Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Garden in December

Here's what is flowering around the garden in December. And a warning to Jenni, if you are reading this: At the bottom there is a picture of a good creature to have in the garden. It is not a snake, but it does have scales. I was happy to see it, but you might not be! Don't scroll past the sweetpeas.

Mock orange, Philadelphus:

Fuchsia:

Red hot pokers:

Dahlia:

Salvias:

The echiums have just about finished:

Penstemon:

Dianthus:

Daylilies:

This:

These everlastings:

Leptospermum "Rudolph", a hybrid tea tree:


and kangaroo paws:


These flowers surprised me, because I thought this shrub was a leucodendron:

But once it flowers it obviously isn't. It is Mimetes cucullatus, another member of the protea family.

 

Lots of gladdies are flowering, in every colour of the rainbow. And pink:

Remember the dahlia that was getting chomped?

It will be time to remove the milk bottle soon, as the leaves are nearly up to the top.


Christmas lilies:

Treasure flowers:


A different kangaroo paw, with an amazingly prolific rose in the background:

Onion: I'm reliably informed that this is actually garlic:

Waterlily:

Hebe:

Sweetpeas:

Parrot's beak (Lotus berthelotii) in a hanging planter:

And a bit of bonus wildlife:

This blotched bluetongue lizard was enjoying some sunshine on our driveway early this morning. Bluetongues are great to have in the garden, as they eat slugs and snails. This one let us take a few photos, but when the camera got closer than it liked, it turned around and darted back into the garden undergrowth.




6 comments:

jacaranda said...

Your garden and flowers are the colours of Christmas. I just had to scroll past the sweet peas....pretty colours...but I still don’t like them. Thanks for the pre warning.

Marie Králová said...

It is a pleasure to look at such beautiful flowers in your garden at Christmas. I wish you a peaceful Christmas. Marie

Jeanette said...

Beautiful flowers in such a wonderful range of colours. Nice long shots of the garden too, it is filling out nicely.
My resident bluetongue has moved next door - traitor!

Needled Mom said...

Beautiful flowers! So glad that the dahlia survived the chomping. We need a few of those lizards here!

hetty said...

Beautiful flowers! Interesting lizard. Happy holidays Vireya!

Pamela said...

I love your garden tours. The flowers and the creatures are all interesting!