7.03.2012

Blooming This Week ~ Pinks & Purples in my Garden



Despite the lack of rain and hot, H-O-T days, my garden is full of blooms! 

This is the time of summer when my garden is filled with pinks and purples.

Yum!




Coneflowers thrive in hot dry weather.



Can you smell the heavenly scent of this stargazer lily?

Yep, that's my black concrete kitty peeking from behind!




A purple & white Laura tall phlox.




Wish I knew where to find the lavender honey this bee is gathering nectar for!




Close up of a fuchsia tall phlox.





Tiny bicolor eggplant in the garden.





Love the hints of yellow in this pink gladiola!




Early morning rays of sun hit the top of this bed of coneflowers and barberry.



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26 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous array of colours brightening your garden! The gladi is a stunning, soft shade

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  2. Beautiful flowers! I love coneflowers, especially the pinks! I use a lot of pink and purple in my gardens as well. Just love the happy feel of the colors! Thank you for sharing! Hugs, Leena

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  3. Laura is one of my favorite phlox and your lavender photo is beautiful! Larry

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  4. Your garden is blooming beautifully! My stargazers have been wonderful this year, and looks like yours are too. I'm very fond of that gladiola you have, I don't think I get enough sun to grow them, but I should at least try!

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  5. Love your flowers. I notice my coneflowers are thriving too in spite of the temp here in MI.


    Kim,USA

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  6. I enjoyed the cyber tour of your lovely garden. Happy 4th of July.
    Joyce M

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  7. Beautiful captures. The coneflower and the gladiola were my favorites! A happy 4th to you!

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  8. What a great variety of pinks and purples! Love the eggplants! If you get a chance, stop by my blog and "Like" Hood Photography on Facebook! Thanks!

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  9. I loved the trip through your garden. It's very colorful and nice.

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  10. Beautiful! I love the different colors and textures and especially the phlox and the eggplant -- it's been in the low 100's here in the Midwest and my vegetable garden is going CRAZY with this heat! My phlox are just getting ready to bloom -- just love summer!!

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  11. I love lavender and coneflower. Your garden is lovely. Stopping by form French Country Cottage.

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  12. These pictures of your flowers are beautiful. I am partial to the lavender. I love lavender and have plants in my yared and it all over my home. Just lovely purple cone flowers akso they look great. Love them all!

    I am following your blog via email and I hope you will give cloches and lavender a try and follow my blog as well. Saw on at Feathered Nest Friay

    Cynthia

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  13. Your gardens are lovely. The bee in the lavender is a gorgeous shot, and so is the eggplant. I found your post at Tuesday Garden Party.

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  14. Your garden is amazing! I just love the lavender, I can almost smell it! The purple cone flowers say 'cottage'. You have such a green thumb, wish I did. One can dream...

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  15. Beautiful garden! We must live in the same area, I have all of the same flowers blooming right now, too!

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  16. Your gardens look so healthy and beautiful!
    Mary Alice

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  17. Wow, your garden is so beautiful, love your images especially the cone flower. I just bought my daughter a pot of them today for her garden.

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  18. Oh my, your gardens are beautiful! I love the purple flox and the stargazer lilies are my absolute favorite flower. HPS! Hugs, Terri

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  19. Such lovely colors in your garden. I love the colors of the glad that you have. The eggplant is really unique and very pretty.

    Yael from Home Garden Diggers

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  20. Loving that eggplant. Such a neat variation.

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  21. so much pretty here! love that gladiola you shared...the colors are lovely! thanks for linking up to Fishtail Cottage's garden party this week! i'm finally sitting down to peek around! xoxo, tracie

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  22. Beautiful flowers! I was just reading about coneflowers in the summer issue of Country Gardens, and after reading about them there, and now here, I definitely want to incorporate them into my landscaping next year. They're quintessentially cottage, aren't they? :)

    Take care,
    Erin @ Carolina Country Living
    (visiting from Primp Your Stuff Wednesday)

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  23. Gorgeous flowers. Coneflowers are one of my favorite! Thanks for linking up to STL Wednesday!
    Mary

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  24. It is all so pretty! Thank you for joining me at Home Sweet Home!
    Sherry

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  25. Everything is just gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing with Share Your Cup.
    Hugs,
    Jann

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Thank you!