Thursday, July 8, 2010

Gardenii in flower on my farm in George, Garden Route, South Africa

My clivias had a terrible time the last two years, where they were first exposed to the wind and sun, moved between shade houses, completely neglected to survive on their own, because all our time was spend on building a new house and additional shade houses. On top of this we had almost no rain for the past year and a half - global warming of course, which made this past year the driest in living memory or at least the past 140 years in the Southern Cape. On top of that the drought brought a locust plague and the green shadehouses was like a magnet to them. They climbed and walked all over it to find an opening to get to the plants inside which was the only green plants left in the vicinity. Luckily flower bulbs which include clivias can survive long periods without water and their leaves are not that tasty. Despite all of this, some surprised me with beautiful flowers to draw my attention to them again.


1 comment:

  1. Absolutely stunning display. Thank you for posting them in this fashion. Truly enjoyable.

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