Crocosmia/Montbretia; a common sight on roadsides and in bush areas of NZ. Images: Su Leslie 2019
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Crocosmia/Montbretia; a common sight on roadsides and in bush areas of NZ. Images: Su Leslie 2019
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Zimmerbitch 
A very welcome splash of colour
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Very pretty! Makes me want some flowers in the house . . .
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😀
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What a lovely wild flower.
Leslie
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Thanks Leslie. They provide very welcome colour in NZ’s overwhelmingly green landscape.
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🙂
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Beautiful 🌸
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🙏 thank you
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Very pretty. I once tried to grow these in my garden, but failed….
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🙁 I’ve always just thought of them as very pretty roadside weeds
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They grow along the roadside here too and the common variety can be classed as weeds in the garden as they spread, but some of the cultivars are very much a part of an English garden for late summer colour.
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In MA, people plant them in their gardens!
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Fabulous flower photos!
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Thanks Peter 🙏
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I remember them being everywhere
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Yep.
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Beautiful images. After seeing your photos, I noticed some on a driveway across the road. They have a sweet fragrance.
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😀
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Beautiful!
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Oh, so beautiful! I bet my mum would love to paint these. 😊
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I could send you larger pics if she would like them 😀 xxx
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Oh, that would be wonderful!! Yes, please!! 😀 xxx
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Will email you some jpgs xxxx
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Thanks! xxxxx
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Like the plants captured the colors of fire!
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