Saturday 10 December 2011

december flowers

My laxa vine is in full bloom!  It's a bit hard to tell from this photo but they're along the top of the fence.  I wish the vine covered the fence a bit more fully, but the flowers look and smell lovely.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/laxadec.JPG
My new calla lily has flowered.  It was from a random colour mix and I was hoping it would be a tropical orange, but instead it's the standard yellow.  Actually I think it's a slightly softer shade of yellow than the standard colour, and I like it nonetheless.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/callayellow.JPG
Finally, my space race orchid has opened all four flower spikes!  They look so festive at this time of year with my Christmas decorations.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/spaceracedec.JPG
The spikes are a lot shorter than last year, when they were well higher than the foliage.  I wonder if it gets more light in my house than where they were grown.  Next year I'll keep them in a darker part of the house when the spikes are forming and see if that encourages longer spikes.



1 comments:

Phoebe said...

The vine looks great covering the fence!