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The Big Gum Tree

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The large Eucalyptus Tree, affectionately called the BIG GUM, imposes its bulk and stature over the house lawn and the shrubs in the top of the Jelly Bean Garden. It is always surrounded by a ring of plants in pots.

 In 2003 the garden was just getting properly organised!
The BIG GUM and the Jelly Bean Border - 2003

The picture below was taken from the upstairs balcony in the year 1999. This gives a great view of the Jelly Bean Border and the majestic BIG GUM. On the house side the fence-line is covered with roses, and the border is full of daffodils and forget-me-nots in spring.

 Balcony view.
The BIG GUM and the Jelly Bean Border - 1999

There is a bronze flax at the top corner, whose colour is echoed by the Berberis shrub further down.

 The Big Gum lords it over the house lawns.
Balcony View

This final photograph, taken from the Moosey balcony, is the most recent, taken in the year 2008. You'll see that some things stay the same (the Berberis shrub) while others change (check out the stone wall and Shrubbery at the top of the 'hill').

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