Spring in Queensland

[ozjohn]

Poinciania time. Trees just coming into bloom and an eastern water dragon a common harmless lizard in SE Queensland. Grows to about 2 ft in length.

[ozjohn]

PS the tree in the foreground is a jacaranda from South America.

[HistoricCoinage]

Just back from WA, the jacarandas are absolutely spectacular this time of year!

[Paddy]

I think this is one too. This one in Hong Kong and taken in 1986. The building is the Officer's mess of the Queens Gurkha Engineers - I suspect long since demolished by the new Chinese regime.

[blakeyboy]

This is what my garden looks like in the cold and damp!!

Cycad, Musa, Echium, Canna, Hedychium all wrapped up.

Soil heaters in the pots if it gets very cold.

I fit a translucent tarp across the veranda, and we get a small room full of plants to play cards in in the winter!

Lemon/lime cross full of fruit this year- gonna do some lime pickle....!!

 

[blakeyboy]

From the other direction

Turmeric, Delonix regia ( from old seeds from John), delicate hibiscus etc.

I got fed up with my dark garden so I've done something about it!!