Happy Easter

[aearwen2]

For those who celebrate a holiday today, a gift from my garden to you:




Bless its little heart, this plant thrives on the utter lack of care and pampering that it's been getting for the last twenty years. The plant itself looks like the dickens when not in bloom - but boy-o-boy, when it decides to put on a show...




Not to be considered second-best, my old-fashioned cabbage rose got a decent trimming in January, and is now letting us know that it's a happy camper too.




So... Whether one celebrates Beltain (a little early), Easter, Pesach, or whatever - enjoy the season of New Life.

Comments

[erulissedances.livejournal.com]

Stunning! I'm about to grab a glass of wine and to onto LOTRO. See you soon in Middle Earth

- Erulisse (one L)

[galantha-nivala.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! The flowers in the first picture are gorgeous, but what are they? I've never seen them before, which isn't surprising. It's probably too cold for them where I live.

The rose is wonderful, too, especially with the contrast of the light green leaves of the plants behind it.

[nierielraina.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous flowers!

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

The flowers in the first two pictures are called epiphyllum - they're a cousin to the "Christmas cactus" flowers, only the blossoms on these are about three inches across and five to six inches from leaf to end of petal.

And yea, I'm really proud of that sweet old cabbage rose. FWIW, BTW, the light green leaves behind it are the leaves of one of my two orange trees. As you can see, it's loaded with fruit. As this property is on the original adobe soil, and enjoying the benefits of the closest thing to Yavanna's own garden when it comes to climate, I have blossoms, green and ripe fruit on my citrus trees at all times of the year (which is anything but usual.)