Every where you turn in the garden, the Boophone disticha are starting to flower. Their flowers are very spectacular but I almost prefer their leaves. Beautiful.
I am very happy that the waterlilies (Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f. var. caerulea (Sav.) Verdc.) are flowering again this year. I think it is because Michael trimmed the trees around the pond quite a bit at the beginning of summer and they like to grow in full sun. There is a lot of very interesting information about waterlilies on the plantzafrica site.
I found a huge big old tortoise in the garden today. Quite cool. He was hanging in the bottom area by the boophane and cacti. Probably wants to get through the fence to the tortoises in Tannie Ansie’s garden. We are just letting him mow the lawn first.
I’ve added the photos of the open Boophane here too. They are almost finished already. I see the scadoxus are starting though..
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