tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post8094043400808980935..comments2024-03-19T10:47:46.531+10:00Comments on My Dry Tropics Garden: An End-Of-Spring Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day ... November 2011BernieHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-23042451235923357992011-11-20T20:30:19.513+10:002011-11-20T20:30:19.513+10:00One of the things to me that is very special about...One of the things to me that is very special about your garden is the contrast between lovely garden specimens like the exotic lilies and the majestic gum trees. I do hope you have no more cyclones and the summer isn't too challenging.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-805333948172878482011-11-20T18:47:46.031+10:002011-11-20T18:47:46.031+10:00Beautiful and colorful flowers in the garden.Beautiful and colorful flowers in the garden.lazyclickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313473419531249676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-33173932197299509962011-11-19T01:22:20.357+10:002011-11-19T01:22:20.357+10:00Oh, I love the first picture. Also the poinciana f...Oh, I love the first picture. Also the poinciana flowers, and the fourth picture of the eucalypts against the sky.Wallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185673383516848927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-21152764032229108992011-11-18T13:48:50.226+10:002011-11-18T13:48:50.226+10:00Ruth, I've been surprised just how well the Or...Ruth, I've been surprised just how well the Oriental Lilies do here, so I'm thinking I might just have to get some more next year.<br /><br />Gardenwalk Gardentalk, yes the conditions here can be quite challenging but the rewards, when you do get colour going, are just fantastic.<br /><br />Darla, thanks for dropping by. It's great to see you on GBB day.<br /><br />Dorothy, thank youBernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-67128941253077378652011-11-18T13:23:02.250+10:002011-11-18T13:23:02.250+10:006 months without rain, amazing! Your climate is to...6 months without rain, amazing! Your climate is to different from ours. I love your daylilies and Oriental Lilies. And the Poinciana -- what a standout!!sweetbayhttp://sweetbay103.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-8042816385203369212011-11-18T04:12:11.041+10:002011-11-18T04:12:11.041+10:00What a lovely bunch of blooms you have in your gar...What a lovely bunch of blooms you have in your garden! I was interested to see your Bauhinia - I grow a native Bauhinia (lunarioides) in my dry garden in Texas, and the leaves look very similar.CWPickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116112697302206255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-49013840696081534652011-11-18T00:06:01.187+10:002011-11-18T00:06:01.187+10:00It looks to me that you live in Paradise !!!It looks to me that you live in Paradise !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-39920980227252463522011-11-16T23:59:05.208+10:002011-11-16T23:59:05.208+10:00Wow Bernie what a feast! Love all the day lilies a...Wow Bernie what a feast! Love all the day lilies and the poincians colour is just my kinda bright!<br /><br />Veronica<br />Tassels And TwigsVeronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073935892171433452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-43404506072994575412011-11-16T21:45:38.705+10:002011-11-16T21:45:38.705+10:00A wonderful and very diverse selection of blooms. ...A wonderful and very diverse selection of blooms. It's dry down here in Brisbane at the moment too. I think they said our driest November for something like 92 years but the wet season will soon be with us - hopefully a less wet than last year. Most of my flowers are a bit behind you - no poincianas out yet and jacaranda blooms are still lingering, but by next month...Marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414496377660313372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-84386072903185695602011-11-16T12:53:20.808+10:002011-11-16T12:53:20.808+10:00your place is really beautiful. If you don't t...your place is really beautiful. If you don't tell about lack of rain, i woudn't know that!<br />I wish i can sent the extra rain that's pouring here!Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-23626168893575294262011-11-16T09:29:33.202+10:002011-11-16T09:29:33.202+10:00I really look forward coming to your blog each GBB...I really look forward coming to your blog each GBBD and seeing all your totally different beautiful flowers in Australia. This month is especially spectacular. Happy GBBD.Carolyn @ Carolyn's Shade Gardenshttp://carolynsshadegardens.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-64121933341275157092011-11-16T04:02:48.904+10:002011-11-16T04:02:48.904+10:00aloha,
wow the dry environment for your spring lo...aloha,<br /><br />wow the dry environment for your spring looks incredibly harsh, but your garden is so lush. i love the pociana just popping out in a sea of green, fabulous.noelhttp://aplantfanatic.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-14902928560504873522011-11-16T02:15:17.653+10:002011-11-16T02:15:17.653+10:00So many lovelies in your spring season. All your e...So many lovelies in your spring season. All your efforts paid off. We never know when we're going to have dry or wet here, rather than distinct seasons.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-35549045371576716522011-11-16T01:34:41.954+10:002011-11-16T01:34:41.954+10:00I loved my visit to your beautiful spring garden t...I loved my visit to your beautiful spring garden this month. Happy Bloom Day!Dorothy/Gardening with Naturehttp://gardeningwithnature.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-11437791070547088592011-11-15T23:14:40.852+10:002011-11-15T23:14:40.852+10:00Your gardens are always a pleasure to tour.Your gardens are always a pleasure to tour.Darlahttp://hundredsofideas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-66162304850380520472011-11-15T20:54:36.896+10:002011-11-15T20:54:36.896+10:00You really have some beautiful blooms. I was so ta...You really have some beautiful blooms. I was so taken with the shot across the bushland. It really gives a sense how the gardens really are special in color and resilient in ability to thrive in that currently dry environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-71791535657450021352011-11-15T18:58:02.381+10:002011-11-15T18:58:02.381+10:00Great post... it's fascinating to read about a...Great post... it's fascinating to read about a tropical garden since my climate is so different! I love your oriental lilies... such beautiful colours.Ruth @ Camellia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129384344777788376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-50684920875447272692011-11-15T18:31:28.111+10:002011-11-15T18:31:28.111+10:00AA, so glad you enjoyed a peek at what's flowe...AA, so glad you enjoyed a peek at what's flowering here right now. I just love Poincianas too. The brilliant red really stands out in our dry tropics landscape here.<br /><br />Andrea, the Poincianas around here don't get any watering apart from the rain provided by Mother Nature during our wet season. These trees are such brilliant drought tolerant plants and they flower better when BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-49234970559238121262011-11-15T18:03:53.843+10:002011-11-15T18:03:53.843+10:00I so enjoyed your exotic, to me, display. you hav...I so enjoyed your exotic, to me, display. you have some lovely blooms. I love that you have some plants I can't imagine being able to gorw and then some that are favourites of mine here in Italy. ChristinaChristinahttp://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-25546195743393929622011-11-15T17:33:02.486+10:002011-11-15T17:33:02.486+10:00Beautiful Spring display Bernie!!
Happy GBBD :)Beautiful Spring display Bernie!!<br />Happy GBBD :)Christine @ the Gardening Bloghttp://www.thegardeningblog.co.za/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-38447737977781156272011-11-15T11:09:15.374+10:002011-11-15T11:09:15.374+10:00Wow Bernie, your garden is a total contrast of you...Wow Bernie, your garden is a total contrast of your environment. I love the location of your neighbor's area, i thought that is your place on top of that hill. I can't imagine the water volume you put on them because they are very healthy despite the 6 months thirst for rain. Our poinciana here in the country bloom at the middle of summer in Mar-Apr when most other greens turned brown. I Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-28683781846804649732011-11-15T09:21:31.606+10:002011-11-15T09:21:31.606+10:00gosh you have so much color - what a lovely time I...gosh you have so much color - what a lovely time I had enjoying all your lovely blooms. The poinciana have to be my favorite tree, and I love the fact that they just keep on flowering.africanaussiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660727599623626163noreply@blogger.com