Thursday, August 6, 2009

Blooming Friday -- Early Morning Light



Indigofera is at its loveliest when wreathed with dew.


Colors are so fresh and vibrant in the morning. This is 'Robert Poore' with blue
porterweed, one of the most adaptable and long-blooming perennials in the garden.


Four o'clocks looking carmine in the morning light.


The big perennial bed, looking toward the neighbor's pasture.


Scutellaria incana


Four o'clocks and Buddleia 'Potter's Purple'


'Potter's Purple' and the last of the Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'




Newly opened hibiscus



'Prissy Frills'



Phlox 'David'



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Thank you to Katarina for hosting Blooming Friday.


30 comments:

  1. Wow - so many beautiful flowers! My favorite today is the Hibiscus with the superb colors!

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  2. I really like the Phlox 'David' -- the white is so pure and clean. Lovely garden!

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  3. Sweet bay,

    Love that dinner plate hibiscus. The photos are so beautiful.

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  4. Beautiful light Sweet bay... I love the first shot of Indigofera... new to me! Your Four o'clocks are the prettiest I have ever seen ... great color and washed in that light with the chartreuse green... gorgeous!

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  5. So many beautiful blooms for sure! I like them all but that David is just so pure it really shines.

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  6. Your garden is so impressive! You have such variety. I love the photos of the plants with morning dew. They look so fresh and bright.

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  7. Your surroundings are so beautiful! I have never seen some of the blooms...that white phlox and your hibiscus--wow!!

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  8. As usual- very nice! There is indeed something special about the morning light. I like the hibiscus..!

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  9. Your garden is large and you have many flowers. I like pink and white flowers. I like all of them. Robert Poor, Prissy Frills and a lovely Hibiscus. Before I had hibiscus inside. /Amanda

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  10. Such beautiful flowers - and pictures of course. You really catch the spirit of the place.

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  11. Ah, there's the fabulous Prissy Frills again...love it! And I do agree with you about early mornings in the garden - the morning light and the dew add to its beauty!
    Katarina

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  12. Beautiful pictures. Everything looks so fresh. I have grown Four o'clocks for the first time and I am amazed at their fragrance.

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  13. Your Phlox 'David' is beautiful! So pretty next to the house.

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  14. Thanks for giving me reason to Google Indigofera, which I'd not heard of or seen in Michigan, ever. It's the true indigo, which is honestly something I've always wondered about (I've grown Baptisia or false indigo for a long time and always wondered about the true indigo!) It's hardy to zone 6, but the trouble is I never know now whether catalogs are using the newer or older AHS zones. In the old system I'm 5b, in the new 6a... But because I've never ever seen it here I'm going to assume it's the old system and it doesn't grow for us.

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  15. Sweetbay,
    You are so right, nothing looks more alive than it does in the morning. It is the very best time to take photos in my opinion.--Randy

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  16. I think mornings are the loveliest time in the garden. Soft sunlight and everything washed in dew. I don't get much time in the mornings to walk around the garden but on Saturdays I try to visit and get photos.

    I had never heard of indigofera. Thanks to Monica, I see it isn't hardy up here either. Too bad, it certainly is pretty. Butterfly bushes are marginally hardy but the Japanese beetles eat the blooms so I can't grow them either. Seems like every year my choice of plants gets a little smaller.
    Marnie

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  17. Yes, the early morning light is lovely in the garden and that's evident in your photos. I'm a lover of white phlox, but don't have any YET. A friend recently gave me some seed pods from her Four o'clocks, but not the wonderful carmine color like yours. It sounds so special to live in a place where you can use the word "pasture" when referring to the neighbor's yard.

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  18. Your garden is truly exquisite Sweet Bay. Humans and wildlife alike have to be amazed over its abundance. I've never heard of indigofera before either and I'm going to refresh my memory on Scutellaria incana too. The buddleia with your raspberry wine monarda is fantastic.

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  19. Always beautiful there! I really love the long shots of your gardens where they just look endless.

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  20. Lovely photos. But you do get a feeling of fall coming closer....

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  21. Gorgeous tones of blues, purples and pinks! ANd some lovely shapes, too!

    Have a great weekend.

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  22. A lovely walk early in the morning to look at all the pretty flowers you grow. Your perennial border looks so fresh and full of interesting delights.

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  23. Wonderful blooms Sweetbay! I have long admired your Indigofera...I remember it from last year! The Four O'clocks are a marvelous color! gail

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  24. It is interesting to see blooms on your indigofera. I don't think mine blooms this time of year. The plants do look different in the early morning hours, don't they?

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  25. Thank you everyone for your kind comments! Phillip, I think this Indigofera is I. ambylantha? -- I got it in a trade with a local gardener. The flowers are smaller than another common garden Indigofera but start in the spring and continue until frost. It grows to 6' in height and eventually suckers.

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  26. I'm amazed at the size of your buddleia! No wonder you have so many butterflies and bees, with all the wonderful things in your garden to attract them. Do you get hummingbirds too?
    Yes, I love the morning light...so soft and fresh.
    Prissy Frills is a real beauty.
    I should add "David" to my garden. It's gorgeous....and so is that hibiscus..and the Indigofera. That's new to me. So pretty. Lovely to see all your blooms. Your garden is full of beauty! It must be a wonderful place to stroll with so much to see (including the critters) :)

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  27. Hi Sweetbay

    Such lovely photos. The large perennial bed looks magnificent

    Rob

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  28. Thank you Kerri and Rob. :) Kerri, yes, we get a lot of hummingbirds here. Never when I have the camera or correct lens though. lol There's a couple hummingbirds that like to perch on the trellis (at separate times) and have taken the opportunity to take a bath whilst I was watering. They are cute as all get out -- so much personality.

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  29. I'm glad I came back here. I enjoyed seeing your butterflies in the last post. I love the blooms here, too, especially the four o'clocks and daylily.

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