The late Doris Day once said ” Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden “. And, despite the extremes of weather that have left my little garden battered and rather bruised around the edges (and myself a little downhearted), I still find beauty in the garden too.
I can always rely on the cosmos, the wallflowers and the love in a mist to bring glorious colour and a touch of dream like delicacy to the proceedings. Not to mention much welcome butterflies that swoop in to enjoy the wallflowers. I grew the cosmos and love in a mist from seed. Both flowers are very easy to grow from seed. Typically, the love in a mist will last just a few weeks but the cosmos should keep on flowering for some time yet.
Thankfully, the sun has switched itself on to full mode this August Sunday morning. So I’m going to make myself a nice cup of coffee and then out I’ll go into the garden to make the most of these rare rays. But not before I share some snapshots from our little plot. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy photographing them.
Beautiful white cosmos flowers in early morning sunlight
Love in a mist…grown from seed and photographed from bud to bloom
Purple Wallflowers, which are loved by butterflies. The first butterfly is a painted lady, the second is peacock butterfly. The wallflower is Erysimum Bowles Mauve which flowers for months on end. I absolutely love it.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this quick photographic tour of my little garden.
Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely Sunday,
Paula
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Beautiful ❤️
Thank you very much 🙂
Yes – beautiful! 🙂 I must try some love-in-the-mist next year.
Oh thank you. Yes you should definitely. It is so easy to grow 🙂
Lovely pictures! Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for dropping by 🙂
Such a lovely garden. Its filled with such inspiration and beauty 💚🌼
Thank you Lisa 🙂🙂
The love in a most look so delicate, yet seem to have survived any bad weather really well. They do look beautiful, as do your other flowers. Lovely. X
Ah thank you….yes it sometimes amazes me too how hardy they can be !
The love in a mist is spectacular – beautiful images!
Thank you so much Andrea…my photography is slowly improving!!
Your photos are beautiful Paula. Cosmos and butterflies sure add a touch of color and blissfulness to your days!
Thank you Dominique 🙂