Monday, February 1, 2010

Mosaic Monday - It's Torenias!

Thought I'd join in the Monday Mosaic posts.  Mine won't be as artistic as many I've seen ... and they'll probably show just the plants I grow ... on top of all this,  I don't know how to link this with anyone else's blog .... but I'm going to have fun having a go!

One of my all-time favourite potted plants for my courtyard garden is the Torenia.  They have such a beautiful flower - if you look closely, you will see the 'wishbone' in the throat of the bloom.  Torenias are sometimes called the Wishbone Flower.

Please click on the mosaic to have a closer look.

8 comments:

  1. I have never saw yellow torenia before. You have a beautiful variety of them. I love these little flowers and usually grow the blue in the summer but I am loving all your colors of it.

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  2. aloha, i love torenias also, they are so easy to grow...wow i have to say the previous post you did on your storm is amazing....we finally got a good downpour after a long 4 week drought and this is our rainy season...hate el nino!

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  3. Hocking Hills Gardener...there are some lovely new colours now in the torenias. I just got another beautiful violet one a few weeks ago ... it's gorgeous.

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  4. G'day Noel ... totally agree with you ... torenias are very easy to grow and such a rewarding plant.

    Our rainy season here is a bit of a hit-and-miss affair too ... most years we get very little ... unless there's a cyclone or two around to disturb things and that's what happened again this year.

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  5. I'm not familiar with Torenias but they are certainly very pretty. If you want to link your mosiac go to Mary's Little Red House (it's in my blog roll) on a Monday. She has the instructions on how to participate there.

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  6. Thanks for the advice Joan Elizabeth ... will pop over and have a read.

    Torenias are one of my favourite plants ... they are just so reliable and all the new colours are so lovely.

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  7. Hi Bernie, I've arrived a little late to admire your beautiful mosaic! I'd not heard of torenias at all before today, they are incredible little flowers.

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  8. GG ... they are an incredibly easy plant to look after ... they grow in almost any conditions but do like a bit of sun. They will die back ... but are fantastic self-seeders ... they will pop up again and often spread around the garden bed. They now come in such lovely colours too. I have quite a few of these lovelies in pots now ... I had them in garden beds in my last garden.

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