Photos from Around the Magic Garden
This is a "not so common" plant that originally came from my Mum's sister in Whakatane. It is one of those plants that flower first and then gets its leaves later. I don't always get flowers every year. The red one is the original. Behind it is a white version (in another pot) but it is not as spectacular as the red. I thought these flowered in Spring but maybe they are as confused as we are about the season we have been having: high Summer in Nov-Dec, wet and humid through Jan-Feb and now cool and wet. Our hottest, driest months are usually Feb. Maybe the plants think it is Spring again
There is a definite change of feeling to the air so I think Our Summer is coming to an end. The impatients however are still making a grand show all round the shady areas of the garden. This pot by the old bench is a good example. The yellow in the middle is a tuberous begonia but it hasn't done so well this year
I am not good with roses. I don't like all the spraying involved to keep them nice but the carpet roses are a delight. They seem to just keep on giving. Cut back the dead heads and soon they are blooming again. This one was given to me as a thank you by a group that visited the garden a couple of years ago. It is the most amazing tangerine colour
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