Showing posts with label alliums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alliums. Show all posts

6.26.2012

Blooming This Week ~ Butterflies & Bees in my Garden



You know how it is when you want to do a post on something and nothing cooperates? 


Yep, this is one of those posts..



They say in Hollywood that working with animals is tough. 


Try working with wildlife!


There was to be a lack of butterflies on my butterfly bushes. 


Except for one...









That is why they call them that, right?

(Not even going to whine about the lack of hummingbirds on them)




A morning dove and friend in the top of the willow tree.


There's always cats to photo. This is the closest these two have been without a hissing fit.



Not too hard to photo...this one poses.


My leeks are blooming and the bees love them!








Uh-oh...maybe this explains the lack of wildlife in my garden...




Pinkerton hiding under the butterfly bush...bad boy!


This week I am linking to:




5.01.2012

Blooming This Week - Weigelas and More!

After 2 weeks of cool temperatures and drenching rain, there’s a lot blooming in the garden!



Wine & Roses Weigela

Every year I think I should prune this lovely shrub and then I don’t. I think if I prune it, it will fill in more. Then I realize it is filling in slowly by itself…so I leave it alone. It is one of the plants I look forward to blooming every year!





So pretty!



Last one!





Allium




Nora Barlow Columbine

This is the first good year for it!



So pretty and delicate



Lily of the Valley peeking out



It's so nice to have flowers blooming in my yard again!


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11.09.2011

Flower of the Day - Drumstick Allium




Today's flower of the day is a bulb, Drumstick Allium. Unless your ground is frozen (or snow covered!), it is not too late to plant spring flowering bulbs! Alliums add some excitement to spring gardens because of their unique round shape. Enjoy them in the garden, in fresh bouquets or as a dried flower year round. Drumstick Allium blooms in early summer in lucky zones 3-8.

Happy gardening!

10.03.2011

Flower of the Day - Allium Graceful




Today's flower of the day is Allium Graceful. Each bloom of this beauty is made up of 40 clusters or creamy white to plaest pink flowers with lavender stamens. So pretty! It blooms in early summer for lucky zones 3-9.

Happy gardening!

9.20.2011

Flower Bulb of the Day - Persian Blue Allium



Today’s flower bulb of the day is an allium: Persian Blue Allium. This uniquely shaped flower is comprised of hundreds of tiny blue flowers in a circular shape. Like most bulbs, it should be planted in a low watering area. It blooms in late spring in lucky zones 3-8.

Happy gardening!


Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for spring blooms!

10.04.2010

Flower of the Day - UNIQUE BULBS!





Todays flower of the day is a unique bulb - Persian Blue Allium - hundreds of tiny star shaped flowers clustered into a unique round ball shape!
Fall is a great time to plant spring blooming bulbs!
Happy Gardening!

9.16.2010

Flower of the Day!





Todays flower of the day is a bulb - Pink Jewel Allium - how pretty is this relative of the onion family?

Bulbs should be planted in the fall for spring blooms!

Happy Gardening!

5.25.2010

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

We had a lazy Sunday afternoon this past weekend. It was the first truly hot day, made for lazing around the yard.



Snoozing in the sun…



Watching the pretty foxgloves swaying in the breeze…



Gazing at the gorgeous peonies in bloom…



Watching a bee buzz an allium…



Finding another comfy place to take a snooze…



Lazy Sunday afternoon…zzzz…..