Contributing to Cathy—Rambling in the Garden—a weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday which features flowers from our gardens.
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Garden coming alive with colors, variation and style.
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After days of steady rain, the garden is singing with life—fresh greenery and fragrant blooms everywhere you look! I’m enjoying an incredible lineup: clematis, garden and creeping phlox, bellis, coreopsis, azalea, iris, foxglove, a rainbow of roses, Asiatic lilies, plantain lily, shasta daisies, daylilies, black-eyed Susans, hydrangeas, big blue, tickseed, gardenia, hosta, rhododendron, carnations, sage, catmint, lilacs, hydrangeas—and more surprises on the way.
It’s nature’s encore, and I’m here for every petal of it!
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Garden’s last hoorah! before winter (we skipped fall, it’s straight into winter weather)
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Last year, my hydrangeas didn’t bloom. That was disheartening for a new gardener—wondering what I did or didn’t do. I shared this with you and received suggestions on what to do differently. I followed your advice and made the necessary changes.
As spring began unfolding this year, I watched the hydrangeas like a hawk. When the first flower heads appeared, relief washed over me—affirmation that my attention to their care at the start of the season was worthwhile.
And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are the first set of hydrangeas that skipped blooming last season. Enjoy!
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There’s a rabbit that’s made my garden his/her feeding ground and s/he has made my lilies her appetizer, main course and dessert!!!! So there aren’t too many that made it to blooming stage this year. This one did …
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Happy Sunday from the garden. This is how the roses greeted me this morning:
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I can’t keep this nature-inspired joy to myself, so here are some of the stunning roses that are dazzling my little garden this year. Enjoy!
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She’s pretty enough to be pompous. Don’t you agree?!
Last year, I planted these two beautiful peonies, but they didn’t bloom. This year, I’ve eagerly watched them transform through each stage, capturing the evolution of these stunning flowers. Enjoy the journey with me as these must-see blooms come to life!
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The garden is coming alive! I am most anticipating the hydrangeas. Last year they didn’t bloom but this year I’ve tilled the soil, fertilized and expecting great blooms.
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The sunflower may deceive you—it’s not a typical flower. Its petals, seemingly floral, are, in fact, disguised leaves, adopting a yellow hue to allure pollinators. Upon closer inspection, what you perceived as the flower is an intricate outline concealing numerous beautiful and delicate flowers, harmoniously aligned in nature’s geometry. Each small flower carries within it a multitude of sunflower fields in golden dust—a phenomenon termed infloration in biology. 🌻
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… happy orchid mom exclaiming: “my baby is blooming yet again!”
She’s my oldest baby (6 years) and this season’s first bloom!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to bloom.
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Remembering
The allure
Of chrysanthemums fondly
Goodbye
Warm days
Hello winter cold
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Hydrangeas growing lush but will not blossom
The botanist said, this isn’t the custom
Till the soil and feed them fertilizer
Next year they’ll bloom bigger than ever
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New leaf unfolding
Summer's touch, life in motion
Nature's dance of life
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Busy bee on pink rose fluttering
A dance of nature composing
Buzz in the air, petals caressing
Nectar’s sweet finesse harvesting
Amidst blooms, nature’s task unending
A symphony of the cycle of life unfolding
Contributing to Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt where the given word is flutter, and no more than 34 words.
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Today I’m sharing not just one but a few flowerS of the day from my garden. Hope their sun-like qualities bring a smile to your face ☀️ 😊 🌞
These beauties all have two things in common — that sunshiny-yellow glow and gorgeousness!!
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The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump— why not do it with FLOWERS!!!! Happy hump day from my garden to you … just roses 🌹!
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Came across these irresistible cuties — love the way nature mimics itself!! 😊 See other awe-inspiring mimicking flowers here.
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It’s one of those days when my go-to restaurant saves the day—dinner is ready for pick up after a long tiring day at the office. They dress my bag with a flower every time, usually it’s a red rose or a sunflower. But this flower I don’t know.
Can you name that flower?! 😊
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… for Hugh’s Views & News blog, Wordless Wednesday!
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Hello sunshine!!!! Another “pretty by nature” reveal brought to you by the posh peonies gracing my garden for the first time this year.
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This pretty-by-nature velvety rose greets me with petals spread wide, with fragrant embrace and grace cause that’s how nature whispers: “I love you”.
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… this orchid mom is exuberant once again because one more of my babies is re-blooming! She’s my oldest, just over 5 years old!!!!
She’s the 2nd bloom of the 2023 season!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to re-bloom.
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… happy orchid mom exclaiming: “my baby is blooming yet again!”
She’s the first bloom of my season!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to bloom.
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I sent this photo to my mom and she was elated by what she saw. I didn’t see it till she pointed it out. What do you see when you look at this rose?
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The roses are holding their own, defying the cold and still pushing out blooms, warming my heart and providing offerings to share with you
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For your viewing pleasure—of blooms and buds!
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For your viewing pleasure—one rose bush, many rose blooms …
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Presenting MsFoxglove, fashionably adorned in a lavender-polka-dotted-glove-like ensemble taking the 1st place award for the “most delicate” in the garden.
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If it creeps or crawls, you can be guaranteed there’ll be one reaction from me—a mad dash in the opposite direction!
I’m sitting on the porch and look up to see this grasshopper lazing on the rail.
But…
… I’m not having that feeling-to-run feeling. Umm — it seems being in the garden all summer and encountering creepy-crawlies has toughened me up a bit. Cool!
So, I’m staying still and I may as well take pix. Out comes my trusty iPhone—SNAP! SNAP!!
Not fleeing means I’m getting to see this insect “up close and personal” for the very first time. And what an intricately-designed beauty of nature this is, complete with a herringbone pattern on its hind legs connected by what look like screws.
Hope you’ll enjoy viewing this little gift from Mother Nature. HAPPY SUNDAY!!!!
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And also for Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt (though there is more than one flower today).
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My garden is still giving me vibrant vibes. Here’s to pretty red roses—pretty by nature. I hope they bring some joy to your day.
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So this was from early in the season but I’m already nostalgic for spring/summer. Here’s to pretty pink Azalea—pretty by nature. I hope she brings some joy to your day.
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Sharing this foxglove beauty from my garden to bring a little joy to your day today.
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Sharing this hydrangea beauty to bring a little joy to your day today. Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt.
Borrowing this caption from Eunice: “pretty by nature”.
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Tickseed
Cheerful yellow
Attracts a bee within
Favored snack bar in the garden
To eat
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Today’s entry in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge: Tickseed and Fox Glove from my garden!
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Today’s entry in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge: a single red rose from my garden
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I’d say I’m the “accidental gardner”.
I picked up gardening this summer when the lansdcaping company I hired was a no-show. We had laid out the plan but when spring ended and May rolled around and they were nowhere in sight I said to myself, “Self, you can do this”. I had no tools and I had no idea about flowers—I just knew what was aesthetically pleasing to me.
I researched nurseries. I researched flowers. The workers at the Home Depot and nurseries became my buddies—“What tools do I need for this and that?” “Which potting soil and fertilizer is best?” “Mulch?!” And pretty soon google was auto-directing my searches to all things “garden”.
But somehow “deadheading” didn’t come up till a kind blogger, Eliza Waters, in her comment on a post advised me to deadhead the tickseed to encourage rebloom. Back to google I went: “What is deadhead?” “How to deadhead …?”
I clipped with careful precision, following the google-advisors to a T. All the while praying I’m doing it right.
Over the weeks following I kept checking for signs of regrowth. And then one morning, after a night of summer showers, there they were—new buds!
Suffice it to say, I was elated! With my trusty iPhone I began documenting what to me—the accidental gardener—is a feat.
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