shades of red
native spring flowers
sharing life
Bottlebrush
Eucalyptus
Grevillea
Waratah
Jill and I visited the Grampians/Gariwerd region recently, particularly Pomonal and Halls Gap to see the special displays, visit open gardens and look in the wild for specimens to photo. Here is a small selection of current flowering native plants we saw in the first two but not in the National Park. The weather did not co-operate for the latter part of the plan. The colours, variety and perfumes are amazing.
Haiku hound 
Shades of red indeed! these flowers are amazing!
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Out in the natural habitat they are scattered and vary in size, however when they are all brought together into an exhibition in a hall it is amazing.
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Gorgeous shades of red, I love the pinks especially ☺
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They are incredible together in an exhibition but more exciting to find them in the bush alone and hiding
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beautiful… just beautiful
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Thanks Annette, there were more varieties and shades but maybe another haiku
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Lovely shades of red!
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Thanks Magarisa, they certainly are and so exquisite too.
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You can’t really beat Mother Nature when performing naturally – it’s a case of gardeners ‘eat your heart out’! Beautifully photographed.
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Thanks Agnes. There is a combination of naturally occurring and in gardens photos but the gardens merge into the bush, they are so natural up there.
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These flowers are gorgeous and like nothing I’ve ever seen. Beautiful photography, Denis!
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Thanks Vashti. We are lucky to have such a range of native flowering plants in Australia especially here in Victoria. This is but a small selection of the displays we experienced recently.
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How lovely. I must get up to the Grampians one spring.
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Its the best time of the year, and lots of flowers are still in bloom now Sue. There is a nursery in Pomonal with an extensive native garden with checking out.
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I’ll get up there one of these years. It’s on my doorstep but I hardly ever get there. I must make more of an effort.
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A nice haiku Denis, and the images are awesome, so different than anything I see here. Sounds like a lovely visit.
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Thanks Pat. We have a vast range of very different and colourful flora than other continents.
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That you do:)
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Goodness, so much beauty, most of which I am completely unfamiliar with. I have a couple eucalyptus plants but have never seen one in flower. Your haiku and photos to together very nicely Denis.
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Thanks Melissa. We are so lucky with our huge range of indigenous plants in Australia.
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fabulous flowers!
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Thanks Sharmishtha, we visit this display as an annual pilgrimage
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The Eucalyptus looks out of this world. All that little ‘fingers’ 😀 Very pretty~~
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They are one of many fascinating species naturally occurring here Joyce
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Wow, Denis. I’ve been going through all your floral posts and they are a delight to my eye. Wonderful photography and haiku. ❤
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So beautiful! Love it!
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Lovely, colourful post and the textures of these flowers also intrigues me! Thanks for sharing! I have just started a poetry blog here on WordPress in case you have time to have a look? Have a good day, Sam 🙂
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Thanks Sam. These are quite quite examples of Australian flora.
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