Friday, 27 January 2012

Australia Natives in GrumpyDaddy's Garden

GrumpyDaddy has a green thumb and one of his passions is growing native Australian pants in our garden. He collects seeds and seed pods from the places he visits when travelling for work or when we go on bush walks with the kids.

By spending his relaxation time pottering about in the garden he knows the details and history of every plant  intimately. He even gladly suffers the indignity of having purple stained fingers from hand-squishing all the little bugs that have the courage to  feast off his beloved  plants.

From his labors, we are all rewarded with these beautiful and unique flowers, which I just love to photograph!


Grafted Eucalyptus Flower

Waratah

Banksia

Bottle Brush (or pussy cat tails, as my Dad called them)

Paper Daisy

Swan River Daisy

Illyarrie (red cap) gum

Kangaroo paw


For the weekend flowers memes I'm sharing with Flowers on Saturday, Weekend Flowers and Macro Flower Saturday

Come and have a look at some breathtaking flower photogrphy from all over the world!


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31 comments:

  1. Tina´s PicStory27 January 2012 at 04:11

    thanks for joining us with this wonderful weekend flowers! :)

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  2. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 04:18

    Thanks Tina!

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  3. Barbara27 January 2012 at 04:19

    Fantastic 'photos, thanks for sharing.
    Found you via Donna's tribe!
    Barbara
    marchhousebookscom.blogspot.com/

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  4. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 04:37

    Thanks Barbara! I've been enjoying reading and sharing your posts!

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  5. Mum on the Run27 January 2012 at 08:23

    They are spectacular!
    ;-)

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    1. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 20:58

      Thanks Shar! GrummpyDaddy should get all the credit! (don't tell him I said that though....)

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  6. Unknown27 January 2012 at 09:11

    I'm so jealous. I could never grow flowers this beautiful. So lovely. Thanks for sharing these

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    1. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 20:59

      Thanks Donna, My partner just loves his little garden...I think the flowers know!

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  7. Modern Mom27 January 2012 at 09:58

    Your flowers are so pretty.

    Gorgeous Tulips

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  8. Cecilia Artista27 January 2012 at 13:38

    Beautiful flowers! Some of them I have never seen! So thank´s for sharing!

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    1. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 21:00

      Thanks Cecilia! I'm glad you enjoyed the flowers!

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  9. Jama27 January 2012 at 15:42

    The flowers are so lovely!

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  10. Andrea27 January 2012 at 17:02

    Hi, i love Australian flowers, is that 2nd one the waratah? I already forgot, but i know the grevillea, the banksia, and the kangaroo paw. I wish they are labeled. Your photos are so beautifully composed too! thanks.

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    1. SportyMummy27 January 2012 at 21:02

      Thank you so much Andrea for your kind comments...I've gone back and labelled the photos too!

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  11. Lui27 January 2012 at 21:02

    Wow! A gallery of exotic ones!

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:14

      Thanks Lui! The seeds have been collected from all over Australia.

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  12. BernieH27 January 2012 at 21:58

    Brilliant shots of some of our most beautiful native flowers. GrumpyDaddy has done very very well in growing such beauties and your photos certainly show them off wonderfully!

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:15

      Thank you so much Bernie, That is quite a compliment coming from you...I just love your amazing garden!

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  13. Vhen28 January 2012 at 05:39

    wow, stunningly beautiful! love your photos!

    have a great weekend!

    http://thelayugan.blogspot.com/2012/01/dainty-pink.html

    hope yo see you too, thanks!

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:27

      Thank you Vhen for your lovely comment! I've just had a look at the beautiful butterfly on your blog!

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  14. Anonymous28 January 2012 at 09:06

    These are awsome! These made me smile since we are buried in snow.

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:22

      Thanks Chelsea, I'm glad the photos made you smile! We could do with some snow today...It's so hot!!

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  15. A Colorful World28 January 2012 at 10:51

    Thanks for coming by my blog and commenting on the fences! These are just beautiful flowers! Wow! You have one talented man there with quite a green thumb! And the varieties are so different from most of what we have here in the USA.

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:21

      Thanks Marie..I'm glad you enjoyed the different flowers!

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  16. Imelda28 January 2012 at 13:10

    lovely flowers and pictures. The red ones look like fireworks. :-)

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:20

      Thank you! I thought that the red flowers looked like fireworks too! Sadly the Canberra frost killed this beautiful tree....

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  17. Momgen28 January 2012 at 18:11

    I like your flowers so pretty. Visiting from Macro.

    http://www.the-love-of-nature.com/2012/01/daisy-and-tulip-flowers-for-you.html

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    1. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:31

      Thanks for your kind comment, I've just had a look at the lovely tulips on your blog too!

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  18. SportyMummy28 January 2012 at 19:18

    Thanks Ewa for you kind comment and hosting the flowers on Saturday meme.....and thanks for following my blog, much appreciated!

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