Clutter

What great collections in this home owned by Greg Irvine. I am pacified when I see this as it calms me re-my cluttered home!

This pic is of his, not mine.

More info and pics HERE.

Planted the Variegata

After all the rain from the tail-end of Cyclone Debbie, it is a lovely breezy, sunny day, and things are generally drying out, thank Goodness.

I planted my Bouhinia Variegata, at last. She is very pretty already. I love the 'book-like' double-lobed leaves. It's considered a weed in some parts of the state, but I love the flowers as well as the leaves.

I hope she grows well. The soil is very clay-ey where I've put her. They do seem to grow anywhere but I'll be keeping a close eye on her. Apparently this tree is popular with bees, butterflies and birds, which is one of the reasons why I planted it - height and good shade canopy is another.

Some photos of the full-grown tree:

Update: She's doing well. I gave her a new stake last weekend and she seems to be responding straight and tall!

Post-Script: Three years on, she is growing well. I love this tree!

Palms in front garden

I planted the palms at the front finally. Have been wanting to do this for ages. Three very tall ones at each end and in the middle (from Jan on Facebook), with two golden canes in the middle spaces. Hope they grow nice and tall and look great waving against the sky (without too much mess of dry leaves).

Post-Script: I took them out of the front 'John's Garden' and moved them along the Gum St fenceline. They have grown well. I love their bushy fronds.

Ixora - Sunshine flower

Planted these in between the red robins at the front, to fill in the space. Looks like one of them will flower soon. The color is Malay Pink.

Update on buds 28 March - 

This is how it looks, apparently (below). Time will tell which shade of pink I have!

Update: 14 Feb 2019 -  They've done pretty well, two years on. They aren't much bigger, but they have grown some and flowered again.



23 March 2019 - I have planted a white ixora now. It has a streak of red down the side of some petals. Very pretty.

Queen's Wreath - petrea volubilis

Saw this lovely plant in a garden just up the road from me, and loved it.

It's such a pretty bluey purple. I bought one from Bunnings and have it in the front of the house - hope it grows well, and flowers lots.

Here it is against the lattice, front of house:

Wouldn't it be great if it looked like THIS one day?!

Latest pics

6pm, 17 March 2017. Sunset, after mowing.

6am, 18 March 2017

6pm, 18 March 2017

Who's moulting?

The chookies are moulting! Or something funny is going on.

The half-pecked feathers I found on the landing are the ones which were always dubious on the tail end of Henrietta (or was it Dorothea?!). It looks like they are finally coming out - assisted or not, I don't know.

Will keep an eye on them for a while (the chookies, that is, not the feathers!).