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| The Front Garden in September |
The front garden in September is a scene of brown and green. Bare brown earth and mostly green plants.
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| The Succulents Border |
The succulents border is doing well, even though you can see some evidence of heat stress:
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| The Aeonium Schwarzkopf (in the middle) have lost most of its leaves |
But, without the osteospermum blocking the view, the branches that edge the succulents border are more visible and they tie in nicely with the stumpery at one end:
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| The Stumpery at the Left |
Some of the clumps of Aeonium arboreum show more sun damage than others:
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| Scorched Aeonium Arboreum |
But, they will eventually recover and turn bright green again:
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| More Scorched Aeonium |
The succulents planted at the base of the eucalyptus tree are still quite small; however, they are coming along, nicely:
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| More Succulents |
I hope that, eventually, they will form a carpet around the eucalyptus tree.
The asparagus ferns in the mixed border took the heat well, but, even here, one or two plants look like they've been scorched:
The asparagus ferns in the mixed border took the heat well, but, even here, one or two plants look like they've been scorched:
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| The Asparagus Ferns |
But, they are quite drought tolerant because they have water filled nodules in their roots.
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| Pomegranate |
The pomegranate tree at the other end of the asparagus ferns bed has only a couple of small fruits, but, I'm looking forward to picking them in a few weeks.
And that is a look around the front garden at the end of September.
But, here's a preview of the back garden - especially for June who asked about the stems of lemons:
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| Ripening Lemon on the Tree |
I think the stems are a little thicker while the fruit is still growing and ripening. These lemons won't be ready to be picked until around December or January at the earliest.
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| Another Greener Lemon |
Thank you for visiting the garden with me!
Your garden has plenty of green and is nice to see. Shame your plants were scorched in the heatwave. I do like pomegranates, they remind me of my mother we used to sit and pick the seeds out with a pin :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen. Yes, those particular succulents are better suited for a shadier area, I think. But, they eventually recover. I've never tried to remove the pomegranate seeds with a pin! That would take quite some time I imagine! :)
DeleteHow lovely to pick your own lemons! I had a few tiny figlets 9n my fig tree this year, the first since we retired. I'm hoping for proper fruit next year
ReplyDeletePicking ones own fruit is very satisfying, isn't it? Oh, I do hope your fig tree will produce some good sized fruit for you, next year. I've tried growing figs twice, now, and both times, the plants died during the heat of the summer, no doubt due to insufficient watering!
DeleteYour garden looks good. Good to know that the scorched plants will recover. Succulents are quite hardy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie; yes, succulents are quite hardy. I suppose what I should really grow in the front are cacti!
DeleteIt's interesting to see what survives the heat. I wish we could grow asparagus ferns here because they are so pretty. I think the stem was somewhat dried up in the picture day of the picked lemon. The ones on the trees seem proportionally right. And, of course, they are because that's the way nature designed them.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is interesting to see what survives, isn't it? I have two types of asparagus ferns (one is a vine) and they are both quite hardy.
DeleteYes, I think the stem on the picked lemons had dried up while still on the tree. Those lemons are coming to an end and will be dropping from the tree very soon (they are towards the interior of the tree and difficult to pick).
Isn't it funny how your garden seems so bright and cheery in the early months of the year when us northern states are all cold and covered in snow.
ReplyDeleteYes, my garden is at its best in the spring, especially if there's enough rain. I have to water the garden in the summer to keep it green and it costs a lot if I go over the amount I am allocated at the lowest price. I'd rather use my water allocation for the fruit trees and any vegetables I might grow.
DeleteI do like your succulents and the branches and the stumpery! They work so well together.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. I started out with the branches and then, added the stumpery, but, they do work well together, don't they?
DeleteIt's lovely to see the lemons. I don't have a lot of colour in my garden at the moment, either, besides the sunflowers and pumpkins. Xx
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the sunflowers and pumpkins add a lot of cheerful color to the garden at this time of year. I didn't grow either sunflowers or any squash this year. Not quite sure why!
DeleteIt is very definitely autumn here. I did a bit of tidying and pruning yesterday, but there is more to do, and I think the time has come to get a tree surgeon to remove some things entirely. I also pulled up my borlotti beans, having harvested all the pods. There were quite a few, considering only two plants. Now I have to decide how to eat them! :o)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are doing a lot of gardening. Apparently borlotti beans are called cranberry beans in the USA, although I've never heard of them. They are good in soups and stews, I read.
DeleteAll is looking as it should for this time of the year for you.
ReplyDeleteI see some potted succulents on your porch. I don't think I've noticed them before. They must be doing better than the ones planted (at this time of year anyway) with the shade the porch offers??