Butterfly Bush reaching out, waiting for butterflies to flutter by.
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In March I bought 50 Gladioli bulbs (mixed colors).
This lovely pink is the first one to bloom.
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Gardenia blooms are adding their heady aroma to the garden.
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The Hydrangaes are lovely in the early morning light.
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I love the brilliant colors of Butterflyweed.
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Common Evening Primrose begins to open at sunset and fades the next morning.
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Nasturtium 'Scarlet Gleam'
Leaves and flowers are edible.
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Leaves and flowers are edible.
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Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Lovely blooms. I particularly loved the soft pastel pink Gladi, and that brilliant Nasturtium.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty blooms and images! Happy Weekend!
ReplyDeleteYour flowers look so healthy. It has been unbearably hot here...since we are neighbors, I assume the same of you...they are beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat must be the most beautiful butterfly bush I've ever seen! You have brilliant colors in your garden.
ReplyDeleteGladioli are so pretty. Good ones will come back year after year for a pleasant summer surprise. I wish I'd planted some this spring.
ReplyDeleteI always forget to plant Nasturtiums when it is time and then envy everybody's when they bloom.
Looks like your moving along with the blooms. Quite ahead of us in Kansas, toto. ; )
ReplyDeleteLea, your gardens are alive with beautiful blooms especially the Butterfly Bush-love your close up photography!
ReplyDeleteYour butterfly bush is beautiful! The butterflies must love such a pretty landing pad. And those blue hydrangea blooms--I'm so jealous. All mine turn pink in our alkaline soil. Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeleteWow, you are miles ahead of us here in London, the cold weather is still slowing us down. Loved your pink gladioli, I used to grow them but they didn’t bloom much after a couple of years so I dug them up and have never replaced them. I think I must get some new! I am thinking of getting a gardenia, there is a hardy double one for our climate, quite new, I just have to have it for my garden :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy GBBD!
Glads are one of my favorites. If you check out the 'about me' page on my blog, I think you'll understand why. My mom exposed me to them at a very young age! Great garden pics. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing all of those beautiful flowers. Such pretty colors! The pink gladiola is especially nice. Happy Bloom Day!
ReplyDeletesimply beautifully captured shots...lovely!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet your garden will be a riot of color when the rest of the glads come up!
ReplyDeleteGeorgous!!
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful. Butterfly bushes usually end up dying on our place. I plant Louisiana Chase Tree, cause it reminds me of them.
ReplyDeleteYou are ahead of me in the cold night temps PNW. My butterfly bush isn't blooming yet. It seems the Swallowtails show up about the time it finally blooms, that makes it a special occasion. I would love to grow Gardenias but have tried a couple of times with "hardy" cultivars and have lost them, it's great to see yours, but wish I could smell them as well! One year we had erratic cold temps and all my Hydrangeas died. I guess there are some hardier ones that mainly bloom all white, I haven't warmed up to that yet so wonderful to see yours blooming. Lovely!
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