Spots Of Colour Around The Garden.

Little spots of colour all through the garden to brighten it a little.

Nasturtium:



Nasturtium Again:



Swan Lake Hibiscus looking very sad



Verbena Candy Pink Loving the wet:



Freesia Laxa:



Cheryl's Zygocactus finally opened:

...... and looking very erect also MA I do love the freesia

Did I give you some of that Cheryl if not let me know as I was given a few seeds years ago, it grows well by seed its a dainty little filler, here it goes dormant over the warmer months and starts to pop up again in the late Autumn making sure its one of the first to flower in Winter the plants are a lot smaller than normal Freesia the leaves only growing about 15cm high because its not a real Freesia I will look up its proper name I have no idea how it would grow down your way though certainly worth having a go..

Its Anomatheca laxa 'Azurea' aka False Freesia.. Native to South Africa

Cheryl what do mean *Looking Very Erect* are you talking about your Zygocactus..
If so well it was not erect it was laying flat on its back on my brolly as it was raining at the time

Hey us photographers have to think of ways and means to get that right look I was going to stab it through a size 14 knitting needle that I used to knit my children's baby clothes with but did not have the heart to spoil one of Mother Natures beautiful creations...

Fabulous photos, Mary-Anne. Thanks for the explanation of 'Freesia Laxa' it is a lovely looking flower. I love nasturtiums...they are so reliable and colourful, tops in my book.

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Cheryl what do mean *Looking Very Erect* are you talking about your Zygocactus.. Very Happy
If so well it was not erect it was laying flat on its back on my brolly as it was raining at the time

Well in that case hop you didn't get a wet butt in your horizontal mode

Thanks Fay thought I had better put that info on as I was not too sure if I told everyone..
I love Nasturtiums too Fay its great when they pop up unexpected from those seeds that the birds move aorund..

Cheryl

I like to eat the 'seed' of Nasturtium.....from what I have read they are regarded as the 'poor man's caper'.
I also like the leaves...very peppery...great tossed into a salad. ... a bit of ooomph....spicy and hot...

Not that I would know much about ooomph...lol...too old...

never new that Fay

Thats Interesting Fay, I have eaten the flowers and leaves I had no idea you you could eat the seeds its amazing what you learn on this forum

I have just been watching something about food on SBS and they had on the Lilly pilly fruit and other native things like seeds and nuts they used to be called bush tucker, anyway after telling us we should eat so much % of Native foods he them goes on to say that so many more % of Native Foods were Toxic or was that had toxins bit of plate banging going on at the time so did not hear it correctly.

Better the devil you know when it comes to food so its good to hear these things from people that have eaten them, I dont know how I would go out there lost in the rainforest probably starve to death but at least I know I can practically eat all of the nasturtium plant if the need arrives..

Some pretty spots of colour. Nasturtiums are always good for that... just wish they weren't so weedy around here. I'm surprised there are still so many hibiscus on the bush, they just don't want to stop.

Yes all my Hibiscus shrubs are covered in blooms too Gail, mind you I have pruned a lot of them off this past week because of so much growth, could be because the nights are not as cold those flowers are hanging on