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Fraulein Maria says in the 'Sound of Music' - "When God closes a door, he opens a window somewhere", and that is exactly how I feel about my garden at the moment.
The last days on an Indian summer are behind us now were I live as the days draw in sooner and there is a chill in the air. The roses have thrown their last blooms for the season, yet just as they stop, my camellia sasanquas start, so I have new blooms to take pleasure in photographing and sharing with you!
My "Plantation Pink" camellia sasanqua is always the first of my camellias to blossom in Autumn out of the specimens in my camellia hedge at the rear of my garden, and it seems to have thrown almost overnight. Where yesterday there were tight buds, today there are crepe like blooms.
Vigorous and fast growing, Camellia Sasanqua “Plantation Pink” is an upright evergreen shrub with masses of large sweetly scented single to semi-double, soft pink flowers and a wonderful centre of golden yellow stamens. The blooms occur over quite a long period between March and June in the Southern Hemisphere which makes them very popular. They are often used for hedges or to cover walls.
Bulls eye Waterlily this year has bee prolific bloomer,
I must say I have not bend town to sample their sweet fragrance so far, I will to soon,
For those who have not have done it yet please do you are in for a pleasant surprise!
These are my favourite guitar strings. The packaging is very easy to see on the wall.
Smile on Saturday
Numbers on my photostream are way low from the earlier days. I think people do not want to come by the stream and would rather just thank you than take some time to visit.
Those that I notice not dropping by I will stop visiting you. If it is not reciprocal then what is the point here?
Although it is winter where I live, it was a remarkably mild day, with sunny blue skies, the other day, so I decided to take advantage of the unseasonably good weather and go for a walk. Whilst strolling through the streets, I came across these Painted Native Peas which were so eye catching with their vibrant orange, pink and yellow petals.
Painted Chorizema or Needle Leaved Chorizema, known commonly as the Painted Native Pea, is a native shrub from Western Australia growing west of a line from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast. With such a broad habitat which includes outcrops, undulating plains, ridges, coastal dunes and sometimes swampy areas, it is found in many places. It is very popular as a garden plant because if its brightly coloured flowers.
Winter in Melbourne this year has been bitterly cold: the coldest winter since 1947. Yet even amidst the cold temperatures, grey skies and fairly constant rain, there are some moments of pure beauty, like this Paradise Blush sasanqua camellia flowering in my rear garden. I caught it basking in a bit of sunshine, covered in diamond raindrops the other day. A lovely splash of colour and beauty on a rainy winter's day.
The Camellia Sasanqua Paradise Blush has deep rosy pink buds that open to small, white, semi double flowers with shaded pink reverse petals. It is a hardy, long living shrub that can grow into a small tree.
We actually have 2 of these the same, this photo doesn't do it justice, the center pops when you look at it.
Happy Sunday!
The last days on an Indian summer are behind us now were I live as the days draw in sooner and there is a chill in the air. The roses have thrown their last blooms for the season, yet just as they stop, my camellia sasanquas start, so I have new blooms to take pleasure in photographing and sharing with you!
As well as a camellia hedge in my rear garden, I also have a shorter hedge in my front garden that grows underneath the bay windows. There are several specimens there including a a hybrid between the warm-climate scented sasanqua and cooler-climate unscented japonica camellia. It is called "Hiryu" and as a hybrid it is neither sasanqua nor japonica, but a hiemalis.
With elegant deep rosy red blended with darker red at the edges, the "Hiryu" hiemalis as a small evergreen shrub that grows to around two metres in height with beautiful displays of flowers in autumn and early winter. It is ideal as a specimen tree on its own or in groups with other Camellias. It can be used as a hedge or screen and espalier.
Autumn is now well and truly with us here in Melbourne, and the cooler winds of seasonal change are blowing away the remnants of summer, like what remains of these vibrant pink crepe myrtle blossoms.
Today was an Indian summer day, perhaps one of the last before the real autumnal weather arrives. Therefore I thought I'd go for a walk and take advantage of the sunny conditions.
It seems that Melbourne is destined for an early and gloriously colourful autumnal blaze of colour this year, following a shorter and wetter than usual summer. I love this time of year for not only are Autumnal colours are starting to appear, but there are still plenty of beautiful blooms about.
“Love is more than a paper heart. Love is the very essence of life.” – Gordon B. Hinkley (American religious leader).
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 12th of February is “colourful hearts”. I had originally intended to use some hearts cut from a cookie cutter using bright papers, but I wasn’t happy with the resulting photos I took. Then, as I pondered what to do, I remembered how I used quill hearts from paper when I was at school, many years ago. Amazingly, I can still remember how to quill hearts to this day. I liked these much better than my original idea as I think they look very striking and cast a rather nice shadow. I do hope that you like it, and that it makes you smile.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 1st of April is “a single flower”. Just by chance, the day the theme was announced, I walked out into my rear garden and saw that the first “Plantation Pink” Camelia Sasanqua in my hedge had burst forth. The hedge is covered in buds, but only one single flower, so it seemed appropriate to select it for this week’s theme. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Vigorous and fast growing, Camellia Sasanqua “Plantation Pink” is an upright evergreen shrub with masses of large sweetly scented single to semi-double, soft pink flowers and a wonderful centre of golden yellow stamens. The blooms occur over quite a long period between March and June in the Southern Hemisphere which makes them very popular. They are often used for hedges or to cover walls.
The opening of Fräulein Maria’s favourite things are "raindrops on roses", so perhaps she would enjoy this rose bloom, the last for the season on a bush in a garden where it survives on nothing but neglect, which I photographed on a stroll back in June. It was so vibrant and striking! The magenta colour in the bloom caught my eye from a mile away, and the way it is covered in raindrops, makes her a bejewelled beauty. Looking at this, I can well understand why raindrops on roses may well be one of Fräulein Maria’s favourite things.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 11th of June is “flower name is first name” which is all about flowers and their names. A photo of the flower is required, and the name of the flower must be mentioned in the title. This was a delightful theme, as currently being autumn where I live, yet still sunny and on some days unusually mild, I have been taking some lovely photos of flowers on some long walks. This includes this beautiful vibrant pink “Lady Clare” camellia, which was just starting to open. I hope that you like my choice of photo for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile.
“Lady Clare” is a pink flowering camellia cultivar. It appeared as “Akashigata” in 1898 in its native country of Japan so it is quite an old fashioned variety of camellia. It was imported into Europe by Louis van Toutte of Belgium. He in turn sold it to the Caledonia Nursery where it became known as “Lady Clare”.
For HandHeld Art's August 2018 Contest "Flower Power"
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On a visit the other weekend up into the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne, I came upon this magnificent magenta rhododendron absolutely covered in a profusion of beautiful magenta blooms.
Rhododendron is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family. They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan region, but smaller numbers occur elsewhere in Asia, and in North America, Europe and Australia.
Melbourne has experienced a colder and wetter than average winter this year, which is now bleeding well and truly into a wetter and greyer than average spring, however on the rare sunny days we are currently getting, the showing of flowers and blossoms is beautiful.
I took this on March 17 - it wasn't even quite spring yet. It was a cold and sunny day - I was wearing my winter coat. Then along came this couple - I let them walk ahead of us so I could get a shot. They must have been celebrating their third year together or something....that's all I could come up with. They went to the end of the pier and shared a small cake.
Something different for me....
Winter in Melbourne this year has been bitterly cold: the coldest winter since 1947. Yet even amidst the cold temperatures, grey skies and fairly constant rain, there are some moments of pure beauty, like this Paradise Blush sasanqua camellia flowering in my rear garden. I caught it basking in a bit of sunshine, covered in diamond raindrops the other day. A lovely splash of colour and beauty on a rainy winter's day.
The Camellia Sasanqua Paradise Blush has deep rosy pink buds that open to small, white, semi double flowers with shaded pink reverse petals. It is a hardy, long living shrub that can grow into a small tree.
The myrtle tree coined its name back in Ancient Greece, derived from the word 'myrtos' meaning 'sprig'. Both the myrtle tree and its flowers are adored by many and thus became a symbol of all things love, good luck, and prosperity.
From my son's garden
Camellia sasanqua, with common name sasanqua camellia, is a species of Camellia native to China and Japan. It is usually found growing up to an altitude of 900 metres. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are broad elliptic, 3–7 cm long and 1.2–3 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 6th of May is “flower buds”. Luckily for me, the day I looked at the new theme, it was a lovely, sunny day. This meant that I was able to walk out into my rear garden over to the “Plantation Pink” Camelia Sasanqua in my camellia hedge which is having its best show of flowers thus far. The hedge is covered in many beautifully formed pink flowers and dainty buds. I just had to select the one I liked best. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Vigorous and fast growing, Camellia Sasanqua “Plantation Pink” is an upright evergreen shrub with masses of large sweetly scented single to semi-double, soft pink flowers and a wonderful centre of golden yellow stamens. The blooms occur over quite a long period between March and June in the Southern Hemisphere which makes them very popular. They are often used for hedges or to cover walls.
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