Daylilies (Hemerocallis cultivars) at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden #DandenongRangesBG #Hemerocallis #Asphodelaceae

Flowers of Dierama pulcherrimum (angel's fishing rod) from South Africa, at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden #DandenongRangesBG #Dierama #Iridaceae

King protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa #DandenongRangesBG #Protea #Proteaceae

A Leucospermum cultivar at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden #DandenongRangesBG #Leucospermum #Proteaceae

Picea smithiana (West Himalayan spruce or morinda spruce) at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden #DandenongRangesBG #Picea #Pinaceae

At the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden (formerly National Rhododendron Gardens), the rhododendrons have mostly finished flowering but there are still a few to be seen #DandenongRangesBG #Rhododendron #Ericaceae

Protea repens x aristata 'Venus' #DandenongRangesBG #Protea #Proteaceae

Entelea arborescens (whau), a small tree from New Zealand #DandenongRangesBG #Entelea #Malvaceae

Darwinia species at the Chelsea Australian Garden at Olinda #DandenongRangesBG #Darwinia #Myrtaceae #ozplants

A group of grafted Casuarina glauca 'Cousin It's looking menacing at the Chelsea Australian Garden at Olinda #DandenongRangesBG #Casuarinaceae #ozplants

The Chelsea Australian Garden at Olinda, which opened earlier this year #DandenongRangesBG

Foliage of Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor' #DandenongRangesBG #Beech #Fagus #Fagaceae

The beautiful and critically endangered Serruria florida (blushing bride) is endemic to the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the Western Cape in South Africa #DandenongRangesBG #Serruria #Proteaceae