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Erythrina humeana - dwarf coral tree. Nothing remains undersized
 in my garden - this one must be about 4m tall

The lovely part about Erythrina humeana is that it flowers in the
 summer unlike the larger species flowering in winter.
So if you have both you have beautiful sun burnt flowers through out a large portion of the year.

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Flowering stages of  Barleria albostellata

Hawk moth and Plectranthus heteroensis

13 cm long and 1.5cm thick
Probably larva of one of the hawk moths, demolished a whole bush of Plectranthus hereroensis!
And then I lost him, hopefully to see him flying around soon

Unidentified

Spotted these this morning. Can't identify!
First pic could possibly be weevils - second pic are the babies! Any ideas?

Mulching

The joy of mulching - rows of little mushrooms

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Barringtonia flowers fallen after the heavy rains.



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Dais cotinifolia

Planted about 11years ago this tree produced 1 little pom pom flower last year.
This year we seem to have been luckier, we have about 6 flowers.
Not really suited to coastal areas but more an inland forest lover I presume this is the reason for poor flowering ability.
In full bloom in correct area this tree is magnificent - resembling one big pink pom pom - and smells like marshmallows!!

 

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Barringtonia racemosa

The most beautiful Powder Puff Tree or Barringtonia racemosa.
 A mangrove - usually found in coastal swamp areas and along rivers, but not able to tolerate high saline levels.
I planted this one about 10 years ago at the entrance of our driveway - I never water it!!
Produces flowers about 9 months of the year.
There are masses of long brackets just smothered in pink powder puffs that float to the ground early morning.
Flowers look so lovely placed in a bowl of water.
 

White Summer flowers

 






A white Monday

a picture for you

Never lonely out there