What's up doc? A daily photograph of Bugs Bunny!
Lego Sunflowers [40524] (3 sets)
Our preferred indoor flowers – very low scent, very low allergy – Lego flowers! They are the only type of fake plants we would have. These are the older style, we have a newer, fancier set on the way!
An unexpected damp day. The light rain has hung around and added up, it’s not been a front that has gone though, more a band of rain, quite unusual for Perth. Rain gauge tomorrow when it’s completed.
Growing up in the Perth Hills area, Marri or Corymbia calophylla were a common tree, and is the gum tree that grows ‘honky nuts’ and can be tapped for sap. Although not common in coastal areas, nor totally suitable for a medium garden due to how large they can get, we are growing them anyway. It is intended they will be kept to about four metres.
These pots containing four plants each have been grown from seeds collected over the years, and will be planted and grown in these groups, adding to the plants already being grown.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymbia_calophylla
Below shows them planted out.
Given the soaking rain the last few days, winter planting can be brought forward. This is the mint planted in a garden bed.
Below are the plants while still in the pots.
Below is the other garden bed that was intended to be planted with mint, but since the mother mint was purchased it has self sown with Seaside Daisy, and a transplanted oregano has survived, so planting it with mint is on hold.
This Hypoestes phyllostachya has replaced a Syngonium that was in this planter since 11Dec25 (it hasn’t appeared in the blog) that didn’t make it.
A minty update on the autumnal equinox, winter and shorter days are coming.
There are now nine small pots of mint plants ready to plant out in the next month after the season changes, all cuttings from the ‘mother’ mint plant.
The ‘mother’ mint plant is still going fine too.
The new hydroponic plant containers have arrived – 1L conical flasks! They have a low centre of gravity allowing lots of plant growth before they could become unstable. A new plant stem support has also been devised, replacing solid foam with splits or holes is 30mm strips of 10mm soft foam wound around the stems.
You can see that the Syngonium has done well the last 2 months – the leaf that was developing opened and another came through.
This Curly Spider Plant was purchased on the 24Feb26 at the same time as the Peace Lily, the roots were soaked a few days to remove the soil, then it was tried in another container but didn’t really suit that, so now moved to this jar temporarily.
Despite the donut vases being a good solution for the hydroponic plants, 3 new containers with a low centre of gravity have been purchased and the Peace Lily, Syngonium and this Curly Spider Plant will be transferred – keep a look out for about a week’s time!
Unfortunately the hydroponic mint also didn’t make it, so it’s been replaced with a Spathiphyllum or Peace Lily.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spathiphyllum
An update on the Cumquat. Two of the flowers set and fruit is developing (top right and bottom left), and the plant has flowered again.
Unfortunately despite the rosemary developing roots in the water, it hasn’t surrived being forced to be hydroponic. The mint will continue alone for now, it has developed extra shoots.
All the other plants shown so far are thriving, updates coming when there are discernible changes / growth.
The rosemary roots are on the left.
