Hello all my Gardening friends.
I've been wanting to do a gardening post for awhile now...but nothing exciting has been happening in my garden. Although, my lime tree has produced fruit for the first time after a decade, that's about the only real excitement so far.
So!...I thought I'd take a stroll down the road to my neighbor's garden and have a look what's happening there.
It was rather hot on Friday under the South African sun, around 30 degrees outside...not that I'm complaining...we've had a a few weeks of cold weather, believe me...the sunshine was very welcoming.
On entering the garden, a pathway happily greeted us with different indigenous foliage plants, beneath a couple of trees, creating a cool shady area.
What intrigued me the most was the "Staghorn Ferns" cascading down from the "Flat crown Tree" their beautiful green leaves reaching out to welcome us.
The tranquil atmosphere in the garden, gives one a sense of peace...one could easily pull up a garden chair with a book, or just sit there and meditate in the coolness under the shady trees.
The *"Staghorn Ferns" are plentiful around the garden. I believe the Botanical name for them is *"Platycerium Bifuratum", they are tropical plants and are found all over the world. They derive moisture and nutrients from the air, I think they're absolutely beautiful.
Low maintenance ground cover and grasses decorate the ground beneath the tree with an array of different colors and species.
"Mondo grass" a clumpy, an evergreen perennial, which prefers filtered sun or full shade and moist soil.
The *"Blue fern" happily dancing in the sun. I'm not to sure of the botanical name of this species.
The color is a beautiful aquamarine blue, it actually reminds me of a type of seaweed.
A variety of the"Calathea Prayer Plant" adorning the garden. Apparently, it's called a "prayer plant" because it's leaves stay flat during the day and fold up like praying hands at night. Quite fascinating if you ask me.
Of course, there has to be a naughty boy in the vicinity Lol!
This is called "Anthurium -naughty boys of the floral world" Omg!...it's sticking it's tongue out at you. Such a cutie pie, yet so naughty. Lol!
My friend doesn't know what these are, she thinks they're grasshoppers, but I think they look more like locusts, she has hundreds in a rosemary bush in the garden.
What do you think they're are? Locust or grasshoppers?.
"Adiantum trapeziforme- Giant Maidenhair fern" a beautiful plant with little spores under the leaves, which grow into little plants called "gametophytes".
The "Congo Cockatoo Plant or Parrot Plant" has a beautiful red, yellow and green flower which resembles a parrot's beak. An absolute beauty to have in the garden.
As we continued our walk about around the garden, I saw some crystals and a malachite stone displayed around one side of the garden, sparkling in the sun.
More crystals.
Amongst the cactus plants are a group of "Ammonoid" fossils interestingly displayed.
I'm not going to go into detail about the "Ammonoid" fossils, it'll make my post too long, so we'll leave that for next time.
Beautiful hanging "Bean Plant" proudly swinging in the soft breeze.
I was shown the worm farm that keeps the plants nourished and healthy...those worms sure look well nourished themselves Hehe!
An old "Cycad tree", branches stretching out, waving a "goodbye" as we left after our two hour tour around the beautiful garden, chatting about the different plants, just enjoying the company.
There was plenty more to see, unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to show you all the plants we saw, it would make my post very long.
I went back to my own garden with great inspiration to get stuck in and turn it into my own little haven.
Omg!...Where to start?...that is another story, my garden is huge.
Oh well!...I hope you've enjoyed coming with me on my excursion around my neighbors garden.
Until next time, Happy Gardening.
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