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| The Front Garden in January 2025 |
This is the front garden in January. It gets watered maybe once in 10 days or so and without any rain, even the weeds are not growing! I am turning more and more towards succulents and drought-tolerant plants for the front garden.
We replanted a section of the planting bed that runs parallel to the driveway with succulents:
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| Succulents in the Planting Bed |
They were given to me by M who got them from another client who didn't want them. The rosemary plant beyond the succulents is doing well and the bees are enjoying its flowers.
There aren't a lot of flowers in the front garden, right now, but, the jade plants are doing their best to make the garden cheerful:
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| Jade Plant in Bloom |
This jade plant gets more sun and has reddish leaves:
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| Flowering Jade Plant with Reddish Leaves |
I love the clusters of the delicate star-shaped flowers:
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| Jade Plant Flowers |
Not all the lantana plants are at their best, but, at least one of them is trying:
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| Lantana in Bloom |
Nearby, one of the Euryops plants is flowering, too:
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| Euryops Plant in Bloom |
The grey leaved plant (another gift from M), which is supposed to have blue flowers (it has not flowered yet), which someone said might be a type of sage, seems to be well adapted to the dry climate:
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| A Type of Sage? |
In the meantime, the stumpery in the succulents border is settling into place very nicely, I think:
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| The Stumpery |
The lack of rain (and my lack of watering) is affecting the newly planted parkway trees, too. The Street Tree Maintenance people, who planted the parkway tree, removed one of the trees they planted (the flowering pear) and replace it with a second Australian Willow (Geijera parviflora) tree, and placed, not one, but, two watering bags! They refill the bags every other week or so.
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| Two Water Bags are Better than One! |
There is a chance of rain in the forecast for this weekend; if it does rain, then, maybe the garden will perk up a bit. We shall see.
I hope you enjoyed your tour of the front garden. We'll tour the back garden another day. How is your garden coming along this January?
Lovely photos! I was just watching the news and noticed another fire is blazing. Hoping it is nowhere near you
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. Yes, another fire in Castaic; it is about 40 miles north of me and doesn't have an immediate impact on me.
DeleteComplimenti per il tuo giardino anteriore, è proprio bello
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stefania. I was very pleased that I could understand some of the words you used and could translate the gist of it for myself. :)
DeleteYour garden is still lovely even with the lack of rain. I don't think I've ever seen a jade plant flowering. It's very pretty. I do love lantanas. I plant some in pots every spring. Glad to read that you are not near this latest fire.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. I try to find the good bits in the front garden to post pictures. :) Another fire broke out a bit closer to us, but, it was soon contained, so, no cause for worry.
DeleteOops, I think I just posted as anon. Forgot to log in, after clearing cookies!
ReplyDeleteThank you for identifying yourself, Celie. :)
DeleteI haven't see a jade plant flowering, either. However, I have a potted rosemary plant that I moved into the garage that is flowering. It's very cold here with snow covering the ground, so it was nice to see some green and flowers in your garden.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your rosemary plant is flowering in the garage, June. I've heard about the cold spell in some parts of the country; keep warm and stay safe, especially if you have to be on the road.
DeleteI do like a good look around the place lol
ReplyDeleteThings aren't looking too bad considering the lack of rain. That rosemary plant is a good size. And your jade looks wonderful with all the flowers.
And two water bags is better than one that's for sure.
Thank you, Debra. I am keeping the watering to a minimum in the front, but, I need to think of some sort of ground cover for the areas between the planting beds!
DeleteThe Jade flowers are beautiful, but the cheery, yellow Euryops are my favourite. I'm looking forward to seeing some colour in my garden again, once spring arrives. X
ReplyDeleteThe Euryops are very cheerful, aren't they? I hope spring comes early to your garden and you'll see lots of color. :)
DeleteThe stumpery has settled in beautifully, and I like the jade plant with the reddish leaves. The stalks of it are interesting.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady; I'm very pleased with how the stumpery is evolving. Once that "scaredy cat" plant takes off, that stumpery will look like it's been there for awhile. :)
DeleteThe Jade plant is beautiful. It's certainly a lot more colourful than my garden. It's just snow.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. Snowy gardens have a stark beauty of their own, especially if there are some evergreen trees around for contrast. :)
DeleteThose jade plants are beautiful and the flowers are exquisite! Your garden is looking lovely. That stumpery looks amazing, and I guess that the succulents will endure no matter what the weather. You're being very wise with planting to the climate.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lyssa. Some of the succulents get scorched for the sun in the height of summer, but, they usually recover. I am trying to have a water-wise garden in the front and save most of the water I am allocated at the lowest tier of payment for the back garden where I have most of my fruit trees and vegetables.
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