The garden today

At the moment the garden is full of colourful flowers and of seeds such as those of parsley, the different chards and poppies, and green tomatoes and almost ripe red cherries, which have to be covered in netting to keep the birds away.

Hanging baskets with summer flowers.

Lemons and nasturtiums.

Flanders poppies.

Bread seed poppy pods.

Poppy and borage.

Pelargonium

Pansy and lobelia.

Pastel pink hollyhock.

Deep pink hollyhock.

White hollyhock.

Green tomatoes.

protected cherries

Nets covering the flat peach tree and the cherry tree.

Mermaid rose, pride of the garden.

Spring colours

Most of the bulbs, such as the ixias and bluebells are over, leaving behind untidy leaves that must remain unsightly until they have done their job of feeding and nourishing the bulbs for next year.  The ornithogalums with their black centre are still at their best and are scattered throughout the garden with spikes of gladiolus calianthus.

the gladiolus calianthus or sword lily

the ornithogalum with gladiolus calianthus and a pot of lobelia

Flanders poppies with the sword lily in the background

A basket of blue lobelia

A basket of white petunia

Red and white snapdragons

Showy pink azaleas

Red hippeastrum lily

Lavenda with iris and a red rose in the background

A scented red rose

Rose buds

Cherry blossoms

Apple blossoms

Spring bulbs and azaleas

The garden is looking pretty with the spring bulbs blooming in masses.  Amongst the spring bulbs are the bluebells which I have not photographed.  The azaleas are flowering, bush by bush.

Blossoms

The pink and white blossoms of the peaches and apricot are telling me that spring must be here.

Blossoms from the flat peach tree.

The big peach tree in full blossoms.

The Manchurian pear tree covered in pristine white blossoms.

Not many blossoms on the apricot tree but we may get a fruit or two.

Winter flowers

Different shades of red cyclamen in the garden.

Pink cyclamen with variegated leaves.  The cyclamens are doing very well in the garden, protected from the harsh winter weather by the overgrowth of camellia and the jacarandah tree.

Orchids in winter

A couple of limes

Hippeastrum lily

Lily adding colour to the wintry days.

Healthy nettle

I have allowed this healthy looking nettle to flourish because I regard it as a vegetable.  I pick the top to add to vegetable soup.  I wear gloves to protect my hands.

Protea

Profusion of flowers this season.

where the pumpkins grew

The four butternut pumpkins came from one vine, which was growing in the middle vegetable box but sent a branching vine to rest in the next box.

butternut pumpkins

4 beautiful pumpkins harvested from my vegetable box.

The feel of autumn

A vase of autumn branches from the Manchurian pear tree.

Time to rake up the fallen leaves.

Pumpkins and Granny Smith apples ready for picking.

Banksia standing tall.

Scarlet runner beans still growing.

Lush leafy vegetables.

Potted leafy vegetables.

Colourful lettuces.

Ripe red chillies.

A pot of blue flowers.

Glorious white petunias.