Fortunately I have something to show this month as part of Carol’s “Garden Bloggers Bloom Day”. April was a write-off with most of my flowers dying off or failing to bloom early enough. Yet this month has been a standout, thanks predominantly to our beautiful Aussie natives.

So, without further adoo sit back and enjoy a few of our wonderful blooms.

This fabulous borage self-seeded right next to the kid’s playground equipment and has happily grown over the past few months blooming far better in this location than in the herb garden I prepared for them. Go figure.

This Arctotis hugs the ground in one of our front garden beds and flowers for most of the year. Last month it was looking a little tired from the end of summer but with a few May showers it’s sprung back into life.
Bordering on our shade garden is this wonderful Yuletide camellia. It has been fairly slow-growing but I think this has been mainly attributed to its lack of sunlight. Yet, it still flowers profusely at the start of winter.
The sum total of my veggie patch at the moment. Red cabbages and rainbow chard.
I’ve talked about the foliage on my Grevillea ‘Canterbury Gold’ before and you’ve seen the blooms in my logo but here they are close up. Exquisite detail makes grevilleas a must for Aussie gardens.
Last month, this Grevillea johnsonii was pecked to pieces by the honey-eaters so finally it’s getting some well-deserved reprieve before they maul it again during winter. I have just planted another grevillea, G. magnifica, as well and will hopefully have some blooms for you in the next month or two.
This is a close-up of Correa pulchella ‘Firestorm’ that I shared recently. It hasn’t stopped flowering since I bought it nearly 5 weeks ago.
Leschenaultia formosa ‘El Dorado’. It’s a beautiful form of leschenaultia that grows native in this region. I have just planted another species, L. biloba, which displays the most amazing blue flowers you will have ever seen. Stay tuned.