Penniedarling

 Loving our new Captain Cook Gwil :-)

Rip'n'Rosie bought us one of these when we moved in here in 1971 but it passed away aged 44... then Gwillo to the rescue!

See below from Wiki...

History.

The cultivar originated as a seedling of Callistemon viminalis. It was noted to have a more dwarf and bushy habit than usual and an abundance of flower buds as a young plant.^[1] Originally known and sold as 'Compacta', the name was changed to 'Captain Cook' to mark the 1970 bicentennial of James Cook's voyage to Australia. At a later stage, plants grown from seed were distributed under this name, and the true-to-type variety, which can only be propagated from cuttings became difficult to obtain.^[1]

 Oh so pretty :-)

Below is a climbing Bottlebrush growing on the tennis court... it's pretty old
 Just lovely.

 Melbourne Cup Day is coming up and that means we will be awash with the smell of this beautiful Jasmine!

 This vine is constantly being pruned back it will take over if we aren't careful... Basketball can still be played though  :-)  only just though.

 Lovely private corner from the road... we should set up table and chairs methinks!! 

Can't wait for all our new natives to grow over there on the other side of the driveway, bit blah looking isn't it.   
That heavily pruned Camelia in the middle of this photo was planted by my Ghost, John Witter who was the first to own this land way back in 1930.

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