Today’s frequently #FloralFriday features beautiful purple, violet wisteria blossoms and a peachy pink Peace rose. There’s also an element of trepidation and mystery, but I’ll get to that later. When I moved into this house there were a few old, giant rose bushes. They seemed to want to climb, so I put a little arch Read More…
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Pink Roses, Lavender And Yellow Acacia Flowers For #FloralFriday
I am luck, luck, lucky enough to have a few things blooming in my garden right now, so I’m sharing the floral joy to brighten up your Friday. And two of these flowers are from drought tolerant plants, so take heart my fellow desert dwellers. This is a pretty pink tea rose that grows tall Read More…
Future Wisteria Flowers for #FloralFriday
The wisteria in my garden is just getting ready to bloom. There is one little petal open in this wisteria photo, but I think the real star of the show are the interesting cloud formations floating around today. Anywhoo, the wisteria buds are good because this is about the time I should be chopping it Read More…
Flowering Plum Tree Resurrection Story of Hope for #FloralFriday
There’s a bit of a comeback story going on in my back yard. There was an ancient plum tree here when I moved in. I don’t know the name, but I know it has wonderful, sweet plums with dark purple skins and bright creamy yellow flesh. It’s probably an older variety. The plums taste best Read More…
Peach Flavored Roses With Raindrops For #FloralFriday
OK, they don’t really taste like peaches, they’re just peachy in color, and they really smell like roses. The rain stopped just long enough for me to take this photo of my blooming rose. It’s peach or salmon colored. I can’t find the tag in the mud so we’ll have to remain in suspense as Read More…
Red And White Striped Roses Blooming for #FloralFriday
This is my favorite rose bush, it is a red and white striped floribunda rose. I can’t find the tag though so I can’t tell you it’s name. I planted it because it reminded me of a beloved Rosa Mundi I left behind at a previous garden. This rose usually gets one large burst of Read More…
Daffodil Flowers in Sparkling Waterford Crystal: Friday Floral
Yes, it is January, but I already have daffodils flowering in my garden. I planted these bulbs years ago. We’ve had a little rain here in southern California so they’ve taken that as their big chance to flower. I know we’re still in the dead of winter, but they seem to have their own schedule. Read More…
#FloralFriday: Gollum Jade is Flowering and Looking Like Sea Coral
OK, this is the late night, almost full moon edition of Friday Floral. Here is a flowering Crassula Portulacea, commonly called Horseshoe or Spoon Jade. Or more lately Gollum Jade and now Shrek Fingers. I’m sure it will have a new nickname when another movie comes out. Anyway, this has typical crassula-type flowers, almost exactly Read More…
Friday Floral: Red Climbing Rose Flowers
I am happy to report that my climbing rose has forgiven me for last summer. It is on a south facing cinder-block wall. Normally it does fine in the heat, but this summer just got too hot. My poor climber has a few brown, sunburned canes. At one point it even lost all its leaves Read More…
Hot Pink Bromeliad Flowers of Aechmea or Urn Plant
I’m late for my Friday Floral, so I’m making this weeks floral photo a doozy. This is an Aechmea, or Urn Plant or Pitcher Plant. It is happily growing at my mother’s house and she reports that these flowers have been blooming since the summer! Unique Aechmea Urn Plant pink bromeliad flower These are native Read More…