Interesting Observations: Part 11

Sharing some interesting findings

As a nod to March, today, I am sharing some flowers from own backyard! Not this year’s, but from past few years!!

Look at the pristine camellia! It’s not vibrant-colored, but with sunlight passing through it, its lovely to my eyes!

Cardinal climber is a flower of morning glory family. This is a hummingbird magnet, and I needed it in my backyard to attract the birds. Also, its called kunjalata in some Indian languages. It’s associated with Lord Krishna. He is said to rest in these flower vines and play flutes, as he herded the cattle. We had these delicate vines in our home and school, so when I saw the seeds available in Amazon, I had to get it.

In our childhood house, we had the tall orange cosmos flowers. But in a road trip, I had seen enchanting patches of pink, and magenta cosmos. Several years later, I got to recreate the scene in my own backyard.

This small, vibrant variety of marigold is French marigold. I was very happy to have it in my backyard. Not only it looked pretty, and smelled nice, but it transported me back to winter in India. This is the flower, I used to help my mother pick for the worship of Laxmi, the wealth Goddess.

Daisy is very common flower, but I had not grown it, until it came in a wildflower seed mix. The plants bloomed prolific yellow and orange flowers.

The joy of planting daffodil bulbs in autumn and having the cheerful blooms in Spring! It was exciting as I had not seen daffodils in India! I grew several colors and varieties of daffodils in my California backyard.

It’s very precious, and elegant as cut flower for the vases.

I hope, you enjoyed the photo essay.

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