Blooms and Berries

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Summer is definitely just around the corner now and we’re starting to feel it more and more every day. Today was another hot one, with a high of 33 deg C, and I only lasted until around 10.30 am out in the garden.

While out and about I noticed three little Caladiums rising from their dormancy now in the shade house garden.

The huge stand of Dracaena reflexa (Song of India) is flowering.

The blooms are rather small and insignificant compared to the stunning variegated leaves.

There’s another plant that is flowering right now and its blooms are also hard to spot.

My Acalypha wilkesianas are in bloom, but you have to get close to see the pale yellow bracts and the tiny spiky flowers.

There are also a number of quite old Cordylines in various spots around the property that are showing off sprays of berries right now.

These will slowly turn red in the coming weeks. These plants are Cordyline cannifolia, commonly known as the Palm Lily.

I’m keeping a close eye on the growth of the newly plants pergola garden space and so far, everything is doing extremely well.

I was concerned the young Agile Wallaby that’s been coming in for drinks at the pond each morning might start nibbling at some of the fleshier plants, but that hasn’t happened … yet!!!

While we’re supposedly nearing the end of our dry season, the bushland around us is very, very dry and there’s not a lot for the wallabies to eat out there. Sometimes during a quite long dry season they start to eat plants in my garden. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen with my newly planted garden spaces.

• 11 Oct, 2024
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