Summer in my Garden

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first week of December! I don't know about you but I feel like the year has rushed by in a blur. I have been busy yes, but can it be December already? There is so much going on this time of year with school concerts, end of the school year, break-up parties for work places or groups that we belong to, Christmas shopping, Christmas festivities, get togethers with family and friends, perhaps preparing for a summer holiday (summer holidays here in Australia anyways). 

So amongst the rush towards the festive season, I thought I would bring you a few pics from my garden and share some quiet places with you. We need a quiet place to sit to prepare ourselves for the weeks ahead don't you think? 

I only have a relatively small suburban garden, but it always puts on a beautiful show in December, putting on its festive colours - yellows, reds, greens, purples -  though I must say the yellow daisies are flowering a little earlier than I would like. What a love about my front garden is that a lot of the plants here basically look after themselves, except for a little pruning and weeding from time to time. I don't like gardening in the heat of summer, so I am happy they are happy to do their own thing.




So here are some photos from my summer garden.

The bees are loving the yellow daisies, and there are a few summer roses too. 

 The native Australian hibiscus - Alyogyne hakedolia ; agapanthus, and hydrangea

The agapanthus with a backdrop of red coral bush

 The parrots have discovered in the last few weeks that my green and yellow kangaroo paws are great for nibbling off. So I asked my husband to put some stakes in and I strung Christmas tinsel around the plants to try and frighten the parrots away. I thought it was working until this morning when I was in the garden taken these photos a parrot flew in, swung on the silver tinsel for a moment, and then flew off. I don't know if it was the tinsel or my presence that made him fly away.

 We have rather odd weather during November, but my small back garden where we grow a few food crops seems to be relishing in the wet and warmth. 

Here you can see clockwise from LH top corner.... sage, my parsley has partly gone to seed, I gather a small handful of blueberries every few days, the grapes are filling out quickly, my orange tree is already starting on next winter's crop, the lemons are hanging big and juicy, we have bagged our apricots to hopefully keep off fruit fly attack, and the basil is looking fantastic companion planted with the tomatoes which are starting to fruit.

 I discovered this lady bird beetle this morning, the lavender is putting up long spikes, the rosemary is looking lush, the Tropicana Canna from my aunt in Denmark our our south coast is finally producing big colourful leaves, a strapping flowering plant that grows along my side wall, a now empty and discarded little bird's nest, the frangipani is shooting new leaves, a beautiful pink-red pelargonium, and the two hoyas in hanging baskets which I inherited from my parents have more flowers on them than I have seen before.

My patio garden is lush with green plants, a small fountain, two hanging chimes made by my children years and years ago, a few collected rocks, and a Chinese bell. 
And I hope my garden brings with it some places for quiet contemplation as we try to balance the pieces of our lives. 

I hope you find a place for quietness in the ruse of the next few weeks.Thank you so much for stopping by. I value your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I will try to visit your blogs in return. Have a wonderful week.

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