Miracles All Around...

Hello Everyone!

Its been really long since my last post. The temperatures were high in this month of May rising up to 42 degree C. Rainfall in this month was a bit of relief for both me and my plants. The celosia that I had planted last winter had almost perished from my garden. But the celosia plant seems to be resurrecting again. The plants must have dropped its seeds in the pot and new plants have come up in the same pots. And this time they have bloomed profusely.

Few years ago I had collected some seeds of cocks comb from one of my near relatives. I had lots of plants with small blooms on them. After bearing the flowers, these plants had almost vanished from my garden. But nature has its own play, the plants must have dropped some seeds and here they are again in my garden with bright showy blooms. 

The gazania plant seems to have adapted well in the harsh summer temperatures. Every time I visit my home, I often find these flowers in bloom. 

It seems the phlox and the dianthus plants are also no less than the Gazanias. They have also survived the harsh temperatures and are still in blooms. 

I had planted the ornamental Kale in the fall. They were in good shape till March, But later I found some pest problems in the plants. So I treated the leaves with a mixture of neem oil and soap water. The plant seems to have got rid of all the pests and are showing good signs of health.

Snapdragons are the most beautiful flowers for a winter garden. The unusual shape of the flowers are a real eye catcher. The plant is not blooming profusely but still I am enjoying the Snapdragons with some blooms. It is really very pleasing to have plants and blooms in your garden which are not of the season. It seems my recipe for the potting mix has worked well and the plants are also happy and rewarding me with off season blooms.

 All my mums have gone for a hibernation period. But this spider mum is still in bloom. It is a great delight for me to have such a beautiful flower in my garden.

Hope you enjoyed my post. Soon I will be back with the updates on plants that I had planted up for the summer. Till then stay happy and blessed. Happy Gardening!