Archive for the 'Plants' Category
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Bearded Iris
The flower of the day is the blue bearded iris from my backyard. We bought this plant from a nursery in the Dandenongs years ago in a pot and since then it has multiplied and grew all over the garden. Its wonderful because they’re easy to grow and don’t need much care at all.
Bearded iris […]
Published by Admin on October 2nd, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Big, bold, beautiful waratahs
The flowers for the day is the Waratah or Telopea which are in blooms at the moment across the country. Unfortunately they do not flower all year round but when in blooms they make a showy display of big, bold and beautiful bouquet.
I have 3 growing in my backyard; this is their first blooms so […]
Published by Admin on September 29th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
My bearded iris have arrived!
Remember those beautiful bearded iris I ordered on the internet? Well guess what? They’ve arrived! YAY! Actually they stuffed up the delivery and sent it to my neighbor at work. Lucky they didn’t return it and finally got hold of me to go pick them up.
Here they are! There are 7 different kinds with different […]
Published by Admin on June 27th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Ordering Bearded Irises
I’ve finally found a place that sells all the different bearded irises I wanted to get and it’s an online store based in the Dandenongs. At first I thought of visiting them to get my bearded irises but they’re only open half a day on Saturday and closed on Sunday. There’s no way I can […]
Published by Admin on June 15th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Growing waratahs
I used to think that Australian native plants are boring and not worth growing in my backyard. That was years ago but now I’m starting to like them more and more each day, especially the waratahs and proteas. Not only are these plants more suited to the Australian conditions they are also unique usually found […]
Published by Admin on June 9th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Looking for Chrysanthemum
One of my favourite flowers is the Chrysanthemum but sadly they are not one of the most popular flowers in Australia. The only time you can see them being sold is around Mother’s Day in May and the rest of the year? Nothing!
Chrysanthemum flowers are more popular among the Asian countries where there are also […]
Published by Admin on June 4th, 2008 tagged Plants | 2 Comments »
My blue bearded iris
Years ago while searching for roses in the Dandenong Ranges my wife and I chanced upon a nursery that sells bearded irises. We didn’t find any roses that day but we did bring home a pot of bearded iris and from that little pot of irises we now have them growing all over our backyard […]
Published by Admin on May 28th, 2008 tagged Plants | 3 Comments »
Autumn colors
Its the last month of autumn and I absolutely love this time of the year. The weather is cool but not too cold and we get very moist nights and mornings. Best of all I just love the colors that I see everywhere I go.
No matter where I go I see trees with beautiful colorful […]
Published by Admin on May 12th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Water lilies
Water lilies are such beautiful flowers and every garden should have one growing either in a pond or a barrel like what I set out to do. Unfortunately I have been successful in getting it to bloom or thrive in my little half barrel.
I think the position of where I put the barrel is a […]
Published by Admin on May 11th, 2008 tagged Plants | Comment now »
Green with envy
As the weather grows colder and colder by the days most of my roses have reached the end of their flowering periods. There’s not much colours in the garden anymore except for the green leaves and grass.
But my neighbour’s roses are still flowering which makes me green with envy. This beautiful pink rose which I […]