She Knits By The Seashore: Consider the lilies...

July 08, 2006

Consider the lilies...

Here are July's purple flowers:

Hidcote lavender, with sedum behind it.

Balloon flower. The buds are unusual; they "burst" into a pretty bell shape. They do need staking or some sort of support.

...and peeking behind the balloonflowers...

Pink Lilies!

Jul 8, 2006 6:01:00 AM | Gardening

4 Comments

Very pretty! My lollipop lillies bloomed during all that recent rain, so they were not as showy as they could have been. I'm looking forward to the casa blanca's. I love balloon flowers and have a few along the side of the house!

Posted by: Sarah | July 08, 2006 at 08:23 AM

Beautiful purple flowers!

Posted by: wendy g | July 08, 2006 at 11:14 AM

I love flowers like balloon flowers- pretty and no maintenance required.

Posted by: Kristen | July 08, 2006 at 06:12 PM

Gorgeous!!! I don't know why, but almost none of our flowers have bloomed this year! We got 3 peonies and only 2 of 5 bushes bloomed. Everyone's hydrangea are out and ours are nowhere to be seen. (I keep telling Marc to come inside to use the bathroom, really.) (kidding.)

Posted by: Kathy | July 13, 2006 at 11:19 AM

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