Sun Flower Appears!

I hadn't noticed it growing - in part because I usually park in another part of the car park where volunteers at the Caboolture Historical Village usually park their cars.  However, the other day I saw a plant - clearly the seed had arrived by the wind or a bird, and the plant had grown to nearly five feet tall.

It has grown on the edge of an area covered with chip bark - and  I am sure it has never received any TLC from the gardeners at the Village.  There are actually a couple of plants.

The lovely flower on the top is below.

 

Flowers at Caboolture Historical Village

I am a volunteer at the Caboolture Historical Village - which is just north of Brisbane, Queensland.  It is a wonderful place full of the most extra ordinary history - and, I am pleased to say, a lovely garden.

Last week, when visitors from Bundaberg were in the Village - they asked about some flowers.  I had no idea what they were called but took a photo and showed our head gardener, who identified them as Foxglove.

 

 



Another visitor had asked about purple foliage (funny, really as I love purple and wear a lot of it and it is odd that the plants I have been asked about are purple...),  under a sign near the railway station.

This plant is called a Purple Shield or Persian Shield.  It is quite a beautiful plant.