Thursday, October 22, 2009

My Garden in flower - Winter 2009

Winter here in my part of northern Oz is the middle of the ‘dry’ season and most of the large flowering plants like the snowflake/roseflake hibiscus, the ixoras, the mussaendas, the plumeria, the poincianas and the jasmine are not in flower.

Finding a flowering plant at this time of year – during winter – out in the large garden bed areas of my property is difficult apart from:
Ardisia Elliptica – not flowering but showing its berries

Bauhinia Variegata

Calliandra haematocaphala

Calliandra surinamensis

Hibiscus – my oldest hibiscus flowers continuously

Russelia juncea

Scaevola

Spathodea Campanulata – African Tulip Tree

Tabebuia Impetiginosa – Pink Trumpet Tree


and there’s some hint of what might be called ‘autumn’ colours (even though these colours appear in winter) on the Lagerstroemeria speciosa


The driveway garden beds showing the bauhinia and tabebuia in flower.


Most of the flowering plants at this time of year are in my courtyard garden, the greenhouse garden and the downstairs garden beds.
Azalea

Begonias

Brachyscome

Euphorbia Leucocephala – Snowflake Bush

Euphorbia Pulcherrima – Pink Poinsettia

Euphorbia Pulcherrima – Red Poinsettia

Impatiens


Pelargonium

Pentas

Spathiphyllum – Peace Lily or Madonna Lily

Streptocarpus


There’s lots of annuals and perennials that flower in pots out in the courtyard or in the greenhouse (and, of course, some will continue flowering on into spring and early summer):
Alyssum

Antirrhinum

Celosia

Cockscomb

Hyacinths

Nasturtiums

Salvias and Pelargoniums

Torenias

Verbena

Violas


The courtyard garden – really filling out with colour now.


And now there’s some colour in the new garden beds outside the greenhouse:
Bacopa

Bracteantha bracteata

Calibrachoa var. sunbelore

Gazania

Gomphrena leontopodioides

Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana


Pelargonium Peltatum ‘Lulu’

Scaevola


All around the property the gums have finished their shedding and are showing off their new bark – this provides beautiful whites with hints of pink.
Eucalyptus


The acacias are now full of seed pods,

so is the Cassia Fistula -


and the Poincianas:


South-East Trade winds dominate the winter months here and the weather is fine. During winter it’s clear blue skies, warm days and cool nights. July is the coolest month averaging a maximum of 24.0 degrees C and a daily minimum temperature averaging 13.5 degrees C.

My Garden in flower - Autumn 2009

Continuing the record of my garden in flower through the seasons - this is my garden flowering through Autumn (March to May):

Acacias




Allamanda


Begonia


Buddleia Davidii


Callistemon


Cosmos


Gerbera


Hibiscus


Hypoestes


Impatiens


Jasminum Officinale


Lobelia


Mandevilla ‘White Fantasy’


Medinilla Magnifica


Murraya Paniculata


Mussaenda Philippica ‘Aurore’


Mussaenda Philippica ‘Bangkok Rose’


Orchid


Osteospermum ‘Tradewinds’


Pansy


Pelargonium


Pentas


Petunia


Portulaca


Scutellaria Suffrutescens


Serissa Foetida


Snapdragon


Spathodea campanulata


Streptocarpus Caulescens


Torenia


Rhoeo Spathacea


Viola


Verbena


It is said that our region only has 2 distinct seasons, the dry season in autumn, winter and spring and the wet season in summer. Autumn rainfall drops to a monthly average of around 108mm. The season of Autumn is a little cooler with average temperature 20o C – 30o C. It’s the time when we plant out annuals and trim back a lot of the growth after the ‘wet’ season.
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