What's On Show This Weekend ... July 4-5, 2015 ... mid-Winter.

I've been so very slack in posting on either of my blogs this year, and the year is already half over!!!  It's getting harder and harder for me to find the time to devote to blogging, so I think I'll just try and add a quick post on the weekends as a way of tracking what's on show in the various corners of my garden.

So ... what's on show this weekend?

Eucharis ... I think it's Eucharis amazonica because of the size of the blooms.  The perfume however, is not all that strong.  I posted a photo of this on my Facebook page, and one of the comments drew my attention immediately.  Someone calls these 'tropical daffodils'.  It suits, doesn't it?

'Bonanza' Petunia.  I love the doubles!

It's Schlumbergera time here in the tropics.  Obviously it's our wintertime and that's when our Schlums bloom.  Our common name for them is Zygocactus.

My white Impatiens walleriana is looking fabulous right now.

There's some colour amongst the potted plants out in my courtyard garden.

In one of my new garden beds, the gorgeous Buttercup Yellow Gerbera shines.

Ixora and ...

... Crossandra look lovely at the moment.

It's also time for my Pelargoniums to shart putting on a show.  Only two survived the humidity of our summer this year.  I think the reason they survived was because our monsoonal wet season didn't arrive.  I have great difficulty getting these plants through our wet seasons.  As it was a no-show this year, I have two plants throwing out big flowerheads at the moment.  One benefit of the wet season no-show I guess.

Friday Flower and Foliage Flaunt ... on this late Summer Friday.

It's been a hot and humid week.  Temps have stayed pretty much around the 33 - 34 deg C mark all week, although thankfully the night time temps are a much more comfortable 24-25 deg C.  We've had a few showers of rain again during the week, but we still haven't seen the monsoonal rains arrive yet.

Out in the garden, it's the usual stuff that's on show.

Clerodendrum ugandense

Jasminum officinale

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Tabernaemontana corymbosa 'Sweet Love'

Justicia brandegeana

Lagerstroemia indica

Mussaenda 'Calcutta Sunset'

Rain Lilies and Caladium

Mandevilla 'White Fantasy' and Pentas lanceolata

Pentas lanceolata

Galphimia glauca

Mussaenda philippica 'Bangkok Rose' and Russelia

Allamanda cathartica 'Sunee' and Russelia

Pentas lanceolata

Wrightia antidysenterica 'Arctic Snow'

Hymenocallis

Pennisetum advena 'Rubrum'

Ixora

Thunbergia erecta 'Tru Blu'

Now for some fabulous foliage ...

Croton

Dracena godseffiana

Croton 'Zanzibar'


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Friday Flower Flaunt ... on this first February Friday.

February is supposedly our last month of Summer, although there's little change even when March rolls around.  At the moment it's hot and humid.  We've had some lovely rain during the month of January and even in this first week of February, but it's been intermittent and not up to the usual wet season standards.  Still, can't complain.  The garden has needed some of that liquid sunshine after the usual long dry season last year.


I'm just sharing some of the lovely blooms that are out there around the garden this first Friday of February.

 Citharexylum spinosa, commonly known as Fiddlewood has the most beautiful perfume.

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Dwarf Ixora chinensis 'Peggy'.

Lagerstroemia indica, or Crepe Myrtle.

Mandevilla 'White Fantasy'

Galphimia glauca with its wonderful red stems.

Sometimes the Galphimia is referred to as the Gold Shower bush.

Summertime is the time for Mussaendas to put on a show.  This is Mussaenda philippica 'Bangkok Rose'.

Pseudomussaenda flava, commonly called White Wings.

There's been some lovely perfume around the garden in the last couple of weeks.  The fabulous Gardenia 'Soleil d'or', picture above, has filled the air with such a gorgeous perfume.  It's been flowering for a few weeks now.

My Jasminum officinale has begun another blooming cycle and adding to the perfumed air.

Hedychium coronarium, or White Butterfly Ginger, adds an amazing aroma.

The Murrayas have also added a stunning perfume to the early morning breeze and evening air.

Not only have I been treated to perfume in the garden, but I've also been witness to some fabulous forms and shapes in blooms as they mature.

This Hymenocallis, or Spider Lily, begins a blooming cycle with this fantastic shape where the petal ends are all joined at their tips.

Slowly the ends fall away,

and the flower opens like this.  It's simply amazing watching this happen.

Then there is the form of the brilliant Gloriosa Lily flowers as they open up.

The petals turn themselves upside down to create this wonderful spectacle.  I just love these blooms.

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