by Tanya | Mar 10, 2024 | Butterflies, flowering
This year I have been delighted to see Imperial Jezebel butterflies visiting our garden! These large and graceful butterflies are white and edged in black and grey when their wings are open and flat. When they alight on a flower to feed, their wings are held together...
by Tanya | Dec 24, 2023 | dry forests, Flora, flowering, Hyacinth Orchid
Wildflower season in the foothill forests is an ever-changing parade of colour. The first wave, in early August, is purple hoveas and hardenbergia, offset by yellow wattle blossoms. Then we have a gold and orange pea party as all the ‘egg and bacon’ shrubs and...
by Tanya | Oct 30, 2021 | birdsong, citizen science, Dja dja wurrung, flowering, True Spring
This week I enjoyed a walk at the Blowhole along “Sailor’s Creek” with my mum’s poodle cross Valli. It was one of those magic days with a bright blue, cloudless sky and not a whiff of wind, with all the hallmarks of True Spring on show –...
by Tanya | Feb 6, 2020 | Flora, flowering, insects, Wombat Forest
This summer has seen a spectacular flowering of Sweet Bursaria. In mid-January I visited Tipperary Springs and the creekline vegetation was all aglow with creamy white flowers. The air smelt sweet and hummed with the buzzing of flies and bees. Sweet Bursaria is very...
by Tanya | Nov 29, 2019 | Daisies, dry forests, Flora, flowering, Uncategorized
One of my favourite things about early summer is the abundant flowering of a prime patch of Showy Podolepis along the top track of Tipperary Springs.These wonderful native daises are appropriately named for they are indeed very showy! Packed densely along the path,...
by Tanya | Nov 6, 2017 | dry forests, flowering, peas, Uncategorized
This year the various pea species in the region are putting on a wonderful show. The Large leaf bush peas in my local forest are covered in huge, healthy looking yellow and orange flowers. The peas are a very important plant group in our local forest – and surpass...
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