And how's it going?

Our backyard at dusk.

A Callistemon in our backyard.

Figure 7: Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle larvae
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Our garden, currently...

For the most part, our garden is flourishing. The Grevilleas are in flower, the Lime Tuffs have grown astronomically and are producing small yellow flowers on stalks and, possibly the most striking feature, our Eucalyptus scoparia is HUGE!!! It’s nearly as tall as a two storey house! The Little Spotty is coming along quite nicely, too. It’s not quite as tall as the E. scoparia, but that could have something to do with the infestation of Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle larvae it had a year or so ago (see Figure 7). Considering both Eucalypts came from small tubestock no more than 5 years ago, I think they’re doing very well. The lemon tree was producing an abundance of lemons, but then it got cut back – not mentioning any names here... – and grew too thick and bushy so we couldn’t reach the lemons without being severely spiked.  L Then I got home one day, not all that long ago, and the tree had been thinned out... in excess! So now we’re a little short on lemons. But they’ll come back... I hope. The lime tree is coming along nicely – it hasn’t produced any fruit yet, but it’s growing. J All our other natives are really bushing up, too. We’ve had a few casualties over the years, but most have survived and are doing really well. Even in the Google Earth image (see Figures 1 and 2 from the blog titled 'In the beginning...') you can easily see the increase in vegetation on our property. Although our garden has not been designed by a landscaper and is really just a bunch of native plants that took our fancy at the time of buying them, our garden here at home is a lovely place to relax and admire the beauty of Australian native plants!

And there you have it... My garden haven!