Gardening.

We had a peaceful Easter Sunday. On Monday, we started doing the daily routine.  In the afternoon, I attended the orchid plants and also the front garden. A big job is coming.

CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS
Forty cymbidium orchids, but only three plants are having new spikes.  A few things that I have to remember is how to care orchids,  once flower spikes begin to emerge it will be necessary to prevent damage by slugs and snails as they can consume an emerging flower spike overnight.  Putting snail killer on the pot in time is very important. Feeding and watering should be done in the morning, not overwatering of course, and I have to continue feeding with 'flowering fertiliser'.

The Orchids Plants 

Four flower spikes on these potted orchids

Five flower spikes on these potted orchids

More work this weekend, cleaning up, fertilising and putting slugs bites on the orchids.    We will enjoy the flowers within a few months.

CRUCIFIX   ORCHIDS

The flower of the crucifix orchid is so beautiful, it stays there almost the year round.  My cutting or propagating the crucifix orchid is very successful, there are a lot of them, and I already have shared a few.

I enjoy the fresh cut flower of the crucifix orchid too, they are on vases,  they sit so pretty on the kitchen bench.  Indeed they stay fresh for weeks.

In The Front Garden

There are foliage plants, but the theme of the front garden is green and white, both colours work so well, and indeed it is so pretty, the touch of colour from the foliage plants bring the white theme better.

The camellia sasankua plants are in flower, they are beautiful pure white which adorn the front garden, surprisingly the white begonia along the front fence are still flowering.  Soon the frost will get them, then they die down, resting in winter, and they will come back in spring.

White Begonia

TERRARIUM
 New mixed plants just arrived for Rayner.  It is an apple shaped terrarium which is full of pretty succulents. It's a gift from our daughter who lives in the Netherlands.  I welcome it with a promise to help, to care for it.  

Apple Shaped Terrarium with Mixed Succulents.  So Cute

TOPIARY
There is more happening in the garden.  It is so sad to say that my two potted Lilly Pilly - at our entrance are not too well.  I may have to move them somewhere to plant them in the grown. I will replace them with English box topiary plants which have been in pots for the past eleven years.  A massive task for repotting, but it should be good.

This plant is losing leaves.

The Lili Pilli is drying out.

It is never dull moments at Park Lane, gardening is always there, especially if you want a healthy garden.  
To be continued.




Until Next Post
Susy