The garden is certainly coming to life. The sun is shining. The birds are singing and we haven’t had any significant rain for a while. Though Monday looks like it’s going to be wet.
The jacaranda hasn’t lost its leaves. Which is a bit of a ‘b’ as we have been waiting to cut it back. It’s too big for where it is. Gorgeous blue flowers. Lovely seed heads/pods. Is it one or the other!
iJasmine buds and flowersThere is jasmine everywhere. The yellow jasmine has been flowering for a while. Pretty but no scent. This one is about to follow by the door and a window. Will get a lovely smell in the sunshine wafting indoors. We have another – jasmine Azoricum which is fab and for me has the best scent.
More scented bulbs. I grew freséis last year and they were a great success. Bulbs bought from Peter Nyssen and they have come back as big and as strong this year. Long sturdy stems with gorgeous bejewelled colours. Just as well I have planted a load more.
The fruit of the citron buddhas hand is looking a bit sad. I need to pick it and use the zest. Good for nothing else. Hardly any fruit or pith. But a definite talking point in the garden. There are a number of flower buds waiting to burst open.
Clivia
I love Clivia but In the uk used it as a house plant. Last year when I visited the Malaga botanical gardens I saw whole beds of them in shade. So the back end of July I bought some for the garden. Yey they are flowering in year 2 again.
A nest of processionary caterpillar!
Not all pretty pretty. I have found two processionary caterpillar nests in the garden. Up in the pine trees. So Monday will be a visit to a man that can.
They need to be removed and I’m not the man for the job.
Gardens. Travel. Life. 
I hate yellow winter flowering jasmine with a vengeance. Well, perhaps that’s putting it a bit strongly, but … We have one close to one corner of our covered terrace, planted (by our predecessor) over the fosse septique. It is an absolute tangled mess and I am absolutely sure that layers have rooted many times in ever increasing circles from the original root ball. Its on the list for my gardener to cut it down very hard once the flowering has finished. It may then possibly come out. I just don’t like shrubs that sucker or spread by any other means so invasively. Poor you with the processionary caterpillar nests. They are a real nuisance all around us too. I vowed I would never plant any pines. Guess what I planted on our most recent visit (in addition to the 90 roses) … Happy days!
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I’m not a lover of it either. It’s straggly and has no scent. But it serves a purpose on the drive. I’ll cut it back hard as I will no 2 just inside the gate.
Oh dear. We all say there are things we won’t plant. Then do!!!
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Those Jasmine buds really are beautiful! A lovely and unusual six!
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Thank you.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen jacaranda seed pods before. I’ve got a little plant I grew from seed – I’m wondering if it’ll ever flower in my greenhouse
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They are pretty spooky. Quite large and gonbrown and hard after time. Good luck.
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I have never heard of or seen a citron buddha hand! Very interesting!
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Neither had i until recently. Spooky looking but the smell of the citron is fabulous.
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Back when we grew citrus, the ‘Buddha’s Hand’ citron was probably my least favorite, but was weirdly popular. The ‘Etrog’ citron was one of my all time favorites because those who wanted it were so pleased to get it. (It was Kosher.) The ‘Buddha’s Hand’ citron was just grown because it looked odd. I really did not like the tree much. It was rather weedy. They foliage was not as aromatic as that of the ‘Etrog’ citron. Besides, it really was good for nothing. Even if someone were to make fruitcake with it, the peel from a lemon would do just as well, and provide stronger flavor.
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