Flower For Friday

I popped out early this morning and snapped some of the happy faces flowering in my garden, then nearly missed the Flowers for Friday post I planned to do as I got busy during the day.

I have loved pansies (and violas) for many years, they remind of my Grandma Win, I think she used to plant them in her garden in North Perth, I seem to remember their smiley faces along the path with the soldier boys and gerbras.

As I look out the kitchen window, I can easily see the bright yellow ones smiling at me, they make me smile each and every time.  As they are coming to the end of the flowering time, I thought I better snap these photos before they are gone.  There are many and varied colours grouped together under the leafless frangipani tree, but I have only taken photos of a few to share.

A couple of weeks ago I found these gorgeous little orange and purple violas (sold as pots of colour) and just had to have them as well (they look much more yellow in the photo then the orange that they actually are).  Hubby potted them all together in one of our half wine barrels and they are a delight to behold.

Hope they bring a smile to your face too.

Have a great weekend, thanks for popping by xxx

Friday Flowers - Pretty Little Faces with a Splash of Green

More Friday Flowers from our garden, pretty little faces of violas and the newly emerging pansies - both mass planted in 2 half wine barrels. And just for a splash of something different our out of control flat leaf parsley plants (there is a little curly leaf parsley and oregano in the pot too). It is doing so well I am regularly taking some into work to share, 'cause we can't eat it all. Mind you my littlest grand-daughter loves picking it fresh and eating it while she is over here playing.

Friday Flowers - Limelight

Last Friday I showcased some of the roses from my garden, a week on the blooms are almost at an end and the vase is looking a little tired, although the scent is still wonderfully in that corner of my kitchen.

You may remember this yellow rose called Limelight, I mentioned it had little scent but a beautiful structure, here is the photo from last Friday.

And here it is now, even as it is fading in full bloom, it is the most delightful rose, so please indulge me while I share this same rose again, a little older but still holding it's beauty.

Friday Flowers - From My Rose Garden

On the third day of winter here in Perth, the temperature is a cool 18C, with blue skies, a very gentle breeze, the Friday of a long weekend. In our garden, our roses are having their last flourish before pruning, and what a flourish it is. The long hot summer and autumn have made our roses thrive, along with the newly installed bore that regularly waters them 3 nights a week.

One rose has special significance for me, it was the rose we planted in memory of the little grandson we never got to meet, it is called Shocking Blue, and while not a 'blue' rose, it is a fragrant lilac. In the last couple of weeks we have cut around 12 blooms just from this rose alone. Every time I lean into the vase to inhale it's beautiful scent, my joy is tinged with a sense of regret. On checking the roses this afternoon I found another 3 buds that will be ready to cut in a day or tow.

In the vase on my bench in my kitchen, these lovely Shocking Blue blooms are surrounded by a Just Joey bud, a bud and some blooms from my other favourite rose Double Delight, a couple of buds of a new yellow rose called Limelight, which while not strongly scented have the most lovely waxy shape and gorgeous colour. And last but not least a single bloom from a new pink rose called Best Friend - the scent of this one just blows your mind - it is divine.

And don't you think that my lime green splashbacks are a perfect foil for these delightful roses? I do!!

Friday Flowers

I love the Friday Flowers meme that I often see on blogs like Pink Patent Mary Janes and Diminishing Lucy, among others. But I rarely have cut flowers in my house given I work and would not be able to enjoy them.

Recently my hubby potted up some 'pots of colour' - lovely pansies and violas - we found at the nursery. I love looking out the kitchen window and seeing their bright sunny faces each morning, so today I thought I would share.

Last weekend we planted some petunias in the garden, so hopefully I will be able to enjoy their colour once these reach the end of their cycle of life. We also started a new rose garden, home to the 3 roses bushes I planted for my grandchildren and 4 others we bought last weekend. So hopefully there will be some beautiful cut roses I can share on other Fridays in the near future.