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| Ginger Lily (Hedychium gardnerianum) |
It’s Autumn here in Australia and, one would think, getting a bit cooler during the day and a nice, fresh, crispness in the air. Oh no! Here in Brisbane, we’ve had temperatures in the low to mid 30’s this week and I think the tropical plants in my front garden are thinking “what happened to Autumn – I thought we were done for the year?”.
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| Bromeliad – Billbergia pyramidalis |
I have many species of bromeliad and I love them for being low maintenance, great ground covers, very drought tolerant and self sufficient.
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| Flowers aren’t out for long before they start to fade in colour. |
I love loved my front garden. Before kids, it was beautifully maintained, although it’s a pretty low maintenance garden. It’s full of tropical species and I prefer colourful foliage rather than flowers to keep all year round colour. We have a pond with a waterfall and quite an ecosystem happening with lots of lizards, frogs, spiders and every other kind of bug you could imagine. It’s empty at the moment and in need of a good clean. We can’t keep the water up to it because of the evaporation from the heat. Didn’t have any problems back in December/January with all the rain.
Since the kids came, it’s become quite overgrown and needs a good cutting back and a few garden beds replenished with new plants, made from cuttings of existing plants.
Another job to add to the ever growing list.
Oooh…you're fancy. I like your new background design. I lOVE your flowers too. Nothing like that here. Although, it's spring so our lovely flowers are just coming up.
I thought of you the other night Megan when we watched a program filmed in Virginia. (It was the UK TV program "Top Gear" and they were driving fast cars around the Blue Ridge Parkway. Are you near there?) I was trying to get a feel for the environment. I would expect a lot of snow in winter and nice and warm in summer.
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