On the beach in Wooli.
Poinsettias in a vase make a good show but...are not reliable cutflowers as they wilt quickly.
A small collection of succulents, the white one is a very pretty cactus which grows since many years in this tiny pot. Perhaps I have to give it a bigger one soon.
Snowdrops, Schneegloecklein, Leucojum aestivum, "Irene" is the name of the lady who gave a pot full to my daughter and L. in return offered some corms to me. Irene died in 1990, she was a nice lady and I remember her every winter time I see her snowdrops in flower.
This succulent grows like a little tree and makes bunches of starlike flowers.
I planted a bougainvillea, my daughter made from a cutting, in this pot. Waiting for the warmer times to grow rapidly. For the moment the little terracotta bird has made its home in this pot. 
There are still some late Camellias flowering but "Drama Girl" has nearly ended her blooming season. She has been very generous because we had good rainfall to keep her dancers feet nice and moist.
I couldn't praise more the merits of succulents. They are stylish, elegant, easy to grow, cheap to propagate; look practically after themselves, don't need to be pampered, don't need much water ; always cheerful, never talk back and are great companions around the garden! 
Basket fern, Drynaria vigidula. I have cut off the old green fronds. Please click to see the intricacy of the basket leaves.
I like Echeverias and how they change their colouring. I think they are the most charming plants and easy to grow too.
Daffodil Erlicheer is the only Daffodil that returns faithfully every winter in my garden.
Succulents are planted in pots in my garden, mainly because I have clay soil that stays wet for a long time after torrential rains we get in summer and winter.
Furkapass with view to Grimselroute. Switzerland, Holidays September 07;
Oberalp Pass (Romansh: Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera, German: Oberalppass) (el. 2044 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis and Andermatt at.
The Rhine springs from a source nearby (Tomasee).
Oberalpsee is located 20 m below, in direction of Andermatt.
Furka Pass (el. 2431 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri.
The Furka-Oberalp-Bahn line through the Furka Tunnel bypasses the pass. The base tunnel opened in 1982 and replaced a tunnel at 2100 m.
Grimsel Pass (German: Grimselpass) (el. 2165 m.) is a Swiss high mountain pass between the valley of the Rhone River in the canton of Valais and the Haslital (upper valley of the Aar river) in the canton of Bern.
It is located near the source of the Rhone at the Rhone Glacier. Also in the area is the Grimsel Test Site.
Susten Pass (German: Sustenpass) (el. 2224 m.) is a mountain pass in the Swiss Alps. The pass road, built from 1938-1945, connects Innertkirchen in the canton of Bern with Wassen in the canton of Uri.
Klausen Pass (German: Klausenpass) (el. 1948 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Uri and Glarus. The pass road from Altdorf leads through the Schächen Valley, the pass and Urnerboden to Linthal in Glarus.
According to legend, the border between Glarus and Uri was determined in the year 1315, following prolonged disputes. The two cantons agreed that at first cockcrow, two runners would start from Altdorf and Linthal, respectively, and the border would be where they met. The people of Glarus decided to feed their cock well, so that it might be sympathetic to their cause, while the people of Uri gave theirs nothing to eat at all. The result was that the Glarus cock overslept, while the Uri one, driven by hunger, crowed exceptionally early, and the runner of Uri crossed the entire Urnerboden before the Glarus runner even set out. On the pleading of the Glarus runner, the man of Uri agreed to let him carry him back uphill as far as he could, and the present border between Uri and Glarus is where the Glarus runner fell dead.
As well as being a popular route for cyclists and motorcyclists, the Klausenpass also forms part of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland.
In 2008 the pass was included on the parcours for the "Tour de Suisse" as a 25km time trial on the western side from the town of Altdorf. It was the penultimate stage and was was won by Czech rider Roman Kreuziger for team Liquigas in a time of 1 hour and 22 seconds. His winning of this critical stage handed him the yellow leaders jersey which he held onto following the last stage from Altdorf to Bern the following day, resulting in overall victory. Wikipedia
A new morning born of he sun.
Asclepia physocarpa has subtle coloured flowers, creamy white with soft purple. It is host to the caterpillar of the Wanderer Butterfly. It has a balloon seedpod filled with silky filaments. The seeds are attached to the filaments. Once the pod bursts open the seeds fly with the wind and are distributed this way.
Asclepias L. (1753), the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It used to belong to the family Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as a subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Milkweeds are an important nectar source for bees and other nectar seeking insects, and a larval food source for monarch butterflies and their relatives, as well as a variety of other herbivorous insects (including numerous beetles, moths, and true bugs) specialized to feed on the plants despite their chemical defenses. Milkweed is named for its milky juice, which contains alkaloids, caoutchouc, and several other complex compounds including cardenolides. Some species are known to be toxic.
Carolus Linnaeus named the genus after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, because of the many folk-medicinal uses for the milkweed plants.
Pollination in this genus is accomplished in an unusual manner, as the pollen is grouped into complex structures called pollinia (or "pollen sacs"), rather than being individual grains, as is typical for plant pollen. The flower petals are smooth and rigid, and the feet of visiting insects (predominantly large wasps, such as spider wasps, which visit the plants for nectar) slip into notches in the flowers, where the sticky bases of the pollinia attach to the feet, pulling the pollen sacs free when the pollinator flies off. Bees, including honey bees only gather nectar from milkweed flowers, and are generally not effective pollinators despite the frequency of visitation.
Tillandsia ioantha fits itself into the fork of a Banksia.
Tillandsia ionantha or Sky Plant is native from Mexico to Nicaragua where they grow on deciduous trees and rocks from 600 to 1650 meters. They have miniature rosettes of grayish green leaves reaching about 2 inches (5-10 cm) in height. It is an attractive plant that is great for growing on bark slabs.
Propagation: Tillandsia ionantha are easily propagated by removal of offshoots, www.plantoftheweek.org/
A tree fern seed has found a space to grow from the drainage hole in a pot planted with an orchid, see the root emerging.
Tree-ferns are the largest of the ferns and can provide a spectacular addition to most gardens. The tree-ferns Cyathea australis and Cyathea cooperi are commonly grown in gardens and displays for this aesthetic appeal and their hardiness. Both of these species are of the fern family Cyatheraceae.
A pair of white faced Herons, Egretta hovahollandiae, use this Araucaria since many years as a nesting place. Every Year they rise 1 or 2 babies.
A mushroom grows in the leaf litter and has split to form a flower. 
A seed from a " clustering parlour palm" Chamaedorea seifricii has been in the mulch. It has grown to a cluster of slender palms which flowers and has red berries to seed again.
Orchid growing in a pot plays also host to three different ferns, the seeds have established themselves without asking and the plants are emerging through the draining holes.
Black eyed Susan, Thunbergia alata, has taken advantage of an old, broken bottlebrush tree to climb up and show her best side. On the side of the tree is also a Dendrobium orchid hanging on!
Here my favoured pet munching away on tender rose leaves, why not, those tender fresh shoots are so inviting....if I were a grass hopper I would go for them too... 
The Queen of the Night makes full use of a Jacaranda tree. The nights when the the queen is out in full glory you don't want to go to sleep.
A pretty, varigated climber has found a ladder to investigate further up, and perhaps reach the sky!
Lots of different, beautiful fungi grow in my woodland garden, where it is moist and rotting logs provide food. I love them and marvel how intricate and beautiful they are.
Mosses grow over bush rocks. In times of drought they disappear completely. As soon as there is enough moisture around they grow profusely. 
Blue ants, green ants, jumping ants, tiny ants and more. This is a shiny black specie. They live in the leaves of trees, where they bunch together cobwebs with leaf litter to make nests. It is all right as long one doesn't make contact with their nest, if one does, a confrontation occurs and the ants are very fast! 
The climbing Allamanda has huge, sunny yellow trumpets. Bees and other insects take advantage of this opportunity to collect nectar and pollen.
One more fern plantlet is emerging from a drainage hole of a hanging pot. It looks like a Pteris specie. Fern seeds are very, very fine and very opportunistic.
In this pot grows a Euphorbia plant. An Euphorbia seedling is growing and a Begonia is the cuckoo in the nest.
It was very wet and these ants are saving themselves and the nest looking for a dry home. They want to move into this pot.
Orchid roots are growing until they find something suitable to hold on to.
A staghorn seed has grown into this monster in around twenty years.
Native, smallish wasps take over the peruvian morning glory shrub to build their hives. The hives hang literally by a thread and the wasps add to it, always building. They are not agressive but when they sting it hurts.
Believe it or not: A hedge between keeps friendship green. Proverb
Organic tip of the week.
Organic Food Is Better For You Says Scientific Study
The largest scientific study of it's kind recently found that organic food really is more nutritious for you than its conventional counterpart.
A 4 year, $25 million dollar European Union funded study found the following with regards to organic food and "regular" food:
There are 40% more antioxidants in the organic food
Milk that is taken from organic herds contains 90% more antioxidants
There were higher levels of beneficial minerals like zinc (something almost everyone is deficient in) and iron in the organic produce
These results were gathered by the researchers by having fruits and vegetables grown, and cattle raised, on adjacent organic and non-organic sites.
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Photos T.S. from my garden.
Lake Hiawatha, Northern NSW Lake Hiawatha and Minnie Waters are two of the least disturbed coastal dune lakes in New South Wales, and are important and characteristic representations of coastal dune contact freshwater lakes.
Enjoy Skywatch Friday
A rain bedraggled Elina looks a little put out....I wonder why?
Catharantus roseus, Madagascar Periwinkle
Azalea "Bettina"
Cryptanthus, Earthstars are true terrestrials. If you would like to know more about them go to:Cryptanthus Online:http://members.iinet.net.au/
An early flowering Camellia sasanqua.
Hibiscus "Fiji": Hibiscus grow from cuttings made over the warmer time of the year. I cut a half ripe piece about 20 cm long, just under a node, dip it into a hormone powder and plant it in a pot with sandy soil or clay cat litter. In a few weeks small roots have formed and one has to be careful when replanting it, as the roots are very vulnerable at this stage.
Cordylines are the easiest plants to propagate. Cut off a stem and plant it.
Grevilleas grow and flower all year round. It is actually hard to prune them because their tips are always crowned with flowers. There are many species. Some are only for dry areas. They don't like wet feet. (Who does?) 
This pink Bougainvillea flowers all year round. With short resting periods in between. In spring it mingles with a wisteria. 
Majolica plate made by L.
Hibiscus are reliable, easy shrubs to grow.
Anthuriums make great cut flowers.
Lipstick pink Horsefallia loves to climb. It is a summer bloomer. End of winter it has lost all its leaves and is ready to be lightly pruned for its next exuberant display. It also plays host to a myriad of Nectar seeking insects. From the tiniest native bee, ( if you enlarge the picture, you can see a tiny trigona carbonaria on the top left flower. 
The glam, pink leaves of Lillypilly, Syzygium luehmannii, try to pronounce syz...I think I stick with Lillypilly!
Camellias are adding a lot of colour to my winter garden. They are excellent to plant under trees as they have only a small root system. They are not demanding plants. They may be pruned or left alone.
" Dreamtime", a crossbreed Azalea/Rhododendron. It is a very vigorous grower and flowers freely and generously. I always prune it back. If I let it grow it will reach a height of more than 2 m.
