Our dry season continues on unabated and, despite a rather decent but very short-lived downpour of rain about two weeks ago, the surrounding bushland is very parched and rather brown.
There are some lovely spots of colour around the garden, as usual. That's the benefit in having quite a few plants that can withstand the dry conditions and the heat and humidity.
The usual Spring bloomers are doing their usual thing!
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| Plumeria obtusa or Frangipani |
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| Plumeria rubra or Frangipani |
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| Lagerstroemia speciosa or Queen's Myrtle |
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| Nerium oleander |
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| Delonix regia or Poinciana |
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| Delonix regia or Poinciana |
They will all continue to bloom through most of the approaching Summer as well.
Blooms out in the courtyard garden at the moment include ...
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| Osteospermum |
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| Petunias |
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| Portulaca |
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| Salvia splendens |
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| Salvia farinacea |
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| Salvia hybrids 'Love and Wishes' and 'Wendy's Wish' |
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| Salvia farinacea |
These too will continue to bloom through the early part of the Summer.
Elsewhere ...
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| Dietes grandiflora |
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| Adenium obesum |
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| double Gerbera |
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| Justicia brandegeeana |
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| Ixora 'Twilight Glow' |
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| Thunbergia erecta 'Tru Blu' |
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| Galphimia glauca |
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| Ixora 'Golden Ball' |
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| Turnera subulata |
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| Tabernaemontana antidysenterica 'Arctic Snow' |
For a more detailed look at what's been going on around my place over the month of November, check out the Garden Journal entry I posted today on my other blog: The End Of Spring Is Nigh ...
Dear Bernie ~ It is always a treat to see one of your posts filled with all the beauty that surrounds you. I read your other post too and you've had a lot going on there.
ReplyDeleteMay you soon get some much needed rain.
Love & hugs ~ FlowerLady
It's lovely to see you popping by Lorraine. Fingers, toes and eyes crossed that the wet season that's expected sometime around mid-January actually eventuates! The predictions are not good though.
DeleteSo many beautiful flowers, Bernie!! I love the pink Frangipanis and the Poincianas! I had no idea there were orange Poincianas!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Liz. Yes there are Poincianas that have the orange flowers. They don't pop up anywhere near as often as the rich red ones, but they do look terrific. I'm afraid we've had to get rid of the huge red Poinciana that was growing next to the orange one at the entrance to our property. It had fallen over and was in a dangerous position. Now the orange will have to be the guard at the entrance gates.
DeleteYour garden is amazingly beautiful especially as it has been so dry. Well done. You impress me with knowing all their names. I see many that I have too but I'll forget the names for sure. So I just enjoy their beauty.
ReplyDeleteIt's taken me a number of years to get to know the scientific names so well. Believe me, I'd often have to google because the names would just escape me!
DeleteLovely to see your garden spring into summer modus, as always there are so many plants I haven’t even heard of. Loved the Justicia brandegeeana, it can be grown over here but only as an annual so it is rarely seen.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely in summertime mode now. Everything is quite dry and looks parched most of the time. I can only really take photos in the early morning or evening now so the poor plants don't look too sad.
DeleteSo many lovely flowers in your garden. Its a joy to stroll through it. Btw, some plants are also found in my garden.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stiletto for visiting. It's always lovely to hear people appreciate the photos.
DeleteEven though we have warmer temps and no snow, the garden is bare and brown...so these lush blooms really hit the spot for me....eye candy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Donna. I suppose I really should be more appreciative of the fact that there are always a few blooms here and there in my garden no matter what the time of year and despite the conditions. It's a challenging place to garden, but there's always a bit of colour somewhere.
Deleteso much colour and the plants look lovely and healthy. here's hoping for rain ...
ReplyDeleteWe're hanging in there and hoping like anything that the coming wet season brings quite a few really heavy downpours. We need the ground to get absolutely soaked. Waiting with bated breath!
DeleteHi Bernie...by the time you read this Christmas will be over for another year! Hope it was wonderful at your house! Your flowers are so beautiful as always. It's warmish here and has been unseasonably warm for some time but I love it! Summer begins for you and winter begins for us. Wanna trade?
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ReplyDeleteHello. It's great to see you visiting.
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