Another busy week done and dusted. It hasn’t been too dramatic in any way, which is a good thing.

These Hibbertia flowers were looking really nice and colourful under the grey sky on Tuesday, which is why I noticed them.

Banksia flowers are out and about in force today. These ones come from the heath-leaved banksia, which is one of my favourites. You can read more here.

Next up is the lovely flower of the broad-leaved paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia (read about it here). The tree this photo was taken from looks amazing at the moment because it is covered in these flowers (and colourful rainbow lorikeets).

Nest to the paperbark is this bottlebrush (Callistemon), which is closely related to the paperbark above. Based on the colour of the flowers, it is likely a cultivar rather than a straight species, but I’m not sure which one it is.

This is the flower of Dietes discolour. They have rathe delicate flowers for what is one of the toughest plants going. You can leave this plant alone and it will crack on and thrive!

I have two birds of paradise flowers for you from two different species. The first on is from Strelitzia Regina, with its orange and blue flowers.

The second one for you is the more understated grey and white flowers of Strelitzi nicolai, the giant bird of paradise.

While a kookaburra is very clearly not a flower, it is my favourite Australian bird.

That’s it for my plants of the week. I’m happy to say that I found a range of colours and forms this week, which keeps me interested, if nobody else.