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Having been away from my garden, small as it is, since Tuesday 20th October (nearly 3 weeks), it has dawned on me how rent asunder I feel. In that time, I have seen it twice, plus we have endured a 37.5C day. I expect a lot of damage when we are re-united on Thursday.
But that will be a challenge for me to overcome which I shall relish.
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These photos were taken in Vic Park as I walked up to the University on Friday to hand back my swipe card and say hoo-roo. Agapanthus and Jacaranda flower at the same time and are close to the same colours - except that aggies can also be white.
Come Friday, I will start to post about the new venue for my transportable garden1
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I'm very curious, as always. Like the way you caught the agapanthus in action. Over here we also call them Queen of the Nile.
I have not heard them called that at all. Any idea why they have that name? Google is overwhelmed by information about a poker machine game of that name!
Well, I elevated the status. It is known as Lily of the Nile. Originally put in the Lily family, it has now been moved to its own category. And the Nile was just plain wrong on someone's part, because it is from So Africa. But we Yanks have held on to the name nonetheless.
Yeah, agree with the RSA as country of origin.
Non-botannical names are hard to let go of. We have a bush called a callistemon which for eons we have called a "bottle brush" because that is what it looks like.
Picked up the keys to the new apartment this arvo and surveyed it empty.
As usual, not enough power points and I am amazed where some pp are located.
Callistmon do look like bottle brushes but how long is it since you've seen a bottle brush? Did dishwashers or diposable bottles do away with the need for them?
Another of life's little mysteries, like why are the powerpoints never where you need them.
Looking forward to seeing your new abode.
Did I tell you I have many plants from Down Under? My front hedge is grewia, there's a beautiful grevillea, banksias, pittosporum, boronia …
Ah: you had me stumped with "grewia" so I had to look it up and according to Wiki is comes from the sub-continent. However, all the others are from Australia. I used to have an entire row of "robyn gordon" grevilleas alternating with Australian Christmas Bush on my verge in St Ives. Made a gorgeous display coming into Christmas. Boronia has an exquisite perfume. There is a lovely one known as "bacon'n'eggs" - because of it yellow and brown colouring. We Aussies can be annoyingly literal at times! I must go check it out at the local nursery.
Joan: I hardly ever have a dishwasher in places that I rent. In the apartment that I owned in Bondi Beach I had a dishwasher and rarely used it. I like the ritual of keeping a kitchen clean. What happened to the bottle brush? I think it was the change in milk packaging that led to its demise. Such a useful little tool, too.
I shake my head at powerpoints. In a bedroom, why would you NOT put a double pp on the unobstructed wall? Surely that is where the bed head will be and people have electric blankets, bedside lights and all manner of rechargers that get connected as they go to bed.
I will show you what I mean later today BEFORE the furniture goes in.
Knobbly knees? You're just mad because I mixed up the grewia.
Beautiful shades of purple. I would love to have a tree like the one in the last photo.
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