Winter Reigns (and rains)

Welcome Winter!

Yay!!

The cooler days and nights

are so lovely,

with the added bonus of some glorious rainy days.

A few pots of tiny pansy seedlings potted up a few weeks ago,

are really very rewarding 

now that they have grown a bit.

 When choosing the small punnets of seedlings a few weeks ago, at the garden centre, it was hard to resist the urge to stay with just one colour.

So many

beautiful colours

to choose from!

But I stayed strong, and stuck with just ONE colour.

I have gone for

one shade of deep

blue.

I had designed our backyard

with a theme of

mostly GREEN.

So only a small amount of flowers would be needed to always stand out, and make an impact.

Instead of throwing out this

metal lantern,

when the base rusted out...

I plopped it onto this garden bed, and the tiny groundcover has grown into it.

I LOVE it!!

I have to confess to not giving enough time to gardening these past couple of years.

It's not that I have lost interest,

just that I have been otherwise occupied.

But STILL, because the garden has

'good bones',

it is never too hard to keep it from looking 'too shabby'. 

A single pot of Royal Cape Plumbago

is enough to star in it own little corner of the yard.

Through the Grotto with delicate 'Babys Tears' as a ground cover,

to the

Bali Garden in the background, on the other side of the house.

Even though I do not get to spend much time in the garden these days,

I never cease to derive massive enjoyment from just SEEING the garden every day...

...with the rabbits scattered throughout the scene.

One of my all time

favourite plants

is Zoysia.

It always manages to

look

lovely and green...

even when the lawn looks a bit

old and tired

during Winter.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my garden this Winter,

as much as I have.

Thanks for looking!