Monday, August 02, 2010

Who cares about flowers?

Well, it's been a long time and I have a ton of flower photos. I'm sorry my life isn't very interesting and the parts that are, I don't take too many pictures of. So here are a ton of pictures of flowers. Again, I'm sorry.


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In the spring, my garden was filled with Forget-Me-Nots and Siberian Wallflowers. It was really great for a few weeks and then they died back and left a lot of bare space. My co-worker Sharon gave me some perennials to help but I'll need to do some serious rearranging next spring and keep the Forget-Me-Nots from taking over everything.



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I have three of these planters on our porch railing. They looked really great until I neglected them during a heat wave. At the moment they are pretty shriveled but I'm hopeful they'll recover.



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These were the first of the Columbine to bloom. I'm not sure why but this one plant had these two very different blooms.



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These Columbine came next. They have similar colors to the wild ones I've seen around here, but a different shape.



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Finally these pretty pale Columbine bloomed. I'm excited to spread the seeds from all three and have more next spring.



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This area used to be filled with little rocks. Since it's one of the sunniest spots in my garden, that seemed like a waste so I got rid of them. I was going to get rid of the big rocks and branches too, but after I cleaned them up, I decided I liked them. Some of the flowers I bought but most are from Sharon. You can really see it but there are tiny little Hens and Chicks in the bottom left corner.



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This is one of the flowers from Sharon. I had seen Bleeding Hearts before, and actually bought one, which won't bloom until next year. I'd never seen these before though. They're called Burning Hearts.



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My Black-Eyed-Susans are going crazy this year! I keep tying them up and they keep growing so tall they fall over again. I love these things and I'm going to try to spread them out among the Forget-Me-Nots next year since they are basically in two big clumps right now.



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I love Coneflowers and I thought I might have some growing, but they turned out to be weeds. After two years of failing to grow these, I broke down and bought some. Two purple ones and....




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... one pale yellow one. This is actually kinda sad and wilty looking, but at least you can see the color.



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I had a couple of volunteer sunflowers sprout up in the front flowerbed, and being a good Kansas girl, I moved them to a spot where they could grow happily and this one is about to bloom!



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I'm not usually crazy about roses. They are pretty but I just don't get all that worked up about them and they always seem like a lot of work. I didn't plant this one. My ex-neighbor planted it about three years ago and I know it has been mowed over at least once. All that said, I'm really fond of this little rose bush and I think they are lovely little roses. Maybe roses aren't so finicky if it can survive neglect and being mowed and still put out pretty pink roses.



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The Cosmos, Zinnias, and Morning Glories I planted in the front garden are blooming like crazy right now. Every time I go out there, there are several of these big fuzzy bumblebees flying around the flowers.


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My rioting flowers. I love them so much. Unfortunately, the Morning Glories had already closed up for the day. I'll have to try to take a picture of them some other time.