What I see in my backyard...

[leelai]

Why Alby is just beautiful Andrew! He puts a lovely display on!

 

[The OB]

I like your photos of Alby, OB. That's a good illustration of the autumnal change to gold.

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Thanks Richard but nothing to compare to those marvellous backyard pictures of yours, neat as a pin


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[The OB]

Why Alby is just beautiful Andrew! He puts a lovely display on!

Thank you leelai, but nothing here that can get anywhere near the simply beautiful variety and colours of flowers and trees in Queensland
Andrew


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[skimonkey]

With a week to go before the start here of winter June 1, I posted the above picture of our young silver birch "Alby" who was only just starting to think of turning his leaves to a golden Autumn colour. Well, it's taken some talking to him when picking up the morning paper, (if Prince Charles can talk to and hug trees, why shouldn't I?... I know, I know)
Anyway, a week into our winter, here's Alby now.

We're quite proud of him, seeing he is the only deciduous tree in the street and had no other tree to copy from, all others being native flora
EDIT: sorry, not back yard... Oh well...
Andrew




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Andrew...that is a magnificent pic of Alby showing off his/her Fall Colors!! I feel like I am in Michigan when I see your Autumn Colors!!

I bet your neighbors love it too!!

P.S....it doesn't need to be in your "Backyard"...the intent of this thread was really within your locale...or your local backyard! It doesn't need to be locked into the backyard at all!!

 

[The OB]

Thanks Ski, yes I've got great neighbours who have commented. I live in a predominantly Italian community in our suburb who are very aware of trees and stuff. The neighbour across the road is proud of his olive trees and there are a few down the road who have fruit trees, pears I think, in their front yards covered in mesh material as protection against birds.
Now it's 12.30 am, got to snooze:

Regards, Andrew


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[skimonkey]

Awwwww---he's so cute...Mr. Fuzzy Ears!!

Good night, Andrew!!

 

[scifan57]

Here are some photos of the new growth on my Blue Spruce tree.



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Here are some updated photos of my Blue Spruce. You can see how much the new growth has progressed in the last three days.

 

[The OB]

Great shots those scifan. After those winter days, mother nature is now really revelling in her spring work. I particularly like that smoky blue grey of the pine needles. About the closest colour to compare here would be in the leaves of the Australian blue gum, or perhaps on an olive tree.
Andrew


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[scifan57]

Here's an updated photo of my Blue Spruce. The new shoots are really starting to grow.

 

[Czevski]

Nature is so wonderful to see. Thank you everyone who shares - it is great to see fall in Australia and spring here in the northern half of the world.

Nature herself added spring wildflowers to "my jungle".

 

[skimonkey]

Nature is so wonderful to see. Thank you everyone who shares - it is great to see fall in Australia and spring here in the northern half of the world.

Nature herself added spring wildflowers to "my jungle".

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Love seeing everybody's backyard, too! Never thought I'd be seeing backyards from all parts of the world myself when this thread started!

Czevski--your Spring Wildflowers are just beautiful! My balloon flowers and also my Columbines have all bloomed now and just awesome!

 

[The OB]

Nature is so wonderful to see. Thank you everyone who shares - it is great to see fall in Australia and spring here in the northern half of the world.

Nature herself added spring wildflowers to "my jungle".

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Jungle? That's neatness Czevski! As Crocodile Dundee might have said "That ain't no jungle, THIS is a jungle".

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We tend to grow more native plants here due to having to carefully watch water usage. That brute, which was tiny when we planted it, is a bottle-brush tree.
Andrew


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[Richard Brown]

I'm enjoying your photos, everyone. I agree that's its fascinating to see the different seasons in the N & S hemispheres at this time of year.

OB, we grow bottle brush shrubs here in the UK - and you guys go and upstage is with trees!

Actually, your photo of the BBT reminded me of a comment made by my mum about gardening in the tropics. She remarked how quickly plants grew in the rich soil and climatic conditions of Trinidad, when compared with England.
She loved seeing and growing native plants which were regarded as exotics in the UK.

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[The OB]

OB, we grow bottle brush shrubs here in the UK - and you guys go and upstage is with trees!

Actually, your photo of the BBT reminded me of a comment made by my mum about gardening in the tropics. She remarked how quickly plants grew in the rich soil and climatic conditions of Trinidad, when compared with England.
She loved seeing and growing native plants which were regarded as exotics in the UK.
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All this photo of mine proves is that I should get out more and start in with the pruning and the clearing. Actually the soil here is dark and rich and everything just grows if enough water. Up to 20 or so years ago all our area, at the base of the foothills, was commercial market gardens, before the housing developments.
Andrew




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[skimonkey]

Andrew and Richard, the Bottle-Brush Tree looks likes its an ornamental tree and/or similar to a Pine Tree we have here. What is it that is coming off the end of its branches? It's very pretty by the way!