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It’s a hot one!

by Tricia

Oh my gosh. I’m just in from being in the garden for about an hour. I went outside to take some photos of flowers that have already been blooming for a week or two. You know how it is, if you don’t get the photos while they are blooming they’re gone! I already missed a few flowers that don’t re-bloom due to my lack of being in the garden much this year.

It is soooooooo hot outside! It’s apparently only 30 Celsius, but as always it’s pretty humid here and when you factor in the humidity it’s 39 c! That’s 102.2 F! I also happen to have a fever, as usual, so I’m sure my body wasn’t handling the heat and humidity as well as it should have.

When I came in I was literally soaked as if I’d been out there in the rain. Yuck. You can bet I hopped into the shower pretty quickly. I still feel overheated though.

I’m so thankful that we have air-conditioning. I know that I’ve said we have a fairly green lifestyle, but when it gets this hot here in the summer I don’t think I can easily give up my air conditioning. Hopefully all the rest of the stuff we do makes up for it.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that some more photos will be on their way shortly.

Hey let me ask you a question.

Do you like it when I post facts about the plants I photograph such as their hardiness, bloom times, whether they are drought tolerant and or like shade or sunlight?

I figure it helps those that are just getting started gardening. Plus if you haven’t tried growing a particular plant at least you’d know by reading the information that I post about each plant I photograph if it would do well in your area.






Filed Under: Garden Buzz, Garden Tips, Photography, Questions and Answers, Recreation, Summer in the Garden, Toronto, Weather related Tagged With: air conditioning, blooming, drought, drought tolerant, flower, flowers, garden, garden information, gardening, green, growing, hot, humid, humidity, information, photo, photograph, photos, plant, Plant Profiles, plants, rain, shade, shower, summer, sunlight

Perfect honeysuckle bloom

by Tricia

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Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle bloom

This is a honeysuckle bloom.

The honey suckle is called Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle. The leaf underneath the bloom almost looks like a landing pad for humming birds.

This honeysuckle has a rich scent. I most often smell it in the evening or after it’s rained.

As many of my photos lately have been, this photo was taken on a rainy day two weeks ago. I have quite a few wet flower photos from that single photo session!

Filed Under: Blooming today, Photography, Recreation, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: bloom, dropmore scarlet honeysuckle, flower, honeysuckle, photo, rainy day, scent, smell, Wordless Wednesday

Macro Lavender blooms

by Tricia

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Lavender flowers - close up

The other day I took this macro photo of blooming lavender. I love the delicate blooms on each lavender spike.

I grow lavender and or Salvia in front of many of my rose plants. It’s a lovely combination. Many of the roses are a light pink or light yellow and the bluish purples of the lavender and Salvia compliment the roses quite nicely.

I especially love lavender. It doesn’t have much scent unless you walk up to it and disturb the plant or purposely crush some of the leaves in your hand, but once you do the scent fills the air for a while. Usually your hand has the scent on it was well.

I haven’t done this for a few years, but this year I think I’ll gather some of the lavender blooms and dry them to make my own potpourri. Have you made your own potpourri with flowers from your garden?

BTW

I’m sorry I missed last weeks GTS. My sites were down for three and a half days! It was terrible. I had to change web hosts because of the problems I was having with my old host.

I also wanted to let you know that I added another one of my blogs to the GTS. Visit My World and see what I’ve posted for my first GTS on that site.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Filed Under: Blooming today, Green Thumb Sunday, Hobbies and Crafts, Photography, Recreation Tagged With: bloom, blooming, blooms, bruised leaves, crush leaves, flower, flowers, garden, Green Thumb, Green Thumb Sunday, grow, lavender, lavender scent, macro, nature, photo, plant, purple, rose, roses, scent

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