Some flowers blooming in my garden at the moment ..... though not for long as in a mere four months or so, an African winter will be upon us ..... a purple centred white daisy (above) with a friendly beetle in it's centre ..... (I cannot identify what type of beetle it is, though).
I planted these last year (below) from seeds brought back from South Africa ...this is Linseed (Flaxseed) and the variety is called "Purple Dress" ... I love it's delicate yet hardy purple flower and have left it growing wild & untamed underneath a shady tree .... We have 2 different kinds/shades of hibsicus in our garden as you can see below .... you can see my recipe for hibiscus flower syrup over here. I made this last year for the first time, & it was delicious !
Here's another paler pink coloured hibiscus, which flowers just near my daughter's sandpit ...... Did you know that hibiscus only bloom for a day or two ?
I planted these last year (below) from seeds brought back from South Africa ...this is Linseed (Flaxseed) and the variety is called "Purple Dress" ... I love it's delicate yet hardy purple flower and have left it growing wild & untamed underneath a shady tree .... We have 2 different kinds/shades of hibsicus in our garden as you can see below .... you can see my recipe for hibiscus flower syrup over here. I made this last year for the first time, & it was delicious !
Here's another paler pink coloured hibiscus, which flowers just near my daughter's sandpit ...... Did you know that hibiscus only bloom for a day or two ?
Here's one of my Hydrangea below .... I only have this colour in my garden & almost always have a single flower floating in a wide, flat glass vase on a low wooden display table in our guest bathroom .... it's just so pretty !
Geranium flowers through the thick bouganvilla which covers the front of our veranda ... there are always a couple in bloom, looking out of place against the backdrop of the bouganvilla leaves .....
Mini white daisies .... I sometimes like to pick bunches of these & place them in small glass vases around the house ..... they're so dainty looking.
Bouganvilla below ... we have so much of it everywhere - growing over the house & in garden beds ... even in the tiniest, dustiest, driest Tanzanian villages you will find bouganvilla flourishing .....
We have both yellow and orange lilies in the garden. Did you know that lilies are very poisonous to cats ? (I learnt this recently on FreeKibble !) Azaleas (not pictured) are very poisonous to dogs .....