Daymar Drive, Mooroolbark

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Posted 2022-05-02 by Neil Follett ⇒ follow

The first thing I noticed on this walk was towering stalks of red roses. A floral extravaganza awaited me.

Daymar is only a short 500-metre walk along a well-established street.

More roses awaited me in many gardens, as did several colourful geraniums.

Native species were represented by some nice banksia bushes and equally nice grevilleas in various stages of maturity.

A mass of fairy fan flowers was a nice sighting in a small rockery in one garden. Small, but delightful up close, are correas, shrub balsam and strawflowers.

It's not only flowers that are attractive as many non-flowering plants fit that category. Leucadendron bushes are particularly attractive with their tulip-like uppermost leaves almost translucent red when backlit on a sunny day. Almost dull by comparison are pig's ears, a blue-grey succulent, a native of South Africa, although they do produce tall stalks of flowers.

The drive is tree-lined, but the only birds photographed were a single little wattlebird and one of several magpies. Several noisy miners flew past and some crows could be heard in the distance.

One of my favourite sights is a mass of colourful daisies. A large bush of yellow ones was a delight to see.

Rhododendrons were starting to flower as were bougainvilleas.

Surprisingly very few garden ornaments were seen which sometimes can be as interesting as the flowers. The only one of note I saw was a couple of little monsters. Hard rubbish collections seem to be almost continuous and everything seems to find its way to the nature strip, even the kitchen sink.

I guess garden lamps could be called ornaments, but along with bird baths, they are practical, although one lamp had seen better days, or should that be better nights.

A single protea was seen hiding among larger plants. A member of the malvaceae genus, a group of fountain grass and a budding iris added to the floral displays.