27-MAY-2008
Autumn tonings in the rose garden
My roses are starting to get that look about them that its pruning time, and
I'll be starting to get into action very soon. We're having a delightful
spell of autumn sunshine right now with the days hovering around 20-C but
the days are drawing in and getting shorter.
28-MAY-2008
Our trees
These are down near our dam, one original and two that have grown since we arrived.
Notice how green everything is now after the RAIN!
22-MAY-2008
Mushrooms everywhere!
They are popping up everywhere, especially throughout the rose garden, but we can't eat them unfortunately.
23-MAY-2008
The cooling effect
This little rose changes colour with the seasons. In our warm parts of the year the rose is quite a deep pink, sometimes its two toned deep and pale pink, but our cold nights has affected the colour and produced this delicate version of the rose.
22-MAY-2008
Rose hips
This rather large shrub rose is covered in hips right now.
22-MAY-2008
She thinks its spring!
Its Souvenir de St. Anne's, a sport of the well known S.D.L. Malmaison, and discovered
in Ireland. My bush is towering over me right now (about 7-8 ft tall) with quite a few of these blooms opening or about to open.
17-MAY-2008
Wet cricket pitch
On the soggy oval - Clarendon.
11-MAY-2008
Autumn in the Southern Vales
This row of trees were alongside the oval
where we spent Mother's Day last weekend.
06-MAY-2008
Raindrops on the vine
The background of green is from the golden elm with the sun shining through the wet leaves.
05-MAY-2008
Mini climber
This little rose is adding a bit of colour to the garden. I have 3 plants of this little rose attached to a cordyline (cabbage palm) and they have gradually climbed the tall trunk.
03-MAY-2008
Scented rose in May
This one is called "New William Shakespeare"