Friday, 22 December 2023

A Spring Garden In New Zealand

  

A Spring Garden in New Zealand

 

For  my Christmas blog I am posting some photos of my Spring garden.

It was colourful and attracted many bees and insects, it contained many

weeds which they like more than my carefully selected flowers.


The foxgloves grow wild in the country side around here but they are an

introduced plant, not a native one.




There are geums, columbines and wild carrots to name a few,

At first I thought that they would smother the roses but lately the rose

bushes have come into their own, even surviving the blustery wind and

heavy rain which we had earlier this month.


At the back is an old fashioned weeping cherry tree which, when it blooms

looks like a handkerchief tree.



This is my lavender garden before it was in full flower.

Wishing you all a Meri Kirihimete.

All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2023