More Spring Hues

 

Even though day temperatures are touching beyond 30 degrees (centigrade), areas of our garden are still lighting up with fresh bursts of colour. 

Poppies on the wall

Phloxes are butterfly magnets - a lime swallowtail here

This blue pimpernel showed up by itself

Deep yellow Chinese marigolds

We even got a rare hybrid poppy with multiple petals (instead of the usual five petal variety).

Meanwhile, the mango tree has surprised us with its burst of flowers. Hope that leads to a bumper crop in the summer.

A flowering semul (silk cotton) tree in the neighborhood....

It is a delight to revel in these last few days of blossoming spring before the oppressive heat takes over and renders everything dry.

Snapshots Of Spring 2021

 

Though each new year starts with some dull grey winter days, 2021 was especially dreary because it rained for an entire week. 

We chose to deal with that by cozying up in our woollies and catching up on some long-pending movies. Come February, it felt a bit like spring so here are some snapshots from the garden.

Larkspurs

Marigolds

Ice plants

Kalanchoes

Spring barely lasted this year; the days got warm too soon while the mornings and nights remained chilly. Not the best conditions for good flowering but we still managed to have a good combination of colours and varieties.

Phlox

Poppies, African Daisies and Roses

Petunia and Bougainvillea

The white rose bush that frames the corner of the garden is full of blooms again, and has a new neighbour in the finally flowering creeper rose. 

Yes, it is that time of the year again when I want to be in the garden all day. But alas, it lasts for too short a while before the summer heat picks up.