My Winter Jonquils

It is mid winter in Sydney, though with the weather today we could be fooled into thinking is spring. In my garden the jonquils are flowering, masses of them and the perfume is wonderful.

Winter Colour

Well, the roses are pruned and now the garden can showcase my jonquils that were hiding underneath.

Up Close & Personal - Pt 2

One double jonquil flower fully open. I wish we had PCs with smelling capabilies. The perfume of just one of these will fill a whole room.

Up Close & Personal - Pt 1

One double jonquil flower about to open.

Double Jonquils

My double jonquils are out. The flower heads get so many flowers with so many petals that they get very heavy & fall over. This is usually when I pick them & take them inside.I have to be very careful though how many I pick & where I put them as the perfume is so stong I can end up with sinus. Usually only one in a small vase is enough to perfume the whole room.

Winter Delights

Well, winter has shown it's face over the last few days. We have had a severe cold front move through the state, bringing with it snow to the mountains, cold winds off the snow in Sydney, and a minimum of 7 deg C this morning. Brrrr..... Winter is still officially over a month away so I hate to think what the middle of July will be like.

This morning's pic is my first jonquil in flower for the season. I think from memory that this is "Early Cheer". It is a single white one and different to all the others that are also getting ready to flower.

Jonquils In Bud

My jonquils that I talked about here are comming into bud. I have noticed about five of them so far, so in a week or two the garden will have their heady perfume. There are lots of them scattered around the garden now so it will be good to see them all out in flower.

Singing In The Rain

It is raining in Sydney today, buckets of it, and just what all the new transplanted babies in my garden need. 28mm of the wet stuff yesterday, and it is still comming down.

I have transplanted double jonquils, african daisies, two dahlias, and split apart this daisy into quite a few different plants. I also want to split up my shasta daisies as well. A job for another day. The pic above are of jonquils comming up in another bed. I have them scattered all over the garden, and have just recently given away a bucket full of bulbs. So watch this space to see them bloom in the comming weeks.