Tish
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When I lived in Newcastle I had the bird of paradise plant near the letter box.
It thrived in the humid hot weather.
It thrived in the humid hot weather.
A flower a day ...
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MarkD
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Hard to ignore blue with orange. Striking!
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That's pretty! The one I photographed and it's neighbors all looked bright lavender or light purple to me. Your pic looks more pink.That is even more blue than the flower of the Tibouchina organensis 'Blue Moon' I just got at the Santa Cruz botanical garden on our visit on Saturday. Buying plants is my one indulgence where retail therapy is concerned but I always put a limit on myself. This time it was just one plant. It's flower is actually not as blue as yours, closer to lilac but the foliage is also special.
That photo was taken from the internet but the first two flowers just opened on the plant I brought home Saturday. I'll post pics of it on my diary thread and then link that here after.
Gardening for nature, walks with my dogs and the books I’m reading.
Tish
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Have they removed the Gazibo?I took these photos of a a garden called car side in Newcastle last June while on our way to Queensland , it was freezing there , but well worth a visit , what a stunning location over
looking the ocean .
DH worked for BHP in his young days so he wanted to visit there on our travels
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Tish
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Tasman Flax-lily
Tish
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Yep, that's the one.
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Terrestrial orchids
MarkD
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That sort of orderliness gets me excited. Never saw any plant quite so well ordered.
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Tish
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Wow, they do look like spider legs.I'm not a big enough fan of these large Protea flowers to grow any myself but I saw this one at the Santa Cruz Arboretum on January 25th of this year. Afraid I took no pics of the plant names but some other flowers that caught my eye can be seen in post #253 here.
Tish
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Tasmanian Midge Orchid
Tish
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Lomatia tasmanica flower
Tish
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Translucent Hibiscus
Tish
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MarkD
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Took this photo this week of the first flowers this season of Giant Groundsel, Telanthaphora grandifolia. They remind me of broccoli.
But they are more impressive when the entire umbels are in bloom. Photos from past years.
They grow as tall as small trees but there is no hard wood in their stem which are succulent.
But they are more impressive when the entire umbels are in bloom. Photos from past years.
They grow as tall as small trees but there is no hard wood in their stem which are succulent.
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MarkD
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Valentine's Day draws near.
CinnamonSugar
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This is one of my fave flower photos. Taken in Michigan during a late-November snow fall…
MarkD
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Beautiful. Each snow flake is so distinct must have been pretty cold.
Tish
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Tell me about it; I will be another year older.
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Elaeocarpus grandiflorus
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