Another gardening weekend over as Autumn downunder draws to an end.

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Autumn over here in Oz is drawing to an end and the weather has turned much cooler with far less humidity. It was another fantastic weekend in the garden – lots to do before spring.
The first job was a clean-up. One of the large old gum trunks that was in the driveway garden collapsed – they do this. Often after lots of rain the old gums just fall over. It collapsed onto the driveway and took with it a large philodendron as well. This photo is the before (taken way back in Jan):

This is after:

After spending a very, very long time clearing up that mess, it was time for more planting. I planted up a few more pots of annuals and some plants that have grown from cuttings from my mother-in-law’s plants:

I also managed to get in a trip to the gardening section of our local Mitre 10 warehouse and found some lavender, a hoya (which I haven’t seen in any nursery here for around 30 years!) and a calibrochoa. I’m so pleased about getting the hoya – it was tiny and expensive, but ah well!!!

The greenhouse is now lush once more. After the gorging guinea pig episode it has recovered well:

My favourite impatiens in the greenhouse is flowering it’s little heart out:

Outside, the acacias are still blooming and causing a feeding frenzy for the native bees (bit hard to see them in this photo because they’re tiny):

The African Tulip Tree is flowering once more:

My anthurium has finally produced its first flower:

As did my silk crepe flower:

There’s lots in the garden that has started flowering:

I think it’s going to be a colourful winter!

17 May, 2009
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Aster

Thank you for these your plants are really unusual and garden so lush.Wonderful colours :) Shame about the gum trunk but just another gardening opportunity ?

17 May, 2009

Youngdaisydee

You have an Amazing Garden berniah, and i still love your Greenhouse, (i can only dream) . You must have Mild winters if you can grow Annuals, if so does'e that mean you grow plants all year round?

17 May, 2009

Sewingkilla

Beautiful flowers, my mother had a Hoya for years in her conservatory (not hot enough here for outdoors!) it used to weep nectar!! Your garden is lovely, very tropical

17 May, 2009

Hollygate

what a garden it it lovely like your greenhouse

17 May, 2009

Lincslass

It all looks great Bernieh ............

17 May, 2009

Bernieh

Ha, thanks Aster. That's exactly the way to look at the crashing gum tree - a new gardening opportunity!! That's great.

17 May, 2009

Bernieh

Youngdaisydee - you're right. Up here in the north we do grow annuals from the end of autumn, through winter and into spring. We're very lucky as that means we can grow lots of different ones over eight months of the year - some will grow through to the beginning of summer as well.

17 May, 2009

Bernieh

Thanks Sewingkilla - I'm really looking forward to seeing this hoya grow and flower. I might have to return to that gardening section and get some more!

17 May, 2009

Bernieh

Thanks also Hollygate and Lincslass for your kind comments.

17 May, 2009