Views of our home garden portraying our plants and their flowers.

1. Our Home Garden
Weekly Update
Week 8
summer

2. Right on time…
One week out from
Autumn and my
Sedum “Autumn
Joy” is starting to
flower.
It starts off so
insipidly but the
colour gets deeper
and deeper as it
matures.
It’s a very, very
light pink at the
moment but will
end quite reddish.

3. Bowing to the pressure
My fuschia is so heavy with flowers at the moment
that its soft-stemmed branches are struggling to
hold up the weight.

4. Glimmer of Hope
The chamomile we
planted as seeds last
week are starting to
scratch open the
surface.
I sowed three
packets, all under the
same conditions, but
only one packet has
been successful so
far.
It will be interesting
to see what happens
with the other two.

5. Yuletide Camellia
Both our camellia’s are
sprouting new growth in
their bid to bloom late
winter.
I find this absolutely
fascinating as most of
my garden is getting
tired and ready for a
break that some other
plants are only just
gearing up.

6. Another top heavy plant
Our Gaura (Butterfly Bush) has succumbed to the weight of its
flowers and has crashed to the ground seeking respite. The
flowers are keeping the bees busy.

7. Tortured Willow
Not a tree for the faint-
hearted, the tortured
willow or corkscrew
willow (Salix matsudana) is
listed on the Weeds of
National Significance
register because like all
willows they have an
insatiable root system.
This one is kept out of
temptations reach and is
still only a couple years old.
Their contorted branches
are often used in flower
arrangements.

8. Happy Myrtle
This conifer looking
Myrtle is so happy in
our garden and adds a
softness around our
native garden beds.
The kids loving
running their hands
over it as the soft
branches have a
similar feel to a
feather duster.

9. Hebe Hedge
This hebe hedge was
grown from propagated
cuttings originally from a
plant a friend gave us
when we first moved in.
I’m a bit of a hebe freak
and will always stop to
take a look at one if
growing in someone’s
garden.
They’re so easy to
propagate and the colours
available are beautiful.

10. Our Home Garden
…Come Back Next Week
summer