MY WORLD ~ Spring Close to Home

Spring has sprung with a vengeance, the whole world seems
a-wash with blossoms and flowering bulbs. The air is scented,
the bees are buzzing and frogs are making a huge racket in the
dams and in the garden.
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Plum blossum burting at the seams . . .
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Cascading Bridal Veil.
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A few weeks ago we still had the last roses,
the roses are pruned now and tritonias have sprung up to
keep the wombat company
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and everywhere, just everywhere the gold of wattles.
Below, the Cootamundra Wattle, Acacia beilliana like sunshine
come down to earth.
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Do you wonder that I am all agog with all this beauty and more
surroundinng me?
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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 11 Australian Dryland Flora

Here are some of our Native Wildflowers ,
survivors in coastal sand dunes and desert country.

The Desert Wattle, no more than 18" high in the
Little Desert Nat.Park blooming it's little heart out



These I found in coastal sand dunes on the
Eyre Peninsula. I have tried to find their name,
but even in the Nat. Botanical Gardens there is
no listing for them. I have seen them grow into a
4' bush covered with these pea shaped flowers.



Sturt's Desert Rose, quite a large bloom 3-4" across.



A beautiful Banksia flowering on a coastal cliff,
grows to a medium sized tree.



The lovely little Sun Orchid in the Little Desert.

Another low growing, profusely flowering desert

dweller.

The Pincushion Hakea, Hakea laurina, needing a

litttle more water but quite stunning when covering
a 15' bush.

and last but not least, the stunning red Correa

Just a small selection of some off our dryland flora.

My native flora books are not to hand at present so
botanical names are in short supply. Enjoy the colours.

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My thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro and

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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 8 Australian Sunshine

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For those of you living in the far north, I bring
you some Australian sunshine to brighten the
darkness of your days.



The gold of our Wattles, Acacia



Sunflower against a cloudy sky



and against our blue, blue summer sky.

My thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro
and Laerte Pupo for organizing this most beutiful meme.

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