Sunny day - Rainy day

Today is a rainy day but I am not complaining about it for there were sunny skies for days lately, temperatures rocketed past 35C (95F) and my sprinkler was running nonstop to keep the green green (I rarely need to water from March to November because rain is ample and temperature still not scorching hot.) Watering can be exhausting...

Sunny day: Hibiscus, they are tough plants and that make them very popular in local gardens

One of the cacti of my small collection bloomed, it's so cute!

Water lilies.

Plumbago, I love blue flowers!

Bougainvillea, a real monster that can take over everything if left unchecked and it blooms almost year round.

Canna lily

And Roses of course, Queens of the flowers! Couldn't take many pictures in the morning and by the afternoon they looked droopy and thirsty

Rainy day: I love the sight of raindrops on flowers: it's magic! 

Canna lily

Water lilies

Roses after the rain

A blue hydrangea amidst the pink ones.. the PH of the soil must be crazy

And the much maligned Jacarandas, as purple as ever.

See you next time!

Before and after the rain..

After a very rainy (and warm) winter spring has arrived bringing yet more rain. I am not complaining I like rain and benefits most of the plants in my garden, I say most because my Roses don't like to be wet for many days since that creates the ideal conditions for their archenemies:Blackspot, cankros, powdery mildew, rose rust.. It's been raining almost weekly since July and everything looks beautifully green but it won't last much: soon the lushness will be checked by the first summer heatwaves.. so I will enjoy it while it lasts!

The roses, the few that survived..

The Camellias are still blooming.. I love them madly!

The lantana is showing her first blooms

This Tillandsia Aeranthos is a native bromeliad that grows spontaneusly on trees, they have very nice blooms.

And today it was a very rainy day but I decided to take some pictures of the roses and other plants because I love the sight of raindrops on flowers and leaves: it's pure magic!

Roses covered with raindrops or battered by the rain

 

The first water lily blooms are coming!

And a last picture of raindrops on a palm leave!

See you next time!