This Month In The Garden.

August.
Saturday September 10.

A dedication.

I would like to dedicate this post to those who passed in the last six weeks or so.

But mostly my Dearest Uncle who left this world just short of his ninetieth birthday.

To my Mr Honey Pie's work colleagues - two in the same week. 

To my sewing teacher's elderly Aunt.

To local icon and Grandmother Shirley Wilson, who died tragically in a house fire one week ago.

And last but not least...to my Dearest Daughter's school friend, overwhelmed by the pain of life.

All gone to a better place.

Here in the southern hemisphere, we celebrate the first day of Spring on 1st September.

Thank you for visiting my garden.
This post IS a little late; due to some gremlins sabotaging my post!

Colourful Friday - Leaves.

Winter ground cover.

A spiny wattle.

Pittosoporum (Native Daphne).

Crowea? Wax flower?  Not sure. If someone can positively identify this plant please let me know.

This potted plant comes from North Queensland.

I think it's a Cordyline.  The colour of the leaf's edges is fluorescent pink.

Another unidentified plant indigenous to our local area.  Once again, help identifying it positively is welcome.  Perhaps a tea-tree?

Geebung or Persoonia.

Lomatia.  

This is a minute selection of (mostly) local native plants growing in our bush garden. 

Our little garden (just over one thousand metres squared) is slowly becoming one of a kind in our street.  This is because our neighbours, one by one, are turning more of their native gardens into usable space for their growing families.

This is not a criticism, just an observation and an incentive for me to preserve as much as I can in our garden as a reminder of what the area originally supported in the way of Wildplants.

Also feel welcome to visit earlier posts:

Banksia Serrata.

Raindrop.

I'm linking this post to Daisy Quilts.

Thanks Robyn for hosting.

A Visitor to My Garden

Had a special visitor in the garden today.
 

If any one can help me identify this beautiful moth I'd be very happy.