Pimelea ferruginia first flowers.
Aloe vera:
April is usually Lecospermum prime time here:'Tango':
'Yellow Bird':Seedling of 'Yellow Bird':
'Scarlet Ribbon':
'Mardi Gras Ribbons':Leucadendron 'Pom Pom' also peaking:
Arctotis 'Pink Ice' continues:
Pelargonium peltatum:Clematis 'Moonlight':Grevillea 'Moonlight' still blooming:
As are the other Grevilleas, like 'Robyn Gordon':
Alas, a few days too early for Peony 'Misaka':
Salivas Salvias 'Wendys Wish' and 'Mystic Spires Blue':
Gerbera daisies:
Alstromerias, Clivia. Callistemon 'Slim' in the background:
More Iris:Orange 'Cara Cara':More Iris:Hellebore 'Pink Frost' continues:Hellebore 'Blushing Bride':
Hellebore 'First Kiss' 'True Love':Rose 'Princesse Charlene de Monaco':
There's those Iris again: Rose 'Brass Band' with--more Iris:Rose 'Apricot Cream' peaking out from behind, you know: The Pimelea and Gerberas and Iris:Rhodanthemum continue. Aloe aculeata x cryptopoda on the left:Callistemon 'Slim' close up:And with rose 'Snow Goose':
Hippeastrum papilio still going:
Hunnemannia fumariifolia:
Even Baby The Oak has flowers!
Hopefully the sweet peas on the trellis will have some flowers eventually. Salvias and Cuphea 'Vermillionaire' in the foreground:
Rose 'Easy Spirit':
'Carmen':
Stock starting to fade. This is a lovely color pairing, though:
Something of the same color scheme in Kalanchoe beharensis:
The Lupines are still going thanks to no real heat wave so far this spring:
Even Protea 'Sylvia', more typically a late summer bloomer, has decided to celebrate our wonderful 22-23 rainy season:
Whew! There's more, but that's enough, isn't it?
Wishing you happy April flowers.
Is it ever enough? :-D
ReplyDeleteSpectacular blooms! Lecospermum close-up took my breath away.
I can't fault Iris for photo bombing this Bloom's Day post: it's their moment to shine: Rose 'Apricot Cream' paired with the dark bearded iris is delicious.
Callistemon bring back memories of childhood. The intricate red blooms, and later the seed pods: love it.
Chavli
Nope, never enough!
DeleteYes it's Iris time. Soon gone until next spring, so I'll overdo it now.
Callistemon--I had that too in my childhood garden Also Lantanas full of skipper butterflies, and Oleanders.
You are LOUSY with blooms! hahaha, just glorious!
ReplyDeleteNever enough flowers! Thanks!
DeleteHa! I guess you decided to throw everything (or almost) into your GBBD post too! Your garden is exploding with well-watered spring beauty so how could you resist? I'm leaning toward adding a Leucospermum 'Scarlet Ribbon' to my collection (after evicting one Coleonema 'Sunset Gold' I pruned poorly), although I'd like a Leucospermum with a pinker color I've yet to find.
ReplyDeleteYes there were a lot of photos. I got tired and quit after a while.
DeletePink(ish) Leucospermum? Cool!
Beautiful flowers and great pictures as usual. (check your spelling of salvia) ^_^
ReplyDeleteThey make me drool, those colors! 😜
DeleteYour photos are always amazing, but the lighting in this post is magical. No idea where to start because all the plants and photos are spectacular. I'm going to go back through and view them again. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteSome of the pix were just after sunrise, great light then--or thick overcast--that enriches the colors. Happy you liked the pictures, thanks!
DeleteYou're slowly bringing me around to lecospermum - the ribbons mardi gras and scarlet are so darn pretty! Glad to see the rabbits didn't get all the arctotis, How is it working, the additional layer of fencing on your gates and fences, at keeping out the rabbits? Have you noticed a decline in damage? Before I lived here, I had a condo and the condo had a tennis court - a larger rendition of your dog cage. I always imagined turning that tennis court into a large protected garden. Straw bale beds, anyone? Hoping for a gentle spring and an easy segue into summer. Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteWell the low-down damage near ground level is nil, yay! But now I've got two roses inside the walls stripped clean of foliage and buds--way up at the top of the plant. !??!! Katydids? Possums? Grrrr!!!!!!!!! That beautiful 'Easy Spirit' flower--I went out to admire it early this morning and it was GONE! WTF??!!
DeleteYes tall fences--tennis court fencing would make a great garden!
Love the Pimelea, Leucospermums, Grevilleas and Leucadendrons. I spied a variegated alstroemeria in the background. I always hesitated on buying one because I wasn't sure how they would do. Now that I see yours, I might just give in and get one!
ReplyDeleteYes that is Alstroemeria 'Rock & Roll'. it's pretty wild! I have another very compact one with more subtle variegation--it doesn't show up as clearly but it is above the one with purple flowers and below the pale orange bromeliad. They are both a little more slow-growing than the green foliaged varieties, but not that much.
DeleteEnjoyed your travel post to the Oregon post. I'm one for the ocean rather than the mountains--where I grew up I used to ride my bike to the beach as a teen--the marine-influenced air always brings back those bike rides where I felt so free.
Does Rock & Roll burn in the sun? I definitely would prefer the stronger variegation.
DeleteVery cool on you beach bike adventures. I have a feeling that it's those formative years that influence so much of what we love as adults. I didn't see an ocean until my 30s.
R&R is in part shade--can't say I've seen it burn. It goes a little dormant in late summer when temps are hottest and driest. It doesn't have any trouble maintaining variegation in a lot of shade.
DeleteAgree--what we experience early in life--good or bad--can set certain things for the rest of life.
Such a beautiful garden, the open gate an invitation.
ReplyDeleteThank you Diana, very kind of you! A rainy winter was heaven-sent.
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