With Autumn well and truly here on the east coast of Australia, I have begun to focus on our front garden where the sun shines all day when clouds and rain stay away. Recently, neighbours across our little avenue sold their home to move to the west coast to be closer to family. I purchased a blue pot on a pedestal from them which I have always admired in their front garden. Being a good time to plant pansies, and so I don’t have to bend or kneel, the pot is perfect for annual flowers. It motivated me to upturn a small pot and place it under another blue pot Norm found at the recycle bin earlier in the year. In this one, I planted more pansies among tulip bulbs I planted a few weeks ago.

The orange, pink, red and yellow Hibiscus are flowering simultaneously. The yellow Frangipani is still blooming even though the leaves are falling. The top left and the below photo shows another Frangipani without leaves which is still in a pot ready for planting once I have established the right position to plant it. The colour of this one should be fruit salad.

For those who follow my garden photos, you will notice that I have painted the park bench. It wasn’t the colour I chose. The paint chart showed it to be a greyer colour.. “Horizon Grey” or some such thing. It looked grey with a tinge of blue. Anyway, the colour stays. In the 3 blue watering cans in the foreground, I have planted Lavender, Paper Daisies and Baby Blue Eyes seeds. The watering cans are currently also protecting a white Lavender our son propagated. Once the Lavender is established, I’ll relocated the watering cans to other sunny positions.

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