Spring in my garden...

I wrote this post before I went to hospital for my op. I figure it's about time that I publish it :-). There's no mention of my veggie garden beds because they have unfortunately been the focus of attention to 2 female bush turkeys, who took it upon themselves to visit every day and dig over and re-dig the 3 beds. I admitted defeat...no home-grown herbs and summer vegetables this year. Strangely these birds have no interest in the shrubs and small trees, so there is still some garden to look at! lol


Here in the southern hemisphere, we are in the second month of Spring. Admittedly though, here in Queensland, the difference in weather between the different seasons is only slight. Many of the shrubs and trees in the garden started flowering in winter as it was quite warm this year!

The dianella is flowering; after the flowers there will be berries of the most brilliant blue.

 Here's a better photo than mine...from the web...

This year the garden has had to look after itself, so these 'old favourites' in the collage have done a pretty good job staying alive and then flowering...

I was a bit slow getting a photo of the brunfelsia. It's also known as the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow plant as the flowers start as a mid purple, fade to a mauve and finally they fade to white. The photo shows mainly the 'white stage'.

Along the back boundary of our yard we have some self sown (volunteer) trees that burst into flower each Spring and bring an extraordinary number of bees. When the blossoms are out there are so many bees that I can hear the humming/buzzing from the house!

One of my daylilies...

In the next collage there is a photo of a hippeastrum; out of all my 'hippies' only 2 flowered this year :-(

This plant was a cutting from a friend which has done very well looking after itself. This photo was taken a week or so after we trimmed it; it rewarded us with a lot of new flowers.

Another favourite which is thriving with no help from me!

The frangapani is not only getting new leaves shooting but a few flowers too. 

Some birds enjoying the nectar in the grevillea flowers...

And flowers are still on the jacaranda....

I've done some dividing up of my bromeliad plants and have planted these in the few areas where the plants didn't do so well being neglected. Good old 'broms' will soon fill in any gaps.