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Spring 2007
In January 2007 we had a period of extreme cold temperature, with overnight lows below freezing for several nights in a row. This had a big impact on our garden and we lost several plants that were not frost-tolerant, including pygmy date palms, desert bird of paradise, lantana, and Australian tree ferns. Our orange tree lost all of its leaves but has since grown a new set of leaves. The orange fruit (all four of them!) were not affected. We also made some changes along the wall on the south side of the yard: we removed the yuletide camellias which were not growing well and planted a weeping Japanese maple, a bay laurel tree, and several blooming perennials.
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View of southwest corner. |
Looking west from south side of yard |
Apple tree |
Southwest corner, looking at shed. |
View of southeast corner of yard.
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Looking across the yard at the north side |
View looking towards northwest corner of the yard |
Early roses in the rose garden along north side of yard |
Spa area |
View along front of screen room, looking northeast. |
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New plants along south wall |
Weeping Japanese maple in southwest corner of yard |
Indian hawthorn tree in bloom |
New leaves on orange tree |
New exterior paint job |
