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.

Autumnal Glory

The chill in the morning is telling me that autumn is here.  A few leaves are changing colours but the shades of red and yellow, blue and white, are still coming from the flowers in the garden.  Some of the summer flowers are still making a beautiful display but the belladonna lilies are on their way out.  At the moment what I find so impressive are the blue lobelia and the portulaca in a shade I cannot name.

the blue lobelia

an interesting shade of portulaca

pink begonia

Tuber begonia with white flower, and an image of a butternut pumpkin accidentally included.