Welcome to Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, to see what is blooming in other gardens join hostess Carol at May Dreams Gardens.
Also sharing the love up-close today with I Heart Macro, congratulations to hostess Laura for one year of her meme!
Also linking with these and others below in the text-
Macro Monday 2 hosted by Gemma Wiseman.
Catching Light hosted by NatureFootstep meme.
What's Blooming Now- Columbines are having the most impact on the bloom in my yard now among the perennials and biennials, along with ubiquitous mounds of Forget-Me-Nots and ground cover Comfrey. 18 years ago I started double Columbines from seed, and they have multiplied and spread a lot. They make me think of frilly dresses or petticoats. Anemone nemorosa earlier bloomed here, and now geraniums are taking over, both help make weeding a minimal task.
I later started some single Biedermeier dwarves, which have not spread as much-
I'm trying to learn to do artistic things with flower photos, here are some beginner attempts, to see some good examples join Lorik at Mandarin Orange Monday. Here is the face of a magenta/white Columbine-
Hue manipulated to change to orange, Filter Clothify in Gimp-
Hue manipulated to change to blue in Gimp-
Hue adjusted to blue, Cartoon filter, Super Nova light burst-
To enjoy more blue, see Blue Monday, hosted by Smiling Sally.
The other bloom machines are the Lilac, and the Rhrodendrons are starting to bloom-
Second bloomer-
Tree Peonies are also blooming, Paeonia suffruticosa Kamatanishiki is 12 years old in my garden and bloomed for the first time last year, it was worth the wait-
The bush is a little skimpy and had to be tied up-
Paeonia delavayi is the same age but started blooming not many years after planting-
It made the best shrub of all of the tree Peonies, when I was staking it up I even found a small one a meter out from the mother, with even a bud on top for a flower, Kamatanishiki behind-
A final surprise was that a regular rose started blooming, 2 weeks before the usual time, Zephirine Drouhin, my personal Queen of the roses.
or cameras are macro
©Weeding on the Wild Side, all rights reserved. I like to visit and comment on other blogs, but if you only allow google+ I am not set up for that, so cannot comment.
Also sharing the love up-close today with I Heart Macro, congratulations to hostess Laura for one year of her meme!
Also linking with these and others below in the text-
Macro Monday 2 hosted by Gemma Wiseman.
Catching Light hosted by NatureFootstep meme.
I'm trying to learn to do artistic things with flower photos, here are some beginner attempts, to see some good examples join Lorik at Mandarin Orange Monday. Here is the face of a magenta/white Columbine-
Hue manipulated to change to orange, Filter Clothify in Gimp-
Hue manipulated to change to blue in Gimp-
Hue adjusted to blue, Cartoon filter, Super Nova light burst-
Second bloomer-
Tree Peonies are also blooming, Paeonia suffruticosa Kamatanishiki is 12 years old in my garden and bloomed for the first time last year, it was worth the wait-
The bush is a little skimpy and had to be tied up-
Paeonia delavayi is the same age but started blooming not many years after planting-
It made the best shrub of all of the tree Peonies, when I was staking it up I even found a small one a meter out from the mother, with even a bud on top for a flower, Kamatanishiki behind-
A final surprise was that a regular rose started blooming, 2 weeks before the usual time, Zephirine Drouhin, my personal Queen of the roses.
-Hannah
or cameras are macro
©Weeding on the Wild Side, all rights reserved. I like to visit and comment on other blogs, but if you only allow google+ I am not set up for that, so cannot comment.
A wonderful collection of very beautiful wildflowers! Great photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leovi, I'm enjoying watching all the new spring flowers bloom.
DeleteGorgeous flowers! Your garden is beautiful. Columbines are one of my favourites. I am planting some for the first time this year in my garden.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen, I enjoyed your macros. The double Columbines seem especially prolific.
DeleteHannah, a truly gorgeous collection of blooms, every one precious. Hope your Sunday was as good as your lovely garden. Cheers,Jean
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean, I went over and had lunch with my grandkids and planted tomatoes in their garden. It was fun.
DeleteGreat set of pictures - there are just so many different ways to be a flower!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if the Preying Mantis eats bees - but I'll give up a few bees for the other benefits!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Thanks, Stewart, the flowers are so fun in spring. Since I rarely have seen Preying Mantises here I don't have to wonder about the bees.
ReplyDeleteWow, so many wonderful blooms.
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Thanks, Lina, I hope you had a nice Mother's Day.
DeleteHi Hannah,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blooms, especially the blue ones--even though they're "fixed." Thanks for sharing today.
I'm looking forward to reading your comment on my blue report post. Please come back.
Have a Happy Blue Monday!
Beautiful flowers! I love the lilacs and the peonies!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I enjoy them even though they just bloom briefly in the spring. It's great to have flowers that are no-care.
DeleteBeautiful, Happy May!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laurin, I grew up in Houston, I guess there is lots blooming there now.
DeleteHi Hannah
ReplyDeleteWow that is an impressive amount of gorgeous flowers, I have always liked the Columbines with their ballerina style skirts.
Happy Blue Monday
Wren x
Thanks, Wren, it's always hard to believe in the spring that they are such a carefree flower, especially when new plants loaded with flowers spring up in my vegetable beds far from the original plants.
DeleteWhat a beautiful gallery of flowers. I really like that cool blue and white edit.
ReplyDeleteThanks, that was my beginner attempt. I enjoyed your artistic treatment of dandelions.
DeleteBeautiful! I love the flower photos. My peonies have not opened yet but they have blooms.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joy, the blooms don't last long but I enjoy them.
Deletea wonderful selection of beautiful flowers!
ReplyDeletelove the columbines.
Thanks, Christine, they are amazing in color variety, and I like the two-tone effect of the blossoms.
DeleteLovely flowers! My granny had a lot of different columbines. They always remind me of her.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gunilla, they really make spring for me every year. I'm just sad that the native red and yellow ones didn't return for me.
DeleteThank you very much Hannah!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visting again, Leovi, you have so much wonderful art this week.
DeleteGoodness!! What stunning blooms! It will be awhile before we see flowers like that blooming here especially with low's predicted in the 40's for the weekend!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Debbie
I hope your weather will improve soon, and warm up. I can't really take credit for any of the current flowers, they were all planted long ago and maintain themselves. Isn't that great!
DeleteHi Hannah, my apologies for not visiting more often. I love your tree peony blossoms. They're definitely worth the wait. I'm just now starting to get a Columbine patch going. I love the 'Clementine' variety but wow, you've got some dandy ones. I love the colors and how you manipulated them too. Your lilacs and rhodies also look wonderful. I have to say this is such a happy time of year, isn't it? Cheers.
ReplyDeleteGrace, thanks for visiting. I think my doubles came from the Abundant Life Seed Foundation long ago, I tried to find a similar variety on google, Clementine is not it, they have lots of tiny petals and I think no spurs. One I found is like my pink and white ones, a hose-on-hose double called A. vulgaris Dorothy Rose. other similar ones were x hybrida, double with short spurs, either one color in the bell and another color in the spurs, or solid color.
DeleteThe columbines are so beautiful, but my favorite are the peonies, because they have an abundance of petals - the more the better:)
ReplyDeleteThe Columbines amaze me every spring, and reseed far away sometimes, I don't know how they do it. The peonies are beautiful but rather brief in bloom. But I can see how the Chinese and Japanese are so enamoured of them.
DeleteOh, I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day, Hannah! I don't think I've ever seen lovelier Columbine blooms. They obviously love your garden! They're so lush and pretty and lend an air of romance to your garden. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, These Columbines do seem to really like my garden, and I appreciate their reseeding except when a big plant full of flowers suddenly appeared in my cucumber trellis row.
DeleteWow. What a wonderful assortment of flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lady Lilith, these are as easy-care as it gets for me.
DeleteWow and what a beautiful garden. All your flowers are doing so well. You must have put a lot of work and love it it,
ReplyDeleteThanks, Riet. The Rhododendrons were all here when we bought the house, so no work. I don't even really water them. The dead-heading of blossoms on such large shrubs, trees really, is a real pain so usually only gets partly done. The spent bloom stalks do dry up and turn brown, and don't really seem to inhibit next year's flower buds. The columbines are no work since they just spring up every year, but I do have to cut the spent bloom stalks off in late summer. The tree peonies barely get any water and don't require anything at all, though I did stake them up some or they would get a little floppy. I did buy and plant them. I think of trying to grow more from seed but didn't do it yet.
DeleteI love Columbies. I will soon have the first blooms on my balcony. :) Love the artwork you created.
ReplyDeleteThanks, they really make it spring for me. I hope they do well for you in pots.
DeleteEine wunderschöne Serie von Blüten !
ReplyDeleteSchönen Gruß,
Luis
Danke, Luis, genoss ich Ihre Blase Regenbogen.
DeleteI enjoyed your bubble rainbows.
Hi Hannah,
ReplyDeletereally wonderful this big flower bouquet in your photos and drawings. Amazing !
Best regards, Synnöve
Thanks, Synnove! I enjoyed your early springtime walk in the woods.
DeleteHi Hannah, I`m wondering if the Monarda seed I sent you from Texas came through for you. Most of the Citriodora I scattered has come up and starting to bloom. It doesn`t like the sand much, but it will grow. The winter was bad here as Texas winters go and I have not sown your seed. I will soon!
ReplyDeleteHi Randy, I hadn't seen any posts from you for a while. I started the Monarda seeds under lights in my early batches last November, so they are planted out now and getting bigger, I hope to see them bloom soon. Thanks for trading!
DeleteI`m up and running again after a long break from the gardens! Good luck with everything. You are an inspiration !
DeleteWhat a stunning s how of bloom! And great photos.
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of your photography - and of the subjects of your photography. Just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour Texas blooms are so far ahead of mine, and bring back memories of my childhood there, so lush and tropical.
DeleteHannah I adore your blooms...columbines especially...mine will bloom soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are enjoying spring flowers now, Donna/1
DeleteGoodness, you have such a plethora of beautiful columbines! I can get some to grow here but not that many. But I love them. Nice artsy shots, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean, I love it when I find a plant that really fits into my garden. The geraniums that fit are just getting going, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm just beginnning to dabble in the artistic filters, unlike Lorik who is a master.
DeleteYour columbine shots are wonderful! Thank you for sharing your garden!http://barbaragkaufmann.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/psalm-116/
ReplyDeleteThanks, Barbara, I'm grateful to have found a lot of flowers that do well on their own.
DeleteLove your flowers!! I love the magenta and white columbine and also how you changed the colors inside. The petal shape reminds me of a flower we have blooming now-it is nick named Pineapple Guava-
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Thanks, Jane, I like your artistic filters applied to the Pineapple Guava flower. I used to grow them in San Diego, *nostalgic sigh* I guess they are almost hardy enough for milder places here but I would have to take them in every winter.
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Amazing flower shots - your photos look like mandalas!
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