It now completes the circle started by the willows ( Salix alba Chermesima) I planted in January of 2014.
#Wandering willows hibiscus full
These are in a pot in full sun but I have others in the ground and I am looking forward to seeing where they will grow over here.Īt least the middle part of the “stick garden” is starting to take shape. They were growing and flowering in a shady part of the garden in October although they are supposed to like hot, sunny spots. They are also called “Flower of an Hour” as the flowers do not last longer than a day. I saw these during my visit to the Savill Garden last October. They are supposed to flower in the first year but I’ll be lucky if they survive to next year.Ī happier outcome of my seed sowing are these Hibiscus tronium. I only managed to raise five plants out of a whole packet of lupin seed I started inside in the autumn. It may well succumb to heat stroke despite my improvised parasol. My lovely Choisia “Aztec Pearl” was moved last autumn to provide hedging but was not such a good choice as the Canna. The Canna has done a grand job in providing a screen where trees have either fallen down or been removed along my “stick border”. It is in my new “stick border” where I have to mark the new plants with a stick to make sure they don’t get lost in the weeds and I am watering these until they get established. I bought this Hydrangea, called “Savill Garden”, at Savill Gardens last October when they still had a lovely show of Hydrangeas. Not all the plants get such a tough treatment. The Hydrangea has lapped up the sun and temperatures in the high 30’s centigrade (we managed to get to 40 degrees centigrade one day).Įven its little cuttings that are going into their second summer in a rough, dry spot beside a wall are surviving well. Now if it freezes I will just cut of the damaged parts and trust that it will survive. However, I coddled it and wrapped it while it was little. I would have never have planted it if I had known that it really needs to be protected in the winter here. It was a mild winter and it was not frozen so it is looking its best ever. I have found the high temperatures of this summer difficult in the garden but there are some things that do well in the heat, like this white oleander outside the house.
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