TODAY'S FLOWERS - Some Late Blooms

One last summer bloom on 'Anna Pavlova' in my Mt.Lofty

garden.

As the sun glowed lower in the sky it lit up this Lemon Verbena.

It may not be a spectacular plant to look at but it exudes a most

wonderful lemony scent. The leaves are perfect for potpourris as

they retain their delicious scent for years.

Myrtus communis, a small flowered evergreen bush. In days

of yore brides wore a little garlands of this aromatic shrub as

a symbol of enduring love.

It looked lovely with it's last flowers glowing in the light of

the setting sun.

For all those of you who showed amazement at Eucalyptus trees

flowering, here is the showiest of them all, Eucalyptus ficifolia, a

native of Western Australia that has now been hybridised to

produce colours from white though a number of pinks and oranges

to an even deeper red than this. Unfortunately the sun had left

the tree and the leaves do not appear as dark green and shiny

as usual but when it flowers, it flowers all over with a sea of red.

Red is the colour of happiness for Chinese so when two of my

husband's Chinese graduate students were marries we held a

reception for them near this tree and it's twin in full bloom

and I baked a dozen glazed strawberry tarts. For students who

had managed to escape from Maoist China, it was a real treat.

With thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr. who hosts this happy meme.