Flowers in Autumn

 

Cyclamen and Cape Violet

Banksia

Protea

Cosmos

Mauve Salvia

Chrysanthemum

Petunia

White Tuber Begonia

Begonia

Harvest

 

Pomegranate

Olives

Feijoa

Butternut and Purple Congo potato

Chillies

Capsicum

Late sunflowers, autumnal bulbs, flowers and edibles.

 

sunflowers in autumn

a late mauve poppy

red lily

belladonna lily

pink nerine

orange nerine

blood lily

roses still blooming

cape violet

marigold

okra

lettuce

tomatillo

chillies

green cayenne

harvest - scarlet runner beans, squash and tomatoes

snow apples from my friend Helga's tree

The edibles

 

Cox's orange pippin apple

sweet yellow flesh peach

red hot chilli

green Grosse Lisse tomato

eggplants

I am waiting for this beautiful okra plant to fruit.

scarlet runner bean

a turmeric plant

tomatillo plant

begonia and other flowers

 

tuber begonia

The common begonia sprouts everywhere in the garden.

red hibiscus

a perfect red rose

Summer fruits and flowers

 The flat peach tree produced only two fruits that ripened.  They are sweet and juicy and protected from the birds while waiting for them to be ready.  I have had better results in the past.

Two precious flat peaches

The flat peach tree

The only pomelo on a tree I bought a few years ago.  I may be lucky and see it mature.

Cape gooseberry.  I made a cape gooseberry and apple jelly.

White squash. The larger one I am allowing to grow to maturity for seeds.  The small ones will be steamed.

Hydrangea and alstroemeria

Lion's tail or leonotis leonurug

Pale yellow mermaid rose

White and blue agapanthus