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Friday, 15 November 2013

November flowers

Here we are again, another Bloom Day, the last one for spring. I nearly forgot what day it was - luckily I had lots of flower photos on my camera and so there was plenty of choice for this month's mosaic. In my garden this month are lots of pastel colours, from the soft frilly carnations to the linaria in fondant shades. I have flowers planted everywhere from the front doorstep to the vegetable garden!

Clockwise from top left: linaria like candy floss, pink frilly aquilegia, blue and white aquilegia, erigeron, pink rippled carnations, jacob's ladder, verbascum, blue and cream pansies, pink mini carnations, delphinium, more linaria, ixia. Middle picture: chive flowers sparkling in the evening sun.

A quick pic of the garden in its tangled glory! How is your garden this late spring/autumn?
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12 comments:

  1. JennyFriday, 15 November 2013 at 22:02:00 GMT+13

    A lovely selection, nice to see some spring flowers after looking at all the autumnal ones in this bit of the world. I love the central flower in your mosaic - is it an allium?

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    1. Ruth @ Camellia RoseSaturday, 16 November 2013 at 20:23:00 GMT+13

      Thanks Jenny. Yes, the middle picture is chive flowers, I just got really low to take the photo and they look a lot taller!

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  2. LeaSaturday, 16 November 2013 at 02:01:00 GMT+13

    Lovely to see all the Spring blooms as we here in the USA head into Autumn!
    Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
    Lea

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  3. KeitySaturday, 16 November 2013 at 21:51:00 GMT+13

    Love the pastel colored flowers in your spring garden ! Especially the contrast between linaria and silver foliage (Lamb's ear?) is quite attractive!! It's getting colder here in Japan, and quite slow in the garden right now. But I'm happy to enjoy your spring garden here! Have a lovely weekend!

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    1. Ruth @ Camellia RoseSunday, 17 November 2013 at 21:04:00 GMT+13

      Thanks Keity! Yes it's lamb's ear, I love it too for the texture and contrast it provides! I do have to cut it back hard every now and then to stop it spreading too much, but it's lovely just the same.

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  4. LynSunday, 17 November 2013 at 19:47:00 GMT+13

    I really like that blue and white Aquilegia. Your garden is looking pretty at the moment.

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    1. Ruth @ Camellia RoseSunday, 17 November 2013 at 21:02:00 GMT+13

      Thanks Lyn. I'm trying to grow my aquilegia collection, some of them are a bit slow coming on though. So I really appreciate the ones that do bloom!

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  5. HELENESunday, 17 November 2013 at 22:41:00 GMT+13

    How lovely to see all the spring flowers in your garden! Here in London it is cold and dark but I still have flowers in my garden – can’t wait for my spring bulbs to start appearing. Happy GBBD!

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    1. Ruth @ Camellia RoseMonday, 2 December 2013 at 21:45:00 GMT+13

      I'm glad you have flowers year round - and I'm sure it's not long until you'll have the first early bulbs popping up!

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  6. OF SPRING AND SUMMERSunday, 1 December 2013 at 05:18:00 GMT+13

    Oh, how wonderful with all the pretty pastel spring and summer flowers! It's my favourite time of year.
    Have a wonderful weekend!
    Ingrid

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    1. Ruth @ Camellia RoseMonday, 2 December 2013 at 21:48:00 GMT+13

      It's my favourite time of year too! Of course it's also the busiest... I'm really having to remember to 'stop and smell the roses'! It's great to have photos to preserve the memory.

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