, not many flowers are lasting long.

We have used up all our tank water on the garden, and now we are using town water - of course, we need to be a bit circumspect with the watering now, as water ain't cheap!! ( remember the days when you were little, and you used to play under the sprinkler in the back garden on the lawn? Doesn't happen any more - not here anyhows!!!)

So, here's a few pics that I took this afternoon in the back garden:

Only the tough are surviving at this time, and this cactussy plant is tough! It fell, in it's pot, off the back wall, and this is where it has stayed!

My beautiful red frangipani, tough ads old boots!

Plumbago, it doesn't mind the hot wind!

These never stop flowering, regardless of wind, rain or lack of it!

The poor old self seeded ferns on t he wedding palm, need refreshing water every day, and of course they get it!

The back of the centre garden is watered regularly, it's doing well even though being over run bu wandering jew!

So here is our new sitting area, on the far side of the centre garden.  Will be lovely in the Winter, to sit here closer to the garden.  Of course, It has been far too hot for Alan to finish the paving properly so that will have to wait now, for the end of the hot weather.  We can still use it!

This area is beside the new seating spot - the plants have not been put in the ground yet - I think some of them will stay in pots - like the lavender, it hates the heavy soil in this garden, and dies when it rains! So it will be pot life for it!!

Well, that's how the garden is doing at the moment, we are surviving, the toughest are anyhows, and waiting on some good rain to appear!

Hope you enjoyed the little look!!

How Does the Garden Grow?! Part 2

Hopefully tonight the pictures will load faster!

These bromeliads are growing at the base of a palm,

Here are the same plants, crawling up the palm trunk! If you look closely in the middle top of the picture you can see the leaves of the dancing lady orchid where it is tied to the palm!

 

The blue plumbago is so pretty

 

Another pot of dancing lady orchids in the corner of the garden, blooming away happily!

 

 

Such a beautiful pink coloured flower on the succulent!

 

In the middle of this photo, you can see a mauvey - pinkish flower down near the ground.  It is the "Siam Queen"  Ginger, the flowers are striking!

 

 

Thre coleus leaves are colouring up well now that I have moved it into some shade.

 

More on the Garden

I thought it might be nice to show you all what is left of the garden flowers after all the shocking winds we have had over the past few weeks- all of the orchids have been blown away  till next year!!

 

 

The plain red lilies are still flowering - the red and white striped ones have gone

 

The large succulent has just begun to open it's flowers - it is covered in big buds

 

Jasmine and bougainvillea intertwined over the fence - the smell of the Jasmine is gorgeous!

 

This poor little red riding hood is still going - I have no idea how it keeps this up!

 

 

Blue Plumbago beside the draceana

 

 

The fish are very happy - they have been chasing one another all around the tank - well it is Spring here, lets see if we get any babies this year!

The weeds all over the garden are extremely happy, time for the weed killer!