The FLORAL thread

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:08 am

Guys and Gals...there's not one of us here (that I know of) that doesn't love flowers....sooooo....flood this thread with piccies of your favourite flowers, gardens,parks etc or even your NOT so favourite flowers.

Spring is nearly here...in the UK anyway...and soon we will have REAL flowers to enjoy in our gardens and parks.....but for now we can enjoy our cyber garden.

Lil~Basco · Post by **Lil~Basco** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:32 am

*Basco added to Bez's cyber garden*

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:35 am

I love Lilly of the Valley

2 reasons,

1 they are my flower for my month of birth.

2 I have fond memories of them growing along the side of my house as a kid and they smell so sweet

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sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:42 am

Texas wildflowers! My favorite!

:-4

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:43 am

minks wrote: I love Lilly of the Valley

2 reasons,

1 they are my flower for my month of birth.

2 I have fond memories of them growing along the side of my house as a kid and they smell so sweet

Fantastic scent...I can smell'em right now...here's some more for you Minksy...

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:45 am

Bez wrote: Fantastic scent...I can smell'em right now...here's some more for you Minksy...

oh I do love them I am hunting down some lovely flowers for you that are native to this area brb.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:46 am

sunny104 wrote: Texas wildflowers! My favorite!

:-4

They're lovely sunny..here's some more..:-6

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:48 am

SnoozeControl wrote: It's got a kitty in it!:-4

Awww...here's one for you Snooze

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:51 am

minks wrote: oh I do love them I am hunting down some lovely flowers for you that are native to this area brb.

this is some of our wild flowers indian paint brush is the red flower

daisy of course if the white

attached is a close up of the Indian Paint Brush

as well I attached our provincial flower the wild rose

all can be found anywhere we hike round these parts.

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sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:52 am

Bluebonnets, the Texas state flower. This is what my part of the world will look like in a few weeks!:-4

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:01 pm

minks wrote: this is some of our wild flowers indian paint brush is the red flower

daisy of course if the white

attached is a close up of the Indian Paint Brush

as well I attached our provincial flower the wild rose

all can be found anywhere we hike round these parts.

I love roses, wild and cultivated. Does your rose have any scent ?

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:07 pm

Our wheat fields will be full of poppies in the early summer..

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:15 pm

Bez wrote: I love roses, wild and cultivated. Does your rose have any scent ?

yes it does it's very sweet almost like cheap rose perfume. But it is pretty not cloying like rose perfume.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:17 pm

Bez wrote: Our wheat fields will be full of poppies in the early summer..

Oh how I love poppies

story time hehehehe (typical of me) My gran when my dad was small raised poppies for their seeds so she could make her famous poppy seed cakes. Well she had such a huge crop on their farm that every year after harvest the RCMP came to their farm and watched over her as she burned the stems and pods to make sure my sweet gran was not selling them for opium manufacturing ahahahaha My dad still laughs about this.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:51 pm

:wah: Poor grannie, just wants to bake some goodies, and they suspect her of stuff!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:39 pm

How lovely.....real gardens!

My favorites are sunflowers, wildflowers, and four-o'clocks. Let's plant some.

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Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:54 pm

Ohh I love bluebonnets too sunny, but they don't grow up my way.

Here's some more flowers for you all.

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Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:01 pm

along-for-the-ride wrote: How lovely.....real gardens!

My favorites are sunflowers, wildflowers, and four-o'clocks. Let's plant some.

What sort of gardens are popular then...cottage garden, formal garden , japanese garden, veggie garden ??

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:30 pm

So many pretty gardens, and I am going to lay out mine soon. I still am undecided about it-I want flowers this year instead of veggies. Those are beautiful pics, Bez.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:40 am

Well what a difference a rise in temperature, a bit of rain and some sunshine makes......daffys....at last !

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:10 am

i love tropical hibiscus of all colors, but the yellow is my favorite...it looks so pretty tucked behind your ear if you have dark hair! :-6

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:33 pm

Bez wrote: What sort of gardens are popular then...cottage garden, formal garden , japanese garden, veggie garden ??

Small cottage gardens and veggie gardens are seen more frequently where I live.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:11 pm

I have daffodils blooming in my back planters, I shall take pictrues if I can get home early enough before it is kind of dark!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:13 pm

I have a friend who when he was a little boy, his mom told him that

daffodils were "Robin's Telephones" isn't that sweet?

Bez if you like daffodils, you should check out this place:

http://www.amadorcountychamber.com/Onli ... Farms.html

I was there once years ago and it is truly spectacular. There might be

other sites with better pics...