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My first contribution to CBBH photo challenge.
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Camellia ‘Volunteer’
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Discussion whether this is pink, pinky/purple or lavender. To me it looks pink and it is a Coastal Rosemary. We have mainly the white variety. Foliage is dark green and flowers white. We only have a few of this variety among the white ones….replants.
While Wikipedia describes them as an Eastern Australian coastal plant our inland climate is harsh enough for them to be happpy.
Scientific name is: Westringia fruticosa
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Correa ‘Dusky Bells’. another native to Southern and Eastern Australia and named after Correia de Serra, a Portuguese botanist.
The first plant was planted in a sheltered spot in our old garden and grew to about one metre in diameter and about 80 cm high. presently they are in a more open position and struggle to be much more than a ground cover. A young Labrador did not help their early years of growth!
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Finally, our nectarine tree is also in bloom.
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It, also, is a young tree, but should bear fruit again this year.
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- Vastlycurious.com/2013/09/02/monthly-cbbh-photo-challenge-pink/
- Eastofmalaga.net/2013/09/01/cbbh-photo-challenge-pink/
- Soundslikewish.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/pink/
WoollyMuses 
These are lovely, Woolly. We have a couple of lovely camelia in our conservatory but nothing as flamboyant as that first bloom. Sorry it’s taken me a while getting here. Bit hectic these last few days.
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That’s okay. I have the same feelings quite often…I am not sure how others keep up with comments…and visiting sites. Work just seems to get in my way…..:-)
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Great shots and flower Woolly. Thanks for sharing. 😀
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Thank you Sonel.
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You’re welcome Woolly. In Kruger yet?
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One more week of work….and then.
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Cool! Bet you can’t wait. 😀
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Really looking forward to it. Work colleagues giving it to me…saying MGW is going to push me down lions mouth or in front of another animal. Conversations now starting to swing changing to ‘…make sure you come home safely..’ etc. And am looking for a break from work. Think I will sleep all the way over.
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LOL! Tell them the Lions over here do not eat tourists.. hahahah. Glad to hear you are looking forward to it. It will be a nice break from work for sure. 😀
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Well, that’s a relief!!! 🙂
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😆
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Told MGW about lions this morning…she was really pleased to hear that you have them trained so well. She is off to tell a colleague who is also going. 🙂
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beautiful photos!! the camelia is just stunning!! wow…
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Thank you the Camellias are lovely this year. However, the last week has seen them lose a lot of leaves….which we can only put down to windy weather. Hopefully they will survive.
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Nice close-ups, especially the first one.
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Thank you. They are nice blooms this year…and oodles of them
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First of all, welcome to the CBBH Photo Challenge. I post a new theme on the first of each month, so you have the rest of the month to think about your entry.
What I love most about Photo Challenges is that it is everyone’s own interpretation of the theme. I’m glad you included the coastal rosemary 🙂 My favourite of your shots is the nectarine blossom – and how similar it is to our apple, or even almond tree blossom. So delicate yet so vivid.
Thanks for linking to Kathryn and Trish’s blogs. It’s good to share!
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My pleasure Marianne. The blossoms are delicate which makes them so susceptible to the elements. And yes a monthly challenge will help balance out time zone differences.
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Lovely shots! I love the first one (and it looks pink to me). It’s such a pretty flower 🙂
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Thank you. It has been a picture this year.
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Simply beautiful !!!!
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Thank you.
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