Friday, September 4, 2009

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Ok People, as promised, here are the pictures of my plants.
Striped Purple Petunia

Petunia Rosie(red and white), Red, Violet Star, Plum burst and Pink brocade Petunia

Pink and Yellow Zinias - note the half-eaten(by rabbits!)pink one in the center - before I took over. And the fresh blooming yellow and pink ones on either side! - AFTER I took over :)

Red Geranium

Angelonia or 'Angel Mist'(Love the name!)

And tada! The best of the lot! Tiger`s Eye Gold Daisy

Mostly kept by the front porch right now(for fear of rabbits and gophers!)

And some, near the unfinished flower beds I`m preparing

So if I`m not seen around in the Blog World as often as I would like to, you now know the reason why! :):)

Disclaimer: I have to admit that the idea of starting a garden goes to my MIL and that she did water the plants for a little while. But they are all my babies. I have been tending to them with the utmost love and care I can. Arent they all lovely?

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

Yes they are lovely!! I love all flower names, and I didn't know these pretty flowers were called Angle Mist :)

Passionate Goof said...

GORGEOUS! Love the flowers Piper. You do have a green thumb don't you? And a great hobby to follow really.

Life Of A Domestic Diva said...

Piper - These are absolutely breathtaking :-D I love them!! You're multi talented I say :-D Hopefully looking at your plants will motivate me to do some gardening too :-) and not end up killing the cactus like last time he he

Miss M said...

Gorgeous flowers babe!
You are most certainly doing a splendid job at it! :)

Renu said...

They are lovely:)

BK Chowla, said...

Extremely good pictures

Deeps said...

They are beautiful,Mish!I had grown petunias when in Muscat...but here somehow am yet to find a good nursery.your post has encouraged me..I'm going to start my search again and bring some plants home to grow.

Amrita said...

They are beautiful!!!!

moon said...

thanks for the visual treat

Sunshine said...

oohhh those r pretttyy!! :) love the striped petunias! :)

Serendipity said...

veryyyyy pretty Piper!! :)

J P Joshi said...

Beautiful flowers and pictures. Nothing like nature to help one relax, specially during stressful times....I firmly believe that plants DO listen, and respond.

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Just call me 'A' said...

wow..you do have a green thumb.....lovely colors. Gardening is a whole new game here no with so many gardening gadgets and stuff for the soil :)

Reflections said...

All of them are so beautiful....loved the 1st one tho;-D.
Almost all my plants dried up by the time I came back from vacation. I even got my maid to come in everyday to water them but the heat was too much[desert heat u knw]. Have to start again...just waiting for the weather to cool down.

Lakshmi said...

These flowers are beautiful! I have the opposite of green thumb except for the curry leaves plant I got as a gift in July(too early to predict its future). So I have to give you a big thumbs up :)

Mystic Margarita said...

Love the flowers, Mish. They're lovely.

TheChicGeek said...

So pretty, Piper! Isn't it fun to work in the garden :D I love it!

Have a Wonderful Day!

Anonymous said...

WOW! Beautiful!
Anytime better than hitting away at the keyboard!

abhi said...

Striped Purple Petunia is lovely

Just call me 'A' said...

hey girl..how are you doing. have not seen you around at all. all good?

Mamma mia! Me a mamma? said...

These are little blooms of happiness! Really made me smile :D