Springtime!

The spring begins today in the southern hemisphere! The unusually cold winter has finally exhaled its final breathe and with it came some nice warm days that brought plants back to life, Early spring (just like fall) is a brief but glorious time for planting and enjoying the garden to the full, the rest of the year is basically a prelude to or a recovery from the long scorching summer. I planted many new roses in winter (I wish I had more room for a few more roses!) I hope you enjoy the pictures of my spring plants!

My flowering peach tree epitomises spring

The first roses

The Lady banks rose, this is her second year in the garden

Camellias are still blooming

My only rhododendron doesn't look great this year, it was transplanted and seems to dislike the new place

Spirarea cantonensis

There is lots of Clivias blooming

 Magnolia Liliflora, unfortunately some bug ate most of its buds.

Enjoy Spring if you are in the southern hemisphere and embrace the beauty of fall if you live in the north!

Spring is here

Spring begins today in the Southern hemisphere, yesterday it rained over half an inch in just a few minutes and everything looked like a swamp. But today was a sunny day and not very hot! I wish all days were like this..

The first roses are here, not as many as I'd wanted for this winter was extremly rainy and unusually warm and took a toll on them (powdery mildew, cankros, blackspot, rose rust..the usual suspects) and many buds were ruined.

' White Christmas'

I finally have a Lady Banks Rose!

 Unidentified white rose

 ' Charles Aznavour'

Charles again (and my dogs)

 Unidentified orange Rose

Unidentified yellow climber

Unidentified red rose

Charles again, so lovely!

Unidentified yellow rose (it turns orange as it ages)

The camellias are still blooming but some of them are dropping their buds unopened because of the heat, something totally normal.

The flowering peach looks terrific! I love this tree so much! I planted it with my beloved mother and reminds me of her, I miss her so much!

Have a great weekend and see you next time!