Having a bit of spare time, I’ve had the chance to look at my photos from the week. I don’t have many this week, partly because I had a training day on Wednesday and there was annoying rain showers around for the rest of the week.

Yesterday (Friday) was the wettest day of the week, but it was mainly drizzle that reminded me of my England in winter. It was the day for fertilising the roses, which took a while as they all needed watering too due to a lack of rain apart from a brief shower every now and then. As you can see, there are few aphids on this rose, but there are also some ladybirds around too, which I was rather happy about. Hopefully the aphid numbers will be back down again soon.

Myrtaceae family flowers are always lovely, just like on this Sydney red gum (Angophora costata), my favourite tree ever. As the trees get tall, you can’t often see the flowers which is why I’ve taken these ones on a young tree.

All my agapanthus plants are now coming into flower now. They are mostly this lovely blue colour, with a few white ones thrown in too. I prefer the blues ones, but a combination does look lovely.

Junipers are one of my favourite genera of conifers. They are a tidy bunch of plants and the cones are pretty too.

This is a lily pilly. I noticed that there are flower buds everywhere on it. They are also in the Myrtaceae family, so I’ll have to grab some photos when they do fully open.

Now for my old lady moment, or at least that’s the thought in my childhood brain! I have grown to love hydrangeas and can’t wait to see the few at work have fully open flowers.

Finally, this gaura is looking great, if a little messy. I’ll take messy but lovely plant that attracts pollinators over ‘perfect and tidy’ any day of the week!