Friday, July 2, 2010

Sunflowers & Delphiniums

 I just had to post a quick picture of the first of the Sunflowers to open here in my garden. My sunflowers are all thanks to birdseed not my planting but they are such a treasure and the bees have a field day with them and that makes me happy. As the summer progresses so many different kinds of Sunflowers will emerge, different shaped leaves and colors from pure light yellow all the way up to a reddish shade that is gorgeous. But for right now this beauty is one of the first and I was very thrilled to see it open at last!


 Also yesterday while braving the craziness at Wally World I found this little guy and as it was on sale I just had to have it. I am a huge fan of Delphiniums but have never had any of my own and here was this sweet little guy who only gets 12" high!!! "Summer Nights" it is called and look at that blue, isn't that just the most lovely thing? So home it came and this weekend I will find the perfect spot for it, hopefully near some Queen Anne's Lace as the white flowers would set off this guy perfectly. Have a delightful 4th fellow gardeners!





                                    

7 comments:

  1. That sunflower is gorgeous. It's so perfect that it almost looks like a fake one. Awesome picture! The Delphiniums are very lovely. I like blue flowers.
    Have a wonderful day!

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  2. I love delphiniums too! I have one in my back garden that I need to move because it just doesn't get enough sun anymore. Did you notice that the blue of the sky behind the sunflower is the same colour as the delphinium? Stunning! I have a picture of wild delphiniums in Alberta that I took a few years back that I will have to post sometime. Thanks again for sharing your flowers Tina!

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  3. Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment and wow if you have pictures of wild delphiniums I would love to see them as I didn't even know there were wild ones!
    Tina xo

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  4. Tina darling the flowers are lovely. I have sunflowers in my garden as well which were not planted but rather seeded themselves, however, darling mine are not as lovely as yours!! Enjoy them.

    Love & Hugs
    Duchess

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  5. What a beautiful picture of your sunflower Tina. Such beauty.

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  6. Wow Tina... what a great sunflower to grow by chance! The ones thats come from my birdseed just have lots of little sunflowers, but the chickadees love them so that makes it worth while! The delphium gorgeous.. electric blue!!
    Bella

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  7. Gorgeous flowers!..Christine

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment, it truly makes my day to read your thoughtful remarks!
Tina xo