Byron Road, Kilsyth

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Byron Road is only a short no through road but has an abundance of interest, particularly if you like looking at flowers.


Two beautiful specimens I saw couldn't be identified by my plant identification programme.


No problem identifying a Jacaranda tree. The Jacaranda is often thought to be an Australian native but although distributed worldwide, it is a native of sub-tropical and tropical Americas.


It is not rose season but several were seen, including a bright French rose bush. Chinese lantern bushes was another bush with a geographical name.




I saw my first oleander for a while and combined with a polygala butterfly bush added some nice colour. Several gazanias and an African daisy added more colour, not to mention another geographical location.




Byron Road is in a well-established area with well-established gardens, many weatherboard houses and picket fences. Having well-established gardens it was no surprise to see a large hydrangea bush, which was almost a standard feature of the gardens of yesteryear.




Colourful blooms continued in the unmistakable shape of red hot pokers. Added to the colour spectrum was a beardtongue, lamb's ear and an angel's fishing rod plant. Don't you just love the names given to plants? A native of South Africa the angel's fishing rod sounds nicer than it botanical name of diorama pulcherrimum.




Only two avian species were seen. The highlight were two crimson rosellas feeding in long grass, escaping to the safety of a paling fence on my approach. A couple of fleeting glimpses of noisy miners were also observed.




Only one couple walking was seen, not surprisingly as it is a short road.


Garden ornaments were scarce, with only two bird baths, a lovely white tricycle pine cone carrier and a pair of cute statues.




A fuchsia plant was in its prime, along with a grevillea and a tree aeonium. A patch of bird of paradise was well past its prime.




An interesting structure upon a fence was a little house named "Wills Eggs." Perhaps the resident chook was named Will.


Byron Road is a no through road for vehicular traffic, but a wide treed path at the ends leads to the Dorset Golf Course which has a perimeter walking track.


Byron Road was named after the English romantic poet and peer Lord Byron, (1788-1824). His most well known poem was "Don Juan."


As you wander along the footpaths of Byron Road, observing the floral displays, think of them in poetic terms.





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