Random pictures

Here are some photos of plants in bloom in the front garden, hope you like them .

Seaside daisies and red freesias .

 

More seaside daisies....great groundcovers

Black sage

Convulvulus cnoereum - Silverbush

Euphorbia characias

"Double Delight" Rose first bud.

Fuchsia triphylla - Honeysuckle Fuchsia

Rosa banksiae - Banksia rose

Jasminum mesnyii - Primrose Jasmine

Hebe elliptica - Blue Gem Hebe

Michelia figo  -  Port Wine Magnolia with a gorgeous perfume!

Kniphofia uvaria   - Red Hot Pokers

Beautiful sunny yellow daisies ....these are on the nature strip which I am quietly replanting!

 

 

 

Bluebells in the garden bed we share with next door..... Chris the fruit tree wizard!

Senecio cinneraria - Dusty Miller love this plant!

Pennisetum setaceum - Fountain grass I love this grass, I know its a weed but i just love its shape and form. However it is growing in places where we really  dont want it!

Betula Pendulum - Wheeping Silver Birch flowers

Jasminum polyanthum - Pink Jasmine also a bit of a weed but that perfume.......!!!

and finally those tiny red stars you can see in this picture are the flowers on our Weeping Japanese Maple they are so tiny and delicate but worth a picture i think!

 As for the back garden .......well you'll have to come back tomorrow to see whats in flower there!

Whatever you are doing over the weekend ...enjoy.

Spring Is Here!!!

Comments are always appreciated!!

Bulbs

I just entered bulb in Google images and came up with some really cool and helpful pics. Have a look at this.

Bulbs direct and a couple of other local bulb suppliers have some great tips on growing and planting bulbs. Which are well worthe a look. http://www.bulbsdirect.com.au/

Now I dont know about you but something i often stuff up is the depth of planting bulbs so this is really very helpful, kind of neat. The flowers in spring are something i always look forward to so I am happy to take any advice available.

Fruit trees and Bulbs

Its getting to that time in Melbourne when we need to start to consider fruit trees we might want to get this year, and also bulbs for Spring flowering. Its quite a while until the bare rooted trees are going to be around but if you're like me and want to have some more fruit in your garden then now's the time to do your homework.

So far in our garden we have 2 Feijoa's, a plum, 2 avocadoes (both struggling a bit) a very happy multi grafted apricot, a plum ...of some sort.!!!! and 2 apples. Oh and a very large and happy olive tree. We also have about 5 banana trees which havn't fruited yet but look wonderful up the back rustling in the wind.
Here in Melbourne we have the advantage of definite seasons...except for the rain. We can have 4 seasons in one day, so much so that split wrote a song about it which could easily be our state anthem. However I digress!

My point being that bulbs do really well in Melbourne because we have a winter which is chilly without snow, and so bulbs grow happily. Around late June/July, gardens are alive with daffodils and ranunculars and the smell of jonquils is in the air. Definitely worth considering and March is when they come on the market. Every year at our place i buy a whole lot of ranunculars and pretty much scatter them around the front garden. The colour is wonderful and its very satisfying watching them sprout from the soil.

So to all my readers up there in the cold northern hemisphere. Don't despair spring will soon be where you are, and you can enjoy the wonderful colours!