I have been into Sydney again today as as it has been a glorious sunny day, I thought that I’d go for a walk through the botanical gardens, which I always enjoy. I didn’t walk through the whole of the gardens as that would take me more hours than I have time for today, but I thought I’d share some of my favourite plants in the garden with you.

First of all are several fig trees that they have in the gardens. I love fig trees when they are given the space to grow into the naturally huge trees that they want to (but don’t get me started on the fact they are usually planted in the wrong place!).

Here is the trunk of Ficus macrophylla subsp. macrophylla, or Moreton Bay Fig. This is a native of the rainforests within the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. I love how the tree sends out roots from its branches and the buttress spread all over the place in a seemingly random fashion.

Below are some pictures of Ficus macrophylla f., columnaris (with the ‘f’ standing for form). This particular form of the tree comes from Lord Howe Island differs in the fact that it doesn’t have one single main trunk. There are many trunks on this tree that all come from aerial roots on the trees branches.

The tree below is Araucaria luxurians, or coast araucaria from New Caledonia. I like all trees in this genus, many of which are native to Australia.

There is an area in the gardens that have been planted with many different flowers, which looks pretty. The butterflies were loving these flowers today.