Citizenship plant

In July 2016, we became Australian citizens. During the ceremony, we were each given an Australian native to plant in our gardens.

One plant set well and started crawling all over the veggie patch! It was so determined to take it over, that it started to wrap it's tendrils around the Gardenia. I soon cut those off and thankfully, it went a different path from then on.

Buds

This month, it started to flower. The common name for the plant is puple pea and you can see why. The flowers do look like pea flowers, though much smaller.

First flowers

I have taken a cutting and hope to immortalise it in a picture frame, like I did with the Kangaroo paw.

Purple Pea

Citizen day!

Today we became citizens of Australia. As is the norm, we each got a native Austrlian sapling, along with our certificates. The saplings are of Hardenbergia Violacea - Purple coral pea.

Hardenbergia Violacea

The leaves looked familiar to me. On googling I found out why. This evergreen climber is grown around my office. It is flowering now with purple flowers and looks awesome.

We have not found a spot for it yet, but the veggie patch might be the best option.