Pictures from Sale Botanic Garden, Sale, Victoria Australia. It is spring time for them.

​What a lovely morning in the gardens with the Friends Group.  

We were eating and enjoying a cuppa after finishing our gardening session.
Did you figure out what cuppa is?  Cup of coffee

The curious birds came to see what the Friends were up to today. 

​The forest lily is getting closer and closer to flowering, also known as Veltheimia bracteata or Winter Red Hot Poker.
It grows well under trees or in pots.

​It’s taken me years to be in the right place at the right time to take shots of this gorgeous purple flowering plant.
It seems to be Veronica perfoliata, also commonly known as Digger's Speedwell and is an Australian native plant.

​Here’s some of the birds that live in the gardens. Those cheeky sulphur crested cockatoos were having a great time nipping away at the bulbs.

 Good morning, it is almost noon.  We had showers this morning but looks like the blue sky is coming now.  Did you have rain?  It was a small shower.  I will wait now and water the trees/shrubs tomorrow.  On another warm day with a high of 86F(31C) our average for this time of the year is 73F(22C) so 13 degrees warmer. Sometime this month it will be 13 degrees cooler.   Stay cool, stay safe.
 
Australia family and friends for Tuesday Sept 16 will be a pleasant spring day.  High of 64F917C) but they are to have rain.  Talking with the family, they are drier so rain will be appreciated.  Last year when we were there, they had plenty of rain before we got there so it was very green and wet.  They need to have spring rains to keep things green and not dry out for grass fires in their summer.  Stay cool, stay safe. 
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I have posted pictures from the Friends of Sale Botanic Garden.  I labeled them with what they wrote.  Hope you enjoy. 
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Beckysgreenhouse.com  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer or Becky’s Greenhouse