Another week over and done with, this time with lots of flowers to keep me busy. Thankfully, the weather has been a lot better this week, with plenty of sunshine around.

Today, you are getting the best flowers of the week first. These very orange flowers belong to pigface, or Carpobrotus rossii. Normally, the flowers are pink, but the species can have these orange flowers, which are rather lovely.

These pretty pink and yellow flowers are Peruvian lilies. While the plant can be a bit of a thug (it spreads too easily and quickly), the flowers are really nice.

The next two photos are two rhododendrons that I actually like. The first one is Rhododendron ‘Uluru’, the second being Rhododendron ‘Archangel’. The flowers are lovely, but the leaves are also healthy, which isn’t always the case with rhododendrons in Sydney.

Here we have a lovely wattle, this species being the Sydney golden wattle, or Acacia longifolia. The yellow flowers are always a highlight at this time of year, towards the end of winter. They are cheery and colourful.

This is the flower of old man banksia, or Banksia serrata, which is my favourite banksia. If you want to read more about this banksia, you can read about it here: https://flat-cap-gardener.com/2023/02/04/banksia-serrata-old-man-banksia/.

The flowers of the purple coral pea, or Hardenbergia violaceae are another favourite of mine. I love the colour more than anything else about this plant but it is a nice climber in general.

These lovely flowers belong to Grevillea linearifolia. While not as big and as showy as some grevillea flowers, they are still really pretty.

This camellia is looking great with the very pink flowers. Shady positions don’t mean that you need to have a boring garden in any way shape or form!

Another rhododendron with healthy leaves. This species is Rhododendron ciliicalyx, one that I haven’t come across before. It is a native of the Yunnan Province in China, up to an elevation of 4000m. Another nice rhododendron with lovely flowers and bark.

More purple pea-shaped flowers of a native Australian plant, this time belonging to Australian indigo, or Indigofera australis. This is a common species in a range of habitats from woodland to desert to rainforest edges. It is often used as an ornamental plant and is also a good food and nectar source for butterflies.

I saw these aloe flowers and loved the random nature of their shapes. The colour is also rather nice too. I do like a bit of a random flower shape here and there.

Some magnolias get overused in Sydney, and others are amazingly underused, like this Magnolia ‘Vulcan’. Any magnolia with flowers of this colour, especially before the leaves appear, are going to be loved by me. I would love to see more of this species out and about!

Finally for today, these red flowers belong to the giant spear lily, or Doryanthes palmeri. Normally, they are too high to be seen easily, so I got this photo while I could!

That is my week in flowers, I hope you enjoy.