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Garden Bloggers Bloomday - July

2009-07-14T07:32:00.000+01:00

There are so many flowers blooming, this is only a bit of it all:

Scintillation roses bloom alongside of my shed, just on the edge of the wilder area of my garden, "Peppermint Woods"

Scintillation againMirthful rose in the front garden

Wild fuchsia

Himalayan honeysuckle, it's become a giant shrub, filled with buzzing bees.

Malva in the front garden, a wren visiting on the wall. The only reason I knew the tiny bird was there, was because my cat was doing that "I see a bird" thing that cats do with their mouth. And the cheeky wren was teasing the cat.

Dianthus

Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle again

Cotton lavender

Evening primroseFeverfew and a lemon-scented geranium flower.

Feverfew

Campanula

Violas/pansies in the strawberry patch

Pansies form all over the garden.

My daughter, who lives in Dublin, has picked up gardening this year. She and her boyfriend planted seeds in all kinds of crazy containers. This is linaria from a wildflower seed mix.
It makes me happy to see my kids have the same kind of love affair with plants.

My shed, slowly being enveloped in nature.

Visit Carols' blog: May Dreams Gardens, where you'll find links to other people's flowers blooming in July all over the world.

Roses in art

2009-07-07T07:21:00.001+01:00

Celestial, an alba rose dating from the middle ages. There are alba roses in Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus'

William Morris, a David Austin English rose. William Morris also painted roses.

pink: Celestial, red with bee: Moyesii, red: Dark Lady, yellow: Graham Thomas

Green spider

2009-07-06T09:16:00.002+01:00

I saw this pretty spider in the rosemary, when I went out to pick some for dinner seasoning. I love the coloring of it, green and yellows, a little spot of pink.

Garden Bloggers Bloomday, June 2009

2009-06-15T07:41:00.005+01:00

It's blooming roses this month:

Marinette

Celestial

Celestial

Scintillation

Alba Semi Plena

The Dark Lady

Moyesii-Geranium

Mirthful

Graham Thomas

Blythe Spirit

William Morris
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And a few of the other blooms:

Philadelphus

Cow Parsley

Evening Primrose

Dianthus

Sage

Geranium

Malva

Nigella and a lemon scented Geranium

Viola

Viola

Alchemilla

? (pretty yellow flowers, needs ID. Anyone know this?)

Calendula

To bring some of the garden inside, I've made a little bouquet of Dark Lady and geranium to put by my computer (thats' my computer's name "Eyreequel")

Visit Carol's blog for more links to flowers blooming in June all over the world.

Moyesii buzzes

2009-06-13T22:41:00.006+01:00

I love to stand near my wild rose, Moyesii. It buzzes!

Bees like to wiggle themselves into its stamens and buzz like crazy.

Petals of Roses

2009-06-09T07:55:00.003+01:00

Luxurious William Morris

Silky Graham Thomas

Mysterious Dark Lady

predicting weather in Ireland

2009-05-29T09:34:00.005+01:00

Looking at the weather forecast for today, I was expecting a bright, warm, and sunshiney day. But the sky is overcast, and it's quite chilly. The symbol on my Google page didn't correspond to the actual weather.
Yesterday, the symbol was a cloud with rain. But it was a lovely sunny day all day!
So I decided to put my own Irish weather reports to the Google symbols, I think it comes pretty close to the truth. ;-)

a gloriously sunny morning

2009-05-26T09:38:00.007+01:00

Not a cloud in the sky, and the flowers are positively glowing this morning.
William Morris rose with his nodding head.

Back-lit columbine

Tree lupin

Forget-me-nots

Poppy-rupifragum

Columbine against a glorious blue sky

strawberry farm

2009-05-23T18:01:00.005+01:00

While visiting my Mom in Holland last month, her neighbors and ourselves went to visit a strawberry farm. The greenhouse was humongous!

Rows and rows of strawberries in all stages of ripeness hang lusciously.

There were boxes of bees every few rows, to help pollination.

Delicious. Unfortunately we were told not to eat any. Did that stop my Mom and me sneaking a few? *grin*

Life is like a rainbow

2009-05-21T17:09:00.012+01:00

"Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."

White columbine with pink blush

White flowers with purple freckles

red tulip with white fringe

orange poppy rupifragum waking up

yellow tree lupin

yellow welsh poppy

green tellima with white lashes

blue columbine with white lashes

purple oxalis with darker stripes

beautiful mauve flowered tree

2009-05-16T18:28:00.008+01:00

What is this tree? Does anyone know?
*edit* I've got an ID from LionRedwood at the BBC Gardening Message Board. It's a Royal Empress tree, paulownia. Thanks Lion!
Reading the description, I think it would be too large and fast growing for my garden, unfortunately. Sure is a beauty though.

I saw this tree in the Netherlands, in someone's garden. I've noticed it for a few years off the freeway, and finally went looking for it. I thought it was a large lilac, but had never seen one so big. But a closer look showed me bell shaped flowers in a pale shade of purple-pink. And clusters of brown seed pods. This photo was taken in early May, so it's a late spring bloomer.
Unfortunately, the full shot of the tree is blurry, but hopefully someone can ID it for me from the closer shots.

pastels, brights and whites

2009-05-15T19:57:00.010+01:00

It's Garden Bloggers Bloomday in May. In my garden are an assortment of colors:
Pastels:

The three amigos.

The very first rose bud in my garden is on my Celestial.

Chives
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Then there are the brights:
Poppies, oriental and welsh

Calendula

A tulip my husband calls "threadbare".

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Whites:

flowers on the rowan tree

Strawberries

Woodruff

There are more flowers in bloom, but didn't get to taking thier photos today, but I'll post more later. Visit Carol's blog for more links to flowers blooming in May all over the world.

Luscious colors

2009-04-27T15:46:00.010+01:00

My apple trees are blooming in a most luscious color of pink. I stood there for a while, inhaling the perfume, smelled like roses and apples. I'm sure I must have fertilized a few flowers with my nose!

These tulips, I think they look like parrot tulips, are also that same delicious pink color, like strawberry and vanilla. I used to not like pink flowers, no idea why. These are just delightful!
*Identified as Angelique Tulips*

A cherry red oriental poppy takes off its hat in the warm sun.

The poppy glows like an ember in flame colors of reds and oranges.

The cactus on my windowsill is blooming in a creamy white color. It's as if a little faerie came by during the night and stuck a bunch of mini flowers all over the cactus.

Late Garden Bloggers Bloomday - April

2009-04-18T22:50:00.017+01:00

Losing track of time... I thought the 15th was still a few days off, and here it's already the 18th! I completely missed Garden Bloggers Bloomday, so I'm posting a few days late.
These pink tulips just opened this morning, they're so beautiful. I don't know what they're called, they came in a cheap bag of mixed tulips.
*edit* Edelweiss Transplanted has identified this tulip as Angelique, and I think she is correct.

Pippin keeps me company while I take photos. The chives are ready to burst into bloom any day now.

Another shot of the pink tulip, Angelique. it looks like a water lily to me.

White daffodils, backlit by the early morning sun.

my three red tulips, backed by blue forget-me-nots.

An insect on a yellow daffodil, warming itself in the sun.

Oxalis.

Part of the front garden.

Tinkerbelle joins me here in the front.

A lot of the front garden is taken over in the springtime by my Mickey Mouse tulips. I've had these for years and years.

They seem to multiply a little bit each year.

There's even one growing in my veggie garden next to the thyme. How it got there, I've no idea.

A blue theme going on.

Some pretty yellow flowers with fancy leaves.

Yellow wallflowers.

That's it, sorry this is late. I would have posted this morning, except it was a beautiful sunny day, and I didn't want to waste it sitting in front of my computer. So I got a lot of gardening done, lots of weeding!

See what's blooming all over the world, visit Carol's blog for links to Garden Bloggers everywhere. Hope you all have a lovely weekend in the garden.

flowers under a rainbow sky

2009-04-13T06:32:00.009+01:00

We've been having a lot of sun showers these last few days, and rainbows have been arching over us.

Drops of rain cling to the tulips.

Daffodils nod their heads.

Wallflowers look all tousled and unkempt.

Bright and ruffly daffodil.

Shaking their heads and tossing off the rain.

A Sunday walk

2009-04-06T22:28:00.010+01:00

My husband and I went out for a walk again, was a bit chilly, but walking made us warm. The hawthorn hedgerows were beginning to bloom.

Some beautiful horses came forward to greet us.

Primroses, with a lovely scent, on the roadsides.

An old gnarled piece of wood, captured by barbed wire.

Barbed wire with bits of sheep wool, hanging like a line of laundry.

A tv set for the sheep to watch their favorite program. Wonder what that might be?

I adore this front garden! Such personality!

These branches looked fiercely creepy.

An ivy clad tree, surrounded by daffodils and celadine.

bird chorus before sunrise

2009-04-05T09:20:00.006+01:00

I woke up early this morning to a dawn chorus of birdsong.
Hear the rooster? (at 28sec) He had to add his voice to the song as well.

blue blooms under a blue sky

2009-04-04T08:53:00.006+01:00

The sky a few minutes ago, looks like it will be a lovely Saturday for gardening.

grape hyacinths

hyacinths

violas

I don't know what these are, but I wish I had more.
*edit*Thank you June for the ID. Yes, these are Glory-of-the-Snow (chionodoxa).

forget-me-nots

Glowing red

2009-04-02T17:53:00.003+01:00

The mystery tulip has opened, and it's such a bright red color, it almost glows! This was yesterday.

And here it is today, opening up to show a black center spot surrounded by a yellow ring.

Twisted Tulip

2009-04-01T16:04:00.001+01:00

A tulip grown on the moon. Its twisted and skewed petals are regarded as beautiful over there. I too, find this moon tulip beautiful.

Colorful and fragrant

2009-03-28T13:15:00.009Z

The magnolias are blooming in St. Stephan's Green again. The trees look amazing, their flowers glowing from the distance, inviting you to come for a closer look.

Thalia daffodils in my garden, I forgot they were in that spot, and the wind entangles their blooms into the nearby rose thorns. Must move them!

Some adorable little daffodils, they came in a bag of mixed minis.

This daff is also in St. Stephan's Green, looking a bit frayed.

Forget-me-nots spread themselves all over my garden.

Some tulips my hubby bought for me, from a mixed bag. Anticipation.. what will they look like when their petals open?

Why?

2009-03-28T13:10:00.000Z

poor tree...

wild celadine

2009-03-18T18:14:00.003Z

Yesterday we took a stroll around the countryside, and came across several patches of celadine by the roadside. It makes a lovely carpet of color.

Slantje

2009-03-17T10:52:00.001Z

Here's a common view all over Ireland on St. Patrick's Day.. grass and daffodils. Have a crackin good day!

Garden Blogger Bloomday for March 2009

2009-03-14T15:53:00.020Z

Happy Springtime from Ireland!

The weather has been getting a bit warmer, flowers are popping up all over, especially the yellow colors.

Our cat Pippin enjoys the warmth against the fence, behind the daffodils.

The last of the snowdrops still blooming in the shady spots. The snowdrops in sunny spots are faded already.

Wallflowers are beginning to open.

The forsythia has opened up a sprinkling of yellow flowers.

Euphorbia octapus-sucker-like flowers have been out for a while.

The heather too has been blooming for more than a month, still looking lovely.

There's a teeny tiny blue wildflower blooming here and there. This might be a veronica of some sort? Not sure. There are 4 pale blue petals, and it's very very small, maybe smaller than my baby fingernail.

Daisies blooming in the grass.

Another unknown wildflower. It's very pretty, looks almost like buttercups. Maybe celandine?

Crocuses...

And more daffodils.
See what's blooming all over the world, visit Carol's blog for links to Garden Bloggers everywhere, as we welcome in spring in the north and autumn in the south.