Mixed Salad

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Dahlia. Couldn’t resist!

Along with dahlias of five other colors, these blooms will grace my garden next Frday. Now to keep them alive until then. J
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Since it is almost Easter and since lilies always remind me of Easter and my mother, this post is for her. Both my mom and dad loved flowers and trees and every house in the somewhat arid little town where I grew up always sported trees, petunias, pansies, trumpet vines, tulips, peonies, sweetpeas and roses––but never lilies. They were for Easter, as a potted plant to be thrown away after the blooms faded. I don’t think it ever occurred to us that they could be planted.
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The most wonderful thing about bougainvilleas is often their surroundings. They can obscure faults, serve as security and also as home to many creatures: possums, lizards, iguanas and my own cat. Here are some beautiful places that bougainvilleas exist in La Manzanilla:
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The wild tumble of bougainvillea actually forms a wall in my friend’s open-walled house. She lives about as outside as it is possible to live without actually living outside. Later on this week, I’ll show you her house, studio and art. I love the wildness of these intermixed vines, the shadows and the colors. Here’s another one for you, Cee.
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These honeysuckle sepals become their own stark bloom that is just as intriguing once their blossoms drop. (Click on first picture to enlarge and on arrows to see other two enlarged photos.)
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In the tangle of this jungle garden, these morning glories shoved themselves to the foreground.
UQB: Unidentified Quiet Blossom
I think this is some sort of nut tree and the closest I could find to the leaf shape was a cashew tree. I found one picture that showed it with a star-shaped flower, but in other pictures, the petals were more rounded. I think my friend told me this was an almond tree, but it definitely isn’t an almond. Once again, if you recognize it, please educate me.
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This non-assuming little flower deserved some extra attention. As with most things in nature, close up, it makes more of a statement.
For more flower pix, go HERE.
Against this periwinkle blue wall, who could overlook these gorgeous flowers with its contrasting stalk of thorns?