sábado, 9 de diciembre de 2017

December blooms

The days are getting hotter and hotter: Some plants love it and some plants hate it, ok ok only Roses hate it...

    Yellow roses in the morning


 The same roses some hours later


Roses are definitely not suitable for my climate but I like them so much!







I've been moving some of my potted Hibiscus because I decided to plant them in the ground and let them go huge as they love to do here.. honestly I don't like these plants but they are so hardy and bloom so much that I've thrown in the towel: they won... I wish roses were like them SIGH!




I am training this one to grow against a wall


Hydrangeas are lovely shrubs: they are happy with shade and lots of water, I want to have more hydrangeas.



Water lilies are not blooming as they did last year I think I have to repot them but repotting lilies is a very physically exhausting task since the pots are big, the pond is deep and my back is bad...




The first flowers of Mirabilis Jalapa



See you next time!

12 comentarios:

  1. Hello dear MDN,
    Your photo's are brightening my day!!! So lovely. It's not nice that the heath burning away your roseflowers. But enjoy the moment's that they are still beautiful.
    Have a wonderful day.
    Rosehugs Marijke

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    1. Marijke, thanks for visiting again! Sun is very harsh lately and heat is becoming unberable my poor roses will be stugglig to survive till april/may and as every year some will die in the meantime.

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  2. Your blooms never cease to amaze me with their beauty. Gosh it must be hot!! Today we have snow! Enjoy your new week :)

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    1. Prunella, I wish you could send some snow here! Temperatures are reaching 40c and the worst is yet to come..

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  3. Anyway your garden must look beautiful with all the blooming roses and water lilies!
    When you want to see some cold pictures, MDN, visit my blog! We had a lot of snow today.:)

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    1. Sigrid, with temperatures touching 40c all I wish is snow! The roses last nothing in the sun, they get scorched in matter of hours this is a critical time for roses here, I lost several of them every summer.. it's really frustrating I wish I could move to some colder place. Wish you a great week!

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  4. Lovely as always! I empathize on the effect heat has on roses - wind doesn't help either! A Hibiscus hedge came with our former house and I have to admit I didn't like it either, although a lot of that reaction was due to the fact that they attracted giant mealybugs, which were difficult to eradicate. In my current drier environment, the bugs are less of an issue so I'm rethinking Hibiscus too.

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    1. Kris, my poor roses will struggle to survive till late april/may on contrary hibiscus can take the heat and once stablished they seem indestructible that's why I decided to plant some in the ground in places where roses always fail, I never water my big hibiscus plants not even in the hottest summer months: my biggest hibiscus is planted right between two casuarines that dry out the soil around them and not even lawn grows there but the hibiscus is huge and always full of flowers. If you want lots of colors maybe it's time to give hibiscus a try.

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  5. Oh, dear! What a wonderful garden! I love your water lilies and hydrangeas. I love them too, and the soil is acid in my garden so it suits to hydrangeas. Mine are Grandiflora and Lime light. Yours red ones are amazing.
    Have a nice weekend!

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    1. Nadezda, hydrangeas are wonderful plants I wish I had more of them but currently don't have any unplanted shaded area to plant more of them, the harsh sun is very bad for them here. Have a great sunday!

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  6. I too like roses much more than Hibiscus! Too dry for Hibiscus to be happy here. When I was growing up we lived close to the Pacific where it was more humid and they were enormous there--3 meters or more.

    You remind me that water lilies are a tough job to maintain. I will continue to enjoy yours.

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    1. Hibiscus are indestructible plants here, they bloom almost year round and rarely (if ever) get sick. That's why they are so common in gardens and also as street plants. Water lilies are demanding plants indeed, I was repotting one of them today but the rain interrupted me! Hope to continue soon!

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