Canary Creeper

May has come and gone and so has the flowering of the magnificent Canary Creeper (Senecio tamoides) in our garden. This vigorous creeper was grown from a cutting and has made itself at home climbing in a viburnum tree over our swimming pool. I waited in anticipation at the beginning of May for the flowers to open and so they did, in a glorious yellow cascade over the pool. The flowers lasted for about a month but now as winter draws on and the weather gets colder and wetter the seeds have set and the bright, cheerful yellow has gone until next year.