With The Seasons.....

With the seasons shifting from spring to summer the garden is changing also preparing for the onslaught of intense sunshine. The purple buddleia is the first of my many buddleia bushes to flower. No butterflies have arrived as yet, the bees are beginning to stop for food though. 

The summer heat so intense that midsummer it can be unbearable to be out in it even for five minutes,  yet this is when a lot of the native plants flourish. Each summer I am amazed at how the native birds animals and plants make it through the long hot days. My birds of paradise have their large exoctic flowers appearring, a sign the hot weather is on it's way. 

The grass already dying back, the lush green of winter is quick to disappear. The couple of ornamental grasses in the garden are flowering, each very delicate. The mulberry tree has nearly finished fruiting, and has finally had a growth spurt after years of not doing much at all. A few babbles found at a charity shop hung on one of the melaleuca trees. The magpies should have fun with these as they dangle swinging in the breeze.

Wandering through the garden the past couple of days I have taken to capturing  the flowers from a couple of slightly different angles. Little differences can be seen which normally fascinates me. A slightly different perspective  can really alter the way one sees things, even a flower. 

Some plants are full of buds, some are beginning to wilt, their flowering over for another season, time to rest. A cosy little retreat area has appeared over the past few weeks as trees and the yuccas have bushed out, yet another secret hideaway to spend a lazy hour or two......