[klytia]

I tried to get a bit of a competition going here but let's see what sort of response we get first, what my idea is, over a period of a month (might even make it a week)
we pick a topic (Gardening to start off) and those who are interested, post up your pictures, you can have multiple entries, just post up your best.....

Mick

So starting the thread, here is Lisa's Canna Lilly
taken with iPhone 3GS White

[Ken Gracey]

Mick I can post a picture of me blowing my nose, if it qualifies ? Because you won't get any pictures of my garden during summer my hay fever kills me

Bring on winter





Tl

[Stubzee]

Lilly Pilly flower, a rain forest plant, the smaller varieties popular as a hedging plant.


[Stubzee]

Vireya, tropical Rhododendron.
Wonderful semi shade plant


[klytia]

G you can edit the page and just post up another wonderful picture, the quality so far from those who posted is exceptional, i just hope others will take the time & effort to do the same.

edit: i see you managed to get rid of it G.

[Stubzee]

Many thanks Mick, once again you have come to my aid.
Someone else came to my aid my removing the post. To whoever that person was it is very much appreciated.
Gordon

[rachp]

Not sure what flower this is.



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[Ken Gracey]

Glad to be of assistance, Gordon.



Tl

[BrianB]

Here are a few pictures from my beautiful front garden that a toil in regularly..:-)

The first shot is my 'Just Joey' Rose, and in the background are Calendula flowers that I grew from seed. The second shot is one of my beautiful Dahlia's, and the 3rd shot is a Cosmos flower that I grew from seed.

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[bitingmidge]

Here's a Lotus flower in the pond by our front door.

Sorry, there doesn't seem to be a way of embedding full size! (and no I'm not going to upload it to Flickr!)

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cheers,

P

[klytia]

Come on guys & gal's, don't let it die here, we have seen some really great shots, there must be more of them pic's lurking on hard drives, make an effort for the sake of the flowers........

[Stubzee]

Tropical Rhododendron.
This variety suitable a s a pot plant, flower size 40mm

[Stubzee]

My winter garden

[lumeswell]

Not sure if it has to be your own garden - this was taken on a Tulip farm in Victoria a few years back.
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[Jim]

I don`t have any flowers in my garden however if we have one about lawns, I can step up to the plate, I love lawns.



Jim

[gazza]

rachp, on 06 December 2010 - 08:36 PM, said:

Not sure what flower this is.

Hiya Rach, your flowering bulb's botanical name is Hippeastrum (pronounced "hippy-astrum"), sometimes erroneously referred to as Amarylis. One common name in Oz is "flame lily."

They are gorgeous large trumpet flowers which unfortunately are on display for such a short time.

Just in case you don't know be careful of snails and slugs (a few pellets around the stem do the trick)they love to eat all parts of the plant and a beautiful flower can disappear overnight! In winter protect the pot with bulb from frosts.

[gazza]

Here are a couple from my garden. Like many flowering plants the flowers are short lived and the plant structure is basically quite ordinary the rest of the year!

The first is of a low growing plant with pretty little blue flowers:- Devon Skies.




The second is an orchid.

[klytia]

There is some really great pictures coming in here, just keep them going, I will try and venture into the garden tomorrow and find something to get up. Stubzie you have some great shots, i have had bougainvillea,

up to my ears and think it should be eradicated like lantana should be, look what happens when all that lot get out of control.....Lantan grows like buggery, and the dreaded Bougainvillea, well it can grow some

mean thorns, ask my wife & my ride-on mower

Mick

[Stubzee]

Mick, i have one that has been trained in the espalier form, others in the garden trimmed into different shapes and a fairly large collection of ones that have been trained in Bonsai pots.
I would imagine that where you live they would be a real pest if allowed to grow unchecked.
Gordon

[klytia]

It was Actually out in the South West of BNE, Cedarvale, we had 25 acres out there and the people we purchased from, she loved them, and it had taken me quite a few years to eradicate the Bougainvilleas permanently! I will never forget the countless thorns, scratches, flat tyres, from the mongrel things. Lisa had a spike break off in one of her metacarpal joints, still there......

Mick