Gladioli June 16, 2013

I gave my Gladioli bulbs a good dose of fertilizer.

They grew so tall and bloom-heavy that some of them are falling over.
I think that planting them deeper would have increased their stability, too.

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I'll hold it up to give you a better view.
Since it came from a package of mixed-color bulbs,

I'm not sure of the name, but it may be 'Far West'

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Have beautiful day!

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day June 2013

Mississippi, USA, zone 7

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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Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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Sky Watching - Sunset June 13, 2013

Sunset, Prentiss county, Mississippi, June 8, 2013

Same time, same place, using a zoom lens.

Happy Sky Watching!

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Bugs and Butterflies June 11, 2013

ABC Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday
V is for Volkswagon

I spotted this cute Volkswagon Bug in Amory, Mississippi, USA.

Currie's Pharmacy uses it to deliver prescription medicines to their customers.

I hope all the reflections (especially on the windshield) are not too distracting.

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And now for Outdoor Wednesday

When is a 'V' not a 'V'?

When it is a mis-identified butterfly.

I thought at first that this was a Variegated Fritillary, but it is not.

It is the Great Spangled Fritillary

The flower is Sweet William Dianthus.

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

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Macro Mellow Yellows June 9-10, 2013

I am fascinated by the Butterfly Weed.

The blooms make me think of tiny ballerinas twirling around with their arms up over their heads.

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Someone gave my Mother-in-law this 'Easter Lily' several years ago.

It is probably a Lillium longiflorum that was forced to bloom in the Spring.

Outside in the flower bed now, it blooms at the beginning of Summer.

Happy Monday!

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Day Lily June 8, 2013

Six Word Saturday and Today's Flowers:

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Day Lilies to brighten our days!

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U is for..... Rain Gauge? June 4, 2013

ABC Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday

The only 'U' word I could think of was Unicorn, but since they are so hard to find, I knew I needed to think of a different word. I looked in the dictionary, and right there on the first page of the U's,
I found it - Udometer.

A Udometer: (yoo-dom-i-ter) is a Rain Gauge.

From the Latin udus - wet and the French metre - meter.

I won this small Udometer at the Memphis Area Master Gardeners' plant sale.

The measurement tube has inches on one side and centimeters on the other.
It slides out for easy viewing and emptying.

According to Wikipedia, the earliest rain gauges (500-400 BC) were used to set land tax rates.

The more rainfall an area received,

The greater potential for growing crops,

The higher the land taxes.
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Magnolia for Outdoor Wednesday!
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Hope you are having a beautiful day!

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