It has been a month since I last did a SoS post, and things out in our little garden have grown with leaps and bounds – including, of course, the weeds. We have had some stormy weather here in New Zealand, with, as I posted on Wednesday, a Red Warning issued for Thursday. As it turned out, where we live was pretty sheltered and though the weather was unpleasant, it wasn’t as bad as we expected. However, other parts of the country were very badly hit as you can see photos of some of the damage (though the Wellington pictures were NOT from the part of the city we live in). The reason? All to do with the weather in Antarctica in September and this explanation here.
This hebe seems to have doubled in size in the past month – well, of course it hasn’t but it seems to have grown a lot. It was there when we moved in, and is at least a native and has pretty flowers.
The convolvulus is full of flowers, opening up when the sun shines. This is also doing really well.
The Iavenders are still looking good, bright, cheerful and smelling delightful.
There is always something unexpected to be found, and it was a great surprise to see a second flowering of these daffodils. Lovely of course!
In herb corner, the chocolate mint is doing really well, one of the mint plants too, and the oregano, now planted in the little bed, is growing well.
Finally, this thyme is in flower and loved by the bees.
Anyway, thanks to Jim at Garden Ruminations, for hosting Six on Saturday, whose knowledge of all things plants and gardening makes him an ideal host.
Thistles and Kiwis is a Wellington, New Zealand based blog written by Barbara, who likes cats, summer, good food and pretends to garden.
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With this storm, the sea was raging! There was a lot of damage indeed, but fortunately not to your home or your garden. Your flowers and plants were saved. It’s always nice to see these plants like thyme, mint and herbs that bring back for us a sweet smell of spring.
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We were very lucky the storm didn’t really hit us, it was just a bad weather day. I had visions of everything blowing over, but nothing did, just lost petals of tulips that were past their best anyway. I am so enjoying the smell of spring too!
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The thyme and bee photo is warming my cockles, just lovely. I shall be living vicariously through you for the next few months. Glad you escaped the worst of the storm. Have a great week.
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Oh thank you! You can feel warmth in the air now.
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My sage is blooming beautifully right now. Your photographs make me long to get stuck into our garden again. After a weekend of rain (I hope the forecast is accurate) the ground should be soft enough for me to sit on a stool and weed without straining my knee. I will check out the weather on Monday and perhaps give it a try.
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My purple sage has come on so well now I have moved it to a permanent place. Hope you get out in the garden on Monday.
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The thyme and lavender are my favourites, both when it comes to scent and colour. I checked on my thyme yesterday, hoping it will survive winter.
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I love lavender and us the thyme quite a bit in cooking. Hope your thyme survives!
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I am always thrilled to see daffodils.
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I just cut my thyme back a bit to dry some for winter cooking. Smells fabulous!
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Isn’t the thyme a wonderful colour! The storms do seem to be exaggerated a bit by the press, but that’s easy to say if you don’t get hit by one xx
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I agree – the thyme is a lovely colour. I think we were lucky to not get hit badly by the storm.
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Gosh, I had heard some coverage of the New Zealand weather, but thanks for sharing the photographic news coverage. Yikes. I’m glad it didn’t affect you too much. Your garden is looking very happy. That Hebe is enchanting!
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The media love to find the disaster stories but there was some considerable damage in some parts of the country. The hebe has really grown this year.
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You have a lovely garden that looks like it’s filled with a wonderful selection of things. Spring is a lovely time in the garden!
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Thank you – it is small but there are a few nice things around. Spring is a nice time of year.
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Your (not) so new garden is bringing you (and us) lots of pleasure. Love the lavenders, I shall try some in pots myself next year, and the pretty thyme. The oregano will spread in the garden, but that’s no bad thing. Bees will love it too. Chocolate mint is one that I appear to have lost.
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I saw so many bees yesterday – yes enjoying the thyme and lavender but also I think happy to feel the sun. One of my mints has gone but the other one is OK still, and the chocolate mint seems to like its new spot.
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Yes, to finding serenity in the soft whispers of your lavender!
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Yes! I agree!
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Those storm photos are mad! Glad you were sheltered. Everything is blooming here too, so nice to see, and it’s raining today, so a nice soak would be good too.
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The storm hit some places really badly, so we were lucky. Sunny today!
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Glad your area missed the worst of storms. Your garden is looking oh so lovely. Ah, spring!
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More wild weather predicted for today…
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Your lavenders are looking gorgeous. I must look out for chocolate mint at the garden shop. It would be fun to have some in the garden.
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Chocolate mint really smells like mint chocolate so it is a fun plant to have.
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The thyme is very fine indeed, and the lavender looks to be in very good health too.
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The lavender has come back to life in the spring.
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