Daily Life

Bloomin’ Freezing

After an Indian summer and unseasonably warm autumn, this morning finally sent a message that winter is on its way, even as the warm weather grevillea in Kangaeroo Corner continued to thrive.

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We have three grevillea trees in the garden, all of which are fantastic growers. (And a fourth, ground-covering, grevillea that has also done well this year.)

Only one of them has ever flowered, though. But, oh how well it has bloomed! The star of our garden began shooting flowers in about April and has not stopped. It currently has about eight buds ready to flower.

The onset of cold weather probably means the flowers will no longer bloom until next spring, but we have had dozens over the year and the tree has been a highlight of our garden. I’m full of gratitude for its efforts.