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  1. You may recall this smallish, sad and dehydrated #grevillea from yesterday. It hasn’t rained (sufficiently) for the past fortnight, so many reserve flora are starting to feel the pinch.

    As suggested by @gr8nanjan (thx Nan Jan!!) I drove past midday today and poured around 1.2 litres at the base of this plant (was 32 degrees c, 90F, sun high in the sky) and revisited it around 6pm after work.

    The first 2 shots are from midday… the bottom 2 pics are from 6pm.

    Amazing what a small amount of water can do to help these #Australian #natives bounce back.

    The flowers look more abundant, for mine, and back to some semblance of hydration normality.

    It was around mid 33 degrees (92F) the time of these evening pics, sun was lower in the sky. Around 2 hours from sunset.

    Was it due to less intensity of sunlight and the plant had recovered by redistributing moisture from its leaves (later in the day)… or was it due to the relative meagrely amount of water it received?

    Uncertain (I’m not a botanist!), but was an intriguing exercise!

    Any thoughts or botanist expertise welcomed!

    Gave it another 1.2 litres of water just for good measure!

    #beforeafter

    #urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #FebruaryFun #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy

  2. #Gleditsiatriacanthos aka 'Sunburst' are still going strong here in Melbs.

    These are two trees; one in #GlenIris, the other in #BentleighEast #Australia.

    These usually have an abundant canopy.

    Young foliage starts off a bright yellow colour and ripens to lime green. The two tone looks terrific in the morning sun!

    #urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #FebruaryFun #aesthetichedonist #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy