Saturday, January 15, 2011

January Bloom Day 2011

Yay, stayed organized enough to have flower pics ready for today! So here's what's lookin' purty in my garden this month:

 bachelor's button Blue Boy

lobelia Crystal Palace

snap peas Cascadia

nasturtium Alaska
I find it interesting that this one has stayed short and not too spready, while it's sister I discovered today had taken hold of her neighbor's tomato cage and stretched to about 4 feet. o.O

as almost alway sweet alyssum Oriental Nights

oops, bok choy White Stem bolted..I shall harvest the seeds

one of my petite marigolds :) only 5" tall

and finally feverfew
I love the leaves of feverfew most of all. The shape, the colors (because the newer and older leaves are different shades), the contrast. I bought this before I really understood what it was, the name was familiar. Then I got home and checked my herbs book. So the flowers are a bit of an extra bonus.

So that's it for today :)

5 comments:

  1. This is the first I've seen of the feverfew...those are really sweet flowers. They kind of remind me of blackfoot daisy - a flower that does very well in Austin's hot, dry climate.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Especially like the colours of the first two photos. Lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  3. @ Mac - thanks! My color scheme for the container garden this year is blue, violet, yellow and bits of peach :) I need more blue!

    ReplyDelete
  4. This is the first I've seen of the feverfew...those are really sweet flowers. They kind of remind me of blackfoot daisy - a flower that does very well in Austin's hot, dry climate.

    ReplyDelete

Mary's Gardening Calendar