Crocus garden

I have never seen so many Crocus flowers. The college gardens are always a surprise because flowers/plants appear at different seasons, and for me are quite unexpected.

These flowers appeared along the perimeter of the volleyball field. Beautiful white delicate flowers in copious quantities.

Beautiful flowers

I'm not sure what these plants are - there is a row of the parallel to the school fence. Some have spent flower stalks in them - others have new buds emerging from the beautiful leaves.

One has already been in flower and is starting to wither.

They make a spectacular sight along the fence.

Anyone know the name of these plants?

Maiden Hair Fern

Another fern which does well in the damp tropical areas is the maiden hair fern. There are quite a vew varieties of this fern, and it is common in gardens and pots in Queensland. It is used by florists but it does die off quickly, so has limited use.

Crows nest fern

This poor fern has survived despite its sad life. It was in our front garden, but did not thrive. Eventually I moved it and it is now growing well, although a little lopsided, in the fern house. It has taken on a new lease of life. Wonderful.

It is a rain forest plant and does not do well without water. In Brisbane, because of the drought we have been unable to water the garden, and with little rain......................

More Heliconias

Throughout the magnificent Singapore Botanical Gardens there are great stands of Heliconia - and any Heliconia lover like me will enjoy seeing the different species on display.

I have one of these in my garden but it has never looked as spectaular as this specimen. They are great in flower arrangements and do last a long time in the vase.

Heliconia and Ginger Flowers

I have long been a lover of Heliconia and Ginger flowers - and as we live in a subtropical area, they grow quite well, although this last season they did not do very well as we have had so little rain. They love rain - heat and high humidity, and barely flower without the optimum conditions.

Singapore is great for these flowers as well as Orchids and while we were there we say many of them.

We went for a long walk around the Singapore Botanical Gardens which are spectacular -

this one is one of the wonderful single ginger flower.

Croton Leaves

I like taking photos of flowers - but have tried some close up of leaves. These are the leaves of crotons - a tropical plant that has wonderful red, yellow and green combinations in the leaves. It is a hardy plant - and is used in tropical gardens and is popular with floral artists as it is a bright strong leaf for arrangements.