February blooms and pruning roses in summer

Summer in my area is brutal: months of triple-digit heat, suffocating humidity and blazing sun... It's no wonder that my roses wither in the long slog from december to march, for roses in hot areas summer is their winter. My roses respond well to a good summer clean-up, I reduce their height by at least a third, and clear out any dead, diseased and spindly growth, fertilise and water well, then I wait for their autumn flush of beautiful blooms!

Last roses before pruning 

later.. lots of rose drebriss

Water lilies keep blooming, they love heat

Lotus are blooming too

Agapanthus

This is unusual..

Amaryllis Belladonna decided to bloom this year... they are a mystery 

Crinium in bloom 

Hibiscus

See you next time!

Happy new year (and water lilies)

I wish all my readers and visitors a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Gloire du temple sur lot (aka the Queen of the pond has bloomed!

Third day bloom, completely white I could not take pictures of the first and second day because of the intense rain.

This is another Queen of the Pond, second day: shell pink, absolutely gorgeous! Water lilies love the heat, the hotter the better but I'm not seeing many blooms so far and they are quite small because I didn't repot them last summer, I should do it soon but it's a physically demanding task: the pond is deep, the pots are big and my back is bad.

More lilies!

See you next year!!