A Promise

My first two Star Jasmine blooms have opened today.

What a show is promised.

This time next week I'll be intoxicated with the perfume.  They are a beautiful creepeer to grow.  What a pity their flowering season is so short - still... I love the anticipation at this time every year.

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Peach Blossoms

Spring seems to be arriving early with trees bursting with new shoots and birds beginning nest building.



The peach trees are a delight to see.

Enjoy!

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Acacia Macradenia

The showy Acacia Macradenia is commonly known as the zig zag wattle because of the way each segment of the stem angles away from the previous segment.

It is a native of Central Queensland being found growing on sandy or rocky soils between Chinchilla in Southern Queensland and the Blackdown Tableland in Central Queensland.

The tree grows about 3 to 5m in height with a similar width of spread.  It flowers from late winter to early spring. 

This tree is growing in the gardens at the Boyne Valley Community Discovery Centre and it's just burst into bloom during the past week.

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West Australian Coastal Dune Delights

I took a twelve hour journey from home to Perth, Western Australia, to enjoy my granddaughter's participation in the National Championships - Women's Gymnastics.  As a Queenslander I was very proud  of our Queensland teams who won all four levels contested - Levels 7 to 10. 

Another highlight of the trip was my afternoon strolls along the dunes bordering the Indian Ocean.  Just beautiful!

Being winter I had to seek out the flowers - yellow edging the walkway...

delicate mauve raising its head above the shrubs behind the protective fencing...

bees drawing my eye to the tiny yellow blossoms on succulents holding the shifting sands and glistening with salt crystals...

the sculptured heads of the dune grasses...

and this trees which at first glance tricked me.   I thought it was laden in bloom but on closer inspection found the lovely fawny tones to be miniture seed cups.

Against the backdrop of the sun dropping into the Indian Ocean and lulled by the soft pounding of waves against the shore, all combined to make the afternoon stroll a pure delight.

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Purple Mystery

Thank you for all the responses last week helping to identify my mystery plant. So I'm going to ask your help again to identify this one.  I thought it might be a nightshade.  It's  a  pretty creeper but with small children around I want to be sure it is not dangerous. Although these flowers appear blue they are more of a lilac colour in reality.



See how each little flower pokes out a tiny "tongue" from the yellow centre piece.

This little single blossom fell from the bunch above and came to rest on the irregular leaf below.  Its no bigger than my thumb nail but so delicate and pretty. 

Is it friend or foe?

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Growing in the rill by the roadside just along from our house are these unusual flowering plants with their big broad green leaves and bright orange flowers.

Their tall stems rise up towards the sky reaching almost two metres in height. On each are several evenly spaced green pompoms.

From each pompom explodes a series of little orange flowers which turn the green bud ball into a fiery orange one.

As each individual orange blossom drops,  a sculptured green ball is left behind with little hollow tubes like mouths agape, where the blossoms had once been.

I found a variety of insects including assasin bugs, ants and lady beetles all crawling in and out among the blooms.  I have no idea what the plant is.  Is it an escaped garden flower or a weed? And where have the seeds come from to produce this bed of beauty?

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Grevillea

The spidery blooms of Grevillea

These flowers are encouraging honey eaters to the garden and one pair has built a nest at the bottom of the steps into our house.

Honey eater in grevillea

Cream blossoms

I never tire of their beauty.  Have a lovely Sunday.

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