False Bay garden in October

 

by Diana Studer

- gardening for biodiversity

 in Cape Town, South Africa

 

Engrossed in the Great Southern Bioblitz and identifying All The Lifeforms (Africa later, Western Cape if I can, Cape Peninsula first loyalty) the end of the month caught me by surprise. When we look down this side of the garden - Pink Promise - all the flowers have burst into bloom. That apricot pelargonium scrambles up its friends to look me in the eye!

 

Apricot pelargonium

Today's photos again to look back at October for Through the Garden Gate Down by the Sea in Dorset with Sarah. I like pink (who would have guessed?) Pelargoniums and a came with the garden Oxalis.

 

Pink Promise in pelargoniums

Our neighbour has replaced his green and white striped metal awning with a cream sail. Makes such a surprising difference when we look out the kitchen window. Now we see the yellow flowers of Senecio macroglossus, which has succulent 'ivy' leaves. A very good year for this one too!

 

Senecio macroglossus
yellow climber

The Ungardener is feeling his age, and me. We have acquired an electric hedge trimmer. He is carving back careful slices, then I try to tidy the scalped bits. Metalasia muricata looking shocked. Bietou is greening over steadily. My turn to trim the tops to match the front.

 

Tapestry hedge tamed by electric trimmer

Metalasia muricata, bietou and olive

Alstroemeria rested during the drought years, but lots of Inca lily flowers again.

 

Alstroemeria Inca lily

Deep purple Streptocarpus

 

Streptocarpus doing purple

Electric blue Anchusa capensis path prunings rescued for a windowsill vase.

 

Anchusa capensis in electric blue

If you are looking for me, I will be buried in iNaturalist. Pictures should be uploaded by 8 November, so we can name That by the 14 November cutoff. Then I can surface back into my garden.

 

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