All flowery
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rootbeer1Despite our brown thumbs, June is busting out all over around here.
These nasturtiums are growing out of a pot that holds a frail bougainvillea. We've never had any luck with bougainvillea, but these nasturtiums are doing well. I like to look down from my study window and see them -- their bright, cheery oranges just lift my spirits.
These fuchsia came with the house. They were close to dead for years, but repotting in the ground, and constant watering, have really brought them back.
These geraniums get bushier every year. I don't think we could kill them if we tried.
We planted morning glory (from seed) this spring in our front atrium. They're now climbing up the lattice that formerly held honeysuckle and jasmine (which have come back again, despite our having to rip them out to paint that wall).
Primroses are a good, hardy potted flower. I like flowers in the yellow-orange-red spectrum, but Jack hates marigolds, the most obvious choice, so we've compromised on primroses.
Petunias hang by our front door. These appear to be thriving, although ones we had last year gave up the ghost fairly quickly.
Not sure what these little purple flowers are. They came in a dish garden, as a small, filler splash of color to the more showy flowers. Now the showy flowers are history, and these are taking over.
More nasturtiums grow on the hilllside behind our house. I can't wait until these get a little more of a foothold, and then I'm going to make nasturtium soup.
These nasturtiums are growing out of a pot that holds a frail bougainvillea. We've never had any luck with bougainvillea, but these nasturtiums are doing well. I like to look down from my study window and see them -- their bright, cheery oranges just lift my spirits.
These fuchsia came with the house. They were close to dead for years, but repotting in the ground, and constant watering, have really brought them back.
These geraniums get bushier every year. I don't think we could kill them if we tried.
We planted morning glory (from seed) this spring in our front atrium. They're now climbing up the lattice that formerly held honeysuckle and jasmine (which have come back again, despite our having to rip them out to paint that wall).
Primroses are a good, hardy potted flower. I like flowers in the yellow-orange-red spectrum, but Jack hates marigolds, the most obvious choice, so we've compromised on primroses.
Petunias hang by our front door. These appear to be thriving, although ones we had last year gave up the ghost fairly quickly.
Not sure what these little purple flowers are. They came in a dish garden, as a small, filler splash of color to the more showy flowers. Now the showy flowers are history, and these are taking over.
More nasturtiums grow on the hilllside behind our house. I can't wait until these get a little more of a foothold, and then I'm going to make nasturtium soup.
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Date: 2008-06-25 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-25 04:20 am (UTC)A friend of mine used to pick a few blossoms, every time he visited, and say how they were edible, while simultaneously popping them in his mouth, and at the same time I'd be waving frantically, and shouting, "No, no!! Cat pee! Cat pee!!"
Every single time.