The Back Garden in September

The Back Garden

Ready for a tour of the back garden?  This post is a bit picture heavy as I tried to capture the garden.
 

From Another Angle

At the bottom of the back steps, twe have he "stonery"; the dog bane plant is trying to take over the whole area and we had to cut it back a little bit:

The "Stonery"

M keeps bringing new plants to plant in this area.  One of the plants he brought is flowering:

Close-up of Flower

Nearby, the moringa tree is doing well:

Moringa Flowers

The hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, love the nectar of the moringa flowers, and their visits help to pollinate the flowers which form the pods:

Moringa Pods

I picked several of the pods after I took this photo!

Across the paved pathway from the moringa tree, the lemon trees grow along the side of the garage.  Here's the one that was pruned down a couple of years ago - last year, it was still recovering, and this year, it is forming fruit:

Lemon Tree

Nearby, one of the roots from one of the lemon trees sent up a little sucker plant.  I persuaded M to leave it to grow.  It's been about three years, now, and it's still only about two feet high, but, it is producing its first crop of lemons:

Little Lemon Tree

It's leaning to one side, so M placed the tomato cage over it to help it stay upright:

Lemons on the Little Lemon Tree

The majority of the pole bean vines died during the heatwave, but, one vine survived and has attached itself to the nearby Asian pear tree!

One Green Bean Vine

The Asian pear tree is doing well, although it doesn't have a lot of pears on it:

The Asian Pear Tree

Towards the back of the garden, along the side wall with the neighbor who bought former neighbor T's house, the plumbago hedge was growing all over the place and M cut it back on Wednesday, which is why you can see the dried brown area at the bottom.  

Pruned Plumbago Hedge

The Fuyu persimmon tree grows in front of the plumbago hedge:

The Shaded Fuyu Persimmon Tree

There are still about five persimmons still ripening:

Ripening Fuyu Persimmons

One of the loquat plants grows nearby - not sure if I can call it a tree, yet!

One of the Loquat Plants

The second loquat plant is growing a few feet away:

The Other Loquat Plant

On the opposite side is the wall over which Chicken Little flies over to visit my garden.  It's where the rosemary bush with the twisted stems grow:

The Rosemary Bush

Nearby is the avocado tree.  This is how the avocado tree looked about a week ago:

Avocado Tree (Sept. 21)

On Thursday, when I took these pictures, I took a closer look and saw some signs of new life:

New Growth on the Avocado Tree!

There's new growth and hopefully, these tender new leaves will have time to grow and harden before the colder weather arrives in January and February.  

In the meantime, this is what one of my neighbor's avocado tree looks like:

Neighbor's Avocado Tree Seen over the Wall

The back garden in September doesn't have a lot of flowers, but, there are one or two roses blooming:

Fall Rose

I lost another rose bush during this summer - the yellow rose that was a favorite of mine.  I am not sure if I want to replace it or not.  

The star jasmine vine is thriving, however, and starting to cover the homemade trellis.  M pruned it back a bit, earlier in the month:

Star Jasmine on the Homemade Trellis

Growing next to the star jasmine vine is another type of asparagus fern, which is sprawling all over the place and climbing up anything it can find although M and I have been trying hard to remove it. We cut it back and tried to dig it up, but, it keeps growing back!  Maybe it's time to admit defeat and make another trellis for it, too!

Asparagus Fern Vine

The orange tree is recovering from the heatwave and there are oranges growing:

Orange Tree

And that is this month's tour of the back garden.  I hope you enjoyed the tour.