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Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 February 2012

Dance with the Daffodils....


~~*****~~
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.
~~ *****~~
William Wordsworth
Spring is in the air, with the blooms everywhere.....
Early Buds...
Just Beginning to Blossom...
& Finally,  A cluster of Dazzling Daffodils,
Symbolizing onset of Spring  for Today's Flower

Happy Sunday n Happy Spring Season ahead....

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!


Sunday, 27 February 2011

Red X-Prs....

Here's a Conventional Red Rose to make your day!
A smiley, monkey- faced, Panzy showing off similar  Red -o-Black Hues

Shining, Star- like... Red n White Petunia's, amidst the Greens
A Dazzling Dahlia ....Get set to Bloom!
Aglow like a Candle....Salvia's
Resplendent Glory @ Dianthus
Triple Delights
Blowing its own Trumpet @ Hibiscus
Dog Flower
Firework with a burst of little Red Stars

Yeh, I know I have gone a wee-bit, over the top with this RED X-PRESS, but what to do,
RED is such a bright, promising n happy colour and just perfect for heralding Spring in our gardens and our lives.

My entry for Today's Flower # 133
&
The Hot, the Loud n the Proud Meme # 12 hosted by A Plant Fanatic in Hawai

Wishing all a Happy Spring Season ahead...

Monday, 15 March 2010

Now That Spring is in the Air....

.... With the Flowers everywhere....
When all the Birds are singing in the sky... 
We had Joy we had Fun... 
We had Seasons in the Sun.....
Hmmm...
Now that Spring is in the Air...

I have been listening to this yesteryears... beautiful song…. ‘Seasons in the Sun’ by Westlife, these last few days and still can’t get over the lines, the lyrics which read…. 'Now that spring is in the Air'…also the title of this post.

Whoa! The Mango Trees resplendent with blossom appear promising, as they gear up to bear loads of  Juicy Mango fruits, in the coming summers months following spring.

















The new set of shiny, glossy leaves on the Lipstick Ficus, appear so delicate n fresh with their rose tinted tips.

















 The semi-cascading Tamarind Tree too is in the process of growing back its flourishing green foliage...















I love the way, the century old, white marble Fountain, the heart of the garden, stands blissfully tall, amidst a carpet of snowy white flowers.

















You can also catch a glimpse of the Araucaria tree, the fountain Palm & Ixora's at a distance, the yet- to- bloom patch of Lily’s in the right corner, a row of Petunia’s and dog flowers towards the right again.

A row of Calendula’s n Marigold Yellows flush with bloom just behind me…..





















Tons of Scarlet… Reds n yeh…. fiery Orange hues…. here, there, everywhere, adding loads of dazzling n blazing, vibrancy to our Spring Garden, this season.























Alas! Just a speck of beaming Aster Blues ….infront of me… the view of the Aster flower bed, obscured by the Flora Fountain.

















However, loads of  Lovely Pinks....thriving all over &....all around again.


It’s a beautiful time of the year here…. 

....With the garden abuzz with spring colours and life...... the fluttering Butterflies, Birds n Bees, skirting Squirrels, hopping Frogs and off course lots n lots of Blooming Flowers n more….

Here's Wishing all a Glorious Spring... with the song 'Seasons In the Sun' .