Summer time in Sale, Victoria, Australia enjoy the pictures.

agapanthus 

cicada 

I will have to have Australians identity this one.  

Good morning, clear, blue sky but it is cold out at 7F(-13C).  High only of 28F(-4C)  Clear now, but clouds will be moving this afternoon.  Stay warm, stay safe 
 
Australia family and friends were to have rain yesterday, but one reported they just got a mist, then a little heavier but didn’t last long for them in Sale.  It looks like it is raining overnight for them, and it will rain for Friday Jan 16th.  In Victoria at the Wye River on the Great Ocean Road, they are having flash floods. High today for them will be 67F(19C).  Weather is such a part of our lives, and the extremes of it can be difficult.  Stay cool, stay safe. 

I am sharing with you some of the pictures from the Sale Botanic Garden from their summer.  Interesting some of the plants I have seen here and of course the insect we know about that one.  Enjoy summer in Australia.
 The writer of this is the also the photographer for the Friends of Sale Botanic Gardens.  Good job and thanks for sharing.

One of my personal summer flowering plants is the agapanthus, especially the purple variety. They’re also known as African lily or Lily of the Nile.
They are often found growing in country properties were there’s  a lack of water as they are drought tolerant and grow in full sun or part shade.
Modern hybrids are sterile, which is ideal for environmental purposes but it’s still recommended to deadhead them.
They are also planted around the 'house garden' of rural properties as they not particularly flammable and can aid in fire retardation.

This insect is native to Australia and is a cicada which comes in a variety of colours. Have a look at the lovely patterns on its wings, isn’t that amazing?
Cicadas live underground, aerating the ground for 7 years as nymphs and emerge in the summer to make their well known, very loud and distracting noise.
The one pictured is a greengrocer cicada and other varieties are; the yellow greengrocers are called yellow Mondays, the brown ones are called chocolate soldiers, orange and black ones are called masked devils, and the blue hued greengrocers are called blue moons.
Cicadas are fodder for other creatures like birds, reptiles and grey headed flying foxes.
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Images from the Friends of Sale Botanic Gardens
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