Botanical Buzz | Chaenomeles brighten up the winter months

By Ron Watson
October 12 2017 - 8:00pm
FLORAL FIRE: The Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Quince, Japonica) in the Japanese Gardens at Elizabeth Park. Photo: CONTRIBUTED
FLORAL FIRE: The Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Quince, Japonica) in the Japanese Gardens at Elizabeth Park. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

I was driving up to the gardens (Elizabeth Park), trying to think what had kept our display interesting this last winter. You know yourself how bare a garden can look with grey skies, chilly mornings, bare branches, and stiff breezes. In the bush garden our local wattles hold the Alamo-fort with glorious sun-yellow colour against gathering Mexican armies with winter pennants unfurled in shivering winds. But were we holding out at the Japanese Gardens?

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