A bed of tulips underplanted with snapdragons, themselves underplanted by pansies, offered a subject too colourful to resist. Continue reading “Tulips, Snapdragons and Pansies”
Foxglove with Dianthus
Usually I’d aim to get more of the foxglove spire in the picture, but an alternative viewpoint seemed to work better, focusing on a few spotted flowers. Continue reading “Foxglove with Dianthus”
Violas and Petunias
Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
A Celebration With Bluebells
I remember my first post and the mix of trepidation and embarrassment that attended the press of the ‘Publish’ button. I suspect my main concern was that somebody might see it!
That to-press-or-not-to-press moment floated back to me when a notification came from WordPress featuring a tiny silver cup surrounded by even tinier sparkles as my blog has had over 500,000 views: news that prompted a woo hoo! even from this Lancastrian.
I’m celebrating with bluebells, one of my favourite spring flowers, sent out with a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has taken the time to visit me here, especially regular readers. Blogging would be much less fun without you. Continue reading “A Celebration With Bluebells”
Wordless Wednesday: Bee on a Rose
Flower of the Day: Echinacea
This group of four echinacea flowers (purple coneflowers), silky in the sun, caught my attention.
While the pink petals are wriggling upwards, the flowers appear to be a different species. Opening gappy and straw-like (as seen in the smallest flower, centre left) the petals broaden, lengthen, deepen in colour and droop back under the expanding centre of the flower.
Continue reading “Flower of the Day: Echinacea”
Erythronium ‘White Beauty’
Every part of this plant is decorative, although like many bulbs, it only ventures above ground for part of the year. Continue reading “Erythronium ‘White Beauty’”
Susan Rushton 