Temperatures are warming and with the
odd sprinkling of light rain the garden is showing signs of life and
some colour.
Good old bottle brush - dense clusters of bright red flowers that birds find very attractive as well
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| Callistemon Wildfire |
Golden candles plant (pachystachys lutea) - bright yellow bracts
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| Petunias |
More bottle brush trees -
Purple Splendour has deep mauve spikes
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| barrow load of violas |
My first hippeastrum of the season - gardens around the area have had them on display for a month or so but mine are late bloomers.
The best part of all the garden are the scents, the sight might not be that spectacular but
clustered in one area is the gardenias, the Brunfelsia and a Port
Wine magnolia - an amazing fragrance when they are in flower.
 | The real beauty of brunfelsia is in its sweetly perfumed flowers. When they first open they are a violet colour, fading to lavender blue and then white, with the three colours present on the bush at the same time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia latifolia) |
