Farmgate Natives
  • Home
  • About Farmgate Natives
  • Blog
  • Buy
  • Plants

Things which delight

24/9/2019

0 Comments

 
What a wonder spring is. Everything fresh and new; fresh green leaves, bright flowers by the bucket load; birds and bees excited over the flowers, all enough to put a spring in my step and a new vigour into my garden plans.

However over the weekend I had plans to do some spring cleaning in the house, fold washing, write a blog, and prepare a room for visitors. On Saturday I arose at 6 and was out in the garden by 6.30 before the forecast rain set in and I had to go inside.  Well past lunch time and no rain…. I was tired and thought I had better eat. I ate and returned to the garden before the rain set in. At 4.30pm I was so exhausted from getting those jobs done I came in and collapsed on the sofa and then had an early night. The rain never came and the inside jobs didn’t get done. I am doing them today.

But while I was outside in the garden the wonders of spring were an inspiration and delight. Here is what delighted me in my garden. I hope you had plenty in yours to delight you too.
Picture
Bright yellow Acacia flowers against a black black sky (that rain that never came)
Picture
Pinky red Calothamnus flowers (and what I didn’t manage to get a picture of was the multitude of birds  enjoying the nectar.
Picture
Hardenbergia and indigofera flowers (purple and pink) intertwined.
Picture
Hundreds, or maybe thousands of honey scented Rhodanthe anthemoides.

​
Picture
First flowers on this new plant, Dampiera stricta
Picture
A mass of craspedia variabilis flowers.


​

Picture
First Phebalium squamulosum flowers on my new bush
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Alison
    Horticulturalist,
    ​keen gardener and propagator at IDP Nursery

    Archives

    February 2021
    January 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Contact

Ph: 0435188682
Email: info@farmgatenatives.com.au
© COPYRIGHT 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home
  • About Farmgate Natives
  • Blog
  • Buy
  • Plants