Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Friday, July 04, 2008
Flowers That Look Like Fireworks
Whadya think?
...bombs bursting in air...
I've heard this called "firecracker plant"
Looks incendiary to me
I started to write a post about the vegetable garden, but it got too long. Particularly for a holiday. Happy 4th of July to all those celebrating today!
Labels: holidays
7 Comments:
Great idea for a blogpost! Happy holiday!
They do look like fireworks, especially the first ~?dill.Great job!
Heh... too cute! I like the dill/fennel/whatever umbellifer that is in the first post, too. Very apropros. :)
Bek: And happy holiday to you too (belatedly)!
chey: I'm glad it wasn't just my imagination ;-) I guess I should have told the plants' real identities - the first one is dill.
Blackswamp Girl: Yeah, it was the dill that got me going on the idea. Thinking "gee that looks like fireworks; what else looks like fireworks?" Glad you enjoyed.
I like the colours of the lantana. I can see the fireworks in all the photographs. The firecracker plant has cool flowers.
Happy belated 4 July to you!
What beautiful photographs--the detail on these and on the ones in the butterfly posting is amazing. I garden in Virginia, too, though farther south, I think (I'm in the Williamsburg area)--I've never had a lot of luck with dill (it flops), but the lantana loves it here! I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend--Cosmo
Kate: Thanks, and happy belated Canada Day to you!
Cosmo: Thanks for stopping by! I envy your extra zone of winter warmth (7b vs. 6b here). I look forward to reading more about your garden.
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