All the trees are virtually bare now except the Japanese Maple. Other plants featured in these photos include Variegated Aucuba or Gold Dust Plant, Nandina, Hebe, Lomandra Tanika, Correa and Photinia.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Late Autumn Colour, Early Winter Weather
We've had the earliest frosty spell in 39 years and yesterday snow was reported in the mountains near us. Last night was -3℃ 26℉ apparent temp -8℃ 17℉ and today's maximum was 12℃ 53℉ apparent temp 5℃ 41℉.
Most of the trees are well on their way to being bare. Only the Japanese Maple is still putting on a real show.
The nandinas, while not a deciduous plant, are putting on a show to rival the autumn trees.
Amazingly there are flowers in the garden, the salvias are still flowering and some of the hebes and bottlebrushes have produced a smattering of new blooms.
Over winter I'll contemplate what to do with a few unfinished parts of the garden.
I'll be linking this post to Cottage Flora Thursday at Fishtail Cottage and checking out what everyone else has to share.
Most of the trees are well on their way to being bare. Only the Japanese Maple is still putting on a real show.
The nandinas, while not a deciduous plant, are putting on a show to rival the autumn trees.
Amazingly there are flowers in the garden, the salvias are still flowering and some of the hebes and bottlebrushes have produced a smattering of new blooms.
Over winter I'll contemplate what to do with a few unfinished parts of the garden.
I'll be linking this post to Cottage Flora Thursday at Fishtail Cottage and checking out what everyone else has to share.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Garden Update - Deciduous Trees
The birches, a mix of bought and self-seeded ones, are still a combination of green and gold.
The oldest Crepe Myrtle, 'Lipan', started changing colour later than the other two and is covered in orange leaves.
The second oldest Crepe Myrtle, I think it might be 'Biloxi' but I'll have to find the label, still has a reasonable covering of reddish orange leaves.
The newest Crepe Myrtle, possibly 'Sioux' but I'll have to check that, had the most wonderful red leaves. I was admiring them through the window for days but missed the opportunity to get a good photo of the tree with full coverage.
One of the three Trident Maples still has a good covering but it's definitely time to start raking.
The Japanese Maple has only just started changing colour.
The silk trees are slowly turning yellowish but the colour fades quickly. They also have a lot of seed pods.
The Chinese Pistachio is a wonderful glowing gold, which as far as I know is an unusual colour for the species. Ours has always been pinky orange, with an occasional branch tending towards yellow. I have seen many of these trees that are quite reddish. So this year's vivid gold is a surprise, though very beautiful.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
More Autumn Trees
Our birches are only just turning yellow, though there are more advanced ones in the area.
The differences in our two oldest Trident Maples, planted at the same time, continue to be evident. One is wider, the other is narrow and slower growing. The wide one has more red in its autumn foliage, the narrow one is more yellow.
The differences in our two oldest Trident Maples, planted at the same time, continue to be evident. One is wider, the other is narrow and slower growing. The wide one has more red in its autumn foliage, the narrow one is more yellow.
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