Saturday, June 1, 2013

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Sheer Madness . . .


With the blessing of the recent rains, the grass around the 
house was threatening to eat me up.
 Gone are the days when I could use a lawn mower or even 
my beloved brush-cutter that did such sterling service in keeping 
a number of kilometres of road verge fire safe, 
now I was hoping to just cut the grass around my present 
abode, with a brush-cutter where I have to yank an electrical
cord around. Found one I can (maybe) manage to lug about
BUT
the same place also has a garden centre . . . a death trap for
the likes of me . . .
can you imagine paying good money to buy heaps of work??

Sure, that's me all over, and I really held myself back and only 
bought 
10 punnets of seedlings, 
a blueberry bush in a small pot
(need to pot it up pronto before I can prepare a place for it), 
a passionfruit (ditto)
 and two bare rooted roses 
(as though my 150 
weren't enough for me


a couple of punnets of stocks for winter cheer


violas, pansies, primulas and lobelias (ditto)


inevitably, another cyclamen, the large leaf to the right is
the passionfruit


darling little violas in shades of pink


and how could I possibly leave these pretty faced pansies behind?

I guess, you've guessed it . . . I couldn't!

My only excuse is that I needed some flowers to post during winter

tee hee hee . . .

41 comments:

  1. Go CRAZY girlfriend! Oh, hang on - you already did!!! Even though I have black thumbs, that doesn't stop me from trying yet again each year after being sucked in my the garden shop displays!! Happy winter!!

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    1. I specially drove miles and miles to Bunnings in Parafield just to have free reign in my favourite candy shop.

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  2. I hear you. Garden greed gets me every time. I love your selection - and doubt I could have resisted theme either. Which roses did you fall victim to? Scented?

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    1. EC, can you doubt it? I only buy roses by nose and repeat flowering. I could not go past 'Claire', the name of my grandson's intended and a blush pink centifolia, nor Othello, a deep blood red. How could I resist being strangled by a rose some dark night?

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    2. No, I didn't doubt it. And yes, if I am to be strangled I cannot think of a better way...

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    3. We had 43 mm in 24 hrs., wish I could send you some. Did you want some scented cyclamen seed??

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    4. Yes please. I would LOVE some scented cyclamen seed. We are finally getting some rain. Blissful gentle rain for much of the day.

      I am Sue Goldberg, and can be found at

      57 Maltby Circuit
      Wanniassa, ACT 2903.

      email sue.goldberg@internode.on.net

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  3. Superb photos of these pretty flowers!

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  4. You are funny, made me giggle. I know how you feel...you just couldn't stop yourself from bringing those sweet lovelies home with you. They do brighten the day! Very soothing colours you have chosen too. As for the grass cutting...everyone in our neighborhood seems to think we live in Beverly Hills. I live in a 2 acre woods and it takes me 5 hours to push my self propelled mower through and around those woods, and still keeping much of it wild. I told the husby, I want more wildflower and wild grass areas, so I do not feel I need to cut so much. Happy weekend

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    1. Nothing like meadows of wildflower Mary. Just think of all the butterflies and bees you could feed, as well as the birds that feed o them.

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  5. Oh the lure of the Garden Centre/Nursery - I've wandered round quite a few in the sun and the rain - not the place to just go 'looking' tho lol
    Off topic - we lived in Adelaide for several years in the 1990s - lived just up the road from that particular store when it opened - nearly put another specialist nursery up the road a bit out of business - don't think Peter Engel ever forgave them!
    Also we've just had our wettest June day on record - flooding all over the city (and the state)
    Cathy

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    1. Cathy, where are you living now? I believe Adelaide had 70 mm yesterday. Unfortunately we are on the eastern escarpment of the Mt.Lofty ranges and in the rain shadow. We only had 43 mm.
      Better than a drop in a bucket but a far cry yet to filling our dams.

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  6. Lovely photos and flowers, Arija! The garden shop can be addicting, I am ready to go and buy some plants for my deck pots today. Happy weekend to you!

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  7. Lovely shots of the flowers. I have trouble buying tools in garden centers and also buy more than I mean to.

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    1. Carver, I think we are much alike in that.

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  8. Such lovely flowers! I really can understand that you had to buy them all! :)

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    1. I probably would have lost my head altogether if the brushcutter and my dog had not taken up so much room in my car, apart from the bags of potting soil and compost of course.

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  9. oh, you made me laugh! this line is precious: can you imagine paying good money to buy heaps of work??

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    1. I must be nuts, I do it over and over . . .

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  10. Garden centres are a magnet for me too Arija - I always see so many things I simply cannot live without and then I get home and ponder on where I can possibly put it.

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    1. Same problem here Pat. I have no soil prepared and am scratching my head as to where and how. I find my maximum effort for the day can only be stretched to about 20 minutes. My ticker won't take any more.

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  11. ahhh, they are so very lovely. wishing you the best with getting your grass cut. we have one we ride around on, thank goodness, because there are many lawns to mow.

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  12. We have too to cut many acres of park and garden, I'm just not game to drive the thing since there are a number of steel sites. Once in a blue moon, on or other of the grandchildren do a whizz around my garden but everyone her has just to much on their plates.

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  13. Beautiful! I think they were all begging for you to take them home with you, and how lucky we are that you did. Thank you Arija, these are delightful photos :)

    Denise
    Today’s Flowers
    An English Girl Rambles

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    1. I'll do my best if I can get them planted!

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  14. Enjoy all those precious new flowers and be sure to get lots of pictures.

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    1. Would I do anything else Ruth? I smile every time I think of them.

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  15. This post made me smile.....hugs..

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  16. A nursery is one of my favorite places to visit and shop at! We even have a couple in Shinyanga but nothing like the beautiful ones we have in South Africa. I hope you're keeping safe and well, Arija. Blessings. Jo

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  17. So beautiful Arija!!! I Heart Macro opens tonight at 8pm EST at my blog if you want to join the fun:-)

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  18. Hello my darling Arija. I am so sorry I have not been by. I have not been visiting much. Sometimes I just blog to break away from work. I am glad to see you regularly posting and sharing your colors. Take care. Tsup!

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  19. Those are beautiful flowers, great shots. I'm not a garden center guy, I go when I have to buy some weedkiller. And I have to agree with your comment on my blog, a dog is a perfect hiking companion.

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  20. Nothing wrong with surrounding yourself by the beauty of flowers. Should make a gray day bright.

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  21. Your purchases are lovely! I can't go in a garden center and come out without something delightful either...I recently bought a gorgeous orange hibiscus!

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  22. Good purchases. You will have hours of fun looking and photographing them. I only found you blog today and as it happens, I have posted today a few photos of Pansies that you might like to look at. Joined you site today to see what else you get up to! Margaret

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  23. You are addicted, but we are all grateful for it and thank you for sharing your passion.

    Do you not have a grandson or neighbor who could mow your lawn? So you could concentrate on the flowers and sharing pictures with us?

    I love the pansies the best -- they make me smile every time I see them.

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  24. Pretty flowers. Sorry for the late visit. Hope you'd find time to visit my Duranta Repens.

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