That's what I thought Busy-Lizzie and felt so sorry for the parts of the country that are not getting the brilliant sunshine we are having. Thnak you Linda. Gazanias were new to me last year and i could not believe the range of colours and how many months they flowered for and then to top it all they came through the winter unscathed and started all over again. If you look back at the beginning of my thread I have pictures of them flowering in January.
I'm really enjoying all the comments. Warms me up! I have gazanias also, Marion, but the rosellas just love the buds as they emerge, so I often have little stalks poking up in the midst of the clump. I placed old metal cages upside down over them last summer and that worked well until the flowers poked through - you guessed it, the rosellas wereright on to them. A case of pleasure at watching the birds and frustration in losing my lovely flowers. Marion, which eucalyet do you have? Can't help being curious. We have a good range of species growing on our block Mostly E. mannifera and E. dives.
Interesting memories - comments about Monty in that series of fixing up old gardens. I'd forgotten that. Speaking about earlier shows, what ever happened to Alys from gardeners world. I used to enjoy her quirky contributions. Also Charlie Dymmock? Sorry about spelling. I'm still trying to get used to t iPad and the irritating spell checker making assumptions on what I mean. My husband bought th iPad for me as a surprise ( I think so that he can justify why he spends so much time on his computer). When we get organised today, I'll get him to put some summer photos on for you all to see. We get temps up to 40 c in summer, so it's tricky to grow plants for both winter and summer.
This is fun!! Hubby might regret introducing me to it. Wednesday is our weekly shopping day in town - groceries, clear the post office box, buy a week's supply of newspapers which the newsagent keeps for us, do the lotto, visit Aldi, Woolworths, Coles, etc. Our ageing toy poodle is still asleep, so I'll have to wake her soon as it's after 10 am. We do get mail deliveries here, but only 3 times a week.
You have a Woolworth's still! Long gone in the UK, Pat. I think my eucalyptus is E. globulus. We have a collection of Western Australian plants in the Bristol Botanic Garden as part of the Mediterranean type of plants collection but NSW is probably quite different. I remember Monty doing a series once where he visited some Australian gardens. I remember some were influenced by the settlers of old. We have another brilliant day in Bristol so feel the warmth! I will take a picture of my eucalyptus for you and post it when it is not quite so bright. It looks great when the bark is peeling and the new trunk shines out red in the evening light.
Marion, you might like to check libraries in your area to help with positive Identification. The fruit and leaves are a great help. Leon Costermans book 'Native trees and shrubs of south-eastern Australia' is a good one - easy to follow diagrams. Also Wrigley and Fagg's 'Eucalypts : a celebration'. This one is a bit of a marathon but interesting. I'd like to know, as well, which one your tree is. I love this sort of thing. I've got Monty's DVDs 'Around the World In 80 Gardens'.
I rely on the experts at the Botanic Gardens for identification as they have lots of books in the University library at their disposal Pat. I am going there tonight for a lecture by a Professor from Toronto.
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Those Ganzias are beautiful Marion-you have fab plants!
Pat-I do hope that you get some decent summer weather-I tend to forget that others on the other half of the planet are in Winter mode!
That's what I thought Busy-Lizzie and felt so sorry for the parts of the country that are not getting the brilliant sunshine we are having. Thnak you Linda. Gazanias were new to me last year and i could not believe the range of colours and how many months they flowered for and then to top it all they came through the winter unscathed and started all over again. If you look back at the beginning of my thread I have pictures of them flowering in January.
I'm really enjoying all the comments. Warms me up! I have gazanias also, Marion, but the rosellas just love the buds as they emerge, so I often have little stalks poking up in the midst of the clump. I placed old metal cages upside down over them last summer and that worked well until the flowers poked through - you guessed it, the rosellas wereright on to them. A case of pleasure at watching the birds and frustration in losing my lovely flowers. Marion, which eucalyet do you have? Can't help being curious. We have a good range of species growing on our block Mostly E. mannifera and E. dives.
Interesting memories - comments about Monty in that series of fixing up old gardens. I'd forgotten that. Speaking about earlier shows, what ever happened to Alys from gardeners world. I used to enjoy her quirky contributions. Also Charlie Dymmock? Sorry about spelling. I'm still trying to get used to t iPad and the irritating spell checker making assumptions on what I mean. My husband bought th iPad for me as a surprise ( I think so that he can justify why he spends so much time on his computer). When we get organised today, I'll get him to put some summer photos on for you all to see. We get temps up to 40 c in summer, so it's tricky to grow plants for both winter and summer.
This is fun!! Hubby might regret introducing me to it. Wednesday is our weekly shopping day in town - groceries, clear the post office box, buy a week's supply of newspapers which the newsagent keeps for us, do the lotto, visit Aldi, Woolworths, Coles, etc. Our ageing toy poodle is still asleep, so I'll have to wake her soon as it's after 10 am. We do get mail deliveries here, but only 3 times a week.
You have a Woolworth's still! Long gone in the UK, Pat. I think my eucalyptus is E. globulus. We have a collection of Western Australian plants in the Bristol Botanic Garden as part of the Mediterranean type of plants collection but NSW is probably quite different. I remember Monty doing a series once where he visited some Australian gardens. I remember some were influenced by the settlers of old. We have another brilliant day in Bristol so feel the warmth! I will take a picture of my eucalyptus for you and post it when it is not quite so bright. It looks great when the bark is peeling and the new trunk shines out red in the evening light.
Marion, you might like to check libraries in your area to help with positive Identification. The fruit and leaves are a great help. Leon Costermans book 'Native trees and shrubs of south-eastern Australia' is a good one - easy to follow diagrams. Also Wrigley and Fagg's 'Eucalypts : a celebration'. This one is a bit of a marathon but interesting. I'd like to know, as well, which one your tree is. I love this sort of thing. I've got Monty's DVDs 'Around the World In 80 Gardens'.
I rely on the experts at the Botanic Gardens for identification as they have lots of books in the University library at their disposal Pat. I am going there tonight for a lecture by a Professor from Toronto.
Sounds lovely - half your luck. I hope you enjoy it.
Took some pics this afternoon and included three shots of my giant eucalyptus tree!
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