Blom's Blooms

Spring is in the air and grateful for time spend in the garden.

Pushing out 7 new buds in July is "slowing down" for Rosa 'Pink Elephant'... Her almost cherry/deep pink colouring contrasts well with a background of ripening lemons. This rose is going for her 3rd spring in the ground and with every new flush, her very unique scent pulls you in, deep! She's going to look incredible this year! Can't wait! 😍

Rosa 'Oklahoma'. She's an oldie, but still one of the best dark red roses when it comes to fragrance! ❤️🌹❤️

Rosa 'Rosafrica' flowering her socks off! I really enjoy this variety that starts off as an almost coral/apricot flowerbud and ever changing as the flowers mature, ultimately ending in the lightest pink/ivory colour! Healthy and very productive rose. 😍😍😍

I'm not the only one 'checking out' the crocosmia brightening up the garden with their fiery display.
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Remember to keep your roses well fed throughout autumn... Give them a short trim on the top to activate new growth (roses mostly flowers on new growth) and keep your roses deadheaded! Roses absolutely love the cooler autmm weather here in SA, and some will flower until deep in winter! Autumn is also an interesting time to observe the intensified darker hues of the flowers due to cooler weather. 😱😍🌹

Autumn 🍂 is around the corner, and the evenings are becoming cooler. Some plants has already noticed this change, and other clues, like a change in light levels.
Japanese anemones are once flowering perennials(only flowers once in a growing season, but will come back year after year), that puts on a show now, as autumn is knocking on our garden gates. They are hardy, spreading plants that needs a semi-shaded position in the garden that receives a couple of direct sunlight hours in the morning or later in the afternoon. Plant them somewhere in the garden where they can mingle with other plants, like roses. Roses are also getting ready for their autumn flush, so now is a good time to plan where you could fit in a couple of Japanese anemones to create a show of next year autumn. Best to lift, divide and transplant them in spring, once new growth starts. But be on the lookout for potted specimens, which can be planted now in autumn.
Once established, they can easily spread right through a flowerbed, so be warned. They are aggressive growers, but in a good way.

Saliva 'Amistad' (sage) is a hive of activity this morning after all the rain we received in recent days. Hungry bees and other pollinators buzzing around! It's a tender perennial that should be protected from frost in winter and cut back very short in spring to promote a more busy plant. They are in flower right throughout the summer months and apart from regular watering and occasionally dead heading, they are truly carefree plants. Plant them in full sun (or morning sun and afternoon shade), towards the back of your flowerbeds, as they can easily reach 2 meters!

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Midsummer/late summer flowering perennials like rudbeckia(Black-eyed Susan) and echinacea(cone flowers) are starting to come into their own in the garden. They'll be producing loads of flowers from now until late into autumn, in a time when a lot of summer annuals and perennials are winding down for the season. Great food source for pollinators too! 😍🌼🌻

Dead heading summer flowering perennials (removing spent flowers before it produces seed), as soon as the flowers fade, will encourage new flower formation and enable them to keep on looking their best all the way to late autumn.

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