So, light the blue touch paper, but don't retire to a safe distance. Get up close, admire the floral fireworks. Listen to the wooshes, the fwings, and the booms, and don't be afraid to embrace the child within you and go "aaaaahhh" at the pretties...
Alchemilla mollis
Allium christophii
Bougainvillea
Young fig leaf
Self-sown foxglove
Rodgersia
Osteospermum
Self sown Love-in-a-mist
Note: the Inelegant Gardener can take no responsibility for any injuries if you don't follow the floral fireworks code.
8 comments:
Lovely pictures. It really is worth looking closely at plants.Some colours don't appear unless you are inches away.
This was an apposite post.
Earlier today, I was thinking my garden has gone a bit over the top this year. I like restraint - but my roses are bursting their buds off and, although this is what they are meant to do (and I should be pleased) I was thinking (regretfully) that they are over-doing it rather.
And I was also reflecting on how I must, at the same time, make the most of them - because I have 'done my garden all wrong' in that, once June is over, there will be only leaves, not flowers.
Admittedly, this is, in the main, intentional - because I want it to feel cool in the summer heat - but it can be an anti-climax too.
So - your posting encourages me to embrace all this exuberance while it lasts instead of bemoaning it.
Tomorrow, I'll join in with some booms and bangs of my own.
Esther
aaaaahhh
Lovely
Karen
I followed the floral fireworks code and the injuries were minimal;
ahhh and ohhh sooo beautiful! Fun aside, the closeups are great.
Of course, the advantage with floral fireworks is that you don't have to lock the cats/dogs/babies/grannies away in case of terror.
I love the floral fireworks!
Oh my, I don't know how you can call yourself inelegant with all those marvelous photographs.
Hi there :-D
Fantastic photos! I've got the same sort of firework display going on in my garden at the moment. It's great time of year :-D
Have a good weeknd :-D
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