Two weeks into the new year, and they have been quite cloudy weeks. The average night-time temperature has still been warm at 12.5 degrees,with a low of 6 degrees on 12th.January. The average day-time temperature has been 16.5 degrees with highs of 18 degrees on the 8th. and 9th. of January. We had about one inch of rain on 3rd.January, some light rain on a couple of days in between and had heavy rain this morning which gave us about another inch. I managed to get this weeks pictures between the rain showers after lunch today.
Things are starting to move in the garden and in the countryside round about. We have seen clumps of miniature irises along the roadside leading to our house, which are very early this year.
The Almond tree has a couple of flowers on it and its buds are swelling so I don't think it will be long before it comes into full flower. I intend to photograph it each day so watch this space.
The Arum Lily (Zantedescia ) is flowering again, this time at the right time of year.
Whilst weeding one of the flower beds I noticed that there are lots of Cosmos seedlings sprouting up. They too are very early.
The Rosemary bushes (Rosmarinus officinalis ) are also full of flowers and are still attracting the bees.
Near the bottom pond the Hebes are also coming into flower, providing new colour for that area of the garden.
In the bed near the swimming pool the Carnations ( Dianthus ) are still providing colour and there is still one flower on one of the Canna plants. I have also got a Diascia which has now flowered for a year.
Another flowering wonder is the Ceonothus Thyrsiflorus.repens. which has been flowering now since October ( see posting of 16th. October2007 ). Its sister plant hasn't started to flower yet, although they both flowered at the same time last year. The sister plant however is shaded, so perhaps that is the reason.
Finally I mention my Lemon / Orange tree. When I first arrived here it was a leafless tree which I was going to dig up. I noticed a bud on it, so I gave it a chance and it developed into a healthy lemon tree with a fine crop of lemons. Then last winter I thought it had been caught by the frost because some of the fruits were an orange colour. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there were lemons and oranges, growing on the same tree. I suppose one or the other had been used for root stock and the tree has partially reverted. Anyway I have kept it and it makes a good talking point.
As always all the photographs used have been taken during the period of the blog.
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