Writing here after a really long time. A month is no
less time to have an update on your blog, especially, when you have so much
going on in your life. By life, I mean, the lives in my terrace garden at my
house. The peak time for the beautiful blooms, for the year is over here, and
right now, we, here, are reeling under the scorching summer heat that is
crossing 40 degrees. Now, there is much more care needed by the plants, in
terms of watering as we are forced to water them three times a day, which, is quite
important to save the plants who have nowhere to go, to save themselves from
this extreme heat.
Back to business, the past couple of months showed me
some of the most beautiful blooms I could've had in my garden, and while most
of these blooms I have already shared with you all, there were still some left
that I should've put up here, but because of the other works, I couldn't. By
other works, I mean something else, which took up all my free time, in which I
compose and put up these blogposts. Sure, I will also let you know what other
work I was busy in, as a large part of it is now complete, and just a small
part is now left. Though, this (other work) has nothing to do with the niche of
this blog, still, I will do a special post for this. Okay, getting back, I was
talking about the beautiful plants which bloomed, and while most of those I
have already shared, the few left were the ghazanias, gerberas, nasturtiums
(which I had saved seeds from the last year, to get the plants, again, this
year), and the dog flower. There were balsams too, but unfortunately, they
didn't bloom as beautifully, because I lost three of the six saplings I had
brought in, because of a strng gust of wind that resulted in the pot containing
the balsam saplings, fall down two storeys, into the neighbout's empty space,
right at a time when they had started to bloom.
For today, I have some beautiful ghazania blooms to
share with you all. Nothing much, but still, the bright colours, along with the
long bloom duration, makes these winter plants, an absolute delight to watch in
your winter garden. While there are numerous colours these beauties are
available in, for me, there were just three colours, from the six saplings I
had brought in, early in the winter season, last year.
First, there were the buds, which, definitely
left me really excited, for this was the first time these were blooming and
thus, I had really no idea about the colours I would be getting.
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A Ghazania bud |
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A Ghazania bud |
Eventually, these buds bloomed into some beautiful
ghazania blooms.
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A ghazania bud, opening up |
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Another ghazania bud, opening up |
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A ghazania bud, opening up |
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Another ghazania bud, opening up |
And then, there were the blooms, really beautiful
ones, and ones that would last for four to five days, opening up and closing,
daily, to bloom again, in the sun.
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A ghazania bloom, yellow. |
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A ghazania bloom, orange. |
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A ghazania bloom, orange. |
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A ghazania bloom, orange. |
The ghazania plants are still blooming, however, the bloom
numbers have fallen down drastically, and the flower size too has fallen down
considerably, because, it's off season! However, these will bloom again, in the
next winter, and will make me extremely happy.
Coming p in the upcoming posts, the strawberries that
I grew in my garden, though, the harvest was not a bumper one, for a starter,
it was a delightful experience. Also, my grape vine, has finally bore fruits,
this year, after a gap of two years, and now there are a few small bunches of
grapes hanging out there. This and a few more in the upcoming posts, in the
weeks to come. Till then, HAPPY GARDENING!
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