In Love with Roses...

Today's flower photograph is of a rose called 'Just Joey'.
Apricot and  peachy 
with a lovely scent = pure loveliness!
The blooms fade to a soft buff colour as they age.
One of my favourites,
it is a hybrid tea rose
with huge five inch blooms that have an unusual ruffled edge.
The bush is small to medium in size.
The bonus about this rose is that it is free-flowering!
In Mia Bella Gardens it blooms all summer long right through to early winter.




Pink Geranium love...

I know I said I would not be back until next year...
BUT...
I have taken so many gorgeous photos at Mia Bella Gardens 
that I simply had to share with you all.
So here is the first one,
Pink Geranium Love...
This Geranium has an upright growth habit and is from Pac Zonal.
The blooms are semi double,
variegated white and shocking pink.
Stunning in contrast with those bright green leaves.
What's not to love about that?
And then there is the name...
Geranium Flower Fairy White Splash.
That's very lovable too!




Christmas wishes...


 On the eve of Christmas,
I wish you all 
a fabulous fun holiday 
filled with happiness,
wishes, love, hugs 
and beautiful memories...

It's holiday time...
and 'Mia Bella Passions'
will be enjoying a short vacation
to return in the early New Year 
with NEW, EXCITING, FUN  
and BEAUTIFUL things 
to share with you all.
Until then,
'Merry Christmas'
and
'Happy New Year'
my fabulous friends...

Pohutukawa - the New Zealand Christmas Tree...

Todays post is all about the pohutukawa.
I thought I would share these photos I took yesterday, 
then you can see what my Christmas season looks like...
My snow is red... 
from the beautiful pohutukawa needles that covers the ground under the trees.
It is summer here...
and the photos look are a bit hazy as the heat and humidity was extreme 
causing a visual haze.
The Pohutukawa is a native tree that is known as the New Zealand Christmas tree.
That's because it is flowering during the Christmas holiday season
from November to January,
Legend says if it flowers early it will be a long hot summer.
  The flowers are bright, bright red...
Very Christmasy don't you think?
 The stunning flowers cover the tree...
 The trees can grow in the most precarious positions as they have an epiphyte tendency.
You can see this here as there are many on this rocky hillside,
which are just beginning to bloom.
 Where I live on the coast of the Eastern Bay of Plenty, 
in the North Island of New Zealand,
there are thousands (or more) of these beautiful trees,
which are from the Myrtle family.
Putting on an awesome summer display,
much to the delight of the nectar eating birds.
 It is thought these trees can live up to 1000 years, 
and can grow up to 25 metres in height!
 Pohutukawa  - 
The New Zealand Christmas Tree.

Merry Christmas friends.


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