John Virtue · @isopogonman
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This is 'Big Red', though he/she is actually a South Australian blue gum, #Eucalyptus leucoxylon. Biggest tree on our place and all the more special for being a crimson flowering form of the species. #bloomscrolling #ozplants #RockleighSA
#eucalyptus #bloomscrolling #ozplants #rockleighsa
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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First find of a bearded dragon on our place yesterday, when we were collecting wood. I had to move him/her to safety. #dragons #reptiles #RockleighSA
#dragons #reptiles #rockleighsa
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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This bearded dragon on a dirt track did not budge when I came across it on my bike. I was a bit concerned it was dead, but no - with a slight touch it went into scary mode #reptilesofmastodon #ozwildlife #RockleighSA
#reptilesofmastodon #ozwildlife #rockleighsa
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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More garland lilies - the patches in the back paddock are flowering well after the wet end to 2022. We have the usual crimson flowered form but there's also a special patch of which is white with a pink blush. Calostemma purpureum #Amaryllidaceae #botany #RockleighSA #ozplants #ozflora
#amaryllidaceae #botany #rockleighsa #ozplants #ozflora
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Grand old blue gum Eucalyptus leucoxylon #RockleighSA #morningwalk #nature #ozplants
#rockleighsa #morningwalk #nature #ozplants
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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It's garland lily season in #RockleighSA Calostemma purpureum. Crimson flowers emerge on erect stems in the middle of summer. They then die down and two strap-like leaves emerge to hug the ground over winter. #ozplants #botany
#rockleighsa #ozplants #botany
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Late summer is sheoak mistletoe and garland lily flowering time at #RockleighSA
Oh and a bonus dragonfly.
#botany #ozplants
#rockleighsa #botany #ozplants
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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John Virtue · @isopogonman
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It's a boom season for roadside kangaroo grass #ThemedaTriandra #RockleighSA
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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It's going to be a thirsty day #shinglebacks #stumpie #RockleighSA
#shinglebacks #stumpie #rockleighsa
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Hi #ozbirds . Is this a collared sparrowhawk and will it kill chickens? Hanging around the house at #RockleighSA
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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'Tis the season. The creamy white flowers of Bursaria spinosa - Christmas bush. An insect magnet #RockleighSA
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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John Virtue · @isopogonman
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#intropost I'm here to learn, laugh, listen and share things I enjoy #ozplants #nature #gardening and care about #InvasiveSpecies #weeds #EcologicalRestoration
Live with my partner Pete as custodians of 67 hectares of grassy #Eucalypt woodland at #RockleighSA in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges. Living on #Peramangk country. Restoring and enjoying the local biodiversity.
Here's an #Isopogon in case you're wondering...
#intropost #ozplants #nature #gardening #invasivespecies #weeds #ecologicalrestoration #eucalypt #rockleighsa #peramangk #isopogon
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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It's a boom wet spring here at #RockleighSA Those paddocks are thick with #Austrostipa speargrass in flower - changing the landscape from green to gold.