Friday Flower Flaunt ... On This Mid-Spring Day.

Things have been rather hectic around here lately.  I've been so very busy at work and I've had family and friends visiting.  Then to top everything off, I came down with some really horrid stomach bug.  It was nasty! So, writing blog posts has been relegated to the end of my 'to-do list'.  Thankfully there have been some lovely blooms on display to cheer me up at the end of a long work day, and to share with my visitors.

Out in the courtyard,

A couple of the lovely Neoregelias I was sent by a kind friend, are showing blooms in their cups.

This Costus productus, that began life as bits trimmed off the original plant which were then literally shoved into a pot, is blooming beautifully.  Each stalk of this ornamental ginger produces an orange 'cone', which then produces a succession of red orangey flowers.

One of the latest of my potted Liliums to bloom is this gorgeous Asiatic Lilium 'Double Elodie'.

This Lily has a double layer of soft pink petals that are decorated by lovely little spots.  They really are the prettiest things.

There's another pretty in pink Asiatic Matisse Lilium blooming at the moment too.

Then there are the bright, brilliant Asiatic Matisse Lilium known as 'Kentucky'.  You can't miss it!

The gorgeous frilly Petunias continue their show.

The Pelargonium peltatum is throwing out lots of flower sprays.

The beautiful pass-along Water Lily I got a few weeks back, has flourished in the pond.  I'm totally smitten with it magnificent flowers.

Out in the front tiered garden beds,

the Justicia brandegeana is on show,

the Dietes bicolor continues to bloom and

the first Hemerocallis buds are appearing.  The Daylily parade is about to begin.

I'm joining Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday / Flaunt Your Flowers

and Tina for Weekend Flowers

I'm also joining Today's Flowers

Wordless Wednesday ... Just Hangin!

I'm joining Linda for her Wordless Wednesday meme,

Tina for her Wordless Wednesday meme

Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday

and Wordless Wednesday

Mosaic Monday ... Roses, Roses, Roses.

I've been so fortunate to play a part in caring for the Roses in our school Rose garden, and this year has been a particularly great year for them.  They have been putting on the most fabulous display, and I've been bringing home beautiful big bunches of Roses to brighten up the house.

I just had to share the Rose bouquets I've enjoyed just in the last couple of weeks.

The colours and the perfumes are absolutely stunning.

I'm joining Mary for Mosaic Monday

Friday Flower Flaunt ... On This Mid-Spring Friday

There are some lovely signs of Spring in a few spots in my garden, but I haven't shared any posts about it lately.  I've been away from the blogging world for a couple of weeks now.  The end of last term was a very busy time for me.  Then I went away for the first week of our school holidays to enjoy the company of my family down south.  When I returned home though, I found that the internet connection was down and the telecom company won't be coming to look at it until next week.  BOO, HISS!!! 

Anyway, as I had to pop into school to do some preparation work for the new term that starts next week, I thought I'd make the effort to post at long last.

Fingers crossed our internet at home will be up and running early next week, as I starting to suffer serious virtual world withdrawal symptoms. 







O.K. moving on ... let's see what's blooming around my place on this first Friday of our mid-Spring month.  The Spring colour can mostly be found out in my courtyard garden.

I'm really loving this stunning L.A. Lilium 'Eye Liner' with its white petals decorated with maroon dots and edged with a thin black border.  I simply have to work out how to keep the seeds of this beauty.  I've never had a go at keeping the Lily seeds before, so I will be embarking on a new journey of discovery and learning.

This beauty is one of the Oriental Lilium 'Sumo' range, but I'm not sure of the particular varietal name.  These huge blooms have a wonderful perfume.

The scent of these Oriental Lilium blooms is filling my little courtyard garden at the moment, and I'm really enjoying my mid-morning cuppa out there each day, as my break from school is coming to an end very soon.

The Angelonia angustifolias and Torenia 'Violet Magic' are still on show.

There's a little bit of a cottage-garden look happening out in one corner of the courtyard. The combination of Salvia farinaceas, Angelonia angustifolias, Torenia and Impatiens hawkeri looks simply gorgeous at the moment.  It's a real touch of Spring in the rather dreary 'dry season'

This is why I so love my little courtyard paradise.

The showy double white Petunias have come back beautifully from their drastic cut-back.  I never tire of these big frilly blooms.

Elsewhere in the courtyard, there are flower sprays on the Pelargonium peltatum and the cheery faces of the Osteospermum are out once again.

I'm joining Tootsie for  Fertilizer Friday / Flaunt Your Flowers