Yesterday morning I took my camera as I went to connect with my garden, now the weather has cooled and autumn is here everything is becoming green and lush.
Well, apart from the mulberry, fig and cape lilac trees. They are all loosing their leaves.
Flowers are beginning to brighten my little realm too.
The larger pincushion hakea tree in the back garden has finally begun to bloom. For some reason this tree is always a month or so behind the one in the front garden. That one is still covered in blooms. I never miss a day of admiring these flowers.
Another of my hakeas is beginning to flower. Hakea flowers don't grow on stems like other plants, rather they produce a leaf axils, on the branch.
Most of the gardens grevilleas are in flower as well. These wildly otherworldly blooms are very unique too. Grevilleas come in many different hues and like the hakeas attract a lot of interest from birds and insects.
There's a few oranges maturing on the tree. Hopefully I will get to eat a couple this year. I am also wondering if my native finger lime will finally begin to fruit this year.
Autumn brings a much needed gentleness to the garden after the harshness of summer. It's a time I absolutely love, nearly as much as winter.
The last few photos are of flowers on my string of dolphin succulent.
These tiny flowers smell absolutely divine, despite their tiny size...
