It is very stimulating, living somewhere new. We have visited North Berwick masses of times, to shop, walk on the beach or go out for a meal. We lived just a few miles away. But now there is time to wander and explore, and I keep coming across unexpected treasures. The latest is a small garden of exotic plants which, really and truly, I would expect to see on the west coast, not in the chilly east, with the North Sea just a few hundred yards away.
Banana palms, kangaroo paw, eucalyptus, a foxglove tree, Paulownia tomentosa, native to central and western China and here towering over the border, gingers, a crimson glory vine, scrambling over the wall behind, a Georgia O'Keefe arum lily next to a tree fern, and all sorts of other exotic plants, are growing in a small border, just over the wall from a car park! There is a small aviary situated alongside, with zebra finches and cockatiels chattering away. I could very easily be back in the botanical gardens in Melbourne. It is quite wonderful, and slightly surreal.
How amazing! It must be a very sheltered hot spot to grow those! We have a few of those plants in our garden down under!
ReplyDeleteHappy exploring! 🌸xx