Spring has sprung

Once again we are having one of those winters where it only rains in March, but it rains a lot. Maybe that is why my garden is full of blooms.I planted this Camelia years ago, now it’s full of blooms since I haven’t done much to my garden, I should probably get some more of these.This hibiscus blooms year round, in the summer it’s white with larger flowers, this time of year the flowers are smaller and tinged with more pink.A South African native, some sort of bottle brush.Not all succulents offer up beautiful flowers, if you get close, even these cluster are very pretty.The freesia bulbs come back every year. Should plant more.Another South African native, the Gerbera Daisy.A California native, I don’t remember its name. I did buy it at a Native plant sale. This is a tall bush, it has been hybridized down to a low ground cover with the same purple flowers.When the focus on the camera doesn’t work, I was aiming for the flower, got the Pepper tree in focus instead. Btw, this tree is also a South African Native, since both climates are called Mediterranean, it’s no surprise that imports from there thrive here.Second time a charm! After the photo shoot, I went around cutting flowers to bring indoors.My grandson loves ‘mingos’ so I’m noticing them more these days, especially ones that come in new colors.  I hope that whoever developed the mold for these plastic birds is making a mint!