The Back Garden in March

The Back Garden in March 2024

Are you ready for a stroll through the back garden on a sunny day in March with me?  This is the view from the back steps.  The cemented path that leads to the back on the left of the picture runs parallel to the garage.  We'll go around in a sort of anti-clockwise direction, shall we?  We are standing at 6 o'clock, where the back steps are located.

Immediately to the right of the back steps, is a little cemented area where I've placed the patio table (not pictured) and some potted plants, including:

Red Stemmed Lemon Grass

The potted aloe plants are also located in this area and they are starting to flower:

 

Aloe Vera Plant and Blurry Flower Stalk

"Little Blue" Has Sent Up a Flower Stalk, Too!
M is now saying it is a "lavender star" aloe
so, "Little Blue" might be a misnomer!

Not to be outdone, one of the red aloes has also
starting to send up a flower stalk!

And, if we peek around the corner from where the potted plants are located, we can see the wilderness that is the side yard!  Full of overgrown Euphorbia Tirucalli, some osteospermum, and a few weeds!

The Side Yard

Further down the garden, there's a carpet of white osteospermum under the orange tree:

Osteospermum

We've picked most of the oranges, but, the orange flowers are starting to bloom:

Orange Blossom

Nearby, the peach tree flowers are mostly done blooming, but, baby peaches are forming:

Baby Peaches Forming

In the spaces between the fruit trees, there are more clumps of osteospermum:

More Osteospermum

And Hibiscus:

Hibiscus

I've already shown the plum blossom, but, here's another look:

Plum Tree

The avocado tree I grew from a seed has not flowered at all, yet, and I've read that avocado plants grown from seeds don't always bear fruit, but, it is growing well and I'll let it grow just as another garden tree!

Avocado Tree

Nearby, the crocosmia are coming to the end of their flowering season:

Crocosmia 

But, just around the corner, the voodoo lily (Dracunculus vulgaris) is growing and seems to have formed two daughter plants, as well; I'm looking forward to seeing if it will flower, again, this summer.

Voodoo Lily

Towards the back of the garden, the nectarine tree has more flowers now:

Nectarine Flowers

And the loquat trees are coming along well:

One of the Two Loquat Trees

The area in the back, behind the garage and in front of the garden shed, is rather wild and overgrown with weeds after all the rain we've had; what we are looking at is a mixture of curry leaf tree and its suckers, the purple Martha Washington geranium (which is just getting flower buds), three agave plants that are hidden by the geranium and grasses, with more curry leaf plants and osteospermum in the foreground (there is a paved path leading to the shed in front of the geranium, but, behind the osteospermum):

Overgrown Area Behind the Garage

Coming back up to the back steps, we pass by the dogbane plant that is growing like crazy and starting to flower:

Dogbane Plant

There is a sweet potato plant under the dogbane, but, we (M and I) checked to see if there were any tubers to harvest and there weren't any,

Next to the dogbane plant, the self-sown phacelia are growing and starting to flower:

Phacelia

It's a type of wildflower and the bees love it!  

Another type of wildflower that is starting to bloom in the garden is the California poppy:

California Poppy

Nearby, the lemon plant that grew as a sucker, which I am allowing to grow, is getting flower buds for the very first time:

The First Flower Buds on the Newest Lemon Plant

Meanwhile, the parent lemon plant is full of flowers:

Lemon Blossoms

Closer to the house, by the side of the steps, the blueberry bushes seem to indicate that there will be blueberries later in the summer:

A Promise of Blueberries to Come

And, just at the base of the steps going back to the house, the sedum that M planted (and the other succulents he tucked in between the stones) seem to be thriving:

Sedum Plant

Hope you enjoyed this tour of the back garden in March!