May 2023 – Verdant Garden

Lilies, Bearded Irises, Anemones, Epiphyllum, and More

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by capentalc

Around this time of the year is when I get a bunch of lilies in bloom. For the next few weeks, I anticipate many flowers to admire. In this post are a few remaining bearded irises in bloom. The lilies here are new in my garden so it’s exciting to see them come out finally!

“CARE TO DANCE” BEARDED IRIS

“EDITH WOLFORD” BEARDED IRIS

“LUMARCO” BEARDED IRIS

I’m not sure what I was thinking when I ordered this bearded iris but the colors just don’t impress me… I love bright colors and this is very bland. Nevertheless, it bloomed. I feel bad that I am treating it like an unloved child 😦

LILIES

PERUVIAN LILIES

“PLUM PERFECT” ROSES

Although these are not new flowers but this is the most fantastic display of these roses and of all my roses so far! I cut that one branch and displayed it in my house. I just love these so much!

“STRYBING BEAUTY”

ANEMONE

MALVA ZEBRINA

EPIPHYLLUM

This one is a nice little surprise to see it bloomed this morning. This is the first and ONLY flower I have on this plant so far. It is more of a citron yellow color with white. The camera did not fully capture the yellow in it.

It’s an awful lot of extra steps to resize all my photos for each post so I am posting less pictures these days. I have so many beautiful pictures this week but have to keep this post short.

Have a great middle of the week day!

Cosmos, Roses,Gladiolus, Hydrangeas, and More

Posted on May 27, 2023May 31, 2023 by capentalc

I was planning to upload more photos for my next blog but WP said I used up 95% of space already and wants me to pay more for “upgrade”. I guess I will have to clean up my media library and reduce the size of my files in the next few posts to be able to blog. I don’t like having to pay so much especially when WP is profiting from having ads on my blog.

These next pictures will be the reduced sizes, let me know what you think.

COSMOS

QUINCE

ALL ROSES

SCABIOSA

STATICE

GOLDEN PLUME

FUCHSIAS

HYDRANGEAS

GLADIOLUSES

STRAWFLOWER

VERBASCUM “SOUTHERN CHARM”

That’s all the flowers I can share today. I will try to share more pictures soon. Two of my favorite flowers, gladioluses and hibiscuses are getting ready to bloom this summer so I am excited about that!

Verbascum,Dianthus,Gomphrena, Geraniums, and More

Posted on May 24, 2023May 27, 2023 by capentalc

I found a website that I can upload photos and design my own photo book. It’s in the back of my mind for several months now. I wanted to pull all of my favorite photos of flowers and put in a book. It’s too hard to look at my blog for the past three years. I need a hard copy in this digital age. I’m thinking I need several volumes of it or just one gigantic volume. It will be an extensive project for sure.

For today, I will share some flowers in bloom this week.

VERBASCUM “COTSWOLD KING”

Verbascum takes two years to flower so be patient. They said that these flowers re-seed but so far I have not found to be the case. Flowers are amazing. Last year my “Artic Summer” bloomed and it was spectacular!

DIANTHUS

GOMPHRENA “Fireworks”

GERANIUMS “ORION”

These pink mini roses looking geraniums are the “Patricia” variety. They start off in white with pink centers and as they age or open fully, they turned to a beautiful lavender-pink color like the picture below. SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

BOUGAINVILLEA

STRAWFLOWERS

SALVIA “PINK TEXAS”

SHRIMP PLANT

EPIPHYLLUMS

HIBISCUSES

CLEMATIS “GENERAL SIKORSKI”

A few days ago I got a gift card to spend at a local garden center for my birthday. Remember I said I wanted to be mindful of my selections and I found the best of what I wanted. These kangaroo paws are HIGHLY UNUSUAL, I’ve never seen anything like it. I bought a red one and a purple.