This Week’s Garden in Review

Hey, it’s mid-Spring in Australia

First sight of the morning from the bedroom window, yawning and stretching, and suddenly realizing we have a visitor: a kangaroo mum with her joey peeping out of its pouch.

October is a little early for our rose season to get under way, but this La Sevillana has made an early appearance.

This is one of the many dozens of Banksia species found only in Australia, though I have lost track of this one’s botanical name.

I noticed our first Iris of the season had bloomed, but I wanted to wait till the sun was just right for a photo. Within an hour a heavy downpour and gale-force winds left it bedraggled.

The native red bottlebrush, Callistemon, intermingling with a bright yellow, old-fashioned, rambling rose

These little Leptospermum blossoms are probably the smallest shrub of the Ti Tree family. We have four different species of Leptospermum at our place, one growing to tree size.

It’s my feeling that sunrises don’t last as long as sunsets. Get a house that has a clear view to the East and be an early riser. And then be quick about it. I turned my back on this one for thirty seconds and it was gone.

I count thirteen cockatoos in this photo. Look up and down and near and far. But please don’t tell Hitchcock.