Saturday, November 26, 2011

A New Grevillea







Splashes of fresh pinky-red are brightening the garden, our new grevillea "Robyn Gordon" is in flower! We currently have five different grevilleas (Australian natives), our smallest being Gingin Gem which is a ground cover plant, about 20cm or 8" tall. The other four types will grow to 1 to 2 metres tall, with  flower colours ranging from pink/yellow to red.




We found this pretty grevillea on a coastal walk at the village where my parents-in-love live. This particular shrub was only about one metre tall.







The two developing grevillea flowers above and fully opened one below are on a shrub in my parents-in-love front yard, this plant is about 4 metres tall.




Grevilleas vary in plant structure and size and flower shape and colour. Some grevilleas varieties grow into trees
 30 metres tall, yet you can identify all of them as grevilleas by their unique flower structure.

Sharing at Macro Flowers Saturday, Today's Flowers, Macro Monday, Weekly Kodachrome.

47 comments:

Nadege, said...

They are so pretty. Beautiful captures, lots of details and clarity.

Joyful said...

Very pretty! I've never seen such flowers. They are so nice.

Sivinden said...

This is such a fascinating plant - great captures.

geanina said...

wow...goureous pictures:)

CameraCruise said...

Wow, what a beauty!
Great shots.

Gone Country said...

Such a unique flower... very pretty!

The first photo is stunning!

Talibra said...

Ale piękne!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie.

My Beautiful World said...

These are Beautiful we have grevilleas growing too but I can never photograph ours like this,you amaze me with your wonderful photography thank you so much for sharing you talent. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Always Wendy

Maia said...

Gorgeous artwork of mother nature.
I've never seen this beautiful flower before.
The first two shots are my favorites, amazing macros.

Liz said...

Beautiful images, Karen. Grevilleas are so beautiful. I love the way they unfold. I had 6 at my old house (I planted them to attract the Rainbow Lorikeets). My favourite was Robyn Gordon :)

mariondejong said...

Beautiful pictures of very special flowers, we don't see them here.
Best regards, marion

Marijke said...

Hey Karen,
What a super flowers you are showing. I think when I should live in your country I did not have any time to clean the house and feading the family. I would be on the road with my camera. Thanks for sharing this to me unknown beauty's
Gr. Marijke

Jill said...

They are so unique and stunning!

Unknown said...

WOW!! These photos are breathtaking.. What beautiful flowers..

Mihaela said...

I don't think I've seen such a flower before, makes me think of an insect with many legs though.. :)

Giga said...

Te krzewy mają przepiękne kwiaty. Najbardziej podoba mi się kolor pierwszego. Prześliczne zdjęcia. Pozdrawiam

tinajo said...

Wow, I´ve never seen a flower like that - it´s lovely! :-)

Sylvia K said...

How gorgeous! I've never seen a flowers like this either! Thank you for sharing the beauty! I love them and the colors! Superb!

Sylvia

May said...

I love visiting your blog everyday to see what your garden has in store for me..:) I can relate to you in so many ways. Like for instance peeking at every plant to see if there's a new leaf, bud......Your gladiola post bought so many memories for me.
I so miss not having a garden here...:(

Shanna said...

Beautiful macro shots. What interesting flowers! So lovely.

Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

I've never seen anything like them! My computer has the prettiest screen saver because of you. =)

FilipBlog said...

Fantastic pictures.

Greetings,
Filip

Thea said...

Gorgeous! They really are stunning blossoms. I love the colours.

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

Absolutely interesting blossom !

Anonymous said...

Such unique and interesting blooms. Stunning photography!

Unknown said...

haven't seen such a lovely flowers! they are gorgeous!

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Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Superb photographs. I learned something from your post.

Gillian Olson said...

What a beautiful plant. Great close up pics.

Indrani said...

Unique ones, never got to see them here in Bangalore.

Lui said...

Oh what a gorgeous bloom!
And you captured it well!

Kala said...

Fantastic details of these unusual blooms!

thefisherlady said...

such amazing and beautiful flowers God put in your part of the world! I am speechless!

lotusleaf said...

So lovely! There are huge trees of gravillia robusta lining our streets, which are filled with golden yellow blooms in summer.

hannah said...

All of these so very beautiful. I have to confess to being a little envious of your having that much beauty around.

Anonymous said...

incredible. i dont think i've seen one before this post.

Kateri said...

That is such a beautiful and unique flower. I've never seen anything like it. I especially like the pink and yellow one.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Exudes exotic charm!
Daisy, have a blessed Sunday.

Modern Mom said...

Awesome shots!

Pink Flowers

Karin M. said...

Wow, what is this charming flower? she is so wonderful. Your pictures are great again.
Greetings Karin

Valerie said...

Fabulous captures again - delightful displays of God's marvellous and amazing creativity. Thanks for sharing these images.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

These are wild looking flowers... great photos!

Kerri Farley said...

Stunning flowers ..... wonderful macros!!

Karen said...

Such gorgeous flowers, marvellous detail!

EMily said...

Wow...those are absolutely stunning!

Laura said...

fascinating plants...love the macros!

Ida said...

These are amazing! What interesting and beautiful flowers.

Andrea said...

Wow, these are all so beautiful grevillea and the photos are very beautiful too. I also a small grevillea variety which was placed on my Pavlova birthday cake on my one and only visit to Australia.

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