Green Thumb Sunday - Strelitzia Reginae

I haven't taken part in this challenge in a while, and I noticed my strelitzias starting to flower today... sooo I just had to take some pics... especially when I noticed the weird looking bud!

Inside the Strelitzia

Strelitzia flower starting to open
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Green Thumb Sunday - Lavender at dusk

Taken in my garden this evening

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Green Thumb Sunday - Felicia

I love the little felicias. They're indigenous too, so they're very easy to grow.
I took this photo of Connor too, to illustrate how small the felicia flowers are (you can see them behind him).

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Green Thumb Sunday - Yellow daisy

This little daisy like flower springs up every year in the garden, no matter how much I try get rid of it. It's pretty enough for it not to be a problem.

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Ouma's veggies

Found in Tannie Gwen's veggie garden in Parys.

Cabbage

The perfect tomato

... and then the MASSIVE mishapen one.

Tiny butterfly on the brinjal plant. It was the size of a 20c piece.

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Wild garlic

While I was taking photos of the wild garlic...

... Connor was eating it. LOL!

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My garden today

I've had a lot of comments from people wondering what my garden actually looks like, so I've decided to post some pics of it. This is looking out from the balcony where the study is, looking from right to left. The pictures actually do follow and overlap a bit.
It's a bit of a "before" scene, as a lot is going to change in the next few months. Madi's husband gave me a lot of ideas when they came for a braai (barbeque) a few weeks ago), and I'm dying to start.

The white bit in the photo below is a garden umbrella.

The pool area. On the left of the photo, behind the wall, there's another little garden filled with tropical looking plants. Excuse the mess, LOL, with the pool net etc.

The sandy bit at the top of the photo is where we're planting new trees to hide the neighbours house. There is another flower bed further to the right with my roses, and then the garden goes around the house to a kitchen garden where I've got a small herb flower bed.

It's big hey!

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Beetle

This beetle was on the leaves of the irises all day today. It wasn't too impressed when I tried to take a photo of it, and reared up to try and touch the camera.

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Raindrops

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I really enjoy taking photos of raindrops around the garden. So, I couldn't resist going out while it was still raining to get some shots.

Symmetrical raindrops
Raindrops on the thatch lapa

Green Thumb Sunday - Australian Flame Tree flower

We have a beautiful Australian Flame tree growing in our garden. It was hit very badly by the frost in winter, and is only starting to recover now. It's show of flowers is not as magnificent this year, as it was last year; but they're still beautiful.

Green Thumb Sunday - raindrops on the agapanthas

We, yet again, had a rainy Sunday, so we didn't do much today. Not that I'm moaning, my garden needed the shower :)