These intricate flowers (#LargeWildIris or #AfricanIris) consisting of whites, purples and yellow are really good value visually, when they’re blooming.

These flowers come out to play for a few days at a time then die off in readiness for a new bloom.

I’ve seen a strip of these plants growing at a south-east #melbourne suburban shopping centre since late last year - crammed into a 2 metre x say, 30 metre long garden bed.

There must be 500 or more individual plants situated in the same bed... and they’ve flowered at least half a dozen times or more, throughout that time.

They’re gorgeous when they’re in full display, en mass.

When they’re not flowering the long sword-like greenery (leaves) are gorgeous. These do so well in summer heat, as well as being drought and frost hardy.

From #SouthAfrica, although reported to be somewhat of a weedy pest here in some parts of Western Australia and Queensland.

📸 - #EastBrighton #melbourne #Australia

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I believe this is a variety of #marigold.

This one was snapped just now in #EastBrighton #Australia.

This plant reaches heights of between 20 and 90 cm (7.9 and 35.4 in). Native to Mexico.

Apparently the Aztecs gathered these wild plants as well as cultivating them for medicinal, ceremonial and decorative purposes.

This one has a deep red appearance on its lower petals, with orange tips. Then orange petals in the main head and they display just lovely in the morning sun.

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Oh this is like a homecoming.

#petunias are so easy to grow and care for. My mum had these in our childhood home growing everywhere in the garden and in hanging baskets under the pergola.

The blossoms on these are beautiful. All have long, thin tubes leading up to bright colourful petals. I like the hybrid colours as as well as the fully formed colourful varieties too.

📸 - #EastBrighton #Australia

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