Hibiscus Week

Once again, in week 2009/31 there is nothing more than scattering of small buds on our young Hibiscus but older plants in more distant gardens are in full flower. Rudbeckia is coming into flower, the heads of Koelreuteria are gradually turning yellow. On the Aronia, the berries are so heavy that the young branches lean down to the ground.

Hibiscus Week

At the start of week 2008/31, the first flowers are in the process of opening on pink and a mauve Hibiscus syriacus shrubs growing on dry soil. Elsewhere in the street, other Hibiscus shrubs, an earlier variety, are covered in mauve flowers. The Phlox are meanwhile at the peak of their glory in mixed beds.