Close-ups of flowers

Pink jasmine.

 

It may not be a very good close up, but on passing the Bramley this afternoon, I spotted a lone bloom among the ripening apples. Seasons gone mad.

 

I walked through an orchard a couple of days ago and saw a few bits of blossom amongst the young fruits that were forming, I dont think its that uncommon, even seen blossom in autumn on my own trees.

 

Tutsan

 

Jasmine Clotted Cream...wish you could smell it

 

Mimulus





Linaria purpurea (Toadflax)





A David Austin rose - but we've lost the name tag





Stipa gigantea flowers just opening





Another Red-hot Poker

 

Woodsorrel. The flower itself is about 2mm across. Basically a "weed" amongst the gravel near the front door!!


This picture gives you more of an idea of size.

 

Bull thistle - NOT from my garden. By the roadside.

 

First Helenium emerging.



I planted a Thunbergia outside in April. After initially flowering well, it protested about the cold wet weather and stopped growing. This is the first flower to emerge after two days of warmth.

 

The lovely pale yellow blooms of Pelargonium Rushmoor Orinoko part of the Zonartic plant breeding line from Australia. It's presumed the first yellow flowered Pelargonium in commercial cultivation.

The growth of them is really like a species variety but the extraordinary double blooms make up for the messy appearance

 

And one more Pelargonium, this time Regal, the awfully named New Gypsy. But what a great colour combination

 

Spent some more time in Sheffield Botanical Gardens last week. Some plants are 'unusual' but spend all year outside.


Saxifraga stolonifera (tiny little thing, creeping along bottom of wall)






Hypericum androsaemum






Gaultheria shallon






Tulbaghia 'Purple Eye'






Veronica elliptica (I think)






Lacecap Hydrangea

 

@LunarSea Fabulous photos and such clarity.

 

Thankyou @On the Levels, very kind. It's amazing how much more you notice, and enjoy, when you're wandering around with a camera.

 

Back to my own garden now.


Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'





Rose 'Lady Emma Hamilton'





Ursinia anethoides





Astrantia major (with passenger)