tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post6577179334179027153..comments2023-07-26T17:20:34.426+02:00Comments on Elephant's Eye: Wildflower Wednesday with July weatherDiana Studerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-84854645184933667192011-08-07T01:58:48.725+02:002011-08-07T01:58:48.725+02:00It must be so nice to have flowers blooming in win...It must be so nice to have flowers blooming in winter! Our climate is much too cold in winter, we get snow and ice instead. But right now, I'm enjoying my summer full of flowers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-55109226489421346282011-07-30T21:40:20.756+02:002011-07-30T21:40:20.756+02:00Your winter garden looks a lot like ours in the Sa...Your winter garden looks a lot like ours in the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the US. We have a Med climate too and a lot of your South African plants have been imported to grow here in our area. Even though you're half a world away, it's amazing to me how many of yours I find in my own garden in the winter months. It makes me yearn for the cooler months to come.<br /><br />Cindy at Rosehaven CottageCindy Garber Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543940998038589239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-10264305485730874872011-07-29T14:51:25.441+02:002011-07-29T14:51:25.441+02:00Your flowers and collages are just gorgeous!Your flowers and collages are just gorgeous!Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-46047615589895880332011-07-29T13:59:12.148+02:002011-07-29T13:59:12.148+02:00Many of the flowers posted here are new to me... f...Many of the flowers posted here are new to me... fascinating indeed...Lrong Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071380270069499888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-13176573361515588192011-07-29T12:38:33.147+02:002011-07-29T12:38:33.147+02:00Beautiful blooms. I particularly like Red Hot Poke...Beautiful blooms. I particularly like Red Hot Pokers as they remind me of my Grandmother. She always had them in her front garden. They never appeared again after she died.Bridgethttp://www.arignagardener.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-49835270165104939322011-07-29T03:42:41.534+02:002011-07-29T03:42:41.534+02:00Lovely flowers and lovely photos! The colors are s...Lovely flowers and lovely photos! The colors are so vivid...what a nice view in your garden.The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-60914379728494557812011-07-28T16:50:30.175+02:002011-07-28T16:50:30.175+02:00Perennial - the new 'yellow' red hot poker...Perennial - the new 'yellow' red hot poker blooms, the old red doesn't.<br /><br />Jack - mine are also unnamed.<br /><br />Bom and all - we HAVE rain, gentle and steady and soaking!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-82001513841873810962011-07-28T10:24:04.346+02:002011-07-28T10:24:04.346+02:00Knoffelboegoe... what an evocative name!
Posting o...Knoffelboegoe... what an evocative name!<br />Posting on Kniphofia as well for Wildflower Wednesday, I determined to get to know them better. I have a delicate yellow one, still in its black bag and marked 'tender' flowering on my veranda. Our local one flowers fleetingly but typically - two weeks at most - in summer. The others I have are winter-flowerers -nbg, as my father would say: no blooody good in this climate. And of none am I certain of the name...Jack Hollowayhttp://sequoiagardens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-12927060324031885652011-07-28T08:04:27.555+02:002011-07-28T08:04:27.555+02:00You were one of the first people that came to my m...You were one of the first people that came to my mind when I heard about the snow from an FB friend from SA. I'm glad to see that your garden was not adversely affected and looks as lush as ever. The weather patterns are indeed getting stranger and stranger. I miss our afternoon monsoon rains which we should have been having almost daily since June. Instead, it takes a tropical storm or typhoon to bring us rains.<br /><br />Hmm. I'd never heard of nectar robbers before. Thank you for leading me to the carpenter bees. I gather that they are your culprits as well.Bomhttp://www.plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-60161859018125386282011-07-28T05:01:00.488+02:002011-07-28T05:01:00.488+02:00Diana, I love Kniphofia and see that it really doe...Diana, I love Kniphofia and see that it really does look its very best in a native setting. So true for many native plants~Hoping the rains return to my garden sometime soon. Happy WW!<br />gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-74283772797140780542011-07-28T03:13:35.676+02:002011-07-28T03:13:35.676+02:00You have a rainbow of beautiful flowers there! You...You have a rainbow of beautiful flowers there! Your collages are wonderful!Kit Aerie-elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548961699994971020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-30001335216290716842011-07-27T22:57:00.384+02:002011-07-27T22:57:00.384+02:00bright lights.bright lights.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-23987675466991202732011-07-27T22:16:42.345+02:002011-07-27T22:16:42.345+02:00Wow !!! So much flowers and they are all amazing. ...Wow !!! So much flowers and they are all amazing. Great shot. Bravo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292477659593929167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-12711443321377225672011-07-27T21:34:19.247+02:002011-07-27T21:34:19.247+02:00I enjoyed seeing all your exotic beauties today. T...I enjoyed seeing all your exotic beauties today. To be honest most of them other than the Red Hot Poker are new to me. I liked your mosiacs. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-31363724568203744522011-07-27T20:29:21.921+02:002011-07-27T20:29:21.921+02:00Glorious - the flowers, not the strange weather pa...Glorious - the flowers, not the strange weather patterns, which appear to becoming a regular feature across the globe. Mind you, with the rich S.A. flora providing so many garden and tender "exotic" plants here in the UK, it is strange to see things that cost a bomb at the garden centre on your blog as wildflowers! All hail the wonders to international blogging.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-28063932132330718522011-07-27T13:45:35.613+02:002011-07-27T13:45:35.613+02:00Lovely wildflowers in bloom. I saw a report about...Lovely wildflowers in bloom. I saw a report about the snow in South Africa and wondered if it was near you.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114199768103222510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-27620311303587938262011-07-27T08:58:56.678+02:002011-07-27T08:58:56.678+02:00Overseas visitors are always in awe about all the ...Overseas visitors are always in awe about all the flowers we have flowering in winter. We truly are fortunate here in South AfricaFirefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-24344999907025079032011-07-27T05:24:19.886+02:002011-07-27T05:24:19.886+02:00You have so much blooming in your garden now! One ...You have so much blooming in your garden now! One of my kniphofia bloomed early and the others haven't made an appearance this year. Yours look great.GirlSprouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029711241687325640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-86057457835553950032011-07-27T04:52:31.707+02:002011-07-27T04:52:31.707+02:00I was going to wish you rain, but with the intensi...I was going to wish you rain, but with the intensity of the storms around you, maybe it would be better to wait on those wishes for a few days. Is anyone on the planet having a "normal" year for weather?Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-19134611451821133942011-07-27T03:17:42.761+02:002011-07-27T03:17:42.761+02:00So much blooming in your winter! And nectar robbe...So much blooming in your winter! And nectar robbers, too! I haven't looked for them here, but that might be a good project to do one day. Sorry about the rain situation. Such an odd year worldwide for the climate, it seems.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-11599502452644754822011-07-27T01:12:23.921+02:002011-07-27T01:12:23.921+02:00Absolutely amazing. No wonder I hear South Africa ...Absolutely amazing. No wonder I hear South Africa is a horticultural wonder land. And this in winter!James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-56920496563519333522011-07-26T23:26:06.706+02:002011-07-26T23:26:06.706+02:00Bertie - sometimes it feels as if the end of summe...Bertie - sometimes it feels as if the end of summer is our winter, when the plants are resting, or giving up.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-21279123816716705702011-07-26T22:53:50.042+02:002011-07-26T22:53:50.042+02:00How I wish we had flowers in the depths of winter!...How I wish we had flowers in the depths of winter!<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-81767310077037392432011-07-26T22:44:59.572+02:002011-07-26T22:44:59.572+02:00This nectar robbing business is fascinating! Break...This nectar robbing business is fascinating! Breaking & entering, bee style! I’m keen on those daisies but struck by how unlike your winter is to the ones I know. Daisies flower in summer, right?<br /><br />BertieBertie Bainbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481499819811821263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-37535351991019365292011-07-26T22:02:05.543+02:002011-07-26T22:02:05.543+02:00wow,, so mucg beautify all in one garden,, amzing ...wow,, so mucg beautify all in one garden,, amzing photos,, we have so much just green here I love to see your photos!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com