Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Garden in February


The Front Garden in February

Welcome to the front garden!  The cold night time temperatures we've been having, going down to 36F some nights, have damaged the lantana flowers, but, the plants themselves are doing OK.

Succulents Along the Side Wall


Looking Along the Side Wall from the Sidewalk

Aloe Flower Cluster

Euryops Bushes Under the Eucalyptus Tree


A Different Perspective
(Sorry for the glare; it was a sunny day!)

Meanwhile in the back garden:

The Back Garden

The peach tree is leafing out:

The Peach Tree in February

The citrus trees are starting to flower:

Lemon Tree with Buds and Flowers


Orange Flowers and Buds


More Orange Flowers

The blueberry bushes are full of flowers, too:

Blueberry Flowers


And the plum tree is starting to show the tiniest of buds:

Plum Flower Buds

Yes, those are osteospermum plants you see in the background, behind the plum tree.  The plum tree is planted near the orange tree and the osteospermum plants are growing under the orange tree and flowering!


Osteospermum Flowers

If M has his way, he'd uproot all the osteospermum plants from under the orange tree, but, I like them!

Thank you for visiting my garden!  I hope you enjoyed it, blurry pictures and all!  LOL.  

I am grateful for:
- Having a garden to enjoy, especially during the lockdown and the pandemic
- M's help with the garden
- Water for the garden
- Flowers
- Bees and other insects to help pollinate the flowers

My joyful activity was walking around the garden and sharing it with my blog readers.

22 comments:

  1. Your garden is looking lovely and I like the osteospermum flowers under the orange tree too. Your aloe flowers are a gorgeous colour. Thank you for sharing your photos of your garden in February.

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    1. Thank you, Eileen. I have a flower stalk on the aloe vera plant (the kind that is good for soothing burns, etc.), too, but that is yellow! You are quite welcome. :)

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  2. A wonderful tour of both your back & front gardens. How lovely to have all those flowers - fruit trees seem to have the most scented flowers.

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    1. Thank you, Mary-Lou. The citrus flowers have a lovely fragrance and if one goes outside in the evenings, the air is perfumed by them because many of my neighbors also have citrus trees in their gardens.

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  3. It looks like all of your fruit trees and bushes are doing well. You may have bumper crops if the weather cooperates. Does M think the osteospermum are competing with the orange tree for water? Is that why he wants to remove them?

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    1. The majority of the fruit trees are full of flowers, this year. The pomegranate tree is just starting to leaf out and I'm still waiting for the nectarine tree, persimmon tree, and Asian pear tree to come out of dormancy. I'm hopeful that I'll get some fruit from all those flowers, if the weather is good!
      Yes, M thinks the osteospermum are competing for water and nutrients, too. But, I don't grow many plants just for their flowers and the osteospermum just look so cheerful! I've tried growing vegetables under the orange tree - radishes, carrots, beets, etc., but, they didn't do too well.

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  4. Your gardens are just lovely. I am so jealous. I don't really have a real garden since we moved to a condo. You do a beautiful job! xo Diana

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    1. Thank you, Diana. Much of the credit goes to M, my gardener; I just water between his twice weekly visits. :)

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  5. Your gardens are beautiful in February! Your fruit trees will be quite fruitful! andrea

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    1. Thank you, Andrea; I'm hoping I'll have a good harvest of fruits and vegetables, but, "many a slip between cup and lip" as they say! It is hailing, right now!

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  6. What a treat to see photographs of all those lovely plants! I hope the fruiting ones will produce well later.
    We had sun today and yesterday's snow looks fresh and clean. We are not sure what happened to our plow guy (perhaps the machine broke?) but we did manage to get out.

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    1. Glad you enjoyed it, Bushlady. I, too, hope that the fruit trees will bear lots of fruit. It hailed here, today! Not enough to damage the plants, though. Rain is in the forecast for the next several days, which will be welcome.
      Hope your plow guy is OK!

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  7. Your gardens are beautiful! The fruit trees in flowers are so lovely. I'm envious of those, particularly the citrus! We are getting dumped with snow now, maybe over a foot already. I don't mind because I know spring isn't far away!

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    1. Thank you, Celie. I saw on the news that the Midwest is getting snow. Parts of California are getting snow, too, and I had hail! Hope you are managing to keep warm and be careful driving in that snow!

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  8. I always love it when you share your garden pics. It may sound silly, but it seems so exotic and wondrous to me. I loved the aloe flowers and the lemon tree blossoms.

    Thank you.

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    1. Thank you, Lyssa; I'm glad you enjoyed the garden pictures. I know I love it when you post pictures of your garden, especially that fuchsia. :)

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    2. The fuchsia is still dormant, but I'm sure it won't be long before it springs into excessive life again lol!

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    3. And when it does, I hope you'll post pictures of its exuberance!

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  9. Wonderful images this month! I liked the different perspective in the front yard. It helps orient me to what we've been seeing in the past.
    That little wall - that borders neighbor T's house? and that's your driveway? I think your garage is on that side?
    You are going to have a banner fruit year if those images are any indication.

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    1. Thank you, Debra. Yes, there is a short wall between my house and T's house, with a slightly higher wall further down, and they run along my driveway which leads to the garage. I'll try to take a better picture, later! :)
      I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there will be plenty of fruit, if all goes well with the weather.

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  10. Wow the garden is looking fantastic! It is really coming to life.

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    1. Thank you, Sharon. Right now, the garden is a bit water logged after all the rain we've had in the last 24 hours!

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