I LOOOOOVE spring and i thought it would be nice to share some of the beautiful flowers that are blooming at the moment

 

Here are some from my garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OMG what a beautiful landscaped yard, I love it. No flowers here just mums and I don't have any...first day of Fall was yesterday for us

Oooh aaah

Here is a pretty picture I took the other day of cherry blossums:

 

OMG what a beautiful landscaped yard, I love it.

 

Thanks Elly. Here in SA spring is about the only time a garden looks any good. Come summer it will all be dead

Hence, why I LOOOOOOVEE spring

 

SW, blossoms are so lovely, i bet they fill your garden with their sweet sent - Bumble bees are so cute - we dont have them here. thanks for shearing them

Some spring pictures of my garden, or should I say jungle.

 

 

Wisteria in the tree tops.

 

 

 

Clivias.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendula...a little early in the morning, haven't opened properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angels Trumpet [brugmansia].

WOW Norm! your garden in STUNNING!!!!

HEY HEY HEY !!! I do have a Garden

 

I was outside yesterday ( doing a snake patrol before the kids cam out ) and Noticed that I have wisteria and those Orange trumpets things ... There are aggapanthers (sp) growing and the fruit trees are now blossoming. There is Jasmin and Lavender right up the back too ... Funny to think that i couldn't grow a thing -

I love seeing everyone's flowers they are gorgeous, we have so many whitetail deer in our area that growing flowers is hard because they eat them all, I have a lot of marigolds they don't like them .

 

I love the cherry blossoms we have a cherry tree in our front yard with those same exact blossoms.

ooohhhh l love the iris's

I love seeing everyone's flowers they are gorgeous, we have so many whitetail deer in our area that growing flowers is hard because they eat them all, I have a lot of marigolds they don't like them .

 

I love the cherry blossoms we have a cherry tree in our front yard with those same exact blossoms.

 

hehe... I can't imagine having a deer wandering in and eating the plants in our yard! What a funny mental image! Then again I guess it is as peculiar a mental image as having echindnas munching on our mulch would be for you Elly!? (that's a problem my mum and dad have!)

 

Here are some of the flowers in our little planter box on our apartment balcony:

 

Edited September 29, 200816 yr by CaspersRose

Some of mine

 

Don't ask me to name them, because when it comes to flowers, I have NO clue

 

 

 

- My favourite Rose, also no idea on the type...

 

 

 

 

- Best bit :hap:

 

If any of you know what they're feel free to tell me

CasperRose, They are some lovely flowers - they look so different. Are they a form of daisy??

 

Libby, your flowers are stunning and the hibiscus is gorgeous

Hibiscus o.O ? ?

That's one flower/tree I do recognise and none of them are one...

The dark purple one is a pansy I know that one because we only planted them a few weeks back around my pond But the other names for the others elude me although no hibiscus'

If you do a search under the genus Lavatera or Malva (there are only a small number of plants in these) you will find the hibiscus looking one (third from the bottom. I'm not sure of it's common name and the species eludes me right now)

 

okay, I stopped being lazy and checked my books, just going by the photo I'd say it's Lavatera arborea commonly called the Tree Mallow

Edited September 29, 200816 yr by melbournebudgies

So it's a type of hibiscus?? Sheesh aye, learn something new every day I've never fed it to the birds because I presumed it wasn't and it's leaves aren't waxy like the hibiscus, they're rather... furry :|

 

Hehe thanks for that MB, so does that mean it is or isn't a hibiscus species?

Edited September 29, 200816 yr by *libby*

It isn't, I'll see if I have any info on it's safety

 

Lavatera is part of the family Malvacaea which also includes hibiscus (hence the similiarity). It is common as a garden plant and chances are it is safe but I can't guarantee it. Might be best to try and do a bit more research first and just trial it in one cage before giving it to all of them.

Edited September 29, 200816 yr by melbournebudgies

Ahh so close relative but not a relative, gotcha

 

I'll stick to raiding my parents hibiscus' for now and my neighbors bottle brush LOL!

Heheh I might not be able to grow them But i know what they are

 

petunia

azalea

 

- My favourite Rose, also no idea on the type...

 

arum lilly

hibiscus looking but MB is right - Tree Mallow

 

Pansy

 

- Best bit

Strawberry

Edited September 29, 200816 yr by Neat

Thanks Neat

 

All those names ring a bell now

 

Mum told me what they were but then I got mixed up between what was what LOL

Taken from last season - none have flowered yet.

 

 

The following are all cactii:

 

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...actusFlower.jpg

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...s21-10-2007.jpg

 

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b234/kar...21-10-20071.jpg

Wow Karen!!!!

I've gotta get me some Cacti!!!!

I love the last one!

gorgeous flowers indeed ladies!! WOW

Love the cacti Karen, my hubby is as cacti crazy as i am budgie crazy - I will be showing him those pictures soon

I reckon cacti has some of the most magnificent blooms around.

The first cactus is a gift from the neighbours - theirs grew to over 40 foot tall and they had to lop it down, it flowered bloomin great! Pity they had to chop it down - it was over their sullage pit so they had to clear it.

Don't know what any are called though.

Spikey??? :sad: