A flower a day ...

[Tish]

When I once worked in the floral dept of a Kroger store, a young woman said she wanted to buy a potted plant gift for someone. She didn't know what to get but she told me who she was buying for. What immediately came to my mind was a little pot of purplish cyclamen. As I held it up to her, described its easy care, the reasonable price and pointed out the little, spindly blooms, she became mesmerized. She happily took it from my hands and went to the checkout with stars in her eyes.

They are mesmerizing, that's for sure, I can't wait till winter comes so I can go hiking and finding these beauties in the wild, they look so pretty against the snow.

 

[Tish]

Snow Flakes

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Wow my drift roses really “popped” while I was away!

 

[MarkD]

Wow my drift roses really “popped” while I was away!

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I like the contrasting color of the hedge for those red roses.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Wow my drift roses really “popped” while I was away!

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So, the drift roses are the red flowers on the ground? They are low-growing and they creep? What is the big bush?

 

[MarkD]

I like the contrasting color of the hedge for those red roses.

Here is a scene from Hidcote manor with a similar green and burgundy back drop on red roses.

 

[dusty]

reminds me of when I lived in DC

 

[MarkD]

Here are the blooms of the pink rose I moved to make room for a seat where it had been. It seems pretty happy living the pot life, at least so far.

And pretty much from the opposite angle you can see the pot which is its new home.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Simple, backyard fleabane. (my photo)

 

[MarkD]

Simple, backyard fleabane. (my photo)

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I still remember buying this plant. Never needed another, of course.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

I still remember buying this plant. Never needed another, of course.

Yes...wildflower weed with pretty fringe.

 

[MarkD]

Yes...wildflower weed with pretty fringe.

And here is a photo with a patch of the same in my garden from about twenty years ago.

 

[Babs2u]

And here is a photo with a patch of the same in my garden from about twenty years ago.

Your garden is amazing. You and mother nature have created beauty and serenity.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

And here is a photo with a patch of the same in my garden from about twenty years ago.

That's cute how they're growing in a mound.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Common blue violet wildflower. (my photos) Found some growing in the backyard. They are so tiny. I picked some and put them in an old salt shaker.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Bearded Irises always make me think of Victorian ladies in big hats

 

[RadishRose]

Bearded Irises always make me think of Victorian ladies in big hats

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I think of ballerinas.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

So, the drift roses are the red flowers on the ground? They are low-growing and they creep? What is the big bush?

The drift roses remain individual bushes but the kind of grow sideways instead of ‘up’, @DailyArtsyCrafter. The bushes in the background are Loropetalum

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Tish]

Calendula Flower

 

[RadishRose]

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Oranges and reds are not my colors BUT, this is SPLENDID!!!

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Tish]

Miltoniopsis Lila Fearneyhough

 

[Kadee]

Took this in a garden where we are in New South Wales….i believe it’s an inpatients it’s stunning with the dark foliage and orange flowers




Do you know what this plant is @MarkD
Take a look at my travel photos in @PeppermintPatty a nice walk with photos thread