It seems like the new high I am chasing is planting new plants. More specifically, my garden is full and now I am planting local indigenous fynbos plants on the municipal ground behind the property I reside on. For many years, there only grew grass. In the last three years, I have been planting fynbos on the property. Some of the plants are not fynbos though, but most of them are.
In June last year, I planted many plants on the outside of the property, i.e., municipal ground. Loads of these plants are still going strong!
| Plants surviving the summer heat |
Here is a photograph of the same ones (from another angle) I posted in June last year:
| Half a year ago (Source) |
Some of the plants have died. But I have since also "stolen" some cuttings of the local fynbos plant called suur vygie (or sour fig; carpobrotus deliciosus). It takes so easily from cuttings and grows very vast.
| Baby suur vygie (or sour fig; carpobrotus deliciosus) |
It is a good time when you can make cuttings from your cuttings. I think that is my dream in the garden: to constantly make cuttings from my cuttings. Below is one such example: a cutting that has already grown from the cutting I made six months ago.
| Cutting of the suur vygie (or sour fig; carpobrotus deliciosus) growing |
And now it is a waiting game. Once these plants have established themselves, I will again take cuttings from them. It is surely infinite growth.
Another plant that grows so well here is the white bristle bush or Metalasia muricata.
| Three white bristle bushes or Metalasia muricata |
Apparently, you can also make a tea from the dried leaves of this plant. I have not tried it yet, but I will surely do it now! This is one of the most successful cuttings from all the plants in my garden. They grow so easily. They grow all over the area here as well; when you drive the coastal roads, many bushes cover the slopes of the mountains. I have never grew plants from seeds, apparently, they need smoke treatment; i.e., they should burn before they spread their seeds, or they spread their seeds via burning. They are very beautiful when they cover vast slopes. I am only starting them now, some of the older bushes are really big!
| Many new plants |
For now, I am waiting for them to grow into the shrubs they ought to be.
| Cutting made from a cutting |
These spekboom plants grow also easily from cuttings. These are really cuttings I made from cuttings. I just broke small leaves off and stick them in the ground. I have about 15 small spekboom plants growing at the moment; every single one from cuttings.
I hope your gardening is going well.
Bad things happen when good people do nothing, so they say.
So go out, and plant some plants!
All of the photographs are my own, taken with my iPhone. The musings are also my own, unless stated otherwise or hyperlinked. Happy gardening, stay well.
