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Yay! Summer, and our tenth combined post for the monthly Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for December 2011. All the planting and gardening of the past ten months has resulted in a splendid array of summer flowers in both gardens and we are thrilled with the results of our efforts. Not as pretty as spring but certainly bright and beautiful, our gardens are bringing us so much joy. We hope you enjoy our blooms!

Thank you for joining us for our December “Summer Stunners” …

Here’s whats blooming in Christine’s Garden in December 2011 …

I’m loving Summer! The beds have filled out beautifully and everywhere I look there are beautiful combinations of foliage or flowers. I’m especially delighted about shrubs and plants that are flowering for the first time or flowering again after no-showing in years gone by. Such are the joys in my “little gardening world”; A Gardenia comes back to life, a Hydrangea recovers to surprise me with a beautiful display, Weigelias are looking great and everywhere I turn I enjoy the sweet smell of summer (and gardening success). Thank you for joining me in my Summer garden.

[one_half]Pretty Petunias amongst the Carex[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Pandorea jasminoides in flower[/one_half_last]

[one_half]First white Begonia flowers[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Another Begonia wears yellow …[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Agapanthus in white …[/one_half]

[one_half_last]… and of course in blue[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Red Impatiens mixed with Festuca[/one_half]

[one_half_last]White ones brighten a dark corner[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Foxgloves flowering were a surprise[/one_half]

[one_half_last]And the Hydrangea that almost wasn’t![/one_half_last]

[one_half]Gorgeous potted Gerberas delight[/one_half]

[one_half_last]And the new Osteopermums are pretty[/one_half_last]

[one_half]The unusual flower of the Cynara[/one_half]

[one_half_last]and the unusual Philodendron flower[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Alyssum and Heliotropium combo[/one_half]

[one_half_last]and the Gaura and Lavender combo[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Dietes bicolor always reliable[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Newly purchased Hebe ‘Wiri Joy’[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Pretty miniature rose (unknown name)[/one_half]

[one_half_last]And I’m loving the Iceberg roses[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Another unknown miniature rose[/one_half]

[one_half_last]The sweetest smelling Gardenia ever![/one_half_last]

[one_half]Haemerocallis in beautiful yellow[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Abutilon cutting is flowering like crazy[/one_half_last]

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

[one_half_last]Mandevilla splenens always flowers here[/one_half_last]

That’s all from me today, lets see what’s happening in Barbie’s garden!

Here’s what’s blooming in Barbie’s garden in December 2011

I have seen Christine’s garden today and it is a true delight! Colour and beautiful foliage! What fun! My garden is a feast of new incredible edibles, but today it is Bloom Day, so I am happy to share all the colour and what’s blooming in my neck of the woods. Enjoy!!

[one_half]Hot Lips Salvia is a new addition[/one_half]

[one_half_last]The bulbine just keeps on flowering[/one_half_last]

[one_half]This little rose-bush produced this beauty[/one_half]

[one_half_last]My calibrachoa looks fab in the rusty barrow[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Dierama Latifolius-Angels Fishing Rods[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Armeria Martima-White Thrift[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Californian poppies sill on show[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Chamomile in full bloom[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Lemon Verbena[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Little violas showing a brave face this summer[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Nasturtiums are a big help in my garden[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Runner bean flowering[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Zucchini (courgette) flower-quite a show[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Salvia coral nymph – so sweet this is[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Erigeron (fleabane) a delicate ground cover[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Euphorbia[/one_half_last]

[one_half]One of many tomato flowers – yea![/one_half]

[one_half_last]Fuchsia bush still takes pride of place[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Potato bush is always a bloom[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Marigolds is another garden helper[/one_half_last]

About Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Join Carol and friends over at May Dreams Gardens for December Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to see what other gardeners around the world have blooming in their gardens today – and check out the German version at Seepferds Garten for Blogger Blüten in Dezember! And if you haven’t joined yet and have some blooms you’d like to show off, please join in the fun of showcasing your blooms! We’d love to see what YOU have blooming in YOUR garden right now!

Thank you for joining us!

PS: Please join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter – we’ll be so happy if you do!

Happy Gardening!
xxx

It is time to celebrate the beauty of spring and life and new beginnings! This is the ultimate time of year, for the Two Gardeners who have now progressed in leaps and bounds in the gardening world and have a deep respect for all things with roots and leaves! We have mulched, planted, composted and watered all year and we are now watching the rewards! Oh, lovely Spring!

Thank you for joining us for our September “Spring Parade” …

Here’s what’s blooming in Barbie’s garden in September 2011

Now is the time for show and tell! I know we have both been working very hard for the Spring Bloom Day to display all the blooms bursting with colour and creation!! My vegetables are still in their infancy, but I have been enjoying planting other beautiful plants. Enjoy my new arrivals and your Bloom Day xxx

[one_half]New corn flower bloom[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Older corn flower bloom[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Wild flower that I don’t know the name of[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Sisyrinchium flowering[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Violas still vibrant[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Sweet-smelling jasmine[/one_half_last]

[one_half]More perfume[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Roma tomato in flower – can’t wait![/one_half_last]

[one_half]The only fuchsia blooms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Bulbine all straight and tall[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Sparaxis buds – yeay![/one_half]

[one_half_last]Nasturtiums always around[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Lemon blossoms always welcome[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Potato plant always a winner[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Rosemary still glam![/one_half]

[one_half_last]My fav – lavender[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Enjoying the borage blooms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Blueberry bells[/one_half_last]

[one_half]New little fleabane flowers[/one_half]

[one_half_last]More charming lavender[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Another corn flower[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Mugs on the Mighty Mugwood Tree[/one_half_last]

 

Here’s what’s blooming in Christine’s garden in September 2011

I’m loving Spring, every minute of it! I’ve always enjoyed Spring, but this year is extra special as it is the first spring I get to enjoy all the work I’ve put into my garden over the last six months. From an overgrown jungle to a garden full of lovliness, everything feels fresh and new. I’m most especially proud of my Irises (which I was told I would never be able to grow) and of my indigenous South Africa blooms (please click to enlarge the Babiana – you need to see the enlargement to appreciate how gorgeous this little native is). So here are my favourite September blooms …

[one_half]The first white Asiatic Lily opened today![/one_half]

[one_half_last]Anemone peeps through Duranta[/one_half_last]

[one_half]South African Babiana[/one_half]

[one_half_last]South African Ixias[/one_half_last]

[one_half]South African Sparaxis[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Clivias brighten a dark corner[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Freesias – I have them in all colours[/one_half]

[one_half_last]The Irises I am so thrilled with[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Closer view of the Sinfonietta Irises[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Another one, I think its “Stanley Blue”[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Lemon tree blooms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]And these on the Lime Tree[/one_half_last]

[one_half]New acquisition – Japanese Crabapple[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Cute little Bluebells (also new)[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Dianthus are flowering already[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Daffodils picked and in a vase[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Delphiniums are growing strong[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Last but not least – a yellow Freesia[/one_half_last]

 

About Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Join Carol and friends over at May Dreams Gardens for Septembers Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to see what other gardeners around the world have blooming in on Garden Bloggers Bloom Day and check out the German version at Seepferds Garten for Blogger Blüten in September! And if you haven’t joined yet and have some blooms you’d like to show off, please join in the fun of showcasing your blooms! We’d love to see what YOU have blooming in your garden right now!

Thank you for joining us!

PS: Please join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter – we’ll be so happy if you do!

Happy Gardening!
xxx

Winter is coming to an end (Yipee!), the birds are chirping, the plants are waking up from their rest period and we have buds and flowers galore! It’s been a very mild winter here in the Cape and we expect it still to rain during August and September (we are hoping) and winter is by no means completely over, but we can smell and feel spring in the air which gives us reason to celebrate!

Thank you for joining us for our August “Bloom Parade” …

Here’s what’s blooming in Barbie’s garden in August 2011

Just like Christine, I am so looking forward to spring. I have recreated my garden these past winter months and with more things to plant and lots of seeds to sow, I will have a thriving garden bursting with new blooms and birds. Most of my flowers are still buds but I do know that they also can’t wait for spring!! Enjoy your Bloom Day xxx

[one_half]My new Lavender Raspberry Ruffles[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Very pretty Lavender Lace[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Blueberry blossoms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]More blueberry flowers[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Peach blossom buds[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Pineapple sage – so delicate[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Fuschias still in bloom[/one_half]

[one_half_last]More Fuschias[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Flowering onion[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Another onion flower – first for me![/one_half_last]

[one_half]Rosemary bush in full bloom[/one_half]

[one_half_last]One of my gardening friends in the rosemary[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Jasmine about to bloom[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Violas still going strong[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Coriander flowers[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Bulbine flower[/one_half_last]

Here’s what’s blooming in Christine’s garden in August 2011

I’m excited about the arrival of Spring and the promise of a garden filled with lovely plants and flowers. My favourite pre-spring discovery this week was the first blooms on the Hymenosporum flavum (Australian frangipani). This is a very tall tree in my front garden that is usually covered in yellow frangipani-like blossoms throughout spring which the birds love. I realised there were blooms at the very top of the tree when I heard the birds jumping around in it and took out my zoom lens to see them – and there at the very top of the tree were the first blooms and my first sunbird of the season! (see my last photo). I’ll get better photos of the birds and the blooms when the tree gets covered all over in its delightfully fragrant blossoms in the next few weeks.

Here is my pre-Spring bloom day show in anticipation of things to come.

[one_half]Gaura lindheimerii – Pink[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Allium[/one_half_last]

[one_half]The first Daffodil[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Dietes Grandiflora[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Viburnum tinus “Lucidum”[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Sweet Alyssum and friend[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Azaleas[/one_half]

[one_half_last]More Azaleas[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Tulips[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Another Tulip[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Impatiens[/one_half]

[one_half_last]More Sweet Alyssum[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Camellias are still blooming[/one_half]

[one_half_last]I’m loving the Hellebores[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Violas[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Hymenosporum flavum (Australian frangipani)[/one_half_last]

About Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Join Carol and friends over at May Dreams Gardens to see what other gardeners around the world have blooming in on August Garden Bloggers Bloom Day and check out the German version at Seepferds Garten for Blogger Blüten im August! And if you haven’t joined yet and have some blooms you’d like to show off, please join in the fun of showcasing your blooms! We’d love to see what YOU have blooming in your garden right now!

Thank you for joining us!

PS: Please join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter – we’ll be so happy if you do!

Happy Gardening!
xxx

It’s really fun to think about this – Right now, around the world, there are about two hundred gardeners busy posting photographs of the flowers in their gardens to share with others for the monthly Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – the “online gardening event of the month”, the day to show off what you have blooming in your garden!

So its mid winter here in Sunny South Africa and in the two gardens, and what do we have to show? Regrettably not a lot – certainly not as much as Diana of Elephant’s Eye who’s lovely garden in Porterville is a profusion of colour right now. Interesting how the different areas and gardening styles all in relatively close proximity differ so greatly. Without further ado, here are our mid-winter offerings.

Here’s what’s blooming in Christine’s garden in July 2011

There are hundreds of Camellias and Azaleas blooming in my winter garden and it’s full of pinks in various shades, from bright to pale and everything in between. After a month of rain (in June) and the lovely sunny days we’ve had for the last two weeks there is plenty of growth and everything is turning lush and green. Bulbs are popping up all over and I am excited about Spring … not that long to go now.

[one_half]Hundreds of Camellia blooms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Almost as many Azaleas[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Icebergs are in flower[/one_half]

[one_half_last]The Potato Bush (Solanum)[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Japanese Clivia[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Clivia x cyrtanthiflora*[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Mandevillas flower 365/365 here[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Photographer’s helper looking for blooms[/one_half_last]

*Clivia × cyrtanthiflora is the  name given to hybrids between Clivia miniata and Clivia nobilis with narrow pendent flowers. (Just in case you were interested).

That’s it from Claremont in Cape Town, lets see whats happening in Barbie’s garden in Philly …

Here’s what’s blooming in Barbie’s garden in July 2011

This is a green month in my area! The farm fields that surround the village are lush and the labours of the local farmers are producing ankle-high shoots! Soon, this will be covered in yellow canola! I love the country!! My front garden is also lush and green and the thirsty ground is enjoying the rains and warm sunny days. I have little in the way of blooms, but I did see some interesting new-comers! The Bulbinella, given to me in an old pot, was transplanted and is now showing signs of life. My month by month reliables – lavender and violas – are always a pleasure. The Nasturtiums have taken over the empty veggie patch, but this is expected and actually I enjoy them. The Fuschias are so pretty now and love the space given to them that the roses usually take over. They always remind me of candy drops. The Blueberry bush is coming to life – it is so neglected in the corner – I really need to give it more love. Christine, my bulbs are growing. I put them in the empty raised bed you gave me so this will be a beautiful show come spring. I have a strange looking onion that is going to flower – I have never seen this so I am curious as to what it is!

Like you, I can’t wait for spring – my favourite time of year! But I do love the lushness of July here in the country!

Happy Blooming Day to all! xxx

[one_half]Good ol’ lavender still blooming[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Nasturtiums going wild[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Something new here! Bulbinella[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Fuschias in full bloom! Pretty, hey?[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Like candy drops![/one_half]

[one_half_last]My blueberry bush has buds![/one_half_last]

[one_half]My bulbs are sprouting![/one_half]

[one_half_last]I think this is Sparaxis[/one_half_last]

[one_half]Gentle coriander blooms[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Have you ever seen an onion flower?[/one_half_last]

[one_half]My pretty violas[/one_half]

[one_half_last]Pansy or viola? I’m not sure[/one_half_last]

About Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

Join Carol and friends over at May Dreams Gardens to see what other gardeners around the world have blooming in July and then pop over to ‘Garten Blogger Blüten im Juli‘ over at Seepferds Garten for the German version of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day! And if you haven’t joined yet and have some blooms you’d like to show off, please join in the fun of showcasing your blooms! We’d love to see what YOU have blooming in your garden right now!

Thank you for joining us!

PS: Please join us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter – we’ll be so happy if you do!

Happy Gardening!
xxx