Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went' ???

 Are these 2 plants Linaria? Spent a lot of time googling and asking friends. Found the above at the slopes of Mt Eden Volcano.

http://monrevedejardin.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/les-folies-de-courson-1.html Below

Red Flags

International day celebration in my church Mt Albert Baptist Church. Red is a very popular colour.
http://rubytuesdaytoo.blogspot.co.nz/

Croissants

My last post on the French theme. The story however is not French but American. 20 years ago, the husband had a conference in Washington DC. He took us on a wonderful holiday. We were staying in NY and the breakfast was Croissants and muffins. Both of them were super size, but greedy me went and asked if we could have a refill of 4 Croissants. The woman said sorry, I will give you 2 Croissants and 2 muffins. I felt sheepish. The younger daughter was only 5. That remained one of our most heart warming stories of our trip to USA.

Xanthostemon chrysanthus ...hairy flower i

Xanthostemon chrysanthus ...hairy flower i

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/70723243/kawakawa-tea-a-naturally-good-remedy

Kawakawa tea a naturally good remedy

Kawakawa helps fight winter ailments.

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Cameron Burnell/Fairfax NZ

Kawakawa tea is a naturally good way to restore and maintain good health.

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Before pharmaceutical companies started running things, herbal remedies were what people used when the winter chills took hold.
Many sodas, bitters, spirits and liqueurs were originally made as tonics for helping with ailments. In Aotearoa, tohunga created balms, herbal infusions, steam baths and teas from local flora for preventing, curing or easing all sorts of ills. Many of these rongoā are still used today.
The leaves of kawakawa, a member of the pepper tree family, were commonly used as a tea to help with digestion, as an anti-inflammatory tonic, and as a mild intoxicant. Kawakawa is the milder cousin of kava, the intoxicating root drunk in other Pacific Islands. It is probably the most commonly used native ingredient in drinks in New Zealand. 

Senecio cineraria)

 common in New Zealand gardens. Dusty Miller; Senecio cineraria) 

It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for its white, felt-like tomentose leaves; in horticultural use, it is also sometimes called dusty miller, a name shared with several other plants that also have silvery tomentose leaves; the two most often to share the name are Centaurea cineraria and Lychnis coronaria.

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Dianthus barbatus (sweet william)

  Dianthus barbatus (sweet william) is a species of Dianthus
At the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011, Catherine Middleton included sweet william  in her bouquet.

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