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Post by victoria on Oct 21, 2010 19:38:05 GMT
Thank you guys ... I mentioned the Tecomaria starting to bloom in the background .... well, here she is today .. the Cape Honeysuckle and she is the baby of the one 4 meters tall ...
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Post by DAG on Oct 21, 2010 19:57:09 GMT
So striking and beautiful Victoria that you are forgiven for your comments about rose hips! ;D
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Post by victoria on Dec 29, 2010 12:15:36 GMT
Goodness, I haven't posted anything here in over two months. Well, we are in our rain season so my pictures are not very sunny but here are some I took yesterday. Here is the new Alexander Palm potted up in a 47cm pot ... ... and the Strelizia nicolai in the new 53cm pot (you can see how bad the rain has been by the green on the side of the walls of the Baffa under the Jacaranda) ... Looking from the kitchen gate to the lane, the Strelizia nicolai is the nearest big pot and the Alexander palm is toward the back right ... the other big pot by the ballustrades contains the Schinus molle (pink pepper tree ... sadly I think we have a male so no peppers) ... The Viburnum is heaving with buds and the one side is just starting to bloom ... Jim put red lights on the Viburnum this year and white ones on the Tecoma stans next to it , white illuminating the wreath on the gate to the kitchen patio wich has green lights, blue lights down under the Jacaranda and around the arch to the dining area and green along the Lantana ... The sun has popped out now but I don't think it will be there long.
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Post by DAG on Dec 29, 2010 13:42:39 GMT
for the update Victoria, all looks nice and healthy and love the coloured lights!
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Post by kedigato on Dec 29, 2010 14:36:22 GMT
A lovely palm, Sis. I just hope it stays fairly small since it is potted, as if it grows like this link states, you'll be in trouble! floridapalmtrees.net/alexander-palm-archontophoenix-alexandrae/ The Viburnum is gorgeous! I wonder if it would grow here? It would be great against the back wall, so I think I'll look into that. The garden is rather void of colour at the moment, same thing over here, just the odd flower or two. Some things keep their leaves and others loose them. We thought the Tecoma would keep them as it hung on to them for so long. But now, in December, it has finally lost most of them. The lights look lovely, are they just for Christmas and New Year or will they stay up all the time now? I finally convinced Peter to put white fairy lights up in the lanai and I think he likes them now as well. He put white ones up in the Wintergarten years ago and they stay up all the time, so these ones here will now as well.
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Post by victoria on Dec 29, 2010 18:39:49 GMT
Sis, I would like Alex to grow at least another 2-3 meters and create a canopy, then it will flower ... that should take about three years.
The Viburnum is gorgeous ... I must get a pic in the sunshine. I can't see why it won't grow there. They grow wil here in the hills.
Yes, I agree a little lack of colour although I still have the leaves on my Tecoma and a few flowers but they will go January/February here. The Tecomaria is still blooming, you can see the orange in the background and the Lantana and Poinsettia and O&L Rose plus the Salvias.
Re the lights, about half will go and half will stay but the blue strip lights on the beams under the Jacaranda are permanent and lit nightly.
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Post by victoria on Jan 12, 2011 18:24:25 GMT
Just a sneak preview of the Almond tree coming into bloom. This is a far cry from one year ago today when Sis & Peter and Linda & David arrived here to be greeted by cold, wet, miserable weather ... shame it wasn't like this ...
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Post by kedigato on Jan 12, 2011 20:22:30 GMT
It is going to be glorious when it is in full bloom, Sis, and we didn't let the sometimes bad weather put us off doing anything last year. I know we all had a great time together and, I for one, enjoy looking back at the photos every now and then and enjoying it all over and over.
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Post by DAG on Jan 13, 2011 9:11:09 GMT
Yes, love to see it in full bloom! We had a great time and anyway the weather was so much better than in the UK as everywhere was covered in snow at that time.
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Post by victoria on Jan 18, 2011 18:27:49 GMT
Okay, so I wandered around today seeing what colour there was and I was actually quite surprised ... As you know, the Dulcis prunus (Almond tree) ... here it is on the approach to our cottage ... ... from near the house looking across the garden ... ... looking up at it ... ... another lovely blossom shot ... The 'mixed' view from the dining area of Jacaranda mimosifolia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Lantana camara, ... Looking up (because it's 3 meters plus tall) the Euphorbia pulcherrima, Lonicera pericylmenum, Myoporum acuminatim and the Prunus dulcis in the background ... Lantana camara ... Euryops virgineus ... The last of the Tecomaria capensis against the Prunus dulcis ... The Viburnum ... ... and I'll end with a view from the deck which also shows the Solanum rantonnetii which blooms all year ... The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis all have buds as does the Osteopernum, the Freesias are about to bud and the Anenomes are showing themselves, as are the Cyclamen (indoor ones outdoors). Oh, also the giant roadside Geraniums. We are making up for our barren summer months ... :cheers: [/color]
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Post by DAG on Jan 18, 2011 19:30:09 GMT
All looks wonderful to me Victoria, so lovely to see such colour and vigor at this time of the year! for sharing it with us!
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Post by victoria on Mar 12, 2011 15:00:15 GMT
Have just been out whilst the sun is out between showers and cut the Morning Glory out of the seedling almond tree (it's about 4 meters tall now) on the other side of the gate. It bloomed for the first time this year (and to be honest we did not know it was another Almond as it self-seeded) and it has a couple of fruit on it. The Morning Glory strangles everything here and can cover orange groves very quickly strangling the trees.
Anyway, took a few shots while I could ...
Cercis siliquastrum ...
Callistemon 'Flaming Fire' ... I've not had brushes on it yet but it changes colour a couple of times a year ...
My little Prunus Pissardi Nigra which I had to cut by half last year ... I've never had the little cherry plums off it because the birds that live in the orange trees behind get to them before me ...
And the colourful Osteospermums enjoying the sunshine ...
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Post by DAG on Mar 12, 2011 15:40:31 GMT
As usual Victoria, it is so nice to see such lovely colourful displays already at this time of year!
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Post by kedigato on Mar 12, 2011 16:16:56 GMT
As usual Victoria, it is so nice to see such lovely colourful displays already at this time of year! Can only quote DAG as we are all lacking colour up here still. The Cercis is a gorgeous colour and I do like the colour of the leaves on the Prunus, almost autumn-like. Thanks for sharing yours. xx
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Post by victoria on Apr 13, 2011 18:19:42 GMT
Okay, had a bit of a break away but I thought I would show you a couple of little beauties in the garden ... My fantastic purple Hydrangea ... ... and my first mini rose to open ... Over the last month or so we've changed one area of the garden so I will post the 'before' and 'after' in due course. Trust all is well with you in your gardens.
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