Monday morning stroll through the Garden

It has been raining in Brisbane on and off for the last week or so and this morning I woke up to beautiful sunshine. Here are some pictures of the native trees and shrubs in bloom.

Rain Forest Tree

Rain Forest Tree – Ice Cream Tree. The flesh of the large seed pods taste like Vanilla Ice Cream

New growth on a small leaf Lilly Pilly

The Powder Puff Lilly Pilly ready to explode with pink ballet skirt flowers

Native thicket bush in flower

Not a Native but a great tree – Neem tree

Silky Oak in flower

White Callistemon aka Bottle Brush

Broader leaf Lilli Pilly flower

The Flame Tree in Seed

Native Frangipani about to bloom. It will have tiny cream and yellow flowers with a heavenly fragrance.

My Sage in Flower.

In Brisbane, the three most prominent trees – Silky Oak, Flame Tree and Jacaranda all flower in sequence so there is a blaze of yellow, red and purple from September to December. Jacaranda flowering always heralds the start of November exams for students.