garden | Time to ACT

We have had a collection of Amaryllis that have been popping up around the garden in the last few weeks.

Now that I know what these clumps of bulbs are, I can transplant them to more fertile areas of the garden. There are large clumps where a single bulb was planted decades ago and having finally identified what they are, after they have produced leaves, I can break up the clumps and replant them where we can ensure they get water to grow and a dry period as they need it.

You can see 2 more flower spikes coming up in the bottom picture. These were bulbs I found lying on the grass/soil, not in the ground, so not knowing what they were I bunged them in a hole or two under the fence and filled it with soil! They loved it.

I’ve been watching the plants & trees in the garden over the last few weeks as they have slowly started to flower and come into leaf. We have a huge number of fruit trees and some well established roses. One of the roses in particular has my attention because the flowers start off yellow and quite quickly go scarlet red before going an even deeper red. The result has been that we have a rose bush that is multi coloured.

Elsewhere in the garden, there is a beautiful rose with a delightful scent that is covered in tiny yellow flowers.

The various, as of yet, mostly unidentified fruit trees had flowered and are now starting to form fruit. Most flowered before coming into leaf but one did the opposite.

At the bottom of the garden the red hot pokers flowered quietly, largely unnoticed.

One tree I think I have identified is an almond tree. Currently we have green almonds which are apparently considered to be a delicacy though I haven’t worked out why yet. Saving any from the cockatoos or rosellas which we hard work.