What's looking good in June 2020

The first bloom on my Hibiscus rosa-sinnsis "Peach Blow" this year ...

 

Bougies in the conservatory.




Red variety of Justica Brandegeana brought back as a cutting from Nairobi eight years ago.


One of the Banksia seedlings from @CarolineL.


tradescantia Anouk, different with it's big stiff leaves.

 

We had the one Jacaranda cut back last July ...



... and here it is now ...



The cats' platform is still there and they go up and hide ...



We are having the other Jacaranda cut back later this year and plan on keeping them smaller.

 

That's a fair bit of growth? @Victoria are you letting it grow for a few years or keeping it pruned yearly?

 

Hi @strongylodon We quite like this size so think we will take it back to the trunk each year. I wonder if we will get the October blooming that sometimes happens. They cut them back drastically every couple of years in the towns. As most towns line the roads with them, guess they don't want the horrible mess the pods make.

 

@Victoria or bouncing on car roofs!

 

@JWK I love the white alstroemeria - I think the taller ones are much nicer than the squat Princess ones. And your datura and strelitzia! Do you bring them in over winter?

 

Lilies

 

Always look better in a cluster, very colourful and cheery on a pretty dismal day.