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Blue Mountain Botanic Garden
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:53 pm
by MikeT
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust runs the Sydney Botanic Garden, Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah and The Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan. The Blue Mountains Garden is about 30miles from Sydney.
The mountains do have a definite blue hue. The forest is largely Eucalyptus, and the volatile oils given off by the foliage gives the air its blue haze.
Lots of colour here at the end of October, spring is sprung.
Waratahs are Australian shrubs/trees, the different species (and hybrids?) have various flower colours. Telopea speciosissima, the New South Wales Waratah, is the New South Wales floral emblem
- Telopea speciosissima
Re: Melbourne Botanic Garden and Blue Mountain Botanic Garde
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:02 pm
by MikeT
more Waratahs
colourful close up or from a distance
Plenty to see apart from Waratahs
The hillside site is used to good effect
Re: Melbourne Botanic Garden and Blue Mountain Botanic Garde
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:01 pm
by MikeT
Various tree ferns in the gardens
succulents used as ground cover
Oscularia deltoides never looked this good in my greenhouse
Not sure what this Crassula is. Anyone able to give an ID?
Looks like a Kleinia/Senecio reaching for the Aloe plicatilis
Aeonium providing some yellow flowers to contrast with the almost black leaves
Re: Blue Mountain Botanic Garden
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:23 pm
by MikeT
I wasn’t the only one to appreciate the Oscularia. There were various butterflies, birds and lizards among the plants
Kleinia/Senecio with a Euphorbia
More Aeoniums
More of the wildlife
Plenty of flowers on the small bog garden with its pitcher plants. I think these were Sarracenias
Re: Blue Mountain Botanic Garden
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:35 pm
by MikeT
Difficult to do justice in describing these Puya berteroniana. The flower colour is stunning, and a satin/silky texture. I have posted
some pics of this previously
Springtime, so some Azaleas
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And to finish, a Protea
We only had about an hour and a half at the Gardens, as part of a coach trip to various Blue Mountain locations. Well worth spending much longer if you get the opportunity. Lots to see, great views over the mountains, plants fairly well labelled, and all seemed to be thriving, and providing a home for butterflies, birds and lizards to extend the interest. Like Sydney Botanical Gardens, entry is free - so excellent value.
Re: Blue Mountain Botanic Garden
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:37 pm
by Le Fakir
Whouahhh!! Nicelly landscaped!
thank's for sharing
Thierry