Thumbs of Green

Time for a garden update now that the winter rains have set in. It's a bit tricky getting good shots though, as the sun is setting pretty early in the afternoon making it rough to get good light. So, bear with me.

After some early worries the Lantana seems to be doing nicely now. I'd kind of prefer if it was sending out green growth rather than spending energy on popping out flowers, but either way it seems to have taken to its new home nicely.

I gave the baby sage a severe haircut a few weeks ago, and after looking like a pile of dead twigs for a little bit it's now decided that it does, in fact, enjoy having leaves, and has sent out a new wave of growth. In another few weeks it should be puffed back out to basically full size again.

The Mexican Heather still isn't doing perfect but it, like the Lantana, has perked up a lot from its nadir. I expect it should put on some nice growth over the winter and finally be properly established by spring.

The white irises are a bit quiet right now. I haven't been dead-heading the seed pods as aggressively so I think they went a bit dormant in terms of sending out blooms. Still, the one on the boulevard had a few really nice looking flowers.

The milkwort (which is apparently also called a sweet pea) is bouncing back from losing a few branches to drought stress. This is currently the more photogenic of the two, with only a few minor holes. The other one lost about 2/3 of its branches and is looking a bit like a half-eaten ice cream cone, but it's sending up new growth and should fluff back out over the winter.

This succulent had been basically in stasis since I moved in due to being in an undersized pot, to the point where I was starting to wonder if it was alive at all, but it's gone hog-wild with growth ever since its repotting, putting that idea to rest.

The rose in the back yard is putting out a lot of new growth and flowers, but the light wasn't great for taking a photo of it, and none of the blooms were in a particularly photogenic state. The fuchsia has thankfully not died from root rot and looks like it might make a recovery soon, which will be nice, since I'm reasonably fond of it. The various daisies are doing well too, but again there wasn't enough light to get a good picture.

I did notice that the pink lemonade blueberry was showing some drought stress on the leaves, but I'm not sure if that was from actually drying out late in the summer, or if it's from root rot now that things are wet again. I suppose I'll just have to keep an eye on it.