The Garden in January

We've had a few hot days, with a few more to come, but fortunately today is quite nice. Here's what is flowering at the moment.

Christmas lilies, which were only small buds at Christmas, are now open:

Daylilies:

Kangaroo paws, and in the background some roses and if you look hard, some gladioli:

Leucospermum:

 Leptospermum "Rudolf" didn't get here by Christmas this time:

Lots of buds on this Melaleuca, but only one flower head opening so far:

Yellow buttons, Chrysocephalum apiculatum:

Buddleia with bonus common brown butterfly:

Red hot pokers:

Lots of gladdies, although they tend to fall over in the heat:

Rose:

Hydrangeas:

Echinacea with bonus common brown butterfly:

Sunflowers looking sunny:

Philadelphus, or mock orange:

Fuchsias:

In the back yard, one lot of hebes have finished so need pruning, and the next lot are flowering but looking a bit parched. They should be fine after a drink:

Hanging basket of pansies:

Honeysuckle:

And last of all, the sweet peas are lasting well. I'm sure they would normally be finished by now:

That's it for the garden in January, although I know I missed photographing a few things.

The Garden in December

Summer has arrived, and so has my replacement computer! Since I bought it late last month, it has travelled around the country. It came pretty close to here a week ago, but somehow kept on going, all the way to Adelaide. Then it had to go back to Melbourne and try again. But it is finally here, and so much better than the temporary one I have been using. 

It is nice to be able to see the colours in my photos again, just in time for my round-up of what is in flower this first month of summer.

Hebe covered in flowers:

A lamium in one of my hanging baskets:

I've put this in a couple of the baskets this year. They are flowering OK but not looking like "hanging" yet. I also have pansies in several baskets, and didn't get a decent photo of them this time. 

Citrus (either lemon or orange):

The lamb's ears are going mad:

Also visible a daylily and some Jerusalem sage. The green shrub in the background is a buddlia that has buds but no flowers yet.

How about this rose?

It is the champion at the moment.

Some flowers in my "garden bed" bed: 

Leucospermum:

Calothamnus:

Yellow buttons, Chrysocephalum apiculatum:

 

Hippeastrum getting closer:

Will it open for Christmas?

Hydrangea:

The hydrangeas are in self-watering pots, rather than in the ground. 

Cistus looking like it needs an iron:

Penstemon:

Bonus butterfly, an Australian Painted Lady:

Chincherinchee:

 

You will notice the photos get a bit darker now. I took the ones above in the morning, and the rest in the afternoon, by which time some clouds had arrived.

Echium reaching for the sky:

Maybe it's an abutilon, maybe it's a callianthe, I can't keep up with plants being moved into new classifications:

Foxgloves:

 

Escallonia:

 

Philadelphus:

Nigella:

Sage (can't find its name right at the moment):

Yellow trumpets:

Kniphofia:

And I think that will do. I missed the sweetpeas, all the pelargoniums, nepeta, tulbaghia, and probably more. 

Congratulations if you made it to the end!

The Garden in November

In between rain and hail showers, over the course of the day I managed to get around the garden to see what was in flower. (Lots of photos - feel free to skip.)

Coral Charm herbaceous peony:

Somewhat battered by the rain.

Portuguese squill, close to finishing:

Scented pelargonium, just starting:

Chinese ground orchids, none properly open when I took the photos:

Columbines and echiums:

I found a daylily!

The roses are just starting their first flush of blooms:

Digger's sppedwell is flowering all over the place:

A bit of a cheat as there are only buds on this kangaroo paw:

Wirilda - Acacia provincialis

This Calothamnus is looking very bedraggled:

Grevillea "Bronze Rambler":

Yellow buttons (Chrysocephalum, used to be Helichrysum):

Eremophila:

Melianthus and Euryops daisy in front:

Lavender:

Alstroemeria:

Kniphofia:

Bearded (and wet) iris:

Carpobrotus (pig face):

Sweet peas:

Foxgloves:

Aeonium:

And that's probably about enough! It isn't everything, but this post is getting too long.