This week isn’t quite as full of flowers as the last few weeks, but there is one flower in particular that I have loved seeing. It’s been a week where work and been noisy and the flowers quiet, and I prefer it the other way round!

I do like my broad bean flowers. It helps that they provide a source of food too. They are both pretty and practical-the best form of flower to me!

This has to be the best flower of my week-pigface. I will have to do a little research to find out the exact species of this wonderful native of Australia-several different names have come up when I did a quick image search, including a species native to Chile, which I didn’t know anything about until today. Whether an Australian or Chilean species, I love the plants belong to the pigface genus, which is Carpobrotus. This can be my plant related job for the day once I get home!

I include the flowers of these birds of paradise all the time. I love the contrasting bright colours and unique shape of the flowers. They also attract so many birds who come for the nectar that the flowers contain. I could watch them all day! As with many natives of South Africa, this bird of paradise species (along with many others) does really well here in Sydney.

I always enjoy looking at the seeds of plants, especially when I don’t usually see them as I go about my day. These seeds in their below belong to the bird of paradise. I’ve seen the fruit capsules growing, but never the seeds. Unfortunately, I don’t have the space to try growing one.

This is a broccoli flower. I’ve never seen one before so it’s nice to see.

That’s all for my very short flower Friday. Until next time, happy gardening!