WONDERFUL UNEXPECTED GIFTS

Hello Friends,
For the past few years I have tried to collect seeds from my 

blooming flowers as they dry.  I follow the instructions

and am always very proud of the

number of seeds I harvest.

Each winter as I browse my gardening books, I get fired up to plant my dried seeds.  Ever so careful I do exactly like they suggest and

by early spring I have seedlings and before

long they are planted into the ground.

Yep, you guessed it nothing........  

But this year here it is summer and guess what?

Dumb luck!

I let nature do what she is 

so wonderfully can.

My spring blooming wild

Queens Anne's Lace 

was in full bloom in 

March/April.

In May I noticed little

seedlings coming up

from the seeds that the

blooms had dropped just

a month before.

Here it is almost July and

I have blooms with a dozen

or so new plants budding.

I am so thrilled with

my unexpected gift

and a gardening

lesson....

Don't take life so serious.

Enjoy the beauty of nature

and let her take the course in my little garden.

More Gifts      This wicked plant is know as "Dutchman's Pipe".

My plant never seems to do much....just a lot of foliage.

But when it blooms, it stops traffic.  Hanging

on my front yard picket fence it is always of interest.

Here are two buds ready to bust open.

Look carefully one bloom is large ready to peak

and the other one is smaller.

The blooms can be up to 10" long, and will only last

a day or two.  This year since we had such a

mild winter it has bloomed twice already
 each time a dozen or so blooms will

hang over the fence.

It's different not a beauty and with no floral scent

 but yet it deserves a spot in my garden.

 

Enjoying this lazy Sunday with The Tablescaper.

http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2012/06/burst-of-blue.html

Enjoy your Gifts, Kathy