“Blue Hydrangea” – Paul Militaru Photography
“Hydrangea” – Paul Militaru Photography
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Before the Rains Came
Before the rains started last week, things were sprouting all over the yard. This is the lovely black elephant ear plant that Kay got me for my birthday, plus some iris and some phlox.
Amber hasn’t discovered the other hyacinths in the yard yet, so she has ONLY eaten one…. Also some iris and a rose bush.
This hydrangea is sprouting in one of the two brick planters we have to demolish soon.
The rose bush on the left is the Joseph’s Coat climbing rose bush that Kay gave me for my birthday. We’re hoping it will climb up the wisteria truck next to it. The plant on the right is a camellia that will soon have blooms.
Some of our twice-blooming iris!
A close-up of one of the branches of our redbud trees.
Surrounded by redbud branches….
This is one of the 6 or 8 redbuds we have in the yard.
As we stay in the house, or run through the rain, it’s nice to have so many reminders that wonderful weather is on its way.
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Hydrangea in October
Since we’re due for a cold front overnight with off and on rain tomorrow, I decided to clean up one of our hydrangea planters, lopping off the branches that hang way down to the ground in front. I brought in some of the nicer blooms so that we could enjoy them in the house.
There are two hydrangea plants in the planter – one pink and one so delicate a pink as to be white. I love these blooms. I just wish they didn’t really hate our hottest weather, plus the rain. I’m hoping that they’ll enjoy the cooler weather, putting on lots of blooms before the first frost.
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A Trip Around the Yard
The temperatures have FINALLY gone down a bit and we can breathe when we’re outside. Another 10 degrees down or so and I’ll be in heaven. It says my “perfect” temperature about three days a year here in Arkansas. :0)
I worked in the yard a bit to celebrate the gorgeous day.
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I took some pictures of the things still in bloom, enjoying each one. I thought that you might enjoy them, too.
My husband’s clematis is enjoying a second bloom.
We have one group of phlox still blooming.
Impatiens in two pots on either side of the front porch.
Pink hydrangea.
Portalaca.
Mostly white hydrangea with a blush of pink.
Happy zinnias.
I hope that a trip around your yard makes you smile, too!
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Tour of Remaining Flowers
At this time of the year, despite our irrigation system, the flowers are pretty well spent. It just gets too hot here for most to make it to frost. I cherish the few flowers that are strong enough to still be blooming and giving us such pleasure.
Most of the hydrangea are gone now, and the greenery droops badly during the day, but we have a few blooms that looked particularly nice.
I don’t know what the name of these pretty little blue flowers are, but they fill in the planter nicely under the tulip tree.
Our Impatiens are not at their peak, but they continue to bloom in two pots on either side of our front door.
Even my husband remarked on how he liked the color of the zinnias that are thriving right now. I sprinkled the seeds in the planter in-between our regular plants so that they would hopefully bloom when the weather made the other things stress out.
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