It may be winter down here in Cape Town, but many of my plants are in full bloom and my garden is full of life and colour. In fact it seems more colourful now than it is in summer.
Join me for a walk around my Mid-Winter garden.
The first photo is of my peach hibiscus, which produces large pretty blooms for most of the year.
Next, my bougainvillea is a welcome cheery pink, but seems to have suffered a bit from the drought; it is quite crinkly.
You have seen photos of some of my honeysuckle recently. Here is a yellow bush that I planted as a little thing only a year ago.
And my plumbago is still producing many lovely blue blooms.
My poinsettia is a tree reaching for the sky. This shot captures the bright red leaves from underneath, as the flowers are all way above my head.
The recent rain has cheered up many of my plants, but has left these impatiens with muddy faces!
And Miss Camellia is absolutely bursting with blooms.
Closer:
Even closer!
And last, but by no means least, my Old Faithful floribunda rose bush, still going strong.
All these photos were taken on the same day last week; 21 June, our Winter Solstice.
I hope you have enjoyed wandering around my winter garden with me.
Its a shame we can’t smell them as well….I bet they smell wonderful!
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Yes – someone will make a fortune when they perfect a Smell App! 😀
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Absolutely enjoyed the garden tour and beautiful photos!🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂
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You have some lovely plants in your garden. I envy your mid-winter blooms.
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Thank you very much 🙂 My plants seem to prefer the cooler winter weather. 🙂
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Beautiful flowers! ❤
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Beautiful gallery! So glad to see these blooms. 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Lovely stroll through your garden, and I didn’t need my three layers of clothing 🙂
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haha No – one layer will do at the moment. 🙂
And Thank you 🙂
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Well at the moment I am working in the garden after work until it gets dark at about 10, making the most of the hot weather. Its too hot to do any during the day, so its the night shift. The dogs hate it, not use to it, on Weds its suppose to hit around 36 degrees here in the Fens….ha ha so not looking forward to that 🙂
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Those long summer evenings are the best, but 36C is way too hot for UK!
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Ha ha I think I need new glasses it should have be 30, still way too hot for me 🙂
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haha I did think 36C was Hot for UK – but you never know . . . with Global Warming etc it is bound to get there one day!
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It is hot here, have to do the gardening in the evening, but yes ha ha 36 and we would all melt……just not use to it 🙂 hot enough at 27, which it got to one day this week 🙂
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Such vibrant colours Sci! Fabulous.
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Thank you so much 😀
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Ah, what a bright and colourful winter landscape you have there! So lovely to enjoy your winter wonderland… thank you! 😃
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Thank you very much. 🙂
I would assume your landscape is similar maybe?
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Yes, winter here too!! Have a wonderful week… 🙂
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Thank you – You too 😀
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I wish that’s what my winter garden looked like!
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Thank you 🙂
But then where would I get my snow pics from?
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I’m sure I have plenty to post reruns for years!
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haha Most likely! 😀
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Lovely flowers!!!! So glad you got some rain!!!!! 💙
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Thank you so much 🙂 – Me too! 😀
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What beautiful meanderings! Thank you for letting me tag along.
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Thank you for joining me. 😀
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