Out in the garden my other Schlumbergera or Zygocactus has bloomed,
and is showing its gorgeous peachy-pink coloured flowers.
My Clerodendrum ugandense is throwing out flower sprays once more.
The wallabies have begun feasting on the leaves and flowers of one of my Hibiscus schizopetalus, which is something new. They've never done that before in the twelve years we've lived here. It's very disappointing to come home and find the tall arching branches pulled down to the ground and totally stripped! Thank goodness they haven't found the other shrub .... yet!
The Azaleas have started blooming again,
and this wonderful Celosia always catches my eye out in the courtyard.
I thought I'd share a few photos of the Rose Garden I help to tend at my school. All the shrubs were cut right back at the end of April, and are well on their way to their showiest time of the year. They really look fabulous during our Sprintime, but the show at the moment is pretty lovely too.
I'm joining Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday / Flaunt Your Flowers
and Nix for Floral Friday Fotos
The color of that peachy Schlumbergera makes me swoon! You have lots of nice blooms for mid-winter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Daricia, I much prefer the peachy coloured Schlumbergera to the dark pink. It such a great colour.
DeleteSuch beauty in one post. A magnificent array of floral finery.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the blooms, Poetic Shutterbug.
DeleteLovely flowers. I hope the wallabies will keep away from your garden. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteGunilla, it's dry season here so the wallabies tend to nibble on a few things in my garden at this time of the year, because the grasses have all died off.
DeleteDear Bernie.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers. I´m still madly in love with your heavenly blue Clerodendrum ugandense, however I cannot find it here in Denmark.
And those beautiful beautiful roses you grow at your school. They´re gorgeous. Wish you had the names for them, then I´d look them up and see if they could grow in my garden too ;o)
Thanks for sharing, wish you a fabulous weekend.
Best regards Iris.
Iris, it took me ages to find the Clerodendrum here. It had been on my wish list for two years. Well good things come to those who wait, so they say. I do hope you find one soon.
DeleteThe Roses unfortunately didn't come with tags, so I don't know any of the names. The smaller pink Rose has the best perfume, but the showiest Rose is one that starts off as yellow and fades to a pink. They are some lovely ones in the bed.
The peach color is royal! All the flowers are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Asha. I do so love the colour of that Schlumbergera too.
DeleteBernie it would be hard for me to be angry with the wallabies. That is probably how you would feel about little innocent squirrels and rabbits. These little varmints will eat and dig up your entire garden if you let them. I suspect your little leaf eater can do quite a bit more damage but then they are so cute! The squirrels and I are not on speaking terms anymore.
ReplyDeleteJean, the annoyance is fleeting I have to say. I understand that during our dry season, the wallabies will search for food everywhere they can, so I get over my slightly annoyed feelings quickly. Well, that is to say, I get over my annoyance if the plants are fairly well-established and bounce back pretty well during our wet season. I have learnt however, that there are certain plants I can never have around the place because they get eaten right down to the roots and never come back.
DeleteYou have so much wonderful colour in your garden Bernie! The Rose garden is divine and I can but imagine some of the perfumes!
ReplyDeleteOh how I miss that little chilly interval we enjoyed! Bring it back I say!
I visited the Sausage Tree you correctly identified and found ONE fruit on the ground. I took my find home, and was more than surprised that I required a PRUNING saw to cut it open. I expected it to much softer but it was for all the world like thick, fibrous, very dense material. No juice or seeds at all and I didn't need to go to gym that day as sawing a section off used all of my energy levels!
Have a lovely weekend Bernie!
Yes our wintertime so far this year has been very mild isn't it? Lol, I had to chuckle over the fact that you found the Sausage Tree fruit so hard to open. It's deceptive isn't it? They look so soft from afar!
DeleteI need that cool down here as the tropical conditions are not welcome and liked by me...I love the cooler images and flowers in your garden.
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