This week has been a rather good week for flowers when I’ve been at work. I have been working somewhere new this past week, which has been a little refreshing in its own way. So what have I seen this week?
First up, is this jade plant (Crassula ovata). This particular jade plant is flowering really well at the moment, with these pinkish-white flowers. I think it’s a really nice plant to have around.
Another succulent, but looks completely different and no less good-looking. This one is possibly Agave ‘Moonglow’, but there are a few very similar looking ones so I could be completely wrong!
Magnolias are now flowering and looking fabulous. I love how the flowers come out before the leaves appear. When they are flowering, it is hard to tink of a better flowering tree than either of these two magnolias.
From trees to annuals. Violas are always a colourful addition to any garden an remind me of helping my mum in the garden as a kid, which is a part of the reason why I turned into a horticulturalist as an adult.
This pink flower belongs to the old fashioned weigela, or Weigela florida. This is the first time I’ve come across this particular plant, so I think there will be a future post about this one.
This is the first hibiscus I’ve seen in a while and it does look good. I have only seen one other this colour, which is one reason why I like it so much.
Another red flower, this time a camellia. Camellias are one of the reasons why I love Sydney in winter-their flowers are always something that cheer up the cold days!
Another succulent, this time it is a a variation on the jade plant, often called the ‘Gollum jade’ or variations thereof. Again, it is another good-looking plant (it wouldn’t be here otherwise, as my Friday blogs are the place for the good-looking plants of my week).
Coming from England, daffodils were a plant signifying spring, but here they are at the end of winter in Sydney. They don’t last long but add a certain cheerfulness to me-after a long, wet, cold and miserable northern English winter, the sign of these flowers was always a reason to smile in spring when I was growing up.
Salvias are always nice plants to have around, although these ones need to be cut back a little-they are are a bit leggy. Thankfully, the flowers are still doing the plant justice (even if the photographer-me-decided that blurry photos were the way to go!).
Some more hibiscus flowers her, mainly because I love the colouring of them-the pink and yellow-orange is a good combination to my eyes. Combine this with the hibiscus flower, which is one of my favourite flowers in general and I am happy!
If I could add smell-o-vision to my blog, I would add it right here. I’ve walked past these delightful little flowers every day this week and the smell has been fabulous all week. The winter daphne (Daphne odora) has to be the fragrance of the week, and that has been competing with rosemary too.
Finally, we have the other contender for fragrance of the week, rosemary. I love a bit of rosemary in a garden. It can be an ornamental plant that’s good in warmer, drier climates, along with having delightful flowers, a great smell and the bees love the flowers. That’s not to mention the fact that it can be added to food for flavour too-you can’t lose really.
I have had fun with my plant spotting this week, and my week has a;so been so much better than the one before in general too, so that is a double positive going into the weekend.