Promised to post Australian Wildflowers before the end of Spring. Unfortunately, there was only one serious wildflower expedition walked on the East Coast of Sydney, before most of the spring blooms were spent and it was a blinding bright day (high contrast, whitened out details). One other search at the end of October, was sadly too late and too dark (grainy, expired blooms). However, soon Wednesday Wildflower posts, and perhaps Weekend Wildflower posts will appear. To be honest, I'm embarrassed about the quality of a lot of the photos, so will be posting them fast as possible. All photographed within three hours, a very small selection of plants and their environment.
Australian plants are not 'pretty' or 'soft'. Flowers are mostly surrounded by prickly or sharp looking foliage and even though ancient, have a modern edge to their appearance. The continent of Australia has a unique depth of flora and fauna, not found anywhere else in the world. Please don't ask for the plants' names, there was a time I could answer but other interests have pushed that information into a blocked area of my brain; THIS website is a good one covering plants from the area.Posts will be arranged by either colour, shape or feel depending on my mood. There will be an odd image from an old post thrown in and an odd plant originally from outside of Sydney, plus there are many South African plants that have been claimed as our own so one might appear.
I can tell you the above images are Kangaroo Paws suited for posting on my creepy birthday. Enjoy!
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This series is especially for CES
Parents have many varieties of kangaroo paws flowering in their garden, so will photograph next visit.
BOO!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Thank you soooo much. I think these flowers are lovely. I love wildflowers. They are like punctuation marks in a landscape.
Thank you Anon. You gave me a present on your birthday, I should be the one to give you a present. Oh it's almost your birthday here!
THANK YOU CES!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is that what you mean Ces? Heehheee.
When I wake up in my morning, it will still be my birthday over there! It's also a lot spookier over there on my birthday MWHAHAHHAAA. About to have a PARTY!!!!
I was wondering when the party was tehehe
I so love the kangardoo paws, but they dont much like my garden - have a few still alive out there tho so heres hoping. The first one to cark it was the black - BOO hoo :(
I know I will love this series!
Ohhhh the black ones are Western Australian, so are the bright green and red ones, both my favourite and very difficult to grow in NSW. The pinks do extra well in Sydney, maybe you need to change your colour scheme Lavender? Heehee. I'm going to repeat I'm embarrassed about the quality of the shots, it was actually a 'discovery' expedition that turned into a flower one because there were so many there. Then never made it back when the lighting was at its best (very early) *sigh*
Australians are quite similar to their plants 'not pretty or soft' hee hee.
I have a gardener friend who keeps some weeds and wildflowers in the gardens he works in, you've seen him lately when he's painting.
That's right Modroom, we are like leather handbags thanks to the sun and I'm going to WHACK you with my strap … if I could reach that far!
I remember that friend of yours ... he loves all that is natural. Especially when no one is watching heehee.
Missed!
He does love all that is natural and for no other reason than that. He should be careful though sometimes hee hee.
Oh Blah, I need to grow tentacles before midnight!
There are still lots of places in Australia your friend could feel most natural. Heehee. He would need to make too many giant footsteps to get here and a lot of swimming too. Not natural getting here, no.
Aw crumbs about not getting back for the light - I know how that works out!
Thanks for your suggestion on the pink ones....and for confirming that they can be cantankerous in gardens - I thought you might be a fan of the black ones as well (gorgeous things!) I also enjoy the Red and Green ones but am currently killing a third one now HAHAHAHAHA
I really like the tall ones better than the hybrids - tho they are getting better all the time to - so you never know :)
At parents's place I've seen the poorer the soil, the better the Paws do, Lavender. Lots of sand from sandstone and hot sun too ... but that's just observation. A lot of the online information contrasts to own observation, it really applies to own area which could be different even from next door neighbours:)
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