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25.01.2022 Some winter wildflowers to enjoy now: Blind Grass, Winter Donkey Orchids, Tribonanthes, Hovea Pungens & Sun Orchids.

25.01.2022 17th Feb - 1st meeting for 2020 & so much to enjoy: PLANT sales, PLANT display, PLANT raffle, catching up with gardening friends, plus an informative & very entertaining talk by Sabrina Hahn. Next meeting 16th March (South Perth Community Centre, 7.30 PM)

24.01.2022 Sandras beautiful night blooming jasmine (Cestrum Nocturnum) is blooming profusely right now, with the sensational perfume filling her house. Staying home has upsides: time to soak up your plants/garden & the birds, bees & other critters that inhabit your place.

23.01.2022 Can anyone identify this eucalyptus for Linda? It’s growing in her yard at Nannup. All help welcome.

21.01.2022 There was plenty to see in Kings Park yesterday & ample room to maintain social distancing.

21.01.2022 Clivias are enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Whether pronounced Clive+ia or Cliv+ia, this almost unkillable plant is fashionable worldwide: Japan, the US, Europe, China, South Africa, NZ & Australia. As well as the usual orange flowers, there are new colours, colour combinations & leaf forms. They’ll grow from Tasmania to the tropics in Oz.

21.01.2022 Clivia hybrids are the plant to relish this week. Theyre bold & beautiful, colourful, easy-care, with strappy leaves, stunning in flower & great in dry shady spots. Just watch out for the slugs who love them too!

20.01.2022 Are you up for a verge show & tell? Ill go first as I love the way these colourful everlastings transform my otherwise drab mulched verge. Please either post your photos - or send them to me - message or email - & Ill post them for you ([email protected])

19.01.2022 Pretty as a picture & growing happily in a northern suburb on the sandy coastal plain. Pincushion Protea are low maintenance, with long lasting blooms, are drought resistant & like warm climates. Sadly they’re short lived, approx 8 years, but provide the wow factor during this time.

19.01.2022 SWEET PEAS ... Universally loved Always fragrant Always colourful Able to evoke memories... Flower from September to April. Plant seeds now & look forward to an extravaganza later in the year!

19.01.2022 The urban bush land areas are flaunting patches of stunning colour. Theyre worth a visit as you can get a gardening/bush fix, some exercise & fresh air, & can maintain social distancing without an effort.

19.01.2022 Wouldnt it be nice if we could travel Out to see the wildflowers in the spring? And see plants like this Verticordia That are growing near Gingin?

18.01.2022 If you could plant one more tree at your place, what would it be? A fruit tree to eat the produce, a flowering tree to attract bees, a deciduous one for the colour, a dwarf variety for your balcony or courtyard, or something else? Consider this before National Garden Week - 11-17 Oct ( weve been encouraged to plant a tree) & let us know your choice.

18.01.2022 Enjoy your garden. Stay safe. Will be updating you re Circle plans. Whats blooming at your place? I have this Grevillea Moonlight.

18.01.2022 This plant was recently photographed at Mt Cooke, near Jarrahdale, WA. Does anyone know its name? Paraserianthes lophantha perhaps but flowers dont seem to be to type. Any takers?

17.01.2022 Gum blossom - out now & very pretty in yellow & pink & white.

16.01.2022 Images courtesy of Merilyns recent trip up-north. N.B. The Sept Circle meeting is planned (Mon 21st) with some modifications: hand sanitiser, seat spacing, library returns ONLY, request for correct money (entry $5, raffle $2), BYO cup & NO food contributions for supper! Will include speaker, plant sales, pop-up shop, plant display & raffle.

16.01.2022 Sunflowers - cheerful & happy flowers, valued for their charm, seeds & oil. Although late in the season, I’ve been asked if any ‘Circle’ people have or know of a sunflower field. Please follow-up with a comment if you can help. Thank you.

16.01.2022 A handful of circle members helped with weeding & mulching in two areas of the Inglewood Triangle as a National Garden Week activity. The before (Oct 2019) & after (Feb 2020) photos show the difference this made & how the seedlings are progressing four months later. A precedent for involvement in community projects was established in the late 1990s when Circle members helped at numerous venues: a wellness centre (1999), a hospice (2000), a drug & alcohol rehab centre (2001) & primary school (2003). BTW do you recognise the backside on display in the before shot?

16.01.2022 Plenty of Banksia flowers are on display in cultivated parks & urban bush land at the moment, making a very impressive statement.

14.01.2022 Today is National Wattle day, and here are the lovely pom poms of Acacia pulchella (Prickly Moses) now flowering in the Triangle Apparently, Wattle Day should... be a "simple, sentimental and uncomplicated occasion", so when the rain stops, why not take a stroll in Ingelwood Triangle, or join us for one of the planned Spring walks https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/117265912501 See more

13.01.2022 It is a great year for Grass Trees, & Ruth captured aspects of these stately beauties at a reserve in Greenwood, including a hover fly & bee enjoying the flowers along the impressive spikes.

13.01.2022 ... & now for something different, the delicate feathery form of ornamental grasses, which combine showy undulation with elegant charm.

12.01.2022 Are you up for a verge show & tell? I’ll go first as I love the way these colourful everlastings transform my otherwise drab mulched verge. Please either post your photos - or send them to me - message or email - & I’ll post them for you ([email protected])

12.01.2022 SPOTLIGHT - the humble Ivy Geranium (Pelargonium Peltatum) provides months of colour with bright green leaves & red-purple flowers. Can trail over pots or grow up a tomato tower (pictured). Needs wind protection, soluble fertiliser & sun. CIRCLE UPDATE - committee are meeting via Zoom online!

11.01.2022 What a glorious splash of colour to brighten an alfresco area! N.B. the Circles AGM is on Monday 15th March 2021 at 7.30 PM

11.01.2022 Circle Members ... an opportunity to catch-up with gardening friends, On Sunday 23rd August 2020, From 10.30am, At the Cannington Exhibition Hall. This Circle rendezvous is piggybacking on the SE Orchid Societies show & championship.... Entry $5, includes displays & plant sales See more

11.01.2022 Two bromeliads now blooming in Jacques garden: Aechmea gamosepala (endemic to Brazil). Commonly called matchstick bromeliad as the flower spike has many thick purplish-pink bracts with iridescent tips, that look like quirky matchsticks lined up the stem.

11.01.2022 Winter flora in the Stirling Ranges and the Albany region.

11.01.2022 A real plant display is better than a virtual one. So were hoping the Gardeners Circle can meet in August. But it depends on Phase 5 going ahead (1st August), which will remove the 2 square metre rule. The Circle website will keep you updated.

11.01.2022 Went looking for early wildflowers in urban bushland & discovered these beautiful Banksias.

10.01.2022 Can anyone identify this eucalyptus for Linda? Its growing in her yard at Nannup. All help welcome.

10.01.2022 Echinacea (Cone flowers): attractive, fragrant, drought tolerant, low maintenance, long flowering perennials with a prominent central cone. Attract beneficial insects in the garden & suitable for fresh & dried arrangements.

09.01.2022 Garden friends ..: Gardenders’ Circle friends will meet from 6.40pm on Mon 19 April at the South Perth Civic Centre.

09.01.2022 Australian ground covers with the trifector - Fire resistant - Drought tolerant - Attract fauna

09.01.2022 Signs of spring are everywhere ... with buds bursting & bugs emerging. Enjoy

08.01.2022 Prepare a reward for yourself. It’s time to plant garlic, sweet peas & spring bulbs now to enjoy the flavour, fragrance & display later in the year.

08.01.2022 MEETINGS - April, May & June are cancelled. Well update you when reviewed. STAYING CONNECTED - the next Four Seasons is being prepared, monthly newsletters are planned, plus frequent Facebook posts. WHATS BLOOMING - Jans stunning Coral Vine, a feral bee magnet. ... REMEMBER to enjoy your garden!

08.01.2022 My favourite colour is autumn whatever the hue, & its almost finished for this year. (assorted grapes, Golden Ash & Maple)

07.01.2022 Dahlias - able to delight with their diverse form & colour right throughout autumn.

05.01.2022 Irises - stunning, symbolic & immortalised by Van Gogh & Monet. Painted by Van Gogh while in isolation at an asylum the year before his death. Among Monets favourite flowers, Irises flourished in his gardens & featured in many paintings.... As a genus they symbolise faith, hope, wisdom & courage, with yellow Irises a symbol of passion.

04.01.2022 Images courtesy of Merilyn’s recent trip ‘up-north’. N.B. The Sept Circle meeting is planned (Mon 21st) with some modifications: hand sanitiser, seat spacing, library returns ONLY, request for correct money (entry $5, raffle $2), BYO cup & NO food contributions for supper! Will include speaker, plant sales, pop-up shop, plant display & raffle.

04.01.2022 Save the date ... & enjoy this event!

04.01.2022 Part 2 - stills of ornamental grasses

04.01.2022 Grevilleas have made inroads into the verges & gardens of the coastal plain, enhancing older traditional gardens. This gorgeous selection are flowering in the area around my home (Inglewood) at present.

04.01.2022 Certainly stunning - the Rhyncholaeliocattleya Taida Eagle Eye is an orchid hybrid originated by Taida in 2003. It is a cross of Rlc. Meditation x C. Madeleine Knowlton. Whose garden do you think this was grown in?

04.01.2022 Jan loves the way her verge fills with self seeded plants in winter & spring - then reverts to mostly mulch in summer.

04.01.2022 This plant was recently photographed at Mt Cooke, near Jarrahdale, WA. Does anyone know it’s name? Paraserianthes lophantha perhaps but flowers don’t seem to be to type. Any takers?

04.01.2022 Flowering plants that attract bees & other pollinating insects to gardens ...

04.01.2022 IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Gardening hasnt been cancelled (Sydney Wildflower Nursery) SO ...... Go play in your garden (Garden Clubs of Australia) Stay safe & keep on gardening (Diggers) Keep calm & garden on (GreenLife Soils) Keep calm & carry on gardening (Dawsons) This Achmea Shelldancer is flowering in Jacques garden.

04.01.2022 Our next meeting is 730pm this Monday 16th September at the usual venue of The South Perth Civic Centre, Sangate Street. At this meeting member Kingsley Gray will be presenting My journey as a gardener' and member Kim Holbrook will be presenting Copiapoa and other wonders of Northern Chile. The Perth Hills Veggie Company will have a Pop Up Shop selling heritage vegetable seeds and seedlings just in time for spring planting.... Participate in the usual raffle and dont forget to bring a flowering plant for the display table and a contribution for the evening supper. It will be a full meeting. Dont forget also the Garden Clubs and Plant Societies Plant Fair at the South Perth Civic Centre and The Friends of Kings Park Native Plant Sale at the Exhibition Ground in Kings Park, both this Saturday and Sunday 14 and 15th September. Spring is here!

04.01.2022 After the six month hiatus, a guesstimated 120 enthusiastic gardeners were keen to enjoy the gorgeous display of spring flowers at the September Circle meeting, coping with the reconfigured hall, plant display & sales, & the revised supper format.

03.01.2022 Would someone ID this stunning bloom from Albany WA please?

03.01.2022 Not rare or exotic, but definitely eye-catching. Remember ... the first Circle meeting in ages is on next Monday: 21st Sept

03.01.2022 Awed by the eye catching beauty, style & colour of this seasonal selection.

02.01.2022 Lavender - attractive, aromatic, sun-loving, hardy, low maintenance, drought tolerant, bee magnet! The main varieties (English, French, Italian/Spanish) & hybrids have a range of colours (purple, pink, off-white). Both the oils & flowers are used & are they are said to symbolise serenity, grace & calmness.

02.01.2022 Calls for help ... can anyone help with the following queries? 1. ideas for using Feijoa fruit (pictured) 2. finding a WA nursery that will mail order seeds/seedlings of the Salvia Mexicana Limelight.... Thanks & happy gardening.

01.01.2022 GCWA will be at the Garden Clubs & Societies Fair on Sat/Sun 22 &23 February, at the South Perth Community Centre.