As this is about Tame life rather than Wild life I have put it in this blog post. It is a collection of plants flowering around our Mallacoota garden. Some were planted for the blossom, the later images are of plants grown for what the blossom will turn in to!
Actually the first bush, a Buddleia, was planted primarily as a screen for the tank, with a (hoped for, rather than actual) side-benefit of attracting butterflies.
This Polygala does a great job of flowering for an extended period.
The Cannas are just starting to flower: on past performance they'll continue right through Summer.
Another tall job, which has been attracting Honeyeaters for some weeks already: Red Hot Pokers (Kniphofia sp.)
A Grevillea growing against a fence which is really doing well. It has had to be pruned to maintain walking space.
The Acanthus (like the Red Hot Pokers) came from our previous garden .
We bought this Chrysanthemum plant as a sorry little specimen in the discard pile of "nearly deads" at a Bunnings store. For $1 I thought it worth a try. This is its second year of being covered in flowers for weeks at least. Must try a few cuttings.
The vegetable elements of the garden are also flowering well. A zucchini growing from seed: some seedlings planted in the lower part of the garden are not doing so well for some reason - possibly that is where the overflow from the rainwater tank comes out?
Cucumbers: we have already picked one good fruit off this plant. It tasted much better than the commercial fruit we buy.
Capsicums. I doubt if they will be happy with the cool weather forecast, but look to have quite a lot of flowers. We haven't sown any chilis this year as we have some frozen from last year and as they are of a very fierce nature will keep us going for a while!
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