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I was the lucky recipient of the gift of a couple of stalks of wildflowers and a handwritten poetry quote from a friend the other day. It was a neat gesture, and so I decided to photograph them before they wilted.
One of them is a California Poppy, not necessarily indigenous to this region, but grows roadside in some abundance, the other I have no idea though they are a "weed" from what I gather.
"To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour. "
-William Blake "In Imagination"
(It occurs to me I should have photographed the note w/the flowers...Just gotta love that quote, though!)
Anyway, I thought I would get a few pics of some of my "domesticated" flowers while I was thinking about it:
Impatiens. My gramma called these "Bizzy Lizzies" which bugged me b/c I never liked my name and I thought she was teasing me when she said that.
Lobelia, I think this is the Sapphire, don't remember for sure. I buy lots of these to fill up my planters around the back porch, in all the shades I can find.
I tried some new Sweet Peas this year, with the streaks in them rather than the solid colors. They smell great, like candy or something. I always plant them to the left of my door as you're coming in and they smell awesome!
And Nasturtiums. These verge on being a weed for me. I am always pulling them out and trying to nip them back a bit.
Here is how they look (this is a previous year's planting) mixed w/the Nasturtiums and on the metal trellises:
They also grow amongst the Sweet Peas and threaten to choke them out if I don't. I don't think I've bought Nasturtium seeds since I moved in here. They sure reproduce and are persistent about it! *LOL*
The ONLY bloom currently on my Mother's Day Fuschia basket. This was left on my front steps the day before Mother's Day, a welcome find! It is getting ready to put out a lot of new blooms, though they are all just buds right now. The hummingbirds here just love these.
Some Petunias and another type of flower residing together in a HUGE hanging basket we bought about two months ago from a local nursery. This one's not as big as previous year's which got about four feet in length top to bottom! Here are pics of the two baskets I got the year Colton was born (2004):
Well, enough flower pics for me for the moment.
I enjoy everyone's pictures so I thought I would play too!
Liz
One of them is a California Poppy, not necessarily indigenous to this region, but grows roadside in some abundance, the other I have no idea though they are a "weed" from what I gather.
-William Blake "In Imagination"
(It occurs to me I should have photographed the note w/the flowers...Just gotta love that quote, though!)
Anyway, I thought I would get a few pics of some of my "domesticated" flowers while I was thinking about it:
Impatiens. My gramma called these "Bizzy Lizzies" which bugged me b/c I never liked my name and I thought she was teasing me when she said that.
Lobelia, I think this is the Sapphire, don't remember for sure. I buy lots of these to fill up my planters around the back porch, in all the shades I can find.
I tried some new Sweet Peas this year, with the streaks in them rather than the solid colors. They smell great, like candy or something. I always plant them to the left of my door as you're coming in and they smell awesome!
And Nasturtiums. These verge on being a weed for me. I am always pulling them out and trying to nip them back a bit.
Here is how they look (this is a previous year's planting) mixed w/the Nasturtiums and on the metal trellises:
They also grow amongst the Sweet Peas and threaten to choke them out if I don't. I don't think I've bought Nasturtium seeds since I moved in here. They sure reproduce and are persistent about it! *LOL*
The ONLY bloom currently on my Mother's Day Fuschia basket. This was left on my front steps the day before Mother's Day, a welcome find! It is getting ready to put out a lot of new blooms, though they are all just buds right now. The hummingbirds here just love these.
Some Petunias and another type of flower residing together in a HUGE hanging basket we bought about two months ago from a local nursery. This one's not as big as previous year's which got about four feet in length top to bottom! Here are pics of the two baskets I got the year Colton was born (2004):
Well, enough flower pics for me for the moment.
I enjoy everyone's pictures so I thought I would play too!
Liz
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