Autumn has now arrived and the days are getting shorter, with the arrival of orangery red & warm yellow hues that fill the landscape. The swallows are migrating south and the cicadas have halted their song.
It is now a rest period for the Pelargoniums & other plants in the garden after the intense heat of the summer sun, and yet only three pelargoniums are currently flowering after the first rains of the season –
Pelargonium abrotanifolium, Pelargonium graveolens &
Pelargonium denticulatum
P. denticulatum grows under the large mulberry tree which provides shade during the summer and helps to preserves moisture in the soil, its dark green sticky shrubby branches visible with one single pink flower.
P. abrotanifolium grows in a pot on a table, its long trailing aromatic foliage grows towards the light displaying its bright reddish-purple magenta flowers. P. graveolens also grows in a pot and has a more upright growth than P. abrotanifolium with soft velvety triangular leaves and one light purple flower with darker markings.
The Rosemary and Passiflora are also in flower & the pomegranates are growing well, along with the succulents that provide a hiding place for lizards
Pelargonium Species world 