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I think we'll get lucky and only lose 3 Rouge de Marmande tomato seedlings to the red spider mite attack. We needed a bare minimum of 12 plants to get a decent yield for canning, hoping we will get 17 out of 24 seeds planted #gardeningAu
A proud little jacky dragon pokes their head up to pose for a pic. They are welcome tenants as they eat moths, caterpillars and grasshoppers. The back gardens with lots of spiny plants are excellent habitat for lizards and small birds. #gardeningAu
Green beans jumped up so quickly that we had not gotten the bird net up in time to stop fresh salad lovers from picking the growing tips out of a few. 6 left out of 10 seedlings. In my experience, 6 will get out of control pretty quickly anyway. A volunteer Little Gem lettuce has sneaked in, birds usually get those. Some beetroot seedlings are popping up too #gardeningAu
The Meyer lemon has on and off years. Last year was quiet, this one will be huge, expecting 120-150 fruit, some winter pollinated fruit already on the go but it is flowering like mad with a good summer fruit set in evidence #gardeningAu
Grevilleas cv Gaudi Chaudi, Winter Delight and more are humming with native and European bees #gardeningAu #bloomscrolling
The bee garden. Poppies, pansies, lobelia, ranunculi, several nectar bearing grevilleas across the path #gardeningAu #bloomscrolling
I need a weekend to recover from my weekend... but I filled the green bin on my own for the first time in ages
I am thinking of going to the Royal Botanic Gardens Friends' spring plant sale. Has anyone attended one before? I am curious about the prices of the plants. I also imagine that parking is awful.
#GardeningAU #Melbourne
Red spider mites are truly evil. You can't see them with the naked eye. You can only detect them by the damage they do by piercing the underside of the leaves hundreds or thousands of times which causes leaves to collapse in short order, 24 hours or so. This is super bad when they attack seedlings, which may only have a couple of leaves. I had some now-banned miticide left over since 2002 which stopped the mite attack immediately but we will lose 2-3 plants. #gardeningAu
From the Garden rounds today.....
๐ฎ It is quite overwhelming in the garden atm. So much is in flower. The cumquats - oh my - they are covered in flowers and the lime is beginning to blossom.
๐ฎ Oh the scent!
๐ The quince is in full flower, and the apricot is starting.
๐ผ Nasturtiums are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Yellow and red.
๐ชปThe sage is covered in flowers.
๐๐๐๐ So many bees, their humming is so audible.
๐ฑ My job today was to pick enough nasturtium seeds and rocket pods for a small jar of pickles. It is backbreaking work, let me tell you. Not too many rocket pods large enough to pick yet, but I got quite a few nasturtium seeds. I'll clean these (pic) and pickle them tonight, and pick more in a couple of days.
#FromTheGarden #Gardening #GardeningAU #FromMyGarden #BeautyAmongstTheWeeds
I thought all chillis hung down, but no - I present my nonconforming rebellious anti-gravity upright chilli.
What ever happened to @NessaUndreza ? Where did you go, Nes?
Panic stations. Red spider mites have gotten into the Rouge de Marmande seedlings which have been doing so well. Might lose 3 of them. Can't buy miticides in Aus anymore but I have a few ml left of an abamectin based miticide I bought in 2002... it still works, used some a couple of years ago. Hope it can save the rest of them #gardeningAu
This is exciting - this chilli plant, which has over 20 green chillies growing currently, has just started a red one!
What's going on?
Is this triggered by the 3 mega-hot days we've just had in NSW?
Cheeky rat climbed up on top of the motion detecting camera in the back garden last night, this is the tail ๐ค #gardeningAu
I heard this trap spring so went out to check what we caught. We have inadvertently caught a possum before. I need to release those quickly. Another rat scurried away when I picked up this trap. We've got to keep putting traps out to have a hope of keeping any of the upcoming tomato crop. #gardeningAu
We are not good at raising seeds, we usually chicken out and buy advanced seedlings. Bought a heat mat and made a humidome, this paid off with sprouts in 11 days.
Sun hardening tomato seedlings going well, day 3, early morning oblique sun for 2 hours. Leaves gaining size without more stem growth. #gardeningAu
@Woodknot Where are you Steve? I am guessing Australia? I suspect these are Orb Weaving Spiders, perhaps the Golden Orb Weaving Spider. I get them in my garden. They weave magnificent webs which are incredibly strong, and glint when the light catches them.I try to leave them in place if they are not over the garden paths, they are so beautiful.
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/golden-orb-weaving-spiders/
The plant fair was fun, though I feel for the exhibitors sitting in the heat! This pair of ducks parked themselves in the shade under/next to a succulent stand and were hoovering up leaves dropped by shoppers.
I was very restrained (mostly researching specialist nurseries for my personal Dream Gardens bullshit) but I bought a super cute rain gauge and two nemesias for the front garden.
Sage much prefers the big terracotta pot over the ground. Sage pasta for dinner! #vegetablegardening #gardeningAu #sage
My sugar snap peas are growing well. This week I saw the first pea flowers. I planted the seeds in the basket on the left 4 weeks earlier than those in the basket on the right.
The basket on the right has scented daffodil flowers as well as the small pea plants. I planted them because Office Kitty likes smelling flowers - see my profile photo.
Over the last summer our lemon tree developed such a bad lean we had to shove a table against it to support it. The previous owners had been pruning it away from the fence but had not been pruning the branches leaning over the garden so it had become quite unbalanced.
Over the last 6 months we have been giving it a substantial prune. This morning we took the last 2 big branches off. The tree now no longer needs the table for support.
And we can now find a new home for the table which is too big for our inner #Melbourne backyard.
A few more this morning. Shades of 2017-18 where we got plants in the beds by the end of September and were harvesting in late November, pulled in close to 100kg total by March because we were able to put in a 2nd crop. Really need a big crop after fighting for 40kg through the rat attack last season.
Trophy Housemate is trialing a coroplast rat barrier, which she has dubbed the 'spectacularly creative rat attack moat' or SCRAM for short.
She so funny ๐ #gardeningAu
oboy. Heat mat and home made humidome paid off. Tomato seeds popped up in 11 days. #gardeningAu
Yesterday I saw three people stop and admire this small daffodil I have growing in a pot hanging on our front fence.
It is noticeable how much people appreciate the simple beauty of one flower in this grungy area of inner #Melbourne.
#StreetGardening #GardeningAU #gardening
Wondering if rats are stupid enough to fall for my tricks.... 6 months ago in autumn I planted elephant garlic and got nothing. Spring hits and I get a couple of shoots. Then a rat (gormet little so and so) graws one off at ground level. I also have an excess of cayenne chillies growing. I'm hoping to teach rat to not eat the remaining garlic shoots there...
#garlic #chilli #vegetablegardening #gardeningAu #BrisbaneGardening
It's Free Plant Day in my LGA! 4 plants per household, today + next Saturday are fully booked (that's 800 households). #GardeningAU
@drmobs Very pretty! There's a similar pea growing in the heath in the Blue Mountains Nat Park beyond our back gate. I haven't looked up the name of this yet. #gardeningAu #bloomscrolling
Horticulturalists and nurseries do not equip themselves with consumer grade gardening junk from Bunnings, particularly not the Pope & Gardena plastic wands and nozzles that leak in a week, last a year if you're lucky & go in the bin.
Dramm is a maker of super durable wands and water breakers (shower heads). You can get them piece by piece or complete at Sage Horticultural. Not cheap but how many Bunnings grade $50 plastic wands have you turfed out? #gardeningAu https://www.sagehort.com.au/irrigation-watering/watering-products/
From the Garden rounds today...
It has been 2 months since I did a garden rounds post. Cold weather does me in and I don't spend as much time gardening. Consequently it gets overgrown and the first few weeks are clearing and weeding and pruning.
The weather has been so warm lately, I am beginning my planting and clearing about a month or so earlier than usual. Today I gingerly raked up the heaps of leaves on the front garden paths. Just in piles. I haven't lifted them into the barrow yet #SoreBack
๐ฟ I picked the first broad beans today - quite a handful, so they will make a nice addition to dinner, with a few of the tip leaves as well.
๐ต๏ธ The camellia is covered in flowers
๐ฎ The borage has gone beresk already - so early! The bright blue flowers are everywhere. And so gorgeous.
๐ท Nasturtiums are everywhere too, with their bright gold and red flowers! They have climbed into the cumquat tree and are all over the paved area around the garden shed. Also encroaching paths in other areas.
๐ There are a few bees about, but I will check earlier in the day next time.
๐ณ I am soaking the roots of the heritage fruit trees delivered this week, for 24 or so hours, and have planned where to put them. The weather is so warm and the plants are shooting, so I will put them straight into their spots. Fingers crossed my back will be healed enough to dig some holes.
๐ณ The quince tree is shooting new leaves.
The gymea lily in the front gardens stored up energy for 5 years to be able to send up the 6m flower tower. The flower is now forming and will go kaflooey in spring. The plant will die back after this amazing display. What a showboat! #gardeningAu #bloomscrolling
#garlic2023 looks generally ok but I don't like the leaf tip purpling. This is indicative of a nutrient deficiency. We put a lot of moo poo in the bed and pH tested at 7, so it ought to be ok, obviously isn't. We hit them with a water soluble fertiliser yesterday. Let's see if that fixes them up. #gardeningAu
We had a battle with rats in the gardens last summer. We're declaring open rodent hostility with asymmetrical technology capabilities. Lawyer up ya sneaky bastiges! #gardeningAu
The excitement continues - the first chilli continues to grow, there are at now at least 10 chillies on the flourishing plant, and both the smaller plants produced a flower-thingy today.
I've tried growing hyacinths in bulb vases 3 years in a row, finally got a cute one to grow in the study :blobmiou:
I missed Gardening Australia on free to air tonight and now I'm creeping on the iView upload. Where is it??? Give it to meeee #GardeningAU
#AcaciaSuaveolens (sweet #wattle) is a shrub species endemic to Australia.
Found particularly, the south eastern parts.
I love these pale yellow blooms.
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๐- #carnegie #Australia.
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Another suburban #gumtree, featuring its unique trunk patterns, akin to typical army fatigues.
The different colour of bark patches are in fact varying layers that have aged over the months. The lighter shades, obvs, are the newer layers.
This beauty is at least 60 foot tall and has most likely been around for longer than most of us, even though itโs a relatively mid-aged tree, Iโd suggest.
Many #gums live in excess of 200 years, I read with interest!
You should see these monumental trees in a bush setting. In numbers, they are breathtaking.
๐- #brightonEast #Australia.
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Before and Afterโฆ
The first photo was snapped a month ago.
The second pic was taken prior to sunset the other night. This tree has just commenced blooming.
I plan on keeping an eye on this one and update you with its blooming evolution.
What a beautiful transformationโฆ a gorgeous work in progress.
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๐- #caulfieldsouth #Australia
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I took the first picture one month ago, ahead of this beauty blooming.
The remainder are pictures from now, late afternoon today!
I find it astounding how such flowering bloom can and does, grow in such a short time and with so much beauty and grace.
This is a #peach. For years I believed it to be cherry. So today, I learned something new about this gorgeous specimen!
(Iโve always noticed this tree but never had the opportunity to check for fruit, nor verified itโs identity). Time to remedy that, this year!!
I love this tree. #stunning.
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Check out this #Freesia. Have only spotted a couple and managed to stop to snap this one during my working day.
They are native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa.
They have fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, and these were sweet with a perfumed aroma.
They come in many colours of the rainbow, including a variety of shades (mixes).
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๐- #Bentleigh #Australia
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A huge #Acacia aka #wattle pre sunrise this morning.
How glorious is that full bloom? A sea of yellow, wow!
Cold last night, car was iced, a low of 1c (34F) but these, like many here in Melbs are hardy and resilient to frost.
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๐- #oakleigh #Australia
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This is why we use humane rat traps in the garden. Everybody likes peanut butter and you don't always trap rats. Blue fairy wren released quickly and unharmed. #gardeningAu
#Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa.
In South Africa, it is commonly known as the #CraneFlower.
The gorgeous โflowersโ are so colourful and cheery. A welcomed sight, during late #winter here in Melbs!
๐- #bentleigheast #Australia
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#LavandulaStoechas, the Spanish lavender or topped lavender (U.S.) or French lavender (U.K.), is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, occurring natively in several Mediterranean countries, including France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and Greece.
A cool winters morning here in #Mckinnon, #Australia but these beauties are out in the sporadic sunlight, displaying their brilliance!
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I think my first #chilli is happening ๐
I found a squashed chilli in the carpark where a plant stall was in a local market, and thought I'd try planting the seeds.
3 out of 4 grew, and one seems particularly happy.
I've refrained from checking Google or YouTube re: growing chillis, because I want to enjoy Nature's surprises, and also as preparation for gardening from scratch after civilisation collapses.
More #Camellia for your viewing pleasure, from suburban #BenteighEast #Australia!
These blooms are bountiful and healthy. The petal structure is bright and their heads are full.
Theyโre a robust flower that are so giving, especially this time of year in the southern hemisphere during #winter time.
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What I am really happy with is that people have completely stopped dumping rubbish here. It shows what a difference it makes when people can see a place is cared for and it looks pretty.
However, you will notice a dumped shopping trolley next to the garden in one of the photos. That is still an issue. I caught one of our neighbours dumping a shopping trolley in front of our place about a month ago. I ran up the street with the trolley shouting "you've forgotten your trolley". I knew and he knew he hadn't 'forgotten' it but it helped him save face as I gave it back to him.
A couple of hours later I saw he dumped it further up the street.
#StreetGardening #Melbourne #gardeningAU #ShoppingTrolleys
The foliage in the back half of the garden is more restrained but I am still happy with it as the growth of leaves shows the plants are growing well
Our garden is now 4 months old and flourishing. Some nasturtium seeds I had planted months before our gardening bee had laid dormant in the ground for about 5 months. After we planted the other plants the nasturtiums surprisingly sprouted.
We haven't had much rain for a month but now that the garden is largely covered by leaves and mulch there are no signs of lack of water.
I am hoping the garden won't need much water over the summer.
#StreetGardening #Melbourne #GardeningAU
I went to my mother's place and did a lot of pruning. Then with those cuttings, plus some very cheap bulbs I organised several volunteers to move the existing plants and plant the cuttings. A couple of us planted cuttings in pots to give to neighbours and left pots with cuttings in the new garden for people to help themselves.
#StreetGardening #GardeningAU #Melbourne
This is a small garden in front of our place in inner #Melbourne. The photo was taken at the start of April. People liked to dump rubbish here and I was sick of constantly clearing away cardboard boxes and other junk left here. I am also keen on getting more greenery in the street because our street is awfully hot in summer.
#StreetGardening #GardeningAU
#daffodils (unseasonably) in #winter are special.
Theyโre bright, sunny, and make your heart sing!
#beautiful #uplifting #soulful
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The genus #Acacia belongs to the family Mimosaceae. There are some 1350 species of Acacia found throughout the world and close to 1000 of these are found in Australia.
Commonly known as #Wattle, Acacia is the largest genus of vascular plants in Australia.
Australia's national floral emblem is Acacia pycnantha, the Golden Wattle.
For those into botanic classifications, this one (pictured) is a #AcaciaPodalyriifolia
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๐- #caulfieldsouth #Australia
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#EchiumCandicans, the 'Pride of Madeira', is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the island of Madeira (in Portugal).
It grows normally as a 1 to 2 meter high shrub, usually with a candelabra-like growth. The flowering inflorescent cluster on this one is say, around 25cm long.
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๐- #Gardenvale #Australia
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#PrunusPersica is flowering everywhere here in #Melbs and theyโre so uplifting.
So elegant in their appearance and structure, these flowers make my heart melt.
Such a welcome to the colour pallet during #winter time, and these trees will fruit in good time to produce #peach.
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๐- #Mckinnon #Australia.
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Stumbled on this truly awesome #Magnolia ร soulangeana (Magnolia denudata ร Magnolia liliiflora) this morning, also known as the saucer magnolia or sometimes the tulip tree.
It is a hybrid flowering plant in the genus Magnolia and family Magnoliaceae.
It is a deciduous tree with large, early-blooming flowers and Iโve seen many lately, in various shades of white, pink, and purple.
I read with note that it is one of the most commonly used magnolias in horticulture, being widely planted in the British Isles, especially in the south of England; and in the United States, especially the east and west coasts.
Elegance all the way!
๐- bentleigheast #australia
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Pink #Camellia blooming proud in #Malvern #Australia.
Noticed most camellias in Melbs atm are bountiful and full flowered. Theyโve come out in the โcorrectโ time. Most of trees are jam packed with colour!
And theyโre healthy, with bright green foliage.
Although, this strange ol season and the sunshine of late (weโre 2/3 into winter), is bringing out many spring-time flora out to play, ahead of their usual time.
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#PleromaUrvilleanum, also known as Tibouchina urvilleana, is a species of flowering plant native to Brazil.
Itโs vibrant (and deep) purple petal shading is quite stunning in person and I am glad the camera reflected this.
Have a Super Sunday, whatever youโre up to!
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Itโs #olive season here in southern Australia!
This lone olive tree is well underway with fruit, in #McKinnon #Australia.
Love them or not, these beauties are so versatile as a health tonic, be that simply to eat, cook with or apply to your body.
Magic stuff this!
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My ID app doesnโt lock this down to a specific species, but I suspect itโs a #daffodil from the genus Narcissus.
However, Google Lens does indeed confirm it is a daffodil! Otherwise known in some parts, as #jonquil.
Nevertheless, this footpath garden outside of a #Malvern home in #Australia brings to mind feminine beauty, when I see the elegance of these plants.
So happy and healthy too, I hope these remain in the ground for weeks to come (rather than a vase), for all to seeโฆ and marvel.
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This is a #floweringquince (#ChaenomelesSpeciosa).
Seeing these flowering in abundance throughout Melbs atm, ahead of them producing fruit in the coming months (spring, early summer).
The blossoms on this are magnificent. The bursting reds and the anatomy of this flower is quite delightful to the eye.
Elegant and simple, yet visually pleasing.
PS - The flowers are usually red, but can also be white or pink.
๐- #malvern #Australia
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What a beauty. And such a unique petal structure!
These flowers (petals) are thick and fleshy to the touch.
This is a #MagnoliaDenudata, the lilytree or Yulan magnolia, native to central and eastern China.
A little bit of info about the #lilytree;
It has been cultivated in Chinese Buddhist temple gardens since 600 AD.
Its flowers were regarded as a symbol of purity in the Tang Dynasty and were planted in the grounds of the Emperor's palace.
It is the official city flower of Shanghai.
๐- #ormond #Australia
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#WildIris, growing along a busy roadway here in #ormond #Australia snapped just now in the sunshine!!
As I was taking pictures, an older guy approached me and asks what itโs name is. So we looked it up on my trusty ID app and we chatted for 10 minutes about this group of beautiful plants. Bless!
Itโs botanical name is #DietesGrandiflora and is a perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves.
This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa, where it is often used in public gardens and along roadsides.
Grows well here and itโs gorgeous flowers are just breathtaking!
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More busy #bees collecting nectar on these beautiful #Camellia and #scarletbottlebrush in #Melbourne #Australia.
Bees are so industrious and gentle creatures.
#bee facts;
There are over 1500 different species of native #Australian bees
Some bees are as tiny as 2mm with the largest being around 24mm.
It is thought that a honeybee produces just one half of a teaspoon of honey throughout its entire working life.
In just a single day a queen bee can lay 3000 eggs.
There are on average around 55,000 worker bees in a bee colony.
A honey beeโs wings flap 11,400 times a minute, which creates the bee buzz - as in, how is this even remotely possible!!! ๐ค๐ฎ
A queen bee lives for up to two years.
A worker bee lives around 45 days during summer, and less in winter.
All worker bees are females, the only male bees are the drones.
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Wow. Look at this beauty!!
It is a GarryaElliptica, aka the coast silk-tassel, silk tassel bush or wavyleaf silktassel.
It is a part of the family Garryaceae, native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon.
It is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub reaching a height of 2โ5 m (7โ16 ft).
This one is large and the masses of draping flowers are just beautiful, donโt you think?
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Moooore #AloeArborescens, aka the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe, snapped in the afternoon sunshine in #Richmond #Australia in their flowering dozens!!
These are mature and in bountiful display not far from the SE Freewayโฆ such a shame only a handful of peeps view these beautiesโฆ well, until now!
Awesome!
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Caught a #bee in busy search for nectar on these two lovely #Camellia in #glenIris #Australia recently.
The blooms on these mid-sized trees are bountiful and healthy as anything.
The red petals (pic 1) are spectacular, so too the filaments and anthers of both coloured flowers.
Truly beautiful!
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A glorious #wattle tree in #Nottinghill #Australia, photographed just now, in all itโs yellow bloom.
#altext, pic 2.
And a sweet floral scent, pungent as ever!
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#DimorphothecaPluvialis, common names white African daisy, Cape rain-daisy, Cape daisy or rain daisy, is a plant species native to South Africa and Namibia.
The camera depicted these beauties perfectly; they were just as vibrant and visually dynamic in appearance irl, as youโre seeing here.
The colours of the petals; amazing whites, violets and purple colours bleeding into each other and dark disk flowers (florets; those that make up the centre - pic 3), contrasted with a small ring of orange are a feast for the visual senses!
๐ Snapped in #glenIris #melbourne #Australia.
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These #Camellia are a little smaller than the many larger flowering heads that are blooming at the moment throughout #melbourne.
But are no less impressive.
Vibrant colours and green foliage are most likely, in part, attributed to the rains of late and the glimpses of winter sunshine throughout the past fortnight.
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Surprisingly, weโre seeing Agapanthus (these I believe are #AgapanthusAfricanus) blooming in Melbs, here and there.
Theyโre normally out and about in abundance throughout mid Spring to early Summer, but these few captured yesterday in #brightonEast #Australia, appeared to be new blooms.
Strange timing, however gorgeous all the same.
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Youโre viewing #AloeArborescens, the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe, a species of flowering succulent perennial plant and a genus which shares with the well known and studied Aloe vera.
Aloe arborescens has succulent green leaves, large vibrantly-colored flowers, winter blooming, and attraction birds, bees, and butterflies.
#AloeVera is derived from the plantโs leaves and has many cosmetic and health benefits.
An amazing plant, and the flowers are just divine!
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#daffodil in winter here in #melbourne are most definitely cheering up the landscape!
Itโs botanic name is #NarcissusTazetta and many varieties and colours are popping up in many suburbs here atm.
Mostly observed are yellow, but these cream/yellow variety are growing with vigour in #ormond #Australia on a roadside verge.
They spout and grow from a bulb and hang about for anywhere between 6 weeks to 6 months, depending on conditions, location, soil etc I read with interest.
Interesting facts;
There are at least 25 different daffodil species and up to 13,000 hybrids.
They're the official 10th wedding anniversary flower.
Daffodils contain sap that's often poisonous to other plants.
Info source: NGS.org.Uk
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#BanksiaEricifolia, the heath-leaved banksia, or lantern banksia, is a woody shrub native to Australia.
It grows in two separate regions of Central and Northern New South Wales east of the Great Dividing Range.
Well known for its orange or red inflorescences, which contrast with its green fine-leaved heath-like foliage, it is a medium to large shrub that can reach 6 m (20 ft) high and wide, though is usually half that size, like this one.
It normally โflowersโ in autumn but this is stretching on (does so in cooler areas) into mid winter, here in Melbs.
#altext, image 1.
๐- #ormond #Australia
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More bush / forrest pics from #Fernshaw, #YarraRangersNationalPark in #victoria #Australia.
The #Gumtreeโs and #Ferns here, are epicโฆ densely populated and happy and healthy.
The tall gums provide the perfect shade canopy for the ground dwelling ferns, which thrive all year round.
This day (pictured) ranged from 3 - 9 degrees Celsius (37 - 48 F), depending on the altitude.
Surprisingly, even during mid-winter, small bright green fern fronds (called โfiddleheadsโ) were in the early process of unrolling on a number of these plants.
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I think this is a #manuka. Aka LeptospermumScoparium, (Mฤori pronunciation: maหnสka), New Zealand teatree, broom tea-tree, or just tea tree.
It is native to New Zealand and south-east Australia.
Its nectar produces Mฤnuka honey.
Love itโs tiny flowers - this series of bushes measured around 4 x 2 metres and was waist height (around a metre).
Pic taken just on sunset.
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#NarcissusJonquilla, commonly known as jonquil or rush daffodil, is a bulbous flowering plant and is a species of daffodil.
It is native to Spain and Portugal, but very much at home here in #Melbs.
Such a mood lifter, especially blooming during our winter months.
๐- #ashburton #Australia
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I had procrastinated on planting those hyacinth bulbs so they looked a bit tired by the time I put them in... but they are growing! Hurrah
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Wattles are out in force and blooming profusely - and right on cue, now in Melbourne.
This tree is quite large and the yellow blossoms, generous. The scent of this thing was pungent.
#Wattle is known for such an impressive attribute, as well as their bursts of yellow, of course.
Theyโre really something else!
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#BanksiaPraemorsa, commonly known as the cut-leaf banksia, is a species of shrub or tree; itโs a #Banksia.
It occurs in a few isolated populations on the south coast of Western Australia.
Grows well here in #Melbs and theyโre displaying in abundance in gardens throughout our grand city atm, during mid-winter!
The woody spiked head is a greeny -yellow colour, on this one anyways.
Many Iโve noticed present in various colours; some rustic brown, others a deep red too. Just beautiful.
The detail of the rough, woody florettes are astounding.
#Altext, second pic.
๐- #Ormond #Australia
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Rather proud of my #Isopogon cuneatus, coneflower #Proteaceae #ozplants #Proteaceaeinpots #gardeningau
#CamelliaOleifera, which originated in China, is notable as an important source of edible oil (known as tea oil or camellia oil) obtained from its seeds.
It is commonly known as the oil-seed camellia or tea oil camellia.
I spotted this handsome tree driving through suburban #Oakleigh, in #Melbourneโs inner east recently.
It is adorned with a multitude of stunning flowers, as can be observed on pic 4.
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Quote; #Princesssassypantsandco
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#roses for your viewing pleasureโฆ theyโre still displaying proudly in #Murrumbeena #Australia.
Still fresh and healthy, even in the cooler period of mid #winter, here in #Melbs!
"Itโs not what you look at that matters, itโs what you see.โ
~ Henry David Thoreau
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My ID app tells me this gorgeous tree is a #JapaneseApricot.
The flower is a beloved subject in the traditional painting and poetry of countries including China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japanโฆ and is usually called โplum blossomโ.
The fruit of the tree is used in juices, as a flavouring for alcohol, as a pickle, and in sauces. It is also used in traditional medicine.
Despite its practical uses, this tree is undeniably visually divine!
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These pics were taken yesterday in #Fernshaw #Australia heading up to the snow.
Within the #YarraRangersNationalPark.
Many mature #Gumtreeโs and #Ferns galore.
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Not kidding, these things will fuck you up. On the upside, the seeds are not just edible but delicious #gardeningAU
A small walk around the back gardens. Some tilandsias known as Spanish Moss, common in the SE coastal USA. Super spiny bromeliad flowers. A bunya (araucaria bidwilli) tree grown from seed in a pot for about 7-8 years is stretching out after being set free in a bed. Those pointy leaves are razor sharp. Bunyas can grow to 45m or more. They produce soccer ball sized seed pods that can severely injure or kill people when rhe tree drops them. Future occupants of this place will hate us and unceremoniously remove it.#gardeningAU
Meet the gorgeous SalviaInvolucrata!
Also referred to as the roseleaf sage.
It is native to the Mexican states of Puebla, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz, growing in shady places such as the edge of forests.
It does pretty well here too, in #melbourne #Australia.
Its flowerโs shape is so unique. And the colour is vibrant and oh so visually pleasing to the eye!
#altext, pic 1.
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Forgive me if this is incorrectโฆ my id app and Google both suggest this could be a #Bergenia of some variety.
Anyhow, itโs just beautiful with pink petals and lush green leaves.
Made my morning.
Snapped on the weekend in a public garden in #mountwaverley #Australia.
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Meet #SalviLeucantha, the Mexican bush #sage!!
Is the vibrant purple bract flowering masses just beautiful?
It is a herbaceous (non-woody stemmed) plant that is native to subtropical and tropical conifer forests in central and eastern Mexico.
The flowers are usually white, emerging from coloured bracts. It is often grown in warmer locales for its prominent arching velvety blue or purple flowering displays.
Even though weโve just hit winter here in Oz, this is blooming all the same. And is a welcomed burst of colour on a cool but sunny day (so far!!), today!
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