Sunday, July 6, 2014

Blooming Now

Garden flowers

I confess that I am trying hard to catch up with the weeding in my gardens. So far, the weeds are winning but I am beginning to make a bit of headway.  If you ignore the weeds, this is some of what you can see today.

Largest square: pink climbing rose. Moving clockwise: Echinacea (just beginning to bloom), Johnson's Blue cranesbill, alium, ditch lily (YES, I have some blooming in the ditch - remember, I do live in a rural area) bellflower.

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39 comments:

  1. MadSnapperJuly 6, 2014 at 9:04 AM

    Love the bell flower and i wish i had a ditch full of them.. you are blessed to live in rural..

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  2. BirdmanJuly 6, 2014 at 9:05 AM

    Trimming and mowing can be a pain, but stop and smell.... ah, photograph the flowers.

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  3. BirgittaJuly 6, 2014 at 9:15 AM

    Wonderful flower collage!

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  4. rainfield61July 6, 2014 at 9:30 AM

    Smell of weeds is good and fresh too.

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  5. TexWisGirlJuly 6, 2014 at 10:05 AM

    they're beautiful.

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  6. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 6, 2014 at 10:25 AM

    This sounds very familiar EG, my garden is a constant work in progress :) your beautiful blooms are making me look forward to spring and summer.

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  7. William KendallJuly 6, 2014 at 10:41 AM

    Very pretty, EG!

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  8. 21 WitsJuly 6, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    Lovely blossoms! Every time I go out to my flower beds, or gardens I ask myself, will I ever catch up. The answer lately, NO!

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  9. RevrunnerJuly 6, 2014 at 12:25 PM

    Nice bouquet, EG.

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  10. RoseJuly 6, 2014 at 1:48 PM

    These are beautiful...just love all the colors. I need to get an alium...have loved them for a long time and don't know why I haven't planted at least one!

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  11. RedPatJuly 6, 2014 at 4:02 PM

    I'm sure your garden must look lovely with all those blooms, EG!

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  12. KarenJuly 6, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    THey are all so pretty!

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  13. Lisa GordonJuly 6, 2014 at 4:43 PM

    I'm not sure one EVER catches up with weeding! :-)

    This is such a pretty mosaic. All the wonderful colors of summer.

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  14. cieldequimperJuly 6, 2014 at 4:45 PM

    Yes, yes, yes, more please!

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  15. StephanieJuly 6, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    They are lovely to look at and wonderful series of colors.

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  16. JackJuly 6, 2014 at 5:09 PM

    My garden needs weeding, too, but I don't know where the time is going to be found.

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  17. ViolaJuly 6, 2014 at 6:09 PM

    Beautiful collage and flowers! :) I never seem to make any collage, even if I often am thinking of making one..
    The echinea is awesome, so are all of them!
    The weeds are complicated plants. And they are so good to imitate the plants we plant, aren't they!
    :)

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  18. DebbieJuly 6, 2014 at 6:20 PM

    all that is beautiful about summer!! i love those colors and all the different shapes and sizes!!

    i have been trying to ignore the weeds and it has been so difficult this year!!

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  19. Carole M.July 6, 2014 at 6:53 PM

    they're each beautiful in their own right but I think my eye goes to that 'blousy' soft pink rose

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  20. JanieJuly 6, 2014 at 8:02 PM

    My weeds are definitely on the rise, but the flowers are coming through anyway. Yours are lovely!

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  21. MichelleJuly 6, 2014 at 8:32 PM

    These are some beautiful specimens!

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  22. DeniseinVAJuly 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    All absolutely gorgeous EG.

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  23. CloudiaJuly 6, 2014 at 9:36 PM

    Thank You!





    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= <3

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  24. Linda W.July 7, 2014 at 12:21 AM

    What a lovely collection of flowers!

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  25. AnonymousJuly 7, 2014 at 2:21 AM

    Wonderful selection!

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  26. Cezar and LéiaJuly 7, 2014 at 2:53 AM

    All flowers have the special light, I love them all!Thanks for sharing so beautiful collage!
    Hugs
    Leia

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  27. HalcyonJuly 7, 2014 at 3:01 AM

    Just beautiful! I miss Ontario summers and my garden.

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  28. Jenn JilksJuly 7, 2014 at 7:53 AM

    I've decided to embrace the weeds! Lovely shots!

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  29. BarbJuly 7, 2014 at 9:42 AM

    I have a lot of green and budding - hopefully, this week some blooms! I just planted a white Echinacea. Yes, those weeds are persistent!

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  30. Gail DixonJuly 7, 2014 at 3:08 PM

    I so enjoyed this tour of your garden. Never heard of the ditch lily, but I'll bet that's what we have in some of the fields here. Weeding is a never ending chore. Go easy on yourself; it's been a rough few months for you.

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  31. CarverJuly 7, 2014 at 3:30 PM

    The flowers are delightful.

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  32. maryaustriaJuly 7, 2014 at 6:37 PM

    A beautiful collage of flowers! Great!

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  33. Sallie (FullTime-Life)July 7, 2014 at 10:53 PM

    I don't see a single weed there ... you're doing a great job ;>).... shoot, just take the wonderful pictures and call it good. The flowers really are beautiful

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  34. Rambling WoodsJuly 8, 2014 at 4:00 PM

    Oh summer flowers.. nothing better. Thank you for linking into Nature Notes Tina...Michelle

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  35. HannahJuly 8, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    Beautiful flowers, I had a Campanula similar to yours come up by itself for the second year. My Echinaceas are still a ways off from blooming. I love the hardy geraniums, some of them keep me from weeding as much, but like you I am still struggling with weeds, trying to get to them all before they go to seed.

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  36. eileeninmdJuly 8, 2014 at 6:15 PM

    a lovely variety of colors and flowers. Beautiful images.

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  37. LeoraJuly 8, 2014 at 8:36 PM

    It's like a quilt of pretty colors. I have echinacea about to bloom; a neighbor has alium. I like the emphasis of pink and blue with a shock of orange.

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  38. Pat TillettJuly 9, 2014 at 4:06 AM

    Your garden looks pretty good to me! Beautiful photos...

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  39. IleanaJuly 9, 2014 at 6:24 PM

    Beautiful! I love echinacea.

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