Passing through

Hydrangea.......is there any flower more beautiful???? This one of course you may recognize as the King of Hydrangeas.....I just made that name up. It's not what they really call it. It's called Paniculata Grandiflora or Pee Gee for short. It can grow to 12 ft high but that doesn't happen overnight. If you're lucky and you inherited one in your yard that is really big and you probably make enormous bouquets to bring inside.

Lucky you!!!

Can you believe

there was a time when hydrangeas went out of fashion and people stopped wanting them???? After the turn of the century.....I guess they were tired of Victorian looking gardens.

This one is called Ayesha which was a wonderful surprise. I was told it looked like lilac blossoms but they we're even more lovely then I imagined.



Phlox Sherbet Cocktail which I know looks like a mini version of the hydrangea above.
It has shades of pink, green,white and lavender on one blossom.

I planted it in someones garden last year.

This year when I saw it in full blossom it was magificent. I almost couldn't believe it was the same plant we were growing in pots.

By the time I went back to take a picture of it....the flowers of the phlox had gone by.

This butterfly was enjoying it's moment in the sun and the sweetness of this phlox....

And it too

would eventually go by.

Just passing through.

Thank you for all your lovely comments of our fleamarket trip.

I thought to break it up with a few bits of flowers would be a welcomed change. I know everyone is already thinking Fall, but it's still feels like Summer to me. It seems to be the trend. Rush Spring, Rush Fall, Rush Christmas!!! It's usually a marketing thing but even on BLOGs I've seen it.

Just try to enjoy the moment!!!!

XO,

Carole