With winter upon us, the garden was looking drab there for a bit. We had to clear up a lot of dead and wet leaves on the pathways and driveway, but now they’ve been cleared up, the garden is looking more defined, and as we’ve really begun looking at the garden again, we can see…
Tag: winter flowers
Eastern Spinebill and Grevillea
I mentioned the Grevillea in my post yesterday on the Protea. Today I have shots of an Eastern Spinebill which is a small honey-eater, enjoying a Grevillea flower in our front garden. I can watch these from our office window but to get a good close up shot I have to be outside and much…
Winter flowers
We’re in the last part of winter now. By all accounts it’s been a very wet winter here in Victoria, Australia and quite cold too. Graham hasn’t been able to mow the lawns as the ground is so sodden, his ride-on mower would sink. This morning it was still only 6C at 8am and walking…
More winter flowers
We’re starting to get a few flowers out now as winter progresses. I’m excited about this as I wanted to build up colour in my garden, all year round, and am finally beginning to achieve this. The orchids were hidden under the ginger plant and had thrown out a very long stalk just to get…
It’s not all drab at winter time
I’ve been looking at what flowers this time of year and what might be suitable to plant in small bunches outside our picket fence. I don’t want anything that will grow too large and I’m happy for it to die away again till the next winter. At this time of year our trees are bare…
Winter flowers
Now that winter is setting in here in Victoria, Australia, the winter flowers are out in bloom and one recent day we did have sunshine and blue skies. Below are images from our own garden and that of our neighbour’s.
Winter's first flowers
Now winter is here we’re seeing a different variety of flowers in the garden. There are bulbs springing up everywhere and some of the Australian natives are flowering. Below is a Jonquil and a Protea.