Whats Looking Good In May 2023

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    Oh that merits lots of sing-y, dancey smilies! Well done you! And thank goodness it's come true after such a long wait :)
     
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        Melaleuca is looking its best ever and contrasts nicely with the Callistemon now dying off ...

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        The Yellow at the top is the Tecoma stans sneaking in.

        I put the close up of the blooms on Saturday ...
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          @CarolineL....I was edging today when assailed by a beautiful perfume.....et voilĂ  :biggrin: One of the Acacias that you kindly sent me....There's a label somewhere (:redface:) but it's a lovely, soft yellow and looking at the leaves, and given the late flowering, could be retinoides.


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            A few roses.



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              The Honeysuckle has come back on the Dining Patio after last year's massacre ...
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              Also, the birds seeded one in the Rockery and we transplanted it to a trough by the house and it has its first blooms nesting in the Bougainvilla ...
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                Acers looking even better now.
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                Coronilla
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                Wisteria.
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                Actinidia kolomikta has a few tricoloured leaves now recovering from frost damage.
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                  That all looks stunning now Clive.
                   
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                    @noisette47 - your acacia is looking a lot better than my retinodes which have died due to frost! However acacia boormanii seems to have just about survived and valiantly attempted some flowers
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                      Oh that's a beautiful colour! I've been coddling mine too much, he's yet to flower :) Strangely, retinoides is sold over here as being as hardy as dealbata :scratch:
                       
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                        @strongylodon Your Acers are really lovely, I like them very much! :)
                         
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                          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                          Second year plants both croaked in my garden last winter, grown from your seed.
                          As a side line those Dietes seeds are coming up like cress.
                           
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                            A few Clematis and Iris...

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                              And Zantedeschias....


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                                Woos Garden covered in cherry blossom:smile:

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