Sun After Rain: Lilies
Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Cowslip; Virginia Bluebells)
This ethereal, drift-forming woodland plant opens from puckered, lilac-pink buds to pure blue flowers shaped like bells, cowslips or petticoats, depending on your perspective. Continue reading “Mertensia virginica (Virginia Cowslip; Virginia Bluebells)”
Flower of the Day: Phlox
Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Tulips and Magnolias
For this week’s challenge, I’m opening with two, classic, creamy-white magnolias, shown with the same hand for comparison.
I wish I could share their heady, lemony scent too. Continue reading “Tulips and Magnolias”
Daffodils For Mum
It’s Mothering Sunday in the UK, so I’m sharing these flowers in celebration of Mum. I always associate daffodils with this day because, as children, we used to line up to receive a bunch of them to carry down the hill from church to present to our mothers. Continue reading “Daffodils For Mum”
Wisteria, Flowering Three Weeks Early in Mississippi
Wisteria is grown as a decorative, highly fragrant vine in Mississippi, but also grows abundantly in the wild, many a time outlasting the home where it was planted. Continue reading “Wisteria, Flowering Three Weeks Early in Mississippi”
Susan Rushton 