November 20, 2010

• Weekly Photo Challenge, “Flowers”

   

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  It runs for one full week from Friday mornings to late Thursday nights. 

  The challenge beginning November 19, 2010 is:

  “Flowers”
  suggested by:  Zeal4Living

   

  Both of my sisters plant the most wonderful gardens and they always have lots of flowers.  The two of them urged us to get on track and plant more of what you can really enjoy inside and out, things that make life so much more worth the living, FLOWERS. 

  Some Photos of some of the flowers that blossom in our yard.

  

  1-  I imagine most of us have plantings in our yards that we grew up with or around that made impressions on us.  We did not have Vinca in our yard but the house directly across from us was on a steep grade and the hillside was covered with this plant.  I loved it so when we planted years ago this was one of the first plants I chose to be a part of our surroundings.

   

   

  

  2-  I love dogwood and it grows in the wild near us as well as on Dogwood trees in other yards.  This particular little tree planted itself beside our drive.  It’s more beautiful every year.  They also come in pink but white is the original color and my favorite.

   

   

  

  3-  Wisteria is another plant that grew in abundance across the street and down one house.  It covered the rock face of the house and would travel across the electric lines.  I love it but ours is planted in a poor choice of spots so threatens our gutters and roof and other plants and in fact the neighbors yard.  It is more like a wild animal than a docile plant and recalling it crossing electric wires, I should have known better when I planted it. 

   

   

  

  4-  I don’t recall seeing Peonies grow in any particular place or spot near us but I’ve always loved Peony.  My start came from a church yard.  I’ve read articles where lots of people say their Peonies don’t require any attention but mine need to be fed or they bloom less and less.

   

   

  

  5-  This is an annual, Purslane, and I’m familiar with the wild variety that grew profusly, considered a weed, in our garden at home.  It’s an edible, info here, mild in flavor.  I had no idea it was available with wonderful flowers until this last spring.  I found it at the garden center and bought what they had left of it.  I think its lovely and I’ve brought what I had growing outside in, for the winter, to see if I can save it.  It isn’t blooming now as it likes sun which it isn’t getting (I am using grow lights) but the succulent leaves are green and firm so I guess it’s doing okay.

   

   

  

  6-  Xanga’s Fauquet posted photos of the geraniums his wife cares for and they were so pretty.  When I discovered some at our garden center at a really good price I bought them in several colors for me and some for a neighbor.  They were beautiful all summer outside and I am keeping them inside for the winter.  Some are still blooming.

   

   

  

  7-  These are Paper White Narcissus I set into the pot just after Halloween.  I have two pots started and will plant bulbs in a third pot in a couple of weeks.  They will mature to bloom at different times so will bring spring into the house for a longer period of time.  So far both planted pots look healthy and my fingers remain crossed.  This is my first time trying to plant them myself.  The pot you see in the photo came with paper whites in it.  I’m a green person and when I saw the paperwhites blooming in this pot I asked my hubby to buy it for us.  The paper whites looked so beautiful in it I couldn’t resist.

  That’s it for this week.  I’m feeling like spring viewing these floral photos.

  Have a great week.  The seasons holidays begin here this next week on Thanksgiving USA.  I hope everyone has wonderful and safe holidays wherever it is you are.
  

   

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