Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Gulag is Behaving Itself Flowerwise

Credit where credit is due, the Gulag is rockin'. I've always wanted my own cut flower garden and by Faery 'nads if I haven't, despite my purple thumb, achieved my goal. Just now there are purple and mauve pansies, golden calendulas, yellow monkey flowers (a native plant), baby blue delphiniums, hot pink rose champion and several colors of roses. The biggest and showiest are my pink Denia Oriental Lilies.

Pink Denia Oriental Lilies are the star of the Gulag

Even the smaller of the Gulag's flowers are rockin' the garden

My newly transplanted Parrot's Bill 'Amazon Sunset'unexpectedly began to bloom, its tiny flowers indeed sort of resembling parrot bills. I've discovered the fern like foliage closes up tight at night; an unexpected bonus of weirdness.

The Parrotbill's strange little hot orange flowers

Here's hoping the Gulag has as much luck in the veggie department as it has currently in cut flowers.

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