2012-06-19

Flowers & Thumper

 
I decided that a fuchsia would look nice in my hanging basket this year. It was as I was planting it that I noticed it was called "Upright" something. Go me!

  
Some lobelia will trail over the sides though :)

 
This white begonia came with this pink attached - bonus!

 
 I think this is the flax I planted last year (seeds) - supposed to be an annual and I think I weeded it out last year. (shakes head)

 
 Another one I weeded out last year - columbine - another annual!

  
And finally Thumper, hiding under my lily after I watered him behind the flax and bleeding heart. I was sure he wouldn't be back after I sprayed him with the jet setting on my watering nozzle a couple of days ago.


Thanks for looking.


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23 comments:

  1. Virginia Lee19/6/12 10:38

    <3<3<3<3<3

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  2. Leah J. Utas19/6/12 10:55

    Lovely pics and nicely framed. Thumper will need more encouragement to not come back.

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    1. Reb19/6/12 17:10

      Thanks Leah. I read somewhere that momma parks the kids somewhere for the day and then comes back for them. I can only assume that momma was parked there herself last summer ;)

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  3. messymimi19/6/12 16:25

    Beautiful flowers and lovely shots of them.

    Dang, Thumper might be easier to get rid of if he wasn't so doggone cute.

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    1. Reb19/6/12 17:11

      Thanks Messymimi. They are adorable when they are so small and really, I don't mind.

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  4. the Bag Lady19/6/12 18:48

    You could probably tame Thumper - they make good pets!!
    Lovely flowers. I am jealous - I haven't had time to get to a greenhouse to buy any flowers! I picked up a few things at Costco one day - one (only ONE!) tomato plant, one cucumber plant and a flat of .... pretty white smelly flowers and a flat of ..... pretty purple ones. (I'm tired and must have left my mind somewhere. Can't remember what either of them are called. Sigh.)
    Alyssum. And... petunias. I think.

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    1. Reb20/6/12 01:11

      Sis, I think I'll leave Thumper to live out the life he was meant to live ;) I am kicking myself a bit, I had picked up a wave petunia, but I may have killed it and the rest of the lobelia by not getting them planted soon enough.I'll give them another day to perk up before I pull them and push the planter to the back of the patio.

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  5. Hilary19/6/12 19:46

    Lovely blooms despite the over-anxious weeding. The colours are so pretty. And Thumper.. what a sweet little face. One of the cutest creatures on the planet (even if I do say that about at least 3 dozen critters). ;)

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    1. Reb20/6/12 01:13

      Thanks Hilary, I can never tell what's a weed and what is supposed to grow ;) Baby bunnies are so cute, but I agree there are at least 3 dozen more that are just as cute.

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  6. Karen (formerly kcinnova)19/6/12 23:36

    My mom kept hanging baskets with fushias for many years. Just seeing one reminds me of the image, her watering and picking off deadheads on a regular basis. It's nice to have a happy reminder of a good thing. So I thank you for that! :)
    A friend just brought me 2 extra columbine (one purple, one pink) from her garden PLUS 7 orange lilies, plus 6 assorted iris! She was re-working and replanting and needed extra room. I'm hoping my columbine will decide they are perennials, especially since I gave them a place of honor outside my living room window!

    Thanks for sharing your lovely bits of spring color. :)
    I think the coyote that haunts the area keeps the bunny population under control. Thumper sure is cute!

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    1. Reb20/6/12 01:15

      Karen, columbine will re-seed itself for quite a long time, I am surprised because they never got to grow at all. Your friend sounds like a good friend to have ;)

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  7. Karen (formerly kcinnova)19/6/12 23:40

    Shhhh.... I'll share a secret: I planted lobelia in my front garden last week and was wondering why it is just sort of laying there on the dirt.
    ::face::palm::
    Maybe I will sneak off to the flower market and do a little more gardening while my dh is gone these next 2 days... do you think he will notice any changes?

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    1. Reb20/6/12 01:17

      He won't notice a thing and I won't tell a sole ;)

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    2. Reb20/6/12 10:22

      or soul either...was tired when I wrote that last night.

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  8. solarity20/6/12 04:55

    I didn't plant any flowers this year because I knew I'd be moving, so I'm jealous. I have two pots of coleus on the front porch, that's all.
    Yesterday at work someone brought in a whole litter of bunnies, not wild, for their first shots. Cute overload! A row of five little noses all wiggling in syncopated rhythm is a sight to see.

    Mary Anne in Kentucky

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    1. Reb20/6/12 10:21

      Mary Anne, it is hard not to have any flowers because of a move. Glad you have the two pots anyway. Five bunnies? Cute overload indeed!

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  9. David Cranmer22/6/12 12:36

    Beautiful, striking photos!

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  10. Jo22/6/12 12:38

    Nice flowers! I love fuschia & columbine. Pretty adorable bunny, and funny that you gave him a shower.

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    1. Reb23/6/12 15:50

      Jo, last year I almost stepped on one. Sibu had walked right past it, then the next day, he was munching grass beside another. He was not a very observant cat :) I like all flowers and wish that we could grow things like wisteria and bougainvillea here.

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  11. Frank Baron2/7/12 11:01

    Nice shots, Reb. Your thumbs must be a lot greener than mine to have those annuals recur. One of Thumpers cousins is a semi-regular at my place. He tends to graze on spilled birdseed though, and not plants.

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    1. Reb3/7/12 10:15

      Frank, I am amazed. I know the columbine will reseed itself, but it has to grow and flower first - or at least I thought it did. Thumper's family doesn't seem to eat my plants, the mom's just park them in there behind the flowers. I may have to start charging for babysitting ;)

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