Tiresome summer days...

Not a lot going on at the moment in my garden, the insane heat keeps me from gardening and has claimed its first victim and it was one of my most cherished roses: "Jean Giono" (the picture is from 2016)

I think I could not replace this rose because finding it was a total serendipity and haven't seen anything like it in any nursery since I bought it in 2012 ... there were still some few roses blooming in the last weeks but with a great effort I pruned them all to encourage new growth and blooms when the days get cooler.

In the pond water lilies are unaffected by they heat, they love it! Some pictures before and after the rain

Very Monet-like haha! I know the threads ruin the sight but they protect the fish from the birds.

One of the princesses of the pond bloomed again: "Pink pom pom" 

A mesmerizing beauty

Natal lily

Lagerstroemia blooms

The large palm tree blocks light to the Lagerstroemia most of the day, it has never bloomed as it should because of this

Fuchsia magellanica

Lotus "Chawan Basu" a beautiful small sized variety

four o'clock  (Mirabilis japala )

The yellow variety is less floriferous

Plumbago

Unfortunately most flowers were too high up!

Hibiscus

See you next time!

Sunny day - Rainy day

Today is a rainy day but I am not complaining about it for there were sunny skies for days lately, temperatures rocketed past 35C (95F) and my sprinkler was running nonstop to keep the green green (I rarely need to water from March to November because rain is ample and temperature still not scorching hot.) Watering can be exhausting...

Sunny day: Hibiscus, they are tough plants and that make them very popular in local gardens

One of the cacti of my small collection bloomed, it's so cute!

Water lilies.

Plumbago, I love blue flowers!

Bougainvillea, a real monster that can take over everything if left unchecked and it blooms almost year round.

Canna lily

And Roses of course, Queens of the flowers! Couldn't take many pictures in the morning and by the afternoon they looked droopy and thirsty

Rainy day: I love the sight of raindrops on flowers: it's magic! 

Canna lily

Water lilies

Roses after the rain

A blue hydrangea amidst the pink ones.. the PH of the soil must be crazy

And the much maligned Jacarandas, as purple as ever.

See you next time!