The rain has played havoc with the flowers in my garden, but some plants seem to enjoy it. The Crinum lily is one of them. The flower stalks are 4 feet tall, and the pink striped , fragrant flowers are quite huge.
This local dahlia is another plant which enjoys rainy days. Dahlias are no fuss plants, and are quite happy whatever the weather condition is.
Purple Cleomes look so much like spiders.
The little flowers of Plectranthus 'Mona lavender' have stripes going down their throats.
Asystasia indica flowers attract a lot of bees, especially the blue banded ones. But I have never seen its fruit. It can be propagated easily by cuttings. I wonder why it produces nectar, if it can't make seed.
Hi Lotusleaf, You do seem to have plenty of beautiful flowers in your garden. I love the Crinum Lily and Dahlia.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers in your garden are mind-boggling in their variety and beauty. One can only marvel at how you created such a collection. More power to you!
ReplyDeletePredominantly purple! Lovely. All of them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, all of them. But I'm fascinated by the lily!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Have a nice week ahead!
You have a splendid flower garden.
ReplyDeleteIt is douceur de vivre...
Thank you.
ruma
Gorgeous shots.
ReplyDeleteMy entry is a Dahlia.
Oh, I just love these snaps. The color is phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteThe flowers looks so fresh and beautiful. Love the striped crinum. I have a white one, Dahlias are gorgeous summer flora and I also like the smaller versions of sort of "snap dragons"!
ReplyDeleteHi, Just found your blog - beautiful photos. Cheers, Lanie
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Hi One! Some of them are flowering in spite of the rain.
ReplyDeleteJeanne, thank you.
Radha, I wanted to upload only the pictures of purple flowers, but the Crinum slipped in somehow!
Maria, thank you, and welcome to my blog.
Ruma, at the moment, the garden is rain drenched.
Chubskulit, I love the dahlias too.
Melissa, welcome! Please visit again.
Titania, the crinums flower during the monsoons.
Lanie, welcome and thanks for taking time to leave a comment.
I had never heard of or seen Asystasia indica...I feel as though every time I visit your blog I learn something new.
ReplyDeleteYou have beautiful collection of flowers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers, love the shades of pink and purples. While I am here, I would like to invite you to join in the September Blog Carnival hosted by TheKeybunch.
ReplyDeleteWonderful blooms... especially the dahlias! I love the cleome also. Have a great week lotusleaf :-D
ReplyDeleteLotus leaf I couldn't get unto your blog ( my internet speed problem) over the weekend but so glad that today the internet is working faster for me. Your last 2 flowers are very new to me. I'm not used to seeing plectanthrus flowers as normally its just a foliage plant here and I've never heard or seen Asystasia indica before. I think your garden must look beautiful just now with all of these in flower.
ReplyDeleteLovely bloom colours Lotusleaf! I wish I can grow dahlias like you.
ReplyDeleteLove the Cleomes, must grow them next year...still have plenty of seeds. Dahlias are always so pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh! Those flowers caught my attention. It seems you have a great flower gardens. How I wish I could have a cool garden like yours. Keep it up!
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Oh! I love those beautiful flowers so colorful. I also try to collect flowers and put it in a cute vase. I enjoyed reading your article. It makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing.
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