The Back Garden in March

 

The Back Garden in March

The back garden at the end of March is showing some changes as we start Spring.  

The Sparaxis or Harlequin flowers are coming to the end of their flowering season:

The Sparaxis flowers are coming to an end

But, the citrus trees are coming into flower:

Orange Flower Buds

Lemon Flowers

Some of the other fruit trees are flowering, too:

Plum Tree

Nectarine Tree

Asian Pear Tree

Meanwhile, the apple seedling (grown from an apple seed) has not flowered, yet, but, it is starting to leaf out:

Apple Seedling

I've no idea if it will ever flower and bear fruit, but, I am letting it grow to see what happens.

Other plants that are flowering include:

Crocosmia

One of the Succulents

Close Up of the Succulent Flowers

Which went from looking like this in early March :

In Early March (March 2)

To this by the end of March:

Close Up of the Succulent Flowers (3/31)

California Poppies

In case you are thinking I've a lot of orange colored flowers in the garden, we have:

Neptune Rose Bud

The flower is supposed to be mauve when it fully opens, but the bud looks like dark pink to me!

And there are the yellow flowers on the Early Girl Tomato plant:

Early Girl Tomato Plant

Currently, the Early Girl tomato plant is the only vegetable I've planted in the garden, this year.  The self-sown Berkeley Tie Dye tomato plant is still alive, too, and has some flowers, but, I didn't photograph it.

Here is the curry leaf tree that I had M prune all the way back, in January:

Curry Leaf Tree

It doesn't look very promising, does it?  But, if you look very closely at one of the branches, you might see the very beginnings of new growth:

New Growth on the Curry Leaf Tree

The peach tree has finished flowering and has set fruit:

The Peach Tree in March

M has already thinned out at least one third of the baby peaches:

Baby Peaches

The blueberry bushes have also finished flowering and have started to develop berries:

Blueberry Bushes

And finally, the "rockery" which seems to be changing from week to week:

The Rockery - View 1

The Rockery - View 2

The nasturtium plant's leaves have all withered, but, it is still flowering!  The round basin-like planter has a chive plant growing in it.  The rooted cabbage stem has produced two cabbages (although they haven't actually formed a head of cabbage).  Obviously, I have not harvested them, partly because I think they make very attractive plants.  There are sparaxis flowers growing here, too, and this little white flowered plant:

White Flowered Plant

It's a bulb that M planted, but, he doesn't know the name of the plant.  The flowers remind me of miniature agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) but, the leaves of the plant aren't as broad as agapanthus leaves.  I wonder if it is a type of scilla, but, I don't know.  Whatever it is, I really like the little white flowers.

Next to the white flowers and one of the sparaxis/Harlequin flowers, we have the pink flowers of the kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos) plant:

Pink Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos) Plant

I hope you enjoyed your visit to the back garden in March.  I love strolling around the garden, almost daily, and checking on the plants and seeing what is growing and observing the small changes.  

As always, I am grateful for:

- Having a garden
- M's help with the garden
- Water for the garden
- Being able to garden year round
- Pollinators

What are your spring gardening plans?