There's been a lovely range of flowers available already as we inch closer to Spring in August - poppies, sweet pea, daffodils, earlicheer, jonquils, freesias, hyacinth, tulips and iris have all been beautiful.
Ranunculus started the beginninh of this month and are still coming in a variety of beautiful colours and of high quality but abit expensive. Lavender started at the end of July and continues to be lovely.
All the roses have had beautiful large heads and lovely quality.
Snap dragons and stock have also been easily available and beautiful. Lily of the valley and hydrangea haven't started yet.
Orchids, oriental lilies, asiatic lilies, longiflorum lilies, carnations, alstromeria and chrysanthemum have been available.
Local cymbidium orchids have been absolutely fantastic, in a very lovely colour range.
Gymea lilies have still been available this month and have been absolutely stunning.
Sea holly, blushing bride, banksias (coccinea, hookerania and menziesii), beautiful red and green leacadendron, berzillea and gumnuts have been available. Red wax bud and pink/ white wax flower have both been available and smell lovely. Pink boronia has started. Proteas have been available and the colours of the Straw flower have been simply stunning.
Pink and white blossom branches has been available this month. Only some imported lisianthus and hypericum have been available.
Flowers that are usually available in August (and their colour range) are -
Alstromeria (white, pink, green, red, yellow, orange)
Anthirium (white, salmon, pink, lime, red)
Asiatic Lilies (white, pink, orange, yellow, red)
Blossom (white, pink)
Birds of Paradise (orange/purple)
Banksia (various varieties in green, red, yellow, orange, brown, silver)
Blushing Bride (white, pink)
Chrysanthemum (various varieties - white, pink, red, green, yellow, lilac, orange)
Cymbidium Orchid (white, pink, orange, red, yellow, green)
Daisy (yellow/white)
Delphinium (butterfly or hybrid - white, blue, purple)
Daffodil (yellow)
Forget-Me-Not (Blue)
Freesia (white, pink, red, yellow, purple)
Gardenia (white)
Gerbera (white, pink, orange, yellow, red)
Gladiolus (white, purple, green, pink, yellow, red, orange)
Geraldon Wax (white, pink)
Goddess Lily (green)
Heliconia (red, orange, yellow)
Helleborus (green, purple)
Hyacinths (white, pink, purple)
Jonquil (white, yellow)
Iris (blue, purple, white, yellow)
Kangaroo Paw (pink, green, red/green, black/green, yellow, orange, red)
Lavender (purple)
Leucadendron (green, red, yellow)
Leucospernum (orange, red, yellow)
Lisianthus (white, pink, purple)
Love-in-the-Mist (blue)
Lotus (pods green, flowers pink, white)
Dusty Miller foliage
Minature Roses (white, pink, yellow, orange, red, cream)
Mini Gerbera (white, red, orange, yellow, lemon, pink)
November Lily (white)
Oriental Lily (white, pink)
Phalaenopsis Orchid (white, lemon, green, pink)
Poppy (red, orange, yellow, pink, white)
Roses (white, pinks, lavender, mauve, cream, orange, red, peach, yellow, lemon)
Singapore Orchid (white, green, pink, purple, red, yellow)
Statice (white, purple)
Sunflower (yellow, brown)
Snap Dragon (white, pink, orange, burgundy)
Sweet Pea (white, pinks, purples)
Stock (white, purple, cream, pink)
Tuberose (white)
Tulip (white, cream, pink, orange, yellow, red, purple)
Vanda Orchid (pink, red, orange, purple, yellow)
Waratah (red, white, green)