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Sunday 20 March, 2011

Splash In Spring Colours....

The center of our garden is a riot of  'PHLOX' colours, this HOLI
as opposed to the pristine white carpet of candy tuft flowers we had last spring.
Phlox adding a dash of colour to our spring garden, this year
White Carpet @ Last Spring, around HOLI


LOOK! Our domestic helper’s son spotted these two teeny tiny nests with one and two eggs each nestled deep within the two Thuja orientalis Trees growing in our garden. (Though, only one of them can be seen in the extreme left corner @ the topmost snap above).

The little one helped me to peep through the dense and bushy foliage and click a picture or two of the 'NESTS' to share here via  my blog, Evergreen Tree. 

 BTW, Can you spot the little black birdie within its bushy foliage @ top left snap in the collage.

And, Did you know? 

Wild Sweet William is a specific variety of Phlox.  

We have them growing wild, in one of the flower beds this year, still adding a dash of blue n violets to the garden, while the other beds showcasing the early bloomers like the Calendula, the  California Poppy n Dog flowers need to be cleared in the coming week ahead after a flourishing winter flowering season. They will be replaced with fresh  plantation comprising of Green needle like Cochia’s, Sunflowers and Zinnia’s in the front garden.

The Garden sometime back in November
Talking of FLOCKS aka PHLOX, they are such prolific growers and seem to have taken over the marigolds encircling them as a border edging. The cluster of flower on top of the stems is very bright and showy, as their vibrant blossom comes in various shades of purple, pink, red, violets, blues and even white. They seem to like full sun and once established they grow well with regular watering, weeding and the best part, without much effort and care.

Whoa! They have filled up the entire bed by March


 Being Perennial, these Phlox flourish well through the Flowering Season, in Spring and early Summer, when they are planted in November. Come April, these beds would soon be cleared to be replaced by the nine-o-clock flowers aka Portulaca, which  will add much needed colour around the Fountain during the scorching Indian summer months ahead….

My entry for Todays Flower # 136
Click on the Links to visit them.


  Its a Festive SUNDAY for us here, as we are celebrate the Indian festival of colours today,

Wishing all a Very Happy n Colourful HOLI!


20 comments:

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Changing your garden flowers from season to season is a lovely idea!


SHADOW SINGER

Of shadows an old man did sing;
He chanted in Guelph and Beijing;
The shade was his friend,
He loved it no end—
It made him feel rich as a king!


© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Some Shady Mangos

Unknown said...

your fountain area is gorgeous in any color. the pinks and purples are my favorite.

Today's Flowers @ Live in the Moment

January Zelene said...

that's a lot of very colorful flowers.

Today’s Flower - Roses

wenn said...

wow..love all of them!

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Whoa nice splashy colors..

Laerte Pupo said...

Beautiful garden and fountain.

forgetmenot said...

What a great "splash of color"--beautiful shots of all the flowers. Just can't go wrong taking pictures of flowers!! Mickie

msdewberry said...

Oh my gosh, you have a beautiful garden! All these photos are beautiful! I'd love spending time here!
Happy First day of Spring!

Chubskulit Rose said...

Gorgeous shadow shots!

Hope you can visit my shadow shots even if it's late, thanks in advance!

Stef said...

I love all your photos! Hope you can check out my YMM post HERE.

radha said...

Beautiful. Must be a pleasure to sit and relax in these surroundings

A Garden of Threads said...

Love the colourful selection around the fountain.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful colours! I love all the 'looks' of your garden!

Vee said...

Phlox/Flocks comes in such pretty colors. I love it when mine finally blooms and cascades over the rock wall...that won't happen until June. I've got quite a wait. Glad to see them blooming so beautifully here.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Came back for My Mellow Yellow, come and see. have a nice day!

LindyLouMac said...

Having joined Mosaic Monday this week I am now enjoying blog hopping around the world admiring everyone else's beautiful photography and gaining inspiration. It cheers me when so much of the world around us is in turmoil for one reason or another.

I love the wild sweet william photo.

Autumn Belle said...

Your garden centrepiece is really beautiful. So many flowers! Wow!

Andrea said...

very colorful yard and garden. It looks like the eggs in that nest is similar to our common bird here too, whose nests are not far from the ground, and yes i spot the bird though it is a bit indistinct. I also love your change of template and header.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful garden with colorful flowers.

Lisa Gordon said...

Your gardens are truly magnificent!! It must be such a wonderful place to just sit quietly. And take LOTS of beautiful photographs of course :-)