13-NOV-2018
Rosegarden in Spring
Late in the season, past the peak of flowering, but still plenty to see.
Just a small section of the rose garden here.
13-NOV-2018
Rosa brunonnii - The Himalayan Musk
Although a rose, this rampant climber isn't in my rose garden, but growing
alongside and up a tall majestic cedar tree, visible from the front gate. It
acts as a shield to the working area of the house (clothes line) and gives
us privacy. A delight to see in bloom and there is a gentle fragrance with so
many flowers. A very thorny creature. This photo is just a small section.
18-DEC-2018
Pathway, side of house.
Some of my many pots. You can see that native lily that took 15 years to flower
in the distance.
Sorry that I haven't been commenting, but I am recovering from a procedure in hospital
and not 100% yet.
29-DEC-2018
Agapanthus
This is a miniature version of the common agapanthus, and has spread into quite a
nice sized clump over the years. It grows at the base of a Linden tree and flowers
in our summer.
30-DEC-2018
Canna in flower
We shifted a canna from a pot that had cracked and moved them to a new
earthenware pot... this is the first flower in the new pot. They have settled
in rather well, and I expect quite a few more flowers to follow in the next few weeks.
23-NOV-2018
Day Lilies
We have a row of these bordering one of the beds of roses, they struggle a bit
with our climate and need a lot of extra water during our dry seasons. They
didn't particularly like the last couple of days of 40 and 39 degrees Celsius
and needed an extra drink. This photo was taken a few weeks ago before the
hot weather arrived. One little plant that hadn't flowered for a few years
decided to open up on the day we had the 41 degrees and it wilted immediately.
This morning we've had a cool change come through, it is delightful, and
some fresh roses opened alongside all the fried blooms.
22-DEC-2018
Summer display
Portulacas that replace the violas in the hanging basket and flower pot on the
little table in the gazebo. They withstand the summer temperatures and dry heat
we often have in a heat wave. 41 yesterday and 39 today, that's Celsius.
Watering the garden becomes an early morning necessity, and some plants need
another soaking in the evening, especially the ferns & fuchsias.. We hold
back on watering the roses, they are hibernating though a few have some fried
blooms on display.
04-NOV-2018
One of the garden beds in Spring
The Acanthus putting on a display... the flowers are quite short lived but much appreciated
and so are the fresh new spring leaves on the overhead Linden tree. We are past our Spring
now that I'm adding this photo... and having a week or more in the mid to high 30's and low 40's Celsius, it is SUMMER down under.
18-DEC-2018
Robin Redbreast Bush
One of the first things you see as you drive in our drive right now is this
melaleuca lateritia in flower, when the sun shines on the blooms really do look
like a robin enjoying the sunshine.
18-DEC-2018
Blue violas
Self sown in pots that were next to a huge tub of these, they are flowering now
but I expect they'll only last until Christmas Eve, we have a forecast of 37, 38, 41,38 Celsius that will finish off anything as soft as a spring flowering viola.
18-DEC-2018
Colour in a hanging pot
Over an archway I have 5 hanging pots, 4 with a lavender pink diascia & trailing lobelia, and this
pot as a contrast, calibrachoa, bidens & trailing lobelia. The 4 pots of diascia are nearly
finished but this pot is really putting on a show now.
16-DEC-2018
Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red'
A new addition in a corner of one of the rose beds where I've been developing a
cottage garden group of plants. I am lucky that this bush flowers after the main
display of the roses, though we still have a handful of rose bushes in flower, this
butterfly bush would be hardly noticeable when the whole garden is in bloom.
Photo taken late afternoon on a dark and drizzly day in early summer.