Velma Grove, Ringwood East

Velma Grove, Ringwood East

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Posted 2022-09-15 by Neil Follettfollow
Velma Grove is only a short 600 metre walk but it offers a visual bonanza of floral beauty.


Not many gardens feature magnolia trees but those that do stand out at this time of the year as the flowers go from bud to flower before the leaves arrive.


Many grevilleas are appearing in numbers and various hues. Some bottlebrush bushes were also flowering.




Also very numerous are daisies. Almost every garden has some. I suspect that many are seeded from neighbouring gardens. This aspect is reinforced when daisies appear among other plants.






Aeonium and agave plants are becoming very popular as they are extremely low maintenance plants. Euphorbia plants are not appealing until closely inspected.




The only bird observed on this walk was a single magpie.


Finding a new plant is always exciting and a blushing bride fitted that description. It is endemic to South Africa and a member of the protea family.


A lovely rose was the yellow Lady Banks rose. Another lovely rose was a pink variety, a mauve periwinkle, a white convolvulus and a pink mellow flower - all attracted attention.




A camellia tree and a rhododendron tree both exhibited bright flowers.




Only two garden lamps were seen. A long abandoned bear was wedged tightly in the fork of a tree. I wasn't sure if the watering can was an ornament or still in use.




Two of the extensive range of salvia plants were seen as were a couple of honeysuckle vines with their red flowers.




A crab apple tree was full of blossoms, well on the way to producing crab apples.


When sunlight turns to overcast skies, yellow flowers stand out. A bitoubush, a broom bush and several daffodils were easy to see.


Velma Grove is a well-established street and was home to a variety of fences. Picket and a very rural looking post and rail were two. A recessed lychgate looked nice as did a stone wall and a metal mosaic hanging on a brick wall.




A mint bush and a marmalade bush sounded very edible.


A patch of lavender was an attraction to bees. Manuka blossoms were very colourful as were the trumpet like blooms of a red floropontio bush which is a native of South America, and endemic to the Andes Mountains.


A lilac hibiscus and a tree dahlia were a duo of similar hues. A long leaf wax plant was playing host to a passing bee.


Not seen much these days was a single carnation flower, once a popular garden flower.


If you like looking at a large variety of flora, this street walk is for you.





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