Garden Week Mostly in Purple

This week has been characterized by strong wind and chilly weather.

After the hot & sunny May we are back to normal :)

The DRAUGHT is severe and many plants suffer despite of watering.

Rhododendron Catawbiense  'Roseum Elegans' or 'Grandiflorum'

I have only two rhododendrons and they are really sad looking in this draught.

Some blooms anyhow, this puple is Catawbiense 'Roseum Elegans' or 'Grandiflorum'.

The shrub is big and old, I do hope it survives.

Cornus alba 'Gouchhaultii' - Keltakirjokanukka

I have blue & dark purple pansies in five containers together with lime mummularia...

Somehow alliums are far less and smaller than last year, and also many aquilegias seem to have disappeared.

My post in 2017 of alliums & this rhododendron

Meconopsis cambrica - Keltavaleunikko / Hemerocallis - Keltapäivänlilja

Plantago media - Soikkoratamo

Plantago media is a fun plant that I like very much. It self sows eagerly in odd places...

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But despite the weather I have found this and that to do in my outdoor gym.

Soon I'll be super fit!

Me and Sissi wish you a relaxing weekend!

My husband bought himself new running shoes and Sissi loves the cardboard box ❤︎

Centaurea montana, purple - Liila vuorikaunokki

#Floral Friday Fotos
#Gartenglück
#Kukkailottelua

Enjoy the summer despite the weather!

Early This June Morning

Meconopsis betonicifolia - Sinivaleunikko

Our topic this week is June. So I went out at 5 o'clock and photographed some glimpses 

in the morning sun - which by the way is a bit challenging.

This is what I got! The warm weather has made many plants to bloom.
The early bird catches the worm - in this case photos :)

Makrotexin aiheena on kesäkuu.

Tässä muutamia kurkistuksia kello 5.00 tänä aamuna.

Aikainen lintu kuvan nappaa :)

Probably: Geranium himalyense - Idänkurjenpolvi 

Rosa spinosissima - Juhannusruusu

Meconopsis cambrica - Keltavaleunikko

Humulus lupulus 'Aureus' - Kultahumala

Rosa Pimpinellifolia 'Poppius' - Suviruusu

Maybe this delighted me the most! - Ehkä tämä ilahdutti eniten!

Makrotex Challenge / June - Kesäkuu

Image-in-ing
Wednesday Around The World

Wishing you a flower rich day! - Kukkaisaa päivää!

Sunlight - Our Beautiful World

This Sunday's  OBW word sunlight was chosen by Mandy. In my mind SUNLIGHT and SUNSHINE mean pretty much the same. So I use both words in my mindsetting. These words mean warm summer days - and also the sunny color yellow. In addition things and persons who make me happy, according to this song:

"You are my SUNSHINE, my only SUNSHINE

You make me happy when skies are grey

You never know, dear, how much I love you

Please don't take my SUNSHINE away"
Recorded by Jimmy Davis in 1940

I chose some SUNLIGHT and SUNSHINE from my archive. Hope you enjoy!

“She turned to the SUNLIGHT
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.”
- A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young -

“Some people are so much SUNSHINE to the square inch.”
- Walt Whitman -

Linking with 

Our Beautiful World

The next Sunday's topic is ROMANTIC.

You are most welcome to join - have a happy Sunday!

Aurinkoa - Sun

Japaninsiipipähkinä - Pterocarya rhoifolia

Makrotex-haasteena on tällä viikolla aurinko. En osaa aurinkoa kuvata, joten minulta tulee enimmäkseen keltaisia kukkakuvia. Keltavaleunikko on itse aurinko ja käytän keltasävyisiä pensaita valaisemaan pimeitä puutarhan nurkkia.

This week's Makrotex Challenge is sun. I don't know how to photograph sun - therefore mostly yellow flowers. This yellow Meconopsis cambrica is the sun itself! And also shrubs with yellow tinted foliage lighten the shady corners of the garden.

Keltavaleunikko - Meconopsis cambrica

Keltapäivänlilja - Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus

Keltakurjenmiekka - Iris pseudacorus

Kesäkuuruoho - Lunaria annua

Lännenheisiangervo - Physocarpus opulifolius 'Aurea'

Keltakirjokanukka - Cornus alba 'Gouchhaultii'

Linking with

Makrotex-haaste at Pieni Lintu

Mukavaa viikkoa!

Have a nice week!