Any opportunity I get, I happily go to Sydney’s botanic gardens for a walk around. While it isn’t my favourite botanic garden, it is still one of my favourites and it is the closest one to home. I was in Sydney on Friday and, as I had some time on my hands, I took a walk around the gardens.
The first two photos are from one of my favourite garden beds in the whole of the gardens. I say this because there are so many colours and flower forms in the one relatively small space. It is also rather popular with the bees too! It is located next to the cafe, restaurant and gift shop and most people seem to walk past it without really noticing it, which is a shame.
At the entrance that I normally use to get into the gardens near the state library, they have these very colourful canna lilies, which I do enjoy having around as they are so vibrant and colourful.
This is another fine example of the flowering gum, or a Corymbia ficifolia cultivar. This species of tree has so many amazing cultivars with flowers that are great colours, including this one. I also love that there is a white little flower in the middle too-it put a smile on my face.
Another native flower that’s pink, this time a grevillea. This is a cultivar called ‘Superb’. It is a tree rather than a shrub and is one that I would happily have in my garden if I had the space.
It isn’t a visit to these gardens without having a look at this fig tree, just because it is a fabulous tree. I have talked about this Moreton Bay fig so many times before, including Here. Fabulous.
Next up is yellow oleander. This is a new plant for me, but has very pretty flowers.
The next plant is also a new one, called ‘yellow bells’. I quite like these flowers too.
Purple coneflower is a rather fabulous flower. I do love the colours within these flowers, as well as the shape.
In another area of the gardens were a couple of garden beds full of cosmos flowers, which was so pretty and colourful. There was also a zinnia or two dotted around.
Finally for this visit is this Brazilian tree, Calliandra tweediei. It belongs in the Fabaceae family and I saw the bright red flowers before anything else.
Another successful trip to Sydney’s botanic gardens was had. What I do like about have a local large garden is that I can go as often as I like and take a different route through every time I go. That way, I can see different things every time I go and see some of the same things at different times of year to see how those plants change over time.