I have a love-hate relationship with Garden Blogger's Bloom Day. I love to look at everyone else's gardens but hate showing off mine. I always feel that my flowers don't quite measure up and find it hard to snap images of flowers that I've been living with for the past few months.

Regardless, when I sit down and upload the photos from my camera to the computer a sense of pride wells within. Here in front of me are the photos that have adorning my garden beds that I have been tending. It's like some form of reward for the effort that one puts into their gardens and it is quite a reward!

While foliage and textures are making bold moves on the home garden scene they really are 'poor cousins' to the magnificence of our blooms. And, I guess the temporary nature of flowers - the fact that they only appear for short bursts - adds to their charm. When a plant begins to flower, it almost immediately changes the landscape and something very special begins to be unveiled.

As a precursor to my images, let me qualify that March in Australia is one of those very awkward gardening months. Summer is trying to finish and autumn is on its way and most of our plants are heaving a sigh of relief from the constant barrage of hot weather. The mulch I applied in spring has almost dissipated and the compost I fertilised my garden with last month is now only starting to take effect.

The garden really is getting ready to take a break - and who can blame it. It's been a long, hot summer.

So, without any further ado, here are the flowers that are blooming in my garden at the moment.

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day (GBBD) is a meme started by Carol from May Dreams Garden and encourages gardeners to share what's flowering in their gardens on the 15th of each month.