Here are my plants of the week, along with a yellow ladybird.
This is a rosemary cultivar, with rather pale but pretty flowers. Rosemary is a plant that symbolises remembrance, is a tasty herb, smells great and loved by bees. What’s not to like?
Just because this little guy is out and about, I thought I’d include him (or her). The more good bugs in the garden, the better.
This duranta is one of those plants that I really don’t like. The colour of the leaves isn’t great and the plant rarely flowers, but I did find a few flowers yesterday.
Fringe flower is a a rather nice plant to have around. I love the purple new growth and the colour of the flowers is really bright too.
Although toxic to people, oleander is a rather nice looking plant.
The firewheel tree is an Australian native tree with fabulous red flowers.
These are the seeds of the firewheel tree.
Some salvia flowers that were looking rather good on Tuesday as I was watering them.
Hibiscus flowers are one of my favourite flowers. They are very showy and really colourful.
Just because roses are pretty, here are three.
Thankfully, I am now surrounded by a range of plants at work that are visually interesting. They come in a range of shapes, sizes and colours. I always like looking at plants, especially when they are new to me. This is one of the pleasures of working in the garden.
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Many years ago, we moved into a building my parents owned and no longer wanted to rent out, due to so many problems with tenants. The building used to be a general store, with living quarters in the back. The front room where the store used to be had two HUGE south facing windows, so my mother kept plants there. One was an oleander. The scent when it was blooming was amazing!
When I was working around the oleander, I did enjoy the scent of the flowers myself. They are lovely.