The Green Thumb Visiting a Flower Garden

Hello everyone! Wow, another week is finally here! February is  quite a not a boring month. There are a lot of things to do especially at home. My days are always busy inspite staying at home all the time.  I wish spring season is around the corner because I am already quite excited to see the tulips in our garden. It is not a long wait anymore because in a month or two,  I will surely be seeing my flowers  in our garden.

Varieties of orchids in the garden center.

This is only one good thing because when I really get  bored, which is  seldom to happen, I always look at the flowers in  my photo albums. If not, I also drive to the nearest garden center. Sometimes, I bring home flowers with me but most of the time, I don't really buy one. Our home is already full of  plants and decors. Every window has  plants and decors on it.  Except when it is spring  or summer,  I cannot say no to buying flowers.

Lovely bromeliads at the garden center. One of the flowers that I love.

One things I love doing when going to a garden center is to take photographs of the different flowers inside. I am glad that even the saleslady or salesman who caught me taking pictures would just say nothing. I am always happy coming home when I am done visiting a garden center.

Roses and Violas

They are slowly dying in our garden.  It is autumn time now in Europe and most  trees, plants  and flowers are withering especially if they are outside.  I can still see  some violas and roses flowering. In a couple of days, I know they will be gone.

I will  surely miss these flowers in our garden. See you next year again!

Viola typically have heart-shaped, scalloped leaves, though a number have palmate leaves or other shapes. The vast majority of Viola species are herbaceous, and a substantial number are acaulescent in habit - meaning they lack any noticeable stems and the foliage and flowers appear to rise from the ground; the remaining species have short stems with foliage and flowers produced in the axils of the leaves.

Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors. They have been also used for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops. Some are used as landscape plants, for hedging and for other utilitarian purposes such as game cover and slope stabilization.

The Red Dahlia in Our Garden

Oh how beautiful these flowers are!  These red dahlias are truly lovely.  I usually buy  different colours of these flowers every summer. It is a  bushy  and herbaceous  perennial plants. When autumn time is almost coming, I dig it again from our garden and store in a cool dry place.  It cannot withheld freezing cold temperature during winter time. When spring time comes, I usually plant it again.

For you info, Dahlia is the national flower of Mexico. I believed they had a good choice!

These beautiful red dahlias in our garden.

The Yellow Dahlias in Our Garden

I haven't seen the flowers of the dahlias until now in our garden. I replanted some last spring time but everytime the leaves are growing the snails are eating them. These pests are really unstoppable.

Dahlias are herbaceous perennial plants. Like sunflower, daisy and chrysanthemum, they are members of the Asteraceae or Compositae, dicotyledonous plants. I love these flowers and hope to see them this year before autumn time comes.

The Yellow Dahlias in our garden. Also known as Dahlia x hybrida. This image was taken last summer 2011.

Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William

Germans call these flowers "Bertnelken". There are already some colors in our garden but I still bought another three colors. I already have white, pink, fuschia, purple and some color combinations.

Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William flowers are herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 30–75 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster of up to 30 at the top of the stems. I spread some seeds on our garden last year and I found out that they grow back again this year. I was so happy with it. I will see if I can get more colors the next time I go to the garden center.

The Dianthus Barbatus or the Sweet William  in our garden. They are still blooming until now.

Spring Time is Garden Time

Spring time is truly garden time for me but sad to say, it is still very cold outside. I went this morning in our garden to check some flowers and I am happy to see that a lot of tulips and other flowers are already blooming. I want to do a bit cleaning and planting but decided not to staty too long because it breeze is still cold. I don't want to get sick only for this reason. I can wait until the weather will be nicer and friendlier in the coming days or weeks.

Spring time is just one of my favorite seasons of the year! Here are some of the few blooms from our garden.

these tulips always love to come back every year. I already have this for seven years in our garden.

the daffodils are slowly getting weakened. These are the first ones that bloomed in our garden since almost three weeks ago.

I love the color of this viola flowers. It is one of my favorite colors. They are also blooming now. Other colors such as yellow, red and orange are also in our garden.

Roses for Easter Greetings

I already read a lot of Easter greetings  from my  friends in  facebook especially the ones from Asia.  If you are a Christian, you surely know what is Easter. For those who don't know  it, Easter  is a feast celebrating resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.

Here  is a bundle of lovely  and beautiful   roses  for all of you!

"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances."  ~Robert Flatt

I Love These Orange Daisies or Asteraceae

I am quite familiar with these  flowers because our neighbor before had a lot of these in her garden. I also had a schoolmate whose name is Daisy. Thats is why this flower is known to me. It belongs to the family of  Asteraceae or Compositae, commonly referred to as daisy, aster or sunflower family. It is said to be one of the most largest flowering plant families in the world.

I planted these flowers in our garden before but it is  not coming back after winter. There are wild ones that I can see in our garden flowering at the moment. Spring time is here and I already see a lot of them.

Daisy roots are usually taproots, and sometimes fibrous. Stems are generally erect, but sometimes prostrate to ascending. Some species have underground stems in the form of caudices or rhizomes, these can be fleshy or woody depending on the species. Daisy roots are usually taproots, and sometimes fibrous. Stems are generally erect, but sometimes prostrate to ascending. Some species have underground stems in the form of caudices or rhizomes, these can be fleshy or woody depending on the species.

Narcissus, Daffodil are Coming Soon

I am slowly feeling the spring air. I heard today over the radio weather forecast that the temperature in our area will be milder. They also mentioned that on Thursday, we will have up to 18 degrees Celsius temperature. Spring is almost coming. This is the time of the year where the tulips, narcissus or daffodils will start to grow and bloom in our garden.

Sad to say, I can't see the process of blooming of these flowers because I will be away for a 6-weeks trip to Spain starting March 11, 2012. I believed I will see some of the flowers when I come back in April. If not, I will also see some of these flowers in Spain.

Here are some of the narcissus or daffodils from our garden. This was taken last spring 2011.

You can also see the white flowers of our cherry tree. I can't see it again this year because we already cut this tree. In its area stands now our terrace and carport. The narcissus were also replanted in the other areas of our garden.

beautiful narcissus in our garden from spring 2011.

Narcissus is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. It's common name in English is Daffodil.

Hydrangea, Hortensia and Some Cacti

Busy...busy..busy..February is quite a busy month for me. Despite of that I am very thankful that I was able to accomplish some things. Thanks God for all the blessings also. I am offering you these wonderful flowers called Hydrangea or Hortensia. Back home in the Philippines, we call it million flowers due to its many petals.


Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead. Other species have all the flowers sterile and of the same size.

a pink Hydrangea or Hortensia.

cacti in a garden center nearby. I have some in our home too!

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Beautiful African Daisy, Gerbera Flowers

These are lovely flowers. Gerbera was named in honour of the German botanist and naturalist Traugott Gerber. It is commonly known as the African Daisy. I bought these flowers and planted in our garden but it won't last during winter time. After that I never buy it anymore. Sometimes when I visit the garden center, I just take images of it. The ones you see below were taken during one of my visits in the garden center. I am glad that the gardener let me took some photos.

I wish every one a happy weekend..Be safe always!

Gerbera species bear a large capitulum with striking, two-lipped ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colours.

Gerbera is very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers.

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See You Soon Tulips

2012 is finally here! For some this might be a great year, for some a beginning of new life, for others a struggle for something..I just hope that this year will be a good one for us. I am only wishing for good health for me and family, love, peace of mind and happiness in simply things. So far 2011 was a great year and I am very thankful for it. I am also hoping and praying that some dreams and wishes will come into reality this year.

So now, let me share you and image of the tulips from our garden. This was taken last spring 2011. I am hoping to see them again very soon. Once again, a happy and blessed new year 2012 to everyone!

I love tulip flowers and can't wait for spring to come!

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Beautiful Dahlia in our Garden

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremonies, as well as decorative purposes, and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.

Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing. wikipedia.

the beautiful dahlia in our garden. sad to say, it did not survive the last cold winter.

Wet Gladiola in Our Garden

Here comes the rain,
and make our garden wet.
All the plants are happy,
As the rainwater drops.

taken last summer 2010 in our garden....guess i am always late in posting but better than nothing..love this plant..

Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas).

The Cosmos Flower Has A Visitor

As I went to our garden to breath some fresh air this morning, I heard some sounds. I was trying to look around where it came from. I was even afraid because I heard a loud sound from bees. There, they go! I saw them sipping the flowers from the wild grape vines.

The cosmos flower below has also a visitor who is trying to sip the minerals in its flower. Hopefully next month, I can see again the blooms from the cosmos flowers in our garden.

This was taken from our garden last summer 2010.

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20–26 species of annual and perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3–2 m tall. The leaves are simple, pinnate, or bipinnate, and arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are produced in a capitulum with a ring of broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; flower color is very variable between the different species. The genus includes several ornamental plants popular in gardens.

Lovely Native Flowers of Germany

I love walking around in our little town in Bavaria, Germany. Here you can find the beauty of nature like hills, valleys, mountains and the wild beautiful flowers around. I am just curious about the native flowers in this country. Thanks to the Garden experts from Love Reading for compiling this.

1) Matricaria recutita

Also called the German Chamomile, this flower is distinguished by its large yellow center which protrudes from the stem, pointing the flowers white petals downward. Blooming in the early stages of summer, this flower has an aromatic fragrance and has been used in many herbal remedies similar to other types of chamomile. Open soil is required for the flowers seeds to live.

2) Centaurea cyanus

This is the national flower of Germany and is commonly known as the cornflower or the knapweed. The top part of the plant has tons of stems that produce many flowers. The flowers are striking because of their vivid azure color. It is the national flower thanks to the tale of Queen Louise of Prussia, who fled Berlin pursued by Napoleon's forces. The tale has her hiding her children in a field of cornflowers and keeping them quiet by weaving them wreaths made from the flowers.

3) Anchusa officinalis

Commonly called the common alkanet or the common bugloss, it can grow as an annual that re-seeds itself or as a biennial flower. The flowers are small, radial and symmetrical with 5 sapphire blue colored petals and a white or yellow center.

4) Cynoglossum officinale

More commonly known as the gypsy flower or hound's tongue, these flowers are about a third of an inch across and feature five petals fused at the base. The colors of the flowers can range from a dull red to purple resembling the look of faded jeans. The name hound's tongue comes from the belief that it could ward off attacks by hounds if a leaf were to be worn in one's shoe. It has also been called rats and mice due to its smell.

5) Myosotis Sylvatica

Better known to most folks as "forget me nots", myosotis sylvatica are herbaceous perennials, but can be biennials depending on growing conditions. A smaller, bushier plant, the flowers of this plant bloom in bunches of beautiful, sky-blue colored petals with yellowish edges. They are easily cared for and grow in rich, most soil in shade. "Forget me nots" can also have their beds reseeded which results in thicker, denser flower growths in later years.

I am currently busy in our garden. I have not put all our garden accessories yet due to a little construction in our garden. If the terrace in our garden is done, I would love to have a lifestyle swing seat in there. I can imagine myself relaxing or swinging on it especially during summer season. Ahh..there are just a lot of things to do in summer time like this.

Poppy Flowers

This is my birth flower. That is also the reason I bought some last year for our garden. I am glad to know that they are back again in our yard. Poppy are flowering plants which belongs to poppy family. There are a lot of kinds of poppy flowers. I will see what are exactly the ones in our garden.

a kind of poppy flower.

Yellow Begonia

Begonia is the common name and the generic name of all genus that belongs to flowering plant family Begoniaceae. It is a perennial plant which means that it can live for over two years. But with the very cold winter in Germany, all the begonias in our garden were gone last time. That was the reason why I did not bought some last year.

a beautiful yellow Begonia. I took this image in a garden center.

Roses in Our Garden

We have been transferring some flowers and plants in our garden since two weeks ago. When it will be raining in the next days, I will be doing it again. I find it not good digging plants and transferring it when the weather is hot. I am afraid the plants will die.

We are almost done with the roses. I still have some more that needs to be transferred. Anyway the roses below was taken last summer 2010 in our garden.

did you see the castle tower on the picture..yes, we live near a castle ruin and I love it.

Anthurium or Flamingo Flowers

The Anthurium, also called as Flamingo Flowers or Boy flowers as being called as such due to its structure, the spathe and spadix. It belongs to arum family (Araceae) with around 600 to 1,000 species.

different colors and forms of Anthurium. I took this image during our visit to a garden center.

Anthurium flowers develop crowded in a spike on a fleshy axis, called a spadix, a characteristic of the Araceae. The flowers on the spadix are often divided sexually with a sterile band separating male from female flowers. Like other Aroids, many species of Anthurium can be grown as houseplants, or outdoors in mild climates in shady spots.