Anyway, just thankful I was eventually able to upload my Flower photos :) YAY!
April came in with the proverbial showers, followed by torrential rain, hail, wind and thunder, so the poor flowers have taken a beating this week but good job most are hardy and can tolerate the downpours, to a point. (Word to whoever, that is a hint to stop it raining now, had enough this week, thanks :)
For this week's Friday Flowers I decided to go with a theme as opposed to one species. Over the past month we have had a lot of Blue in the garden, I love Blue and the Blue in our Garden is a periwinkle Blue or pale Blue/Violet, depending on the way the light falls on these plants.
The first of Today's Blues is the Grape Hyacinth. WOW! Are they prolific. I most probably planted about 100, 6 years ago and now there are thousands. I always let them go to seed and of course we have seeded not only our Garden but some of the neighbours too :)
Here are just a few :) (click on photos for closer image)
I love the shape, how the light reflects, the strata of blues and hints of white.
At our previous home, I planted 10 Grape Hyacinth bulbs, I wasn't very familiar with them and money was tight but I liked the look of them in the catalog. Well, it turned out so did a little local wild Bunny. So, as soon as these flowered we would see him skip across the driveway at dusk, in front of our dining room window much to the kids delight and watch him chew his way thru the lot, I think it took several days and we were all very excited to see him every night. I wasn't concerned about not enjoying the flowers because we had our own little Easter Bunny coming to visit :)
They seem like very Happy Flowers.
On the top tier are the Grape Hyacinths and the lower tier Veronica Peduncularis "Georgia Blue" (please ignore the bald patch, I really have trouble getting anything to grow there except Dandelions, but working on it, ground is rock solid)
I love these little faces :)
The last Blue I wanted to share is Ralph Shugert Periwinkle ground cover. I love everything about these plants, the leaves as so smooth and multiple layers of greens, the flowers are a wonderful shape and Periwinkle (love that word) Blue, they look like kid draw sunshine faces :).
Can I say it again, I LOVE these Flowers :)
I hope you enjoyed this week's Friday Flowers :)
If you haven't had the time to check out Brad Stivers Art Giveaway check it out on Brad'sBlog :) or my interview with him :) on my blog.
Hope everyone has a Wonderful Weekend :)
Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.
