Surprises - nice and not so nice!

	Gladiolus angustus - (Long tubed painted lady) - a nasty surprise lurking where we didn't expect it. These plants have lots of bulbils that need to be carefully dug out - otherwise they just get worse each time they are disturbed. We weren't prepared - will need to come back with trowels and bags. Moving on we worked on Geraldton Carnation Weeds - still lots of them. This has been a really good year for them, and we need to do a lot more work to make sure we don't have a massive infestation next year. Also found a few Watsonias - which we dug out - no problems there, just need to keep at them. Further along we came across 6 Victorian Ti-Tree seedlings that had blown in across the fence from Defence Department land.
	A pleasant surprise awaited us further East along the Defence Department land fence - a patch of Dampiera linearis out in bloom! These plants are barely visible for most of the year, and then they come out with this stunning blue and yellow flower! We feasted our eyes on them, and then moved off to another patch of Geraldton Carnation weeds.
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