Winter Whites

cyclamen

Many of the plants in my garden that flower mid winter are white  

double white helebores

azalia

Native wisteria Hardenbergia violacae

Snowflakes

Flowering quince "Apple Blossom"

 Virbinum Laurestinus

Primula

Adelaide Garden in July

 A view from the front steps looking east




















A view of side garden looking north with tree dahlias, salvias and roses heavily pruned

Front garden looking South

Back garden with roses and vines pruned heavily, looking north.

Small highlights from a Winter Garden

The first of the spring bulbs are up, this is Jonquil "Erlicheer" 

This tiny geranium about the size of a thumbnail is always a cheerful sight

Aussie native Grevillea Rosemarinafolia 

A Western Australian Calothamnus "Woolly Netbush" is a favorite source of food for the local "New Holland" Honeyeaters

The prolific flowering of the pink rosemary keeps the bees in nectar this time of the year  

The tiny flowers of the indigenous threptomene also cheer a winter garden

  

Some winter highlights!

After a week of cold nights the Gingko is turning from green to buttercup yellow before leaf fall

 

 

 

Fungus Amoung Us!!

In the Adelaide Garden
This giant size fungi has appeared after all the rain on the dead trunk of our lemon scented gum. 

seen from below  

and from above   

Winter days in Victoria

The winter shadows are long

 

One morning the valley below the garden was full of fog

 The late afternoon light bathed the front gate in gold

 Even the roses are losing their leaves

Lambley in Winter

A visit to Lambley Nursery to look at how the dry garden fairs in the Winter was a must while in Victoria