Thursday, 5 January 2023

Flowers...



I don't seem to see many garden beds or flowers around Greymouth. When we lived in Tauranga I hated it with literally a passion but one thing we saw lots of was pretty flowers planted along the edges of roads and intersections. This one had a mixture of what looks like Alyssum and Impatiens - so colourful. 

 

So far here in my backyard we've planted a mandarin tree, a lemon tree and a cherry tree - outside the front of the house I planted 3 red roses which are already blooming.  I think my town needs more colour, especially in Summer. So far here it's been very hot with low humidity so our nights have been very warm and very dry. It's hard to sleep with even a sheet but getting the washing dry outside is easy.

Linking up with Skywatch Friday and Tom's signs. 

15 comments:

William Kendall said...

Quite pretty!

local alien said...

You do need colour in your life. Those Tauranga flowers are brilliant but now you need your own show. Plant plant plant.
One thing I hate about summer here is it's browness. It's the bougainvillea that is the summer colour here

Fun60 said...

The ups and downs of a hot climate. Flowers brighten up any area. Maybe you can start a trend for more hanging baskets and flower beds.

Tigger's Mum said...

I rather prefer the splashes of colour to the regimented plantings. They are a little more like nature might have created them.

roentare said...

Great flowers in arrangement

At Home In New Zealand said...

We have some pretty garden islands popping up around the city again this summer. So nice to see them come back after having overgrown weeds the last couple of years because of covid restrictions.

Tom said...

...beauty that we will need to wait for.

Bill said...

Very pretty to see.

Jocelyn said...

Beautiful flowers.

Carol @Comfort Spring Station said...

not many flower beds for summer but they're pretty

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Beautiful blooms, especially the first photo. I much prefer hot/dry to hot/humid.

Pisi Prkl said...

I miss Summer. Platning a tree is such nice thing to do. Mother Nature thanks you. Everybody who can affort it should do it. Imagine all those trees.

Light and Voices said...

Glad you are planting trees and flowers.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Flowers really add a lot to a city.
I grew up in the mountain west of the US. Summers were hot but dry. We never had air conditioning but somehow we survied.

csuhpat1 said...

Such beautiful flowers

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