WHATS LOOKING GOOD IN MAY 2019

Dolichandra unguis-cati

Seakale.

Bottlebrush


Echeveria.

 

Oh, the lovely Cat's Claw @pete. It is considered invasive here, hence me not planting it. Is that a Lemon Callistemon? My Melaleuca has white brushes but I am having it cut down/back as it is 4 meters at least and hanging low over a patio!

 

Hi Victoria,yes cats claw, I cant get rid of it, been growing on the house wall for more than 20yrs.

The Callistemon is from seed @strongylodon sent me some years ago now, its very tall and leggy and will be getting a hard cut back after flowering.
I dont think Melaleuca survives here.
This is tall.

 

That is a poor looking soul, Pete. A hard cut will do it good.

 

The "star attraction," our tortoise shell rhodo. Always the last to flower. I don't know how many blooms there are on it, there's even some in the middle. Not looking forward to all the dead-heading it will eventually need.






This, our youngest acer has a prodigious growth every year. It'll need some serious pruning later if it is not to completely dominate the end bed. It goes through a variety of foliage colours




All our roses are doing well. There's only five on the patio as we've moved ten to the paving over the former koi pool. But the ceramic pots are growing again, we're up to seven, plus the two old stone ones at each end of the patio steps, one for a clematis, the other a rose and the mimosa in the big tub. One new pot contains the blueberry plant my wife ordered a few weeks ago, (there's plenty of fruit developing on it) although at the moment it's sitting in a smaller plastic pot inside the bigger pot.





The empty pot is awaiting our latest acer purchase. An acer palmatum Taylor.

Stock photo.




The water on the patio is the aftermath of two blackbirds having had their evening bath. One used the bird bath on the top step and the other the big Pyrex oven dish you can just about see.

 

A few pics taken this evening.

 

Oops meant to enlarge them ..sorry.
A few more.

 

Nice Delphinium Upsy

 

Thanks @Perki , it's the first year that I've grown them . Seeds were kindly sent to me from a mutual forum friend of ours!

 

Wandering Minstrel:

 

Salvia nachtvlinder..........
Salvia 'Nachtvlinder' by longk48, on Flickr

Disporum pernyi / Disporopsis pernyi...........
Disporum pernyi / Disporopsis pernyi by longk48, on Flickr

Disporum pernyi / Disporopsis pernyi by longk48, on Flickr

My bargain bin rescue Gardenia jasminoides survived (mostly) in a cool greenhouse over the winter and is finally in bloom............
Gardenia jasminoides by longk48, on Flickr

It makes the greenhouse smell heavenly!

 

Arum lily, persicaria Red Dragon and geranium Jolly Bee
Oops! Should be what’s looking good in June

 

Love that Persicara Verdun. IVE GOT 3 NEW CLUMPS GROWN FROM THIS YEAR'S CUTTINGS. A really good doer isn't it.