tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post3506258879887602693..comments2024-03-29T01:32:11.509+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: May Flowers (not Mayflowers).Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63117957248356477002012-05-17T23:21:32.402+01:002012-05-17T23:21:32.402+01:00Your garden is looking very floriferous! Mine is ...Your garden is looking very floriferous! Mine is rubbish at the moment. Very green tho - which is nice! xKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008689476612298969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4231342297099925382012-05-17T15:00:44.787+01:002012-05-17T15:00:44.787+01:00I do love those purple ones, too, as they are so t...I do love those purple ones, too, as they are so tough little guys and selfseed in the tinyest holes in the concrete, and I also love those gorgeous Irises, the yellow-burgundy variation is amazing. We have some dark burgundy, nearly brown ones, that are great, too.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370838552387556024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83215455168238182182012-05-16T21:56:26.077+01:002012-05-16T21:56:26.077+01:00The iris are stunning. Petunias and violas are lov...The iris are stunning. Petunias and violas are lovely too.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67419009894500762682012-05-16T14:29:26.170+01:002012-05-16T14:29:26.170+01:00Love the irises. We had such n early spring that o...Love the irises. We had such n early spring that ours have come and gone already, so it's nice to see yours in full bloom. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to working on a little wild flower garden with native grass.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13873371226069415462012-05-16T14:27:38.991+01:002012-05-16T14:27:38.991+01:00So beautiful! Like you, i am pretty useless with f...So beautiful! Like you, i am pretty useless with flower names. I can't say why they don't want to stick in my brain, but they don't.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39359685317883465792012-05-16T13:00:13.596+01:002012-05-16T13:00:13.596+01:00In my book, that's a good thing!In my book, that's a good thing!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63194406081128146532012-05-16T12:50:17.386+01:002012-05-16T12:50:17.386+01:00Those Irises are breath-taking, just beautiful!!! ...Those Irises are breath-taking, just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing with us!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435370349554811512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18122849189612920042012-05-16T12:33:31.107+01:002012-05-16T12:33:31.107+01:00Your yellow and burgundy iris are amazing! I'v...Your yellow and burgundy iris are amazing! I've never seen that color combo before!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8740870798191157222012-05-16T12:11:47.920+01:002012-05-16T12:11:47.920+01:00Your red things look like petunias and the smaller...Your red things look like petunias and the smaller flowers we call Johnny Jump Ups here. They are virtually impossible to get rid of once planted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60781580975159276092012-05-16T08:44:16.212+01:002012-05-16T08:44:16.212+01:00I've only recently discovered them.I've only recently discovered them.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74153652641557544802012-05-16T08:27:18.601+01:002012-05-16T08:27:18.601+01:00That is a beautiful show, I'm looking forward ...That is a beautiful show, I'm looking forward to the Wegelias- I used to grow them when I lived in North Wales- windbreak with added colour!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-73561966984628370622012-05-16T07:25:34.082+01:002012-05-16T07:25:34.082+01:00I wish I could grow irises here but my garden it o...I wish I could grow irises here but my garden it on the shadey side - yours are magnificent and are putting on quite a show. I expect you know more flower names than you are letting on.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8934245592146076442012-05-16T06:59:45.402+01:002012-05-16T06:59:45.402+01:00My late mother knew the common names, binomial nam...My late mother knew the common names, binomial names, and a variety of regional names, for almost all garden flowers. I have NOT inherited her knowledge. I can be told a name twenty times a day, and it still won't stick.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66046053104241062392012-05-16T06:55:55.058+01:002012-05-16T06:55:55.058+01:00Absolutely. Big white blooms with clean, sunny air...Absolutely. Big white blooms with clean, sunny air. Even in my photo it looks health inducing.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90201045786200039862012-05-16T06:55:48.295+01:002012-05-16T06:55:48.295+01:00Beautiful flowers - I really like the vibrant colo...Beautiful flowers - I really like the vibrant colours - but the white iris flowers are stunning. <br />I am useless with flower names, I have learnt the odd one, just to impress people with - daisy, buttercup and dandelion - after that I am stumped!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218332259187330304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34648634102465092502012-05-16T06:30:13.767+01:002012-05-16T06:30:13.767+01:00The white iris is elegant and exquisite! Makes on...The white iris is elegant and exquisite! Makes one want to breathe in the freshness of the air around it--somehow purified by the flower, don't you think?Handy Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132709938216842143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20628680125411785002012-05-16T06:24:04.918+01:002012-05-16T06:24:04.918+01:00Thank you Donna. Petunias; I really must try to re...Thank you Donna. Petunias; I really must try to remember!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1213771496606499062012-05-16T06:23:20.893+01:002012-05-16T06:23:20.893+01:00There are two Linda; an ordinary black grape vine,...There are two Linda; an ordinary black grape vine, and a purple flowering Wisteria. Both there for foliage!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2660313849691299962012-05-16T06:06:43.844+01:002012-05-16T06:06:43.844+01:00Petunias and violas Cro. they are lovely. Your gar...Petunias and violas Cro. they are lovely. Your garden is so far ahead of mine. jealousy runs rampantDonna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81058082148890457582012-05-16T05:51:34.296+01:002012-05-16T05:51:34.296+01:00Your irises are beautiful, those white ones are ou...Your irises are beautiful, those white ones are out of this world ! Never seen them before!<br />What's the vine growing along your tower?Linda Tunnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423265966091830574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51579730594828668292012-05-16T05:40:14.852+01:002012-05-16T05:40:14.852+01:00I love Irises - we have Yellow and Mauve ones grow...I love Irises - we have Yellow and Mauve ones growing out the front and have just separated the tubers and given a bucketful away to neighbours. I am really taken with your burgandy variety.<br /><br />The "Red Cretin' looks like a variety of the red pansy - http://www.flowers.vg/flowers/pansy-red.htm while the ones behind them are a variety of the blue/purple pansy - http://www.flowers.vg/flowers/pansy-blue-purple.htmJohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.com