[Photos] Grevillea and Thryptomene.

[moonvoice]

As it's coming into Winter, the garden is gearing up to flower.
The first on the scene is the Grevillea,
and the ever-flowering, very happy Thryptomene.
Come join me on a lovely Winter's day.
:)


Grevillea.


















Grevillea and Lechenaultia formosa in the background.





Thryptomene





Look up!

Comments

[sugar_cookie]

Those Grevellias look kinda neat. :)

[moonvoice]

Grevilleas are awesome. We have about 5 different kinds in our garden, but three aren't flowering at the moment.

[skyfiery]

The thryptomene flowers look really pretty.

[moonvoice]

I love Thryptomene! It's such an aggressive groundcover too, once it takes root, and flowers on and off all year around. The flowers are teeny tiny, but for a groundcover, it's just lovely and unusual. It also sends roots down all the time so it's easy to snip off bits and replant!

[lichen]

those are gorgeous flowers! D:

[moonvoice]

Eee thank you!

[fadedwings]

gorgeous photos!

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :D

[foxboi]

Loving the look of these flowers- they are so very foreign to me!

[moonvoice]

Hee, Australian flowers can be fun in that respect! *bounce*

[silverjackal]

Your second photo reminds me of nudibranchs. And your sky is like the ones here! :)

[moonvoice]

Grevilleas always do look like some kind of creature to me. Especially the groundcover flowers, which are more compact and appear to be creeping along the floor!

[jensurvivor]

The flowers you show seem to create so much from so little. So much of the gardening around here is about creating textures from so many lush leaves.

[moonvoice]

The flowers you show seem to create so much from so little.

That's a really cool way of describing it, I think. They really do. And ironically, it's created a huge amount of diversity in the plants that are local here. Some have learned to exploit a tiny amount of bauxite in a specific region, or a tiny amount of iron, and so while they're fragile in other environments, they're robust and hardy in their own sandy dunes. :)

[jensurvivor]

Some have learned to exploit a tiny amount of bauxite in a specific region, or a tiny amount of iron

That is very very cool