Tuesday, July 27, 2010

B is for blooms


                              ABC Wednesday  ¸¸.•*¨*•¸¸.•*¨*•¸¸.•*¨*• Today's Flowers

Not my best ever photographed blooms, but fresh from my garden. This is the lantana I rescued from an impossible place in my garden to be properly potted and taken care of. It would have probably survived where it originally found a place to grow by itself, but now I can enjoy the beautiful blooms  right outside my door. I enjoy how the blooms change color as they mature, which results in different colors in one flower.

37 comments:

  1. Beautiful Blooms, is such a nice choice for B... And I think the Bloom you chose is quite Beautiful.

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  2. I love the color of your lantana. I have a lot of it in my garden but mine is orange, red, and yellow. Your pastel is so lovely.

    B is for brevipedunculata

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  3. Beautiful blooms, indeed! I have lantana bushes in my garden, pink like yours and yellow, too. They've grown so big. One thing good about lantana is that it never stops blooming.

    Hope you have a blooming week!

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  4. I love lantana and I have the same color plants here. The bees and the butterflies love it! Did you know it grows wild in Hawaii?

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  5. Oh, they are beautiful blooms and such a lovely colors! Terrific capture, Mar! Have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  6. Thats a perfect word. It never entered my mind. Very pretty bloom. I'm glad you could save it.

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  7. I love all the different shades. Lovely choice of B!

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  8. I really like your flower, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the photo! It is very beautiful with its color changes.

    Annelie E, ABC Wednesday team

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  9. Oh, yes...beautiful blooms! Lovely color and lighting, too!

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  10. Brilliant - and you are so brilliant to have found a spot where you can see and enjoy them easily! :D

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  11. I love lantenna and haven't seen it for a while. It grows in Hawaii just fine, but I don't think it survives the winter here in NM. What a sweet shot!

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  12. Oh, that's pretty! Lantana is the one which is attractive to hummingbirds and bees, isn't it?

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  13. How pretty and delicate! Love the variety of color :)

    Have a good rest of the week!

    Hood Photo Blog

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  14. BEAUTIFUL, Mar....That is a different species of Lantana than we have here....The Blossoms are much fuller there in Spain than on ours here in Los Angeles...And here, Lantana grows wild, in a number of colors.

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  15. Ficam lindas em canteiros espalhando o seu alegre colorido. Adoro ver estes mini-buquês em diferentes tons. Grata pela partilha!

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  16. such beauty... not sure i saw this particular combination of colour before
    here, we mainly have the yellow/orange variety of lantana

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  17. wow.. thats a lovely photograph! :) good one!

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  18. Beautiful photos of one of my favorite flowers. I love the way they create a variegated carpet of color as they age.

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  19. Beautiful Bloom! Lush coloring...

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  20. I love this flower. I have seen them several times in Dutch gardens too. But now I know what they are called, thanks to you!

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  21. Beautiful blooms....so delicate, yet rich!

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  22. That's so interesting about the flowers changing color according to maturity. I never knew that.

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  23. Lovely little blossoms. This is a great shot!

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  24. Nice flower looks like hortensia (?) I am real bad in flower names !

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  25. The Malaysian and Singapore people don't like lantana for it's extreme odor. Does you have it? I won't tell you what they call it. LOL

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  26. I love Lantana but my partner says it won't survive our weather. Sigh.

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  27. I have one just like this!!!! I love the multi-colored petals.

    My Wednesday Post

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  28. Lantana is so beautiful and it is a wonderful picture so please say it's not one your best pictures, it's lovely!
    Thank you.

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  29. This flower is really fascinating - one flower and different colours.
    I never stop beeing thrilled by Lantana.

    btw. Later this week I'll post on the Nordic ABC - P, from our trip in 1994 to Puerto Montt. All photos are (bad) scannings from slides, but I think you might recognize. I'll tell you when posted. Friday at the latest.

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  30. If I were a Bee, I would Buzz right to those flowers, without a Backward glance!

    On behalf of the ABC Wednesday Team, thank you for joining us for Round Seven. I am looking forward to seeing your posts each week, as we work our way through the alphabet.

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  31. I like how hydrangeas have different colours depending on the soil, getting a blue one to stay blue is difficult, very pretty.

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  32. Lovely flowers. Clever choice of B-word!
    Best wishes,
    Anna

    Anna's Red B-Words

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  33. They are beautiful, especially the predominant color. We have two lantana plants, just put in this spring. Not doing too well. I think they need more water or better soil. We just put them in to cover a couple of bare patches

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