Saturday, May 02, 2015

Photo a Day 86 - Fridays Flowers


The autumn leaves are barely hanging on and soon the trees will look bare and skeletal. I guess we are lucky in Australia that most of our native vegetatian is evergreen, so there is always something vibrant and living in the garden.

At the moment the camellias are just beginning to flower. They are such rewarding shrubs and so hardy up here in the cool climate of our hills. I remember as a child my spinster great-aunts had two camellias growing in their city garden and they were regarded as garden treasures. Their brother (my grandfather) was a horticulturalist and nurseryman and he planted and nurtured them.  I am going back 70 years before all the modern hybrids were available and the camellias were very intolerant of the Adelaide summers. Now they are everywhere. The tanten (aunts) would always give my mother a bunch of camellias as thanks for visiting them.

Here are some of the varieties growing in my garden.


























Such a variety of form and colour. I just love them.



Liz Needle  -  linking with  "Floral Friday Fotos"  and "Todays Flowers".








8 comments:

  1. What lovely flowers !! Nature is so gorgeous !!
    Happy May !

    ReplyDelete
  2. To have so many beautiful camellis in the garden! Wow! It's incredible.

    ReplyDelete
  3. These are very beautiful flowers that you have in your garden.

    ReplyDelete
  4. They're all gorgeous! We only have them in greenhouses here.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Gorgeous and I would love these as a gift from your aunts.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Absolutely beautiful Liz!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Stunning shots of these wonderful camellias, Liz. They are such rewarding plants, giving so much with so little care...
    Many thanks for participating in Floral Friday Fotos. Your input is appreciated.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Camellias are such beautiful flowers and you photographed them wonderful!

    ReplyDelete