I love this time of year and especially October 2017. After one of the driest winters on record, October has been wet and the collateral 'damage' is that all the Spring flowers are rejoicing in the change of season and putting on a great show.
For those overseas I should point out that Spring in Armidale often means something rather different to European or North American experience. With the rainfall this October we've also had some remarkably high temperatures, reaching 28 degrees C (82 F) on one day, but mainly oscillating between 17 and 24 C (62 to 74 F). That's mid-summer in Britain, but here it's roughly the equivalent of the northern April.
Anyway, let the flowers display themselves. I'll only name the third from last, which I think will be unfamiliar to my readers. That's our Banksia Rose (Rosa banksiae 'lutea'), which dense masses of little yellow flowers. It took me only 5 minutes to ramble around our garden and take these pictures and much credit must go to Dot who looks after them very well. Note also our green grass. The enormous rain we've had turned brownish grass into bright green because of the warm weather and the absence of frosts.
AS
For those overseas I should point out that Spring in Armidale often means something rather different to European or North American experience. With the rainfall this October we've also had some remarkably high temperatures, reaching 28 degrees C (82 F) on one day, but mainly oscillating between 17 and 24 C (62 to 74 F). That's mid-summer in Britain, but here it's roughly the equivalent of the northern April.
Anyway, let the flowers display themselves. I'll only name the third from last, which I think will be unfamiliar to my readers. That's our Banksia Rose (Rosa banksiae 'lutea'), which dense masses of little yellow flowers. It took me only 5 minutes to ramble around our garden and take these pictures and much credit must go to Dot who looks after them very well. Note also our green grass. The enormous rain we've had turned brownish grass into bright green because of the warm weather and the absence of frosts.
AS
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