It is wonderful to celebrate how well this purple Osteospermum has recovered from the brink of a drought-induced death:
The Aloe ferox in our front garden is doing well:
A Zizyphus mucronata seeded itself close to the above aloe (you can see it in the background above) and now bears a lot of seeds which are being enjoyed by birds, especially the Speckled Mousebirds:
This is the time of year when we are blessed with aloes in bloom. Here you can see such a flower emerging from between the whorl of spiked leaves:
Speaking of spiked leaves, these come from Euphorbia ingens:
Lastly, an interesting find in our garden recently is this abandoned paper wasp nest that has fallen from the eaves:
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Interesting to see this selection of indigenous plants. How nice it must be when a drought stricken plant rebounds so beautifully!
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It is a great relief for some of the other daisy bushes have died and need to be replaced if I am to succeed in my vision of a patch filled with a variety of flowers blooming in different colours at once đŸ™‚
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Die pers blommetjies is pragtig, Anne.
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Dankie Una. Ek is so bly dat hulle ‘n nuwe lewe gekry het đŸ™‚ đŸ™‚
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Love those purple daisies! Glad they didn’t perish. đŸ’œ
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I am delighted đŸ™‚ đŸ™‚ đŸ™‚
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Lovely garden. That looks like lots of wasps!
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We have a similar nest just above our kitchen door at the moment. So far all is well with all of us đŸ™‚
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I also like those bright purple flowers. Interesting to see the wasp nest too.
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I enjoy finding odd things like the wasp nest in the garden.
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I was really surprised to your euphorbia. It is a plant that comes in many guises!
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It does indeed. This one grows into a tall tree đŸ™‚
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Ziziphus mucronata is one of the handful of scientific names of our indigenous plants that I can remember (I am much better with mammals though!) and I think because it rolls so nicely of the tongue, teeth and lips! But then again the Afrikaans name – Blinkblaar Wag-n-Bietjie – is just as poetic!
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I still call it a Blinkblaar Wag-‘n-Bietjie! Not only is it poetic, it tells you exactly what to expect: shiny leaves and wait-a-bit while you disentangle yourself from the backward facing thorns!
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It is good to see the life in your garden
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This is a beautiful time of the year.
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I love your garden!
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Thank you very much, Aletta đŸ™‚ đŸ™‚
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This is an enchanted garden Anne – my favorite was the purple Osteospermum flowers and the aloe vera.
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The aloe blooms are coming out quickly now and show various shades from pink to a deep orange. The birds and bees love them.
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I always like your aloe plant – I have probably mentioned before that I’ve never seen an aloe plant flower here.
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