Agapanthus

At the moment the agapanthus, white and blue, are cheering up my garden with their distinct white and blue flowers.  This much maligned plant is being treated as a noxious weed but I will let the ordinary and the mini varieties live on in my garden as they are hardy and will flower without fail in summer.  I remove the seed heads when they appear to stop spreading the plants where they should not be.

This clump of the mini variety gives some colour to this nondescript part of the garden.

This large clump of mini agapanthus survive well on this west facing slope, nestling beneath a flourishing cumquat tree.  This patch would have been bare without the agapanthus.

These white and blue agapanthus started off in a pot waiting to find a suitable spot when I first moved to this garden in 2008.  Over the years the white and blue agapanthus have remained where they are, outgrowing the pot, which has been completely hidden.  When the jacaranda is flowering the blue flowers seem to meld into each other.  This year however, the jacaranda struggled to perform.

vegetables

I hope this baby pumpkin will grow to maturity.  The rain last night, after a hot Christmas day, should help the vegetables to grow well.  Nothing like a good downpour to refresh the garden.  I have been picking some vegetables from the garden.  This year one of the big planter boxes is dedicated to four varieties of tomato.

Not ready for picking but these tomatoes should be sweet when red and ready.

The beans are doing well and producing more flowers so I can expect more for the table.

The zucchini when picked at this stage is even good eaten raw in a salad.  I tend to forget to pick them and they do grow very quickly.  It is a versatile vegetable, easy to cook.  I am watering the plants with seaweed solution.

Given the right conditions cucumbers will flourish.  This pot gets maximum sunshine.  I have to remember to keep it well watered.