Canberra Flora

glad you enjoyed your break pip and wish we had some of your weather, stunning pics to, so much colour :o)

Have to agree lovely summer plants we get in our gardens, thanks for sharing your photos with us when we are all freezing over here :o)

Thanks for taking us on a tour of your capital city. The flag you say is 3x the size of a double decker bus??? That's an incredible amount of material & it's changed every month! Wow! Must weigh a ton! I expect it gets changed so frequently because it will begin to get torn with the wind. I've noticed that many flags begin to fray at the end furthest from the mast. If not changed they tear to sheds after a few years.

The flowers are lovely & the roses fantastic! :-)) Shame you can't send us a little of your warmth! Here it's been freezing for the last week! :-((

Lovely pics. Pip :o)

What a lovely blog, its so nice to see all those wonderful flowers and enjoyed the sightseeing;0)

lovely pictures Pip, the sun and summer seem worlds away from here, i think that little blue plant ~ number 2 photo is part of the columbine family??? and photos 10 and 23 are cistus ~ i think.??

Thanks for showing this Pip,beautiful flowers.The roses are stunning.Glad you had a nice time :o))

Yes, definitely Sticki. They are lovely. All the plants look quite familiar, which is unusual for your blogs Pip! I love the parliament building, it is very modern isn't it. Really nice to see your sunshine...oh how lovely it would be to be able to feel it!! Thanks :))

Nice to see some lovely flowers :o)

The white one with spots (another mystery) is a Cistus
Also the very pink one (2nd of 2 more mysteries) is a cistus aswell

Pip....you photographed some beauties on your little getaway trip. Thanks for sharing these photos with us...it is nice to see when all around here it is cold, white and slippy.

The close-ups of the roses you found in a garden are really lovely :)

Thanks San, Carol, Balcony, Terra, Carole, Pip, Sandra, Karen, Hywel and Jacquie :o))))
Thanks for the ID also, I've changed the labels accordingly!

You're welcome. The only thing is I don't know the variety names. I have the pink one in my garden.

not in my garden ~ they need the sun!

I have them in my garden and we get lots of rain, but they seem to grow well :o)

Wow! Lovely to see all the greenery over there, you have some really lovely photos there, Pip! Glad that you had such a great time in Canberra...Thank you for sharing such great picts! \0/x

Thanks Flori :o)

Have you had any flooding down your way, Pip? The other day we heard on the news about flooding in the region of Sydney.

Happy Christmas.

No flooding down here, thankfully, Balcony! We never get flooded as our suburb is basically on a hill, but I believe there was flash flooding in other parts of Sydney. It's mainly the rural parts of NSW that get flooded, though!

I'm so glad to hear that you haven't been flooded, Pip! :-))

So am I... lol. :o)