Casualty No. 2

Earlier this year my beautiful pink flowering gum, snapped off at the base.
I was very sad.



And last night it happened again!
This gorgeous rose - Double Delight - that my mother-in-law kindly struck for me, snapped.
B#st##d!
It wasn't even that windy.

That's it!
Every plant in the garden will be staked within an inch of its life!

(and I'll take a cutting from the rose to see if I can grow a new one).


Photos:
Jan, 2010
Feb, 2010
Feb, 2011

Autumn 2009:: Flowering Gum

Put this one in the ground in winter 2008.
It didn't really do much in Spring.
I thought it was a goner.
Look what it made!
3 little flowers.
Clever!



Photo: Backyard, Ararat - 10 April, 2009

Summer 2009:: Flowering Gum

I LOVE flowering gums.
They are so showy and exuberant and **HAPPY**.
We only planted this one as a baby last summer.
Look what it did for us this summer!


Photo: Pink Flowering Gum, western side of Ararat house - 25 Jan, 2009.