Today in the garden
I have quite a few unknown plants I’d love to have a name for each one. (see tab for more)
Sunflowers almost all open.
My special section.
bougainvillea, magnifica traillii. & bougainvillea, jazzi
slowly creeping up.
“mini crimson, mandevilla”
carrots and basil.
also the rainbow carrot seed packet we scattered are starting to pop up too.
Below come from a wild or cottage seed packet.
Viola?
Cornflower. “blue”
orange.”Calendula ‘Pacific Beauty’”???
white flower.
recycling bark that has fallen off drying firewood.
recycling a broken pot.
??? tree??? found it randomly growing.
Yellow iris.
wild iris
lanterns
abutilon megapotamicum, dwarf chinese lantern, (flowering maple),
new plants
photos will be added to “plant” tab shortly.
–abutilon megapotamicum, dwarf chinese lantern, (flowering maple)
—echinacea “purple cone flower”
— fuchsia, “winston churchill”
–fuchsia procumbens,
–anigozanthos, bush fantasy, yellow
— dianella, somersby,
— dietes bicolor, (iris)
Repotted raspberry in a unused large pot for easy picking and controlled growth.
Sunflowers are looking great.
Heaps of new growth on this tree.
Pseudopanax, black knight. (middle section of garden)
How the vege/sunflower patch looks today.
Conni’s slowly growing too.
left section garden.
middle section.
right section garden.
Nasturtium seeds popping up.
peek a boo
Will I, will I not!?
So many are teasing me at the moment.
Lots of yellow trying to reach the sun.
flowers and flowers so very pretty
The fatest stalk and biggest leaves has started to open its flower.
The first sunflower to full open.
Its one of the “smaller” ones.
The others seem to be racing each other to reach the sun!
Loving watching this sunflower jungle grow.
Water droplets on “black prince” fuchsia.
Purple beans are now exloding around the teepee.
Teepee is looking great.
Catus Garden I made for husbands birthday.
He has mentioned many times how crap they are in office to actually water and keep plants alive.
So thought this was the best option for his desk.
And what their names are.
Sadly middle one doesn’t have a name.
Sunflowers are opening!!
one of the middle size flowers growing.
the big one slowly opening.
Playhouse roof is completed.
and now the weatherboard is done.
just need corner bits and windows etc..
orange.”Calendula ‘Pacific Beauty'”
what are these 2 flowers?
white skinny leaf/stalk.
(the big leaves are the neighbouring flowers)
also what is this nice blue flower?
I believe its one you can eat.
Side gate/fence has been completed.
playhouse has a roof!
Few more roof bits to do tomorrow.
More weatherboards are going up each day.
Windows and door to go last.
These kids are soooo lucky.
Its huge inside could almost use as my own “studio”.
It is a great place to sit inside and read a book.
More new plants
more photos under plant tab.
far left corner.
now to wait for them all to grow grow grow!
looking from center towards left side.
few more plants are filling in gaps.
can’t wait for them to all self-seed this year.
bougainvillea’s
on left is “magnifica traillii” full size climber
on the right of /\ is “jazzi” dwarf red/pink
Sunflowers.
now taller then the fence and buds turn with the sun.
Random self seeded tomato.
No idea what sort.
Brackets for hanging baskets for playhouse.
weatherboards on playhouse
some beans off the teepee.
Playhouse is here !!!
What we started with.
The before playhouse plan.
Outside view of playhouse.
From the inside view.
Kids dwarf apple tree to eb reached via a easy open window.
Sandpit view.
Weatherboard walls to be done and roofing to be ordered.
Plus railing to be added along garden side of deck and windows installed.
New flowers in garden.
Not sure what they are as they didn’t have labels on them.
Chilli.
Basil.
Apple mint.
Purple sage.
New climber.
bougainvillea jazzi (dwarf)
Sunflower.
My tallest largest one.
Leaf compared to my thumb.
First beans.
Purple blooms for purple beans.
Carrot and Basil planted.
Left section.
View across to right side of back garden.
Containing and preventing mint taking over garden.
Normal mint top pot and lower pot is Apple mint.
Can’t believe how fast and how tall the sunflowers are growing
Miss 6 watering the sunflower patch.
First time I’ve had such tall sunflowers in a garden.
Beans,
Purple ones are wining the race climb all 3 upwards poles on teepee.
Green beans are slower to climb.
Random wild/cottage flower.
Closeup of bloom.
