Australian and New Zealand Gardening: TEA ROOM #42, 0 by Kaelkitty

Kaelkitty wrote:
Me as well Colleen,
Every day is ISN'T raining, I go out and look at the roses, and there they are - a few more big fat buds. If they don't stop it I think I'll have to hit them with a stick, LOL! Seriously, if I get to the end of July, I'll HAVE to prune them, buds and all, no matter what.

It is nice to be having a real winter though - many of my "Spring flowering" bulbs are starting to bud already, and I have had some lovely 'Nanus' type gladioli flowers to go along with my usual "dead of winter" Lachenalia's.

Ciao, KK.

This is a new variety for me: Gladiolus x nanus 'Las Vegas' flowering about a week ago for the first time. I have about 4 more similar sized flower spikes coming on. Each floret is about 5cm across and the whole thing is probably a bit under a metre high from soil surface to the tip of the spike. It certainly brightens up my drab winter garden!