MENA Gardens

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Falastin_Qalbi

the flower is awesome...

the vase is awesome...

the mat is awesome,....

the whole set together is awesome...

i think i need to cry... i am addicted to flowers

Thanks brother

I could not resist the opportunity to throw in a lil something for the tatreez afficionados

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I wonder if this is something that could be accomplished with the right connections-- to suggest it and get permission to take a few then begin to propegate?

Hmmmmmmmm

Got any peeps over at the Royal Botanic Garden ?

[Nasturtium 500]

If only! And if I do, I don't realize it lol.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

What we probably need right about now is more pics of the black iris.....

this is just off the net:

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Well this isn't a black iris, but it's an almost-black something

Aeonium "Voodoo"

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Falastin_Qalbi:

these black flowers are very beautiful....

it is the black that shines...

before you had the Black Iris.... and now these black flowers....

there is a black trend here...

[sandinista! 1,816]

I have purpley black tulips right now. My husband calls them the flowers of doom.

[Cathi 5,748]

Well this isn't a black iris, but it's an almost-black something

Aeonium "Voodoo"

My black iris' are about to bloom any day now, my yellow and purple ones too. Everything is late blooming this spring because it has been cold and rainy, very little sun. My tulips didn't even bloom until the first week in May, very late, can't wait for the lilies this year.. This will be my third summer in this home, when I moved in the yard was a mess, over grown with perennials and crabgrass, the people who used to live here planted hundreds of bulbs and plants willy nilly all over the place, it looked like a frikken jungle. It has taken me all this time to dig up quite a bit of plants and flowers, there was just too much. I transplanted some to other parts of the yard, gave away hundreds of bulbs to people, and threw away a lot. We dug up the front lawn, put down new loam and planted new grass a few weeks ago. This year the yard will look so much better, although I can see more will have to be taken up in the fall. I will post pics if this rain ever ends, my gardenia leaves are all turning yellow from all the rain.

Edited May 25, 2013 by mimolicious

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I have purpley black tulips right now. My husband calls them the flowers of doom.

Pics !!!!!!!!!!!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

My black iris' are about to bloom any day now, my yellow and purple ones too. Everything is late blooming this spring because it has been cold and rainy, very little sun. My tulips didn't even bloom until the first week in May, very late, can't wait for the lilies this year.. This will be my third summer in this home, when I moved in the yard was a mess, over grown with perennials and crabgrass, the people who used to live here planted hundreds of bulbs and plants willy nilly all over the place, it looked like a frikken jungle. It has taken me all this time to dig up quite a bit of plants and flowers, there was just too much. I transplanted some to other parts of the yard, gave away hundreds of bulbs to people, and threw away a lot. We dug up the front lawn, put down new loam and planted new grass a few weeks ago. This year the yard will look so much better, although I can see more will have to be taken up in the fall. I will post pics if this rain ever ends, my gardenia leaves are all turning yellow from all the rain.

We had a long cool spring as well.... it made everything so late. I can't wait to see your irises

Here are today's garden picks:

Orange echinacea

Regular old echinacea (purple coneflowers)

The vitex is covered with buttlerflies

These guys would not sit still on the flower, they just kept flapping their wings so the pics do not do them justice - very beautiful blue & black

More daylilies blooming

Mexican oregano (this is a very fragrant and savory variety which is excellent for cooking)

Rock rose peeking through the Mexican oregano

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Falastin_Qalbi

they are just another creatures that could not resist you paradise....

you can expect more... from different kinds...

not only humans like us

you fans are growing...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Thank you brother Rami

But you predicted that I should expect other creatures to come.... and now they came I saw a big ole raccoon this morning. Can you please request that the possums and skunks and other varmints go to another place ?

Orchids....

[sandinista! 1,816]

If I could get outside during a dry moment I would---it's been really soggy lately. And cold. I did see a deer though, about 5 blocks from my house on Sunday. There's woods by the library, he must have came out of there.

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Falastin_Qalbi:

You want me to ask the varmints to go to another place....

because i am their uncle???

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Falastin_Qalbi:

You want me to ask the varmints to go to another place....

because i am their uncle???

Heehee Uncle Skunkle

I swear I didn't think they were any of your relatives

But if you could let them know how great the yard is a few blocks over, I would appreciate it

We are starting to dry out after all the storms and flooding.

Orange Hibiscus.... blooms were rained on, so they're a little mottled

White crinum lilies coming up now... several weeks after the pink ones

Cannas

This is some kind of extremely drought-hardy tradescantia. It's an heirloom plant; you don't see them much at the nursery. But many people here try to find it - usually by getting a cutting from an older established garden. It's almost indestructible from heat or drought, and it even blooms a tiny purple flower.