This month, since #TreeSquares is over I decided to post to Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge (FOTD). Like Becky B, Cee offers us the freedom to post every day or when we feel like it. I made the mistake of classifying my trees as flowers for about half the month last month. So this month – no trees. (maybe). Cee’s FOTD challenge accepts:
- Single flowers
- Buds
- Multiple flowers
- Bouquet
- Flower fields
- Wildflowers
- Tree or bush blossoms
- Autumn leaves
- Spring leaves
- Decorative Cabbage
- Berries
- Still life
- Fake or Silk Flowers
As I swirled through my forested universe last month for Becky’s TreeSquares, I came in touch again with my Australian trip. This month I’ll revisit only the flowers I photographed in Ballarat, Melbourne, Healesville Sanctuary and Queensland. Sometimes I might combine my post with another challenge I am doing, but I may just post one photo a day. I’ve never done that, so I’ll see how it goes.
Toowoomba Rose Garden Lacks Weeds
Most of you know that I have a soft spot in my heart for roses. Helping to care for Woodlake Rose Garden in CA requires so much work especially keeping weeds down.
While this burlywood-colored mulch might not be the most attractive ground cover, it is doing the job both cutting down weeds and retaining much needed water in the heat of summer..
Something else I appreciated was a simple, easy to read chart. If I wanted to find something I liked for my yard, I would know what kind of rose to get.
Hope you enjoyed my Toowoomba roses today.
Have a great week
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
12 responses to “FOTD #16: Toowoomba, AU Garden Lacks Weeds”
roses are one of my favorites as well; that does look like quite the useful chart…
LikeLiked by 1 person
When Kiwanis inherited the Woodlake Rose Garden work, the person who created the garden in the first place was not willing to share the names with us. Apparently now, three years later, he is going to do that. It seems like a tiny thing, but info-gatherers go nuts without info to gather. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
not sharing the names seems to make no sense. I’m glad he finally wisened up!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It didn’t make sense to us either, but times, they are a changin’.
LikeLiked by 1 person
in this case, for the better…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful roses, Marsha! We are retired and thought about Arizona, but nah it’s still feels too early for us:) Emille
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hang in there. When the time is right. My husband wanted me to move 10 years ago.
LikeLike
a great job smothering the weeds.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It worked well. Our weeds in CA just came right through.
LikeLike
🤣
LikeLike
This rose garden is the State Rose Garden. It’s always beautiful. The mulch is sugar cane mulch and is excellent for controlling weeds and retaining moisture. Lovely rose photos, Marsha.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Carol. 🙂
LikeLike