TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 20 Of Autumn Past

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Most of you know that because of our protracted
drought there are precious few flowers around this
year. I give you some archival blooms of past years.
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White Petunias glowing in the moonlight scent

the gentle evening breeze...

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Pink Penstemon, Basil gone to seed and Petunias

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A red, delightfully scented Cyclamen

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Kniphofia, commonly called Red Hot Poker is a

much beloved foodsource of Honeyeaters

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and one of my favourite Chrysanthemums with

inch wide flowers of bright burnt orange. Under

ideal conditions it can grow to 5' tall, just covered

in flowers. I hope to find at least a tiny survivor

when finally the rains come. All my other

Chrysanthemums have joined the great white

Chrysanthemun in the sky.

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Click on the red rose to the right for many more flowers.

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To our wonderful hosts Luiz Santilli Jr., Denise B. Castro

and Laerte Pupo my sincere thanks for this lovely meme.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 14 In Memory of my Garden

Please click on photos to enlarge for best effect.



This year there is no garden, no vegetables, no
flowers.... the drought has taken all....six years is
too much for any garden to take. We watered them
last summer with the last water we had, only to lose
so much to the concentrating salt content.

Neither our autumn, winter nor spring rains came.
We have just enough household rainwater to get by
on, and a mineral rich bore for the cattle.



Fuchsia 'George Risden' which survived until the
end of last summer.



Verbena, which normally lasts from two to
four years.



Penstemon, a strong and vibrant semi-perennial
and reasonably drought tolerant also succumbed.

My Roses, shrubs and trees are dead or on the verge.
Our predicted temperatures for this week are 41C +
or 102F + coupled with burning North winds.

If I sound a little despondent, it is because I am,
although on the bright side, I have 5 of my 150 Rose
bushes surviving on laundry water.

With thaks to Luiz Santilli Jr. for creating this meme
as well as Denise Castro and Laerte Pupo for making
it possible for all of us to participate.

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