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Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Winter Garden
I know most of you are celebrating summer (particularly Gimper66 :) ), but here we have just had our coldest day in forty years and the mountains to our west (Orange, Katoomba, Oberon) are snow covered.

But we are lucky, whilst still cold, the sun is shining and my garden is alive with colour. These are all Australian native plants which continue to flower through or only flower in winter. Thought I would post some examples I took just after having lunch.

Winter1 contains a Banksia (yellow) and two Grevilleas.
Winter2 contains two Grevilleas an Epacris Longiflora (Pan Pipes) and a Hibiscus Geranoides -

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Author:  Nidhogg [ Sat Jun 12, 2021 5:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
You have so nice garden OMG. :bigthup
Enjoy your "Winter" that looks like our Summer :hehe
JK, it's hot enough now and I can't get even sleep because of the light.

Are there any cross-country skiers snowboarders on the mountains?
Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
Nidhogg - the snow this far north is not deep enough for skiing but there may be some areas where snow boarding is possible. We do have some winter resorts with large ski slopes further south in the Snowy Mountains and there the ski season has formally commenced.
Author:  level_0 [ Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
OMG :wvy
I would like to be in Australia...Here 30°1 at 15h
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Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
Winter is closing in on spring now, but there are still many winter flowers to enjoy in my garden. Here are four different Grevillea flowers, all but the top left (Caloundra Gem) are just a couple of centimetres in size on 1 - 2 metre shrubs. The Caloundra Gem is 4 metres high and the pink, gold flowers are as large as a fist.

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Author:  Issabella [ Mon Aug 16, 2021 6:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
OMG, you make us all enjoy such beauties. Flowers make our lives so happy. These that you have shared are really spectacular in colour and shape.
Your garden is surely a beautiful place where you can relax. Thanks for sharing. :yes :coolthup
Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
Issabella - thank you. Yes I love my garden and although shooting into the sun, I also took a shot up into the lemon tree - good harvest shortly. Our neighbour makes terrific lemon curd.

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Author:  sallyanne [ Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
Lovely native flora except the lemon tree
Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
Two orchids, the first, a native Dendrobium with much smaller flowers, just budding and the second, alien to Oz, in full display .

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Author:  oldmangrumpy [ Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
A very grey, windy day today but which allowed me to take some close up shots the bright sun does not normally allow. As I post this a couple of colourful Rainbow Lorikeets are sucking away at the nectar on a Grevillea ground cover just outside the window. Just love nature in lock down ;)

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Author:  Wallace [ Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
oldmangrumpy wrote:
A very grey, windy day today but which allowed me to take some close up shots the bright sun does not normally allow. As I post this a couple of colourful Rainbow Lorikeets are sucking away at the nectar on a Grevillea ground cover just outside the window. Just love nature in lock down ;)

Such beautiful flowers!
Thank you OMG for sharing them with us.
:clap
Author:  Ella [ Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Winter Garden
OMG, how lucky you are to have such a beautiful garden during the long lockdown.
Beautiful flowers even in winter.
And soon spring in Australia, another beautiful colour palette.
Thanks for letting us enjoy your wonderful nature :ffy
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