Today's morning walk was a little out of the ordinary. The temperature has risen to heights that make it impossible to work in the garden, or even to walk around it in comfort, so we decided to head up the mountain to see if it was any cooler and also how the Troodos Botanical Garden was faring. It was 2 or 3 degrees cooler but any benefit was nullified by the attentions of the tiny biting midges that are prevalent in that area at certain times of the year. Anyway, we were pleasantly surprised to see that Andreas, the Forester in charge, had scattered some of the seeds we had given him on our last visit at the start of the year. Sunflowers, Evening Primroses, Nigella and Carthamus tinctorius were growing and either in flower or had already done so.
We had also left him some small plants and some of these were in evidence too. A Rolanda petasites, Cestrum nocturnum and various salvias. The photos are not great but they show an area where the salvias were planted, a Salvia interrupta and a Salvia 'Anthony Parker' (an offspring of one of yours, David). Being Sunday Andreas was off duty so we'll have to find an opportunity to go back again soon to see him.