Tag: blooming plants

What a pleasure it is to get up early (when you don’t have to!), to explore the garden at first light. A few delights from my summer garden taken at first light this morning – aren’t the “chameleon” plants (Trachelospermum jasminoides “Chameleon”)  looking gorgeous? The new growth is pink and white on these lovely plants. Finally after a long dormancy, they appear to be waking up for summer to thrill us with their pretty new leaves, so gorgeous!

Also seen at first light as if waiting to delight us with their prettiness …

[one_half]Calibrachoa peeping through Lamium[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Gardenia so sweetly fragrant[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Pandorea Jasminoides “Charisma”[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Gaura lindheimeri floating in the breeze[/one_half_last]

[one_half]A deep blue Petunia[/one_half]

[one_half_last]I’m starting to love Begonias[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Penstemon ‘Alice Hendley’[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Gerbera daisies[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Scaevola pretty in violet[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Cleome flowers non-stop for me![/one_half_last]

Wherever in the world you are and what ever you are doing today, enjoy the holiday!

No its not an April Fools joke – Its well and truly Autumn in Cape Town now but I do still have a few blooms to share. The evenings are cool and we’ve had some rain, though not the non-stop goes-on-for-days rain we get in winter, just light showers. Real rain will follow in May, June and July. So there is not much flowering in my garden at the moment that is “Wow-worthy”, but I wanted to share the few blooms I do have, some because they are pretty, some because they are a first for me, and some … well just because they are flowering. I’ve spared you the Camellias though … I think I’ve shown enough of those for a while even though they are giving us a great show at the moment. Also flowering is one deformed Clivia (it shouldn’t be) and the Hibiscus are showing off their last few flowers!

So here we go … Flowering at the end of March (you can click to enlarge the photos)

[one_half]The new Potato bush[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Still flowering, the Petunias[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Nandina Sacred Bamboo flowers![/one_half]

[one_half_last]Mandevilla Splenens never stop[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Pretty Miniature Rosebud[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Miniature Rose[/one_half_last]

[one_half]More miniature roses[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Murraya Exotica[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Barleria obtusa ‘blue’[/one_half]

[one_half_last]I forget the name of this[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Unimpressive Azaleas[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Neighbours unwanted Oleander[/one_half_last]

The last two are big failures! The Azaleas don’t look great at all, very disappointing, and the last photograph is of my neighbours Oleander which is hanging over the wall into my back yard – not on my list of favourites!

So whats blooming in your garden?