This time it's about flowers, but not just any flowers. About the flowers in your garden.
From the start, I have to say that I love all the flowers you talk about here!
Sunflowers. I don't think there's anyone who doesn't like this flower. A little sun on the ground, grown from the earth. Although it is one of the hardy plants that are not too pretentious about living conditions, I have not managed to have specimens that please me. I must have done something wrong because I don't want to believe that the flower I like so much might not like me...
Petunias, likewise, I love both the multitude of colors, the velvety petals, and the invaluable fragrance, especially in the evening. I'm still not happy with how they grow in my pots.
Phlox, the flower of my childhood (I saw, with pleasure, that it is the flower of your childhood too!). My grandmother had a garden full of them. I remember with much nostalgia the evening games among these flowers, enveloped by the slightly sweet fragrance, as you rightly say. I don't have Phlox in the garden now but I really must put some in next year. Whenever I see Phlox I am reminded of my childhood, of the best part of childhood.
Black-eyed Susans. I have them too but they are suffering this summer from the excessive heat. I also have memories of them as a teenager, when I used to paint and they were a favorite subject.
Geraniums are my wife's favorite flower and she is handling it. We generally buy new plants in the spring.
Clematis. I especially love climbing plants, even though I am sometimes annoyed with them for being so cruel to the other plants that they sometimes suffocate. Clematis is, of course, perennial but they have something I don't like. The older stems are very brittle and because I usually (but I know it's not good) move plants in the spring, I have lost many clematis because the stems have broken.
Which do I prefer more, annuals or perennials? I think the perennials, not only because they are more advantageous as an expense, but more because these plants, bushes, and trees, growing over several years become more beautiful. Besides, every spring I pay a lot of annuals for the pleasure of having those flowers or to make certain arrangements.
The perfect market topic at this point, Denise! I enjoyed seeing your flowers and was glad they triggered nostalgia and memories of the beautiful and unique childhood years at my grandparents.
I can't put, yet, the link to my post, because it is now in the "throes of making"...
What a thorough comment! You didn't miss a thought. I hoped nobody minded that they are the flowers in my garden, but, it is one of the things that I am passionate about. They are only flowers, but, I like that it makes the house more cheerful. They really do. I took pictures of one of the gardens before the flowers came up and today. What a difference a few months make. Can you believe we are on the other side of summer? I cannot! I know it is the hottest month and then suddenly, it will go away.
Seems like we have similar childhoods, one filled with the sweet smells of summer! The phlox we had were wild, we dug them up from the fields in back of us. There were cows there once upon a time and there was a forest across from the front of our house. It was beautiful growing up that way, but, when I look at pictures from my childhood, I can see that things were a little different in my head. :) Anyway, my mother put those phlox in her gardens, whatever we brought home to her. Goldenrod, daylilies, wild roses, lupine, and marigolds. She always had the prettiest gardens.
I love the clematis and it is growing up my mailbox right now. I have perennials and love them. I let them come up in the spring and when I see where they are again, I might move them but let them grow a little and then put some annuals to fill the spaces left. I get a nice mix and the garden is always being moved around, just like me. :)
Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful
postcomment. :) I always look forward to your comments. :)I see that I am so late, you already dropped your link! Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
#MarketFRiday loves you!
Well, it was all about the flowers, @dswigle! That needs to be looked at as closely as possible, especially since they are some of your favorite flowers. I'm sure your gardens are wonderful and bring not only joy but also much beauty to the house.
I understand now that your passion for flowers comes from your mother.
What a beautiful passion it is that reminds you of your mother!
I'm glad phlox brings something common to our childhoods, I'm glad we can both better understand those times gone by, just with the help of a flower.
Mixing annuals and perennials is the best solution for a beautiful garden. Annuals can make up for the lack of flowers when perennials are still in their prime.
Thank you, Denise, I can't tell you how glad I am that you appreciate my comments. You are my teacher in this regard.
I wish you a pleasant new week!
Thanks, Dan~ bluemoon I am so far behind this week, I didn't even start the Markets! How does that happen?
Thanks for such an always wonderful response to my comments. I hope you are having a great week!
I'm late in replying again, otherwise, you might not recognize me. Sorry!
I'm replying after I found out you said stop to #marketfriday. Reading your various comments reassured me that nothing bad happened to you.
It's a logical consequence, which I somehow expected, remember when I asked you to write shorter comments to our posts? You've reached exhaustion. It's not normal to waste nights responding to everyone with so much detail. I noticed when you started writing only one post a week, it was a sign that something was not right.
I hope you choose more relaxation and less work.
We're waiting for you, @dswigle. As you said to me, often, if it's not fun, it's not worth the effort.