Friday 7 August 2015

Bougainvillea varigated orange;



Planted in my orange corner.  I love the brilliant orange of this Bougainvillea teaming well with an orange Ixora, daylily and crucifix orchid. Complementing a small orange setting and a few orange-hued, simple decorations. This corner was rather drab now it is glowing.


Every garden achieves its own song of flowers, sun, wind and rain add the chorus. Fallen leaves and petals tell their own poetry in a language of faded colours,  soft rustles and whispers. Ts



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Friday 31 July 2015

Camellia; Pink Gold;




One of the later flowering Camellia; the flowers are very big with a bold golden centre.
I think it looks cute and a wee surprised with its crumpled looks, Its petals not perfectly formed like it got up late, a little dishevelled did not iron out its petals properly!  While its sisters look very haughty and perfect.


One should not banish imperfection; it is a way of life. If, we would say beautiful imperfection the whole aspect would change. Blemishes would become imperfectly beautiful.
Imperfection can be aesthetic, sometimes more so than perfection. Ts


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Saturday 25 July 2015

Pink Abutilon; Malvaceae;


Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle



Change is sweet, a garden with its seasons is the perfect backdrop for change. It changes with the wind, with the sun and with the rain and in the cold climate even with the snow. It changes with a handful of scattered seeds. It changes with the footprints of the gardener; Ts

The Gentle Gardener

I'd like to leave but daffodils to mark my little way,
To leave but tulips red and white behind me as I stray;
I'd like to pass away from earth and feel I'd left behind
But roses and forget-me-nots for all who come to find.

I'd like to sow the barren spots with all the flowers of earth,
To leave a path where those who come should find but gentle mirth;
And when at last I'm called upon to join the heavenly throng
I'd like to feel along my way I'd left no sign of wrong.

And yet the cares are many and the hours of toil are few;
There is not time enough on earth for all I'd like to do;
But, having lived and having toiled, I'd like the world to find
Some little touch of beauty that my soul had left behind.” 
Edward guest


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Friday 17 July 2015

Geranium; Lady of Spain;


There be many kindes of Cranes-bill whereof two were known to Dioscorides, one with the knobbly root, the other
with the Mallow leafe. (John Gerard, The Herbal or General History of Plants, 1633)  

I like to think that people have cared and thought about plants; enjoyed them many centuries ago, looked upon a plant with interest and joy, just as I do today.

The best pictures do not recognize the best of the plant, The pleasure when one touches the silky petals, softly as they bruise easily,  Watching a little ant or another insect makes its way inside a petal to make a more thorough inspection. The colours subtly change with light and time.  I like the tight little buds slowly opening and revealing its secret tints and fine feathered markings, intrinsically inscribed since the beginning of time. Ts



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Thursday 9 July 2015

Winter pretties; azalea;






Azalea; Little girl;

I am always surprised how urban people are, far removed from planting anything. Some look at plants like they were aliens.  
I enjoy it very much when most of the vegetables I cook are grown in my kitchen garden.  Winter is  a happy time to fill a basket with juicy and sweet Oranges, Mandarins and other citrus fruit in the orchard, 

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Thursday 25 June 2015

Succulent; Echeveria Wave



Flowers Echeveria Wave; 


A garden needs a few simple helpers to flourish, sunshine,  raindrops, puffs of wind and if we want to let's scatter a few seeds here and plant some cuttings there; like magic from there a garden grows and grows on you as well, it could not be simpler to be part of nature. Ts


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Tuesday 23 June 2015

Poinsettia; show offs in June;



Every climate, every season has a change of flowers, this is so great and generous about nature. Ts


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Thursday 28 May 2015

Geranium; always popular;



Summer days in the country are butterflies and bees, the rich, green smell of nature expanding its wings;  wanting to dance to the tune of sun and rain. Ts

Summer days in the city, the hot breath of  asphalt,  the sound of tired feet and fast wheels, empty water bottles and discarded fast food wrappers defeated in the gutter. The city retreats into itself shivering from overexposure to sun light.Ts


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Saturday 23 May 2015

Wonderful Bottlebrushes;


Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as broad-leaved paperbark, a medium-sized tree of the allspice family, Myrtaceae. 





No one can thrive without a garden. It means patience in growing and nurturing, admiration and bliss, freedom from daily complications. Sadly, many never find the meaning of life, they tumble along with living in search of paradise.



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Monday 18 May 2015

Salvia; Mystic Spires;



Planted in a big clay pot...has flowered all summer abundantly long; needed quite a bit of water, a small pruning of spend flowers in between. Now it is pruned back and waiting for next spring, Surviving I hope. Cuttings did not take, it might be some sort of hybrid. I might try some cuttings again. In full bloom, it was gorgeous.

I think flowers are the gladdest ever, One look and they make you smile.


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Sunday 17 May 2015

Camellia sasanqua, Yuletide;



Late autumn arrives, charmingly camellia sasanqua show off their delightful flowers. “Yuletide” silky petals surround a big golden heart.  Each on their own a beauty to behold.


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Friday 15 May 2015

The ever popular Petunia







Every flower seen in the past,  tomorrow it is new like never before.


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Thursday 14 May 2015

Bog Salvia; S.uliginosa;




Blue flowers are the beloved of the heavens.

Blue-banded bees, Amegilla cingulate,  love blue Salvias.


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Wednesday 13 May 2015

Salvia, Red Lips;



Kiss me quick;

I have never met a person who hates flowers. 



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Cherish a Rose;



If you are sad, weep and watch the flowers. If you are happy, weep and watch the flowers. It will comfort you, sadness will be transformed into gladness that you still see the flowers.


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Sweet Lysimachia;





  R.W. Emerson said; "Earth laughs in flowers."  Sweet, golden Lysimachia truly has a twinkle in its eyes as it moves slowly over rocks and plants in its way.


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Tuesday 12 May 2015

Shasta Daisy;



Daisy, attractive with its golden eye, wisdom and fairness in its habit, tall and thrilling in its white tutu,  attracting the flutterbies.


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Christmas Lily; Lilium;




Summer carries a lightness infused with scents of sunshine and storms, clouds and lots of light, so much light we only see in summer. Ts


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Cosmos;


I don’t know what attracts me so much to this radiant pink gem,  is it its golden yellow heart that winks and beckons when I visit the garden? Or is it the smooth petals arranged in a perfect circle, turning this and that way in a rush of pink silk.  Her greeting is intense and vies for attention and this must be enough for adoration. Ts


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Autumn;

In the southern hemisphere, bees have the opportunity to collect pollen and nectar throughout the year.  Camellia japonica. Mayb...