Saturday, April 9, 2011

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Yucca


On our recent travels, we spent a night at Cowell South Australia,
a seaside town servicing the grain farmers whose product once
was loaded on seagoing vessels at it's very long jetty. Although
the silos are still in service, the grain is now trucked to Port
Lincoln for shipping. The other product here is the locally mined
jade, cloudier than New Zealand jade but pretty none the less.

I found this Yucca elephantipes, in a very pretty planting between
footpath and the road.


It made an attractive display shielding pedestrians from passing
traffic and providing plentiful food for any number of small to
medium sized birds.


A close up of flowers and buds just for eye-candy.



Needless to say, although we only spent one night there, I did
get in a nice bit of fishing from the jetty in the evening.

Just click on any or all photos and they magically enlarge.

Thank you Luiz for letting us share our flowers through your meme.

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30 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlApril 9, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    those are gorgeous little hanging bells of flowers! wouldn't have thought that's what a yucca bloom would look like. :)

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  2. Sylvia KApril 9, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Gorgeous flowers and colors and, as always, your captures are superb! Hope your weekend has gone well so far, Arija! You are in my thoughts!

    Sylvia

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  3. Ruth HiebertApril 9, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Beautiful.Eye-candy,indeed.

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  4. GaelynApril 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    A lot fuller display of flowers on those Yucca stalks than I typically see in AZ.

    You are teasing us with only little snippets of this latest adventure. ;)

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  5. Sandra GardenerApril 9, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Ārija, tik krāšņs ir jukas zieds? Nekad vēl nebiju to redzējusi! Brīnišķīgi!

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  6. UnknownApril 9, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    delightful flowers!

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  7. SquirrelQueenApril 9, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    Eye candy is right, these are beautiful blooms. Great photos.

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  8. giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•.April 9, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    Magnifiche immagini fiorite :)
    Grazie della condivisione e buona giornata :)
    Myriam

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  9. CarlettaApril 9, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Yucca is such a detractable name for such a lovely bloom.
    I have it in my yard and look forward to it's summertime beauty.
    Lovely shots Arija!

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  10. ElaineApril 9, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Lovely!!

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  11. Esther GarviApril 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM

    They are perfect!!

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  12. Jidhu JoseApril 10, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    beautiful

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  13. MerisiApril 10, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    Such gorgeous flowers, they carry memories of warm summers in America's Southwest!

    Arija,
    I googled and found out that wild garlic can be cultivated from seeds:
    http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme91/article1597260.html

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  14. KanakApril 10, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    These are indeed beautiful!! Thanks for stopping by my blog...I know it's been a while. I'll soon be checking out your older posts.

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  15. HalcyonApril 10, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Those flowers are really unique. Must have been a wonderful hike!

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  16. CarverApril 10, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Wonderful shots of the Yucca. The close-up is not only eye candy it looks a little bit like candy.

    Thanks for asking about me. I have had recent check-ups and everything is fine. One of my doctors made an adjustment with a thyroid med which has helped with energy and I've had a full body PET/CT and no signs of the cancer returning so always good to have that eliminated. I think of you often too and hope you are doing ok. I know you have also had a lot of health problems.

    I always love seeing your beautiful photographs.

    Take care, Carver

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  17. •°°• IcyBC •°°•April 10, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    These small flowers are beautiful. I have 2 in the back yard, but they're not blooming!

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  18. The Weaver of GrassApril 10, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Lovely yucca flowers Arija.

    Did you catch any fish?

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  19. pattyApril 10, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    beautiful, beautiful flower and shots... love the eye candy one particularly!
    thanks for visiting me earlier this week!

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  20. p3chandanApril 10, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Never seen before these pretty blooms of the Yucca..like little bells hanging on a tree!

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  21. GeraldineApril 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    I didn't know what these flowers were called, thanks for the heads-up! Beautiful pics here.

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  22. FranciscaApril 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Oh, our white Yucca elephantipes are eye-candy, indeed!

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  23. Charlene N. K.April 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    The flowers are great! I like the third picture best, which presents the flowers beautifully.

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  24. edenApril 10, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    Beautiful flowers. Great shots.

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  25. Noel MorataApril 10, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    aloha,

    i love this plant in full bloom, its really amazing and dramatic, they are quite beautiful

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  26. SandyCarlsonApril 10, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    I have seen this but not known what it is. Now I know! You photos are beautiful.

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  27. LifeRamblingsApril 10, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    beautiful blooms, they are truly one of a kind.

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  28. http://graceolsson.com/blogApril 11, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    great bell of flowers, my dear
    congrats

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  29. BeckyApril 11, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    Beautiful flower Arija. Actually we have some sort of Yucca that grows here, in your garden of course.
    Thanking about you..
    B.

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  30. katApril 12, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    wow...so lovely...

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