Sunday, August 18, 2013

Monday Macros

A few close-ups of flowers in the garden taken recently, all August bloomers.

One of our favourite day lilies, 'Tigger', blooms quite late.  We had a dog named Tigger for a good 14 years.

We have several varieties of coneflowers; the red ones growing under the old apple tree are my favourites.

This is Persicaria, an unusual group of plants commonly known as knotweeds; this bloom is about one inch long.

This is sea holly, which adds an interesting light blue colour to the garden; even the stems are blue.

And this is a purple liatris; I love the colour as well as the spiky shape of this one.

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13 comments:

  1. I love them all, but the last two are new to me, and just lovely! :-)

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  2. Gorgeous photos... Love the lighting in the purple one. Excellent!!!!
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  3. All the photos are gorgeous. What a green thumb you have!

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  4. Gorgeous shots of these gorgeous flowers!

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  5. Lovely flowers!
    Happy Monday!
    Lea
    Lea's menagerie

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  6. Fantastic close ups! So bright and colorful. Beautiful!!

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  7. Oh wow they are all pretty.
    I used to have liatris in my yard at another place I lived. I started with one plant and after a couple of years had quite a few.

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  8. The red coneflower is so vibrant! Love the orange Tigger daylily, mine are all done. I'm wanting to grow Eryngium but haven't succeeded to get blooms yet.... Lovely!

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  9. Beautiful vivid colours!

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  10. Thank you all for your kind comments. I've been falling way behind in responding, but I always read them and appreciate them!

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