The Garden in July

 July is not peak garden time, but a few old faithful plants are flowering.

 

The kniphofias are looking brilliant, with a new flush of flowers opening:

They are regularly visited by wattlebirds and spinebills for a feed of nectar.

Leucadendrons don't seem to offer anything to attract pollinators, but they do look good:

 

This grevillea has a few open flowers:

 

This correa has some too, but the only photo I took of it is of buds yet to open:

A handful of sad wet daisies:

 A couple of camellias:

The top one's leaves don't look to healthy in my photo. Some investigation is required. And there are some grassy weeds in the bottom one. This bed needs some attention.

This orchid still has many more flower spikes coming:

 

Jonquils a bit flattened by the rain:

And if you look carefully there is a red-flowered salvia behind them that is still blooming. All the rest of the salvias have given up, after a couple of nights of temperatures below freezing.

 Lavender not properly in focus:

Snowflakes:

Viburnum tinus:

 

Abutilons:

Always flowering, and lots of buds to come.

 

Lastly, the mahonia is covered in flowers:

That's it for the mid-winter garden.