Roses are especially beautiful right now. Most of the roses I grow will keep pumping out blooms for another 6 months but their first spring flush of flowers is the loveliest. Continue reading “late october roses”
Month: October 2017
peak beard
Tall bearded irises are currently having their moment. Continue reading “peak beard”
october evening
The front garden is at its best after 6pm when the sun has dipped low enough to lose most of its bleaching power and colours return to their full saturation. Continue reading “october evening”
the inconstant rose
The ‘mutabilis’ rose in my front garden is absolutely smothered in multicoloured butterfly-like blooms. Continue reading “the inconstant rose”
spring, finally
Boston ivy is romping all over the brick walls in my garden, making a lovely green backdrop while the viburnum opulus takes centre stage. At last after months of blah there are quite a lot of things worth photographing out the window.
Continue reading “spring, finally”
pretty things
Winter took longer than usual to finish with us in Melbourne this year. Continue reading “pretty things”