I usually take cuttings and grow them in pots before transplanting them into the
garden, and here's one recently planted in an extension of my big pelargonium
patch. Our autumn is the time I usually add new plants to the garden, they settle
in and grow during the winter and spring and become large and tough enough to
endure our very hot and dry summers. This one is planted under some rather
large eucalyptus trees that drop limbs, twigs and leaves 12 months of the year
which acts as a mulch during the summer months keeping the ground cooler and
conserving moisture, but I still need to irrigate all parts of the garden during
our summer.