It’s time for Six on Saturday, and with a week that saw me in Hamilton for two nights, at Pilates on Thursday after work, and hairdresser and The Proclaimers in concert on Friday, there has been no time at all to even think about anything remotely plant related (there than eating vegetables!). Thanks once again to The Propagator for allowing us to share what is going on in our gardens.
First up, it is still warm here during the day, though a definite chill is felt once the sun goes down. The camellias we share with our neighbours are looking lovely, and are a lovely shot of bright pink.
The mahonia (thanks to other SoSers for telling me the name of this plant) is flowering. Not a particularly good picture below, but you get the picture.
And yes…another nasturtium has flowered. A real beauty too, and a touch of colour in the containers outside the house.
Here are the bulbs I posted last week a week later….just to reiterate, daytime temperatures are around 18-19C still….
Here are our camellia buds. It’s great they flower at different times, as we can have glorious pink blooms for a good period of time.
Not in our garden, but last Sunday, we went for a walk through the Botanic Gardens, and spotted several big patches of mushrooms and toadstools. There were lots of them, scattered over one particular area. I just thought you might like to see them.
So that’s it from me. Looking forward to seeing the spring gardens in the northern hemisphere!
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The mushrooms of autumn … I won’t say that I miss them but it’s nice to see them again!
Very pretty red nasturtium
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There were so many mushrooms – quite incredible.
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Lovely nasturtium. I like the Proclamiers more though and will be singing Letter From America in my best Scottish accent all afternoon now!
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Yes I like the nasturtium too. Hope you enjoyed singing!!
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Always fun to see mushrooms in the fall.
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Yes it is – the toadstools were really cute like something out of an old illustration.
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They certainly are!
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Camellia looking very cheerful. Mines finished flowering and starting to put on more growth.
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A fairytale toadstool indeed and your camellia is stunning.
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That’s a great photo of the cat on the deck steps. Perfectly centred. Your camellias are certainly pink & beautifully so. Love the nasturtium & fungi collection. Quite striking, those wide brown ones.
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That Camellia looks like the one I posted this week.
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It really is!
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Gosh the proclaimers, that’s a name I haven’t heard in quite a few years.
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🙂
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🎶🎵 “I would walk 500 miles to go to a garden centre”. 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵 pretty sure those were the lyrics.
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😀
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