Oh Grow Up!

I love the Ozarks and I have no complaints about spending time in my hometown, Branson. My camera is filled with images of flowers, container gardens, and Ozarks landscapes.

So, it was a nice surprise this morning when some of my flowers came to me via email. Neighbor Bill sent photos of some of the blooms along with this note, ” Thank you for the beauty.”

It brought a tear of joy and surprise to my eye. So, I’m sharing a few of the photos with you.This is Summer Valentine. With pink blooms, a magenta eye and picotee edges. From All American Daylilies http://www.allamericandaylilies.com/

This double day lily was here when I moved in. It is beautiful and best planted in masses. The blooms don’t last long or repeat and I don’t know the name. It requires little attention, but when it blooms this bright orange day lily is not to be ignored.

The hummingbirds love this petite heirloom gladiolas.Bright red trimmed in a slim edge of silver, beautiful up close or tucked in a cutting garden. A favorite of mine, there is no such thing as too many Atom glads.
http://www.oldhousegardens.com is my gardening secret.

I have great neighbors.

Am I Blue?

the photo in the catalog.
Blue Parrot – blue tulip, with rich royal tones on blooms an impressive 8 to 10 inches wide! Blooms in mid- to late season on 20- to 22-inch stems.
the tulip in my garden

This Blue Parrot tulip is huge and one of the show stoppers in my spring garden. Truly beautiful. Not really blue.

Colorblends are High-grade, superior-quality bulbs. Their wholesale catalog says, “There is no such thing as a blue tulip. You’ll find tulips described and pictured as blue in catalogs and on the web, but when spring comes, the blue you longed for will be just another (lovely) shade of lilac, violet or plain old purple. Despite the ever-growing range of tulip colors, blue is still just a hybridizer’s dream.” http://www.colorblends.com

You won’t find truly black tulips either. Some tulips are very dark, like eggplants. They can look black in certain light, but black tulips do not exist.

You Say Tulips. Tulipa is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Liliaceae.

Plant tulips anytime October through December – any time before the ground freezes. Feed tulips in the early spring, before they bloom.

April in Eureka Springs, AR, USA