Summer blooms

[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[Riffman]

Love that daisy! Crisp and colourful!

[Kenn]

Many thanks Riffman..it's so vibrant I love yellow in the garden.

[grumpyhippo]

I used to restrict myself to cutting the grass but this year I actually planted some iris ( a rush of blood to e strange part of e brain!!) and they've actually flowered........ I must be a gardener ( or just very lucky)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0024a-1.jpg

[Kenn]

Beautiful grumpyhippo, unfortunately my Dutch Irises were a disaster this year but the flags were wonderful.

[Lolabelle]

Wow, what wonderful flowers, you can almost smell them. Keep 'em coming.:D

[Anne x]

what a bloom one of my very favourite flowers had nice ones when I lived in Thurso they bloomed about June
bought some in the spring here from the local Nursery planted them and hopefully will return next year
will keep you posted

all the other pics are wonderful as well especially on a dull rainy day like today :lol:

[Sporran]

Bloomin' lovely summer blooms, LIZZ and grumpyhippo! They are all gorgeous pics! :)

I love your white roses too, LIZZ, and the lovely colour contrast of the English lavender and Mrs Popple fuchsias. What a stunning iris, grumpyhippo! :cool:

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Apopple2.jpg

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Cerinthe2005.jpg

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/BeeLavender2005.jpg

[dirdyweeker]

what beautiful photos. Particularly love the Fuschia and Lillies. The detail is splendid.

[Sporran]

Your three latest photos are lovely too, LIZZ. I especially like the one of the French Bee Lavender! :)

[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/DSCF0851.jpg

[sassylass]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Cerinthe2005.jpg

oooh Lizz stop tweaking me, you know I'm jealous of your cerinthe! lol

[Sandra_B]

What beautiful plants! Makes me feel quite jealous as I'm the world worst gardener, plants just have to arrive in our house to start to die.

[grumpyhippo]

Its been a lovely sunny evening, we had to get one eventually, so while the head gardener was busy weeding I kept out of the way and took some pics.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0006a.jpg










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[grumpyhippo]

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[sassylass]

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[sassylass]

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[sassylass]

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[grumpyhippo]

Beautiful pictures a of a lovely place Sassylass.
That last one ( by the pond) looks like a painting by Monet.

[Kenn]

Ty Grumpyhippo and Sassy, great pics.

[Anne x]

recognised Butchart Gardens in BC my brother lives in Victoria been many times last saturday night was the firework dispaly

Ax:)

[Anne x]

last post
reads display so excited at seeing it again that view from the Seat overlooking fountain:) magnifico

[sassylass]

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[sassylass]

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[sassylass]

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[sassylass]

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[Torvaig]

What a beautiful display of flowers from you all; I can almost smell them from here!

[Sporran]

Love those roses, grumpyhippo! We have just bought some new rose bushes this week, and I can't wait till my my husband plants them! :)

The Butchart Gardens look beautiful - spectacular, in fact, sassylass. And your photos are so wonderfully clear! :D

[sassylass]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0017a-1.jpg



grumpyhippo, do you know that name of this rose... is it possibly called Summer Fashion? The scent is lovely!

And your peach rose is gorgeous too, a professional quality photo. Can you tell I am partial to roses? [lol]

[bluelady]

What beautiful plants! Makes me feel quite jealous as I'm the world worst gardener, plants just have to arrive in our house to start to die.

yep me too, they just seam to comit planticide ! :confused

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/DSCF0905.jpg
Can any one tell me what variety of sunflower this is please?

[Kenn]

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[Kenn]

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[sassylass]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/DSCF0905.jpg
Can any one tell me what variety of sunflower this is please?

That's a Teddy Bear sunflower. It's beautiful, as are your other photos.

[Sporran]

Wow, that's a stunning sunflower, LIZZ! :D

Teddy Bear seems like a good name for it! :cool:

[Ricco]

Great photos of Buchart, Sassy. Glad you are enjoying the Island. If you want to do some whale watching the best place is Telegraph Cove up near the top of the island. ;)

[Kenn]

Thanks sassy for the info and what an appropriate name, was given the plant and was amazed when the flower unfolded.

[Sporran]

Imagine my surprise when I looked at my latest reputation received! It was for my comments on this Summer Blooms thread. This is what psyberyeti had to say to me:


"I might be being unfair but I just get the feeling that Sporran will chip in a few words here and there about any post just to get her posting number up. If she's not, then I apologise."


You couldn't be further from the truth, psyberyeti!! If you were more observant, you would notice that there are many threads that I do not post on. If I was posting just for the sake of getting my number up, I would be posting on far more threads than I do! I post on subjects I am interested in, and yes, I do give a lot of compliments to people whose photos, etc., I like. And those compliments are genuine. I am a nice person who likes to give compliments when and where deserved. People enjoy good feedback when they post their photos, do they not? And yes, I do post a lot on the Literature thread, but that's because I enjoy reading and writing poetry! Your comments were completely uncalled for!! [disgust]

[Deemac]

I think this is an purple orchid. Don't know much about plants other than I like to photograph them (Much less demanding than small children and animals!!)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9175/img7651smia8.jpg

[Deemac]

Don't think this qualifies as a bloom, but still an unusual angle on a young crop field . . . . I like the patterns and lighting.


http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/986/img7670smjt6.jpg

[Sporran]

What a stunning purple orchid, Deemac! :D At first glance, it almost looks like a blue hyacinth. Great shot! :cool:

[psyberyeti]

Don't think this qualifies as a bloom, but still an unusual angle on a young crop field . . . . I like the patterns and lighting.




I loved this photo as soon as I saw it. I would be pleased to have a large canvas of this in a nice bright room. You can ignore the subject and just look at the effect. It's nice and bright and fresh. Excellent.:cool:

I don't suppose you have a shot taken with the camera on the ground looking upwards to give the leaves fading into the distance with a circle of blue sky in the centre? I can't try to recreate this shot as we don't have crop fields over here in the west.

[donsinc]

A few shots from our summer garden:

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/flower4.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/flower3.jpg

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/flower2.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/flower1.jpg

[Sporran]

Absolutely beautiful, donsinc! Thanks for sharing your photos with us! :)

[donsinc]

Thanks Sporran, I took them yesterday with the macro setting of my Nikon Coolpix 8800 at 8 megapixels.

The first photo incidentally, is of a Tiger Lily, the official flower of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, where I was born. We grow hundreds of them in our back yard:

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/flower5.jpg

[Sporran]

I thought it was a Tiger Lily, but didn't realise it's the official flower of the province of Saskatchewan. That first pic of the single bloom is a real stunner, and I love the pic of the rest of them too! :)

[nirofo]

We are very fortunate in Caithness that we have some very beautifull and quite rare flowers growing naturally. here's a couple of them!

nirofo.


Scottish Primrose (Primula scotica).
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/ScottishPrimroseclose-up.jpg


White Water Lilies (Nymphaea alba).
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Lillies.jpg

[Kenn]

Never managed to catch 1 of them in flower so delighted to see such a lovely picture, many thanks for sharing

[paris]

Beautiful Pics ! jan x

[Ricco]

Imagine my surprise when I looked at my latest reputation received! It was for my comments on this Summer Blooms thread. This is what psyberyeti had to say to me:


"I might be being unfair but I just get the feeling that Sporran will chip in a few words here and there about any post just to get her posting number up. If she's not, then I apologise."


You couldn't be further from the truth, psyberyeti!! If you were more observant, you would notice that there are many threads that I do not post on. If I was posting just for the sake of getting my number up, I would be posting on far more threads than I do! I post on subjects I am interested in, and yes, I do give a lot of compliments to people whose photos, etc., I like. And those compliments are genuine. I am a nice person who likes to give compliments when and where deserved. People enjoy good feedback when they post their photos, do they not? And yes, I do post a lot on the Literature thread, but that's because I enjoy reading and writing poetry! Your comments were completely uncalled for!! [disgust]

I have known Sporran for some time now and fishing for posting ratings is not her bag (unlike my early days :confused)

[Lolabelle]

Imagine my surprise when I looked at my latest reputation received! It was for my comments on this Summer Blooms thread. This is what psyberyeti had to say to me:


"I might be being unfair but I just get the feeling that Sporran will chip in a few words here and there about any post just to get her posting number up. If she's not, then I apologise

Well Sporran, if that is the case, I should be getting the same kind of rep. I post on most of the pictures as I love to look at them and acknowledge my appreciation. And i don't even know how many posts I have, will have to have a look and see.

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/garden1.jpg

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/poppy.jpg

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/pink.jpg

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/blue.jpg

[Lolabelle]

Here a couple I took today, beautiful weather out so I did a bit of digging and saw some nice flowers that were under the weeds, and I planted a few newbies.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1206.jpg
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1204.jpg

[Lolabelle]

And a couple more...

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1207.jpg

This one is the new one, don't know what it's called, just likes full sun and drought tolerent.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1208.jpg

[laguna2]

Lovely photos Lolabelle - you must have really green fingers!

[Deemac]

Is Pampas Grass a Bloom? Anyway thought you might enjoy!

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4159/img3019smgd1.jpg

[Lolabelle]

It looks "Bloomin' Lovely" anyway Deemac. ;)

[Lolabelle]

Some new ones from my garden.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/Garden_0005.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/Garden_0003.jpg

[Lolabelle]

A couple more, this time from around the back.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1242.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/100_1244.jpg

[Lolabelle]

Wild Flowers

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u71/Lolabelle_2007/DSC00272Flowersbytheriver.jpg

[anneoctober]

I used to restrict myself to cutting the grass but this year I actually planted some iris ( a rush of blood to e strange part of e brain!!) and they've actually flowered........ I must be a gardener ( or just very lucky)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0024a-1.jpg
What a brilliant blue and not a mark on the petals, just perfect .

[nanoo]

These photographs are all really beautiful and each one is just as lovely as the next. please keep them coming because i've just spent a delightful summer on the org viewing them and i appreciate it very much indeed. It was no summer at all in reality, but this thread has transported me into a magical summer. Thanks a million folks. ;)

[donsinc]

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/Petunia2.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/Marigold.jpg

[grumpyhippo]

Its the first of October but there's still some colour in the garden.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/DSC_0035a.jpg