My local Box-Ironbark forest (encompassing Gobarup and Whroo) is in full springtime bloom after many years of drought. Here are a few photographs of the floral specimens I spotted on the weekend - the vast majority of these plants have not flowered in the last decade - happy times!
Chocolate Lily Dichopogan strictus
Fringe Myrtle, Slender Rice-flower, and Eutaxia (colloquially known as Egg and Bacon)
Egg and Bacon
Fringe Myrtle Calytrix tetragona
Fringe Myrtle, Guinea-flower and Eutaxia
A kangaroo track carved through the wildflowers
Silky Tea-tree
This landscape reminds me a little of Monet's famous painting 'Red poppies at Argenteuil'
Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata
Golden Pennants Loudonia behrii
Violet Honey Myrtle Melaleuca wilsonii
This one is going into Mum and Dad's garden underneath the Silver Princess Gum.... I love that intense colour.
Nodding Blue Lily Stypandra glauca
Clustered Everlasting Helichrysum semipapposum
And on a similar vein - Grey Everlasting Helichrysum obcordatum
Billy Button Craspedia globosa
Common Everlasting Helichrysum apiculatum
Fairy wax-flower Eriostemon verrucosus
'Finger Flower' Cheiranthera linearis
Wax Flower
Everlasting Daisies amongst the Ironbark, Whroo Forest, Rushworth
Spring has definitely sprung in the bush!
Flower names from Flowers and Plants of Victoria, Published by A.H and A.W. Reed, Sydney 1968
Flower names from Flowers and Plants of Victoria, Published by A.H and A.W. Reed, Sydney 1968
Oh such loveliness! Makes me want to live in some hut in the forest rather than the burbs -only I'd really miss my internet connection. Thanks for the little slice of country beauty...
ReplyDeleteThanks Allison. I love getting out of Melbourne every now and then, and the rubbish internet connections definitely contribute to a better work ethic!
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