TEENY TINY!
These flowers are smaller than the nail of your pinky finger if you are a small woman! And the plant itself is so fantastic in it's complex geometric design. I have two plants right next to each that are like cousins, both in the same family, but different species as you can see from the color of each...one has a yellow-gold tinge and the other has a redish-green tinge.
But right now the yellow-gold one is flowering like mad. In this photograph above you can see the amazing intricate design of these plants, plus the slight difference in their color. These plants are small, as you can see in this next photograph.
These two plants are right in the front bed next to the sidewalk. They are surrounded by some other small plants and then some very very big plants...Here is a slightly closer look at them...
And then, below, another closer look at the little teeny tiny flowers on the yellow-gold plant, that as you can see from the picture above, is bursting with flowers right now as we speak.
This is a very delicate looking plant, but strong, too....Across the street is a beautiful succulant that is flowering right now. I was able to get a lovely picture of this and here it is!
Perfection, thy name is "Spring"....More to come....
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perfect final line!!! and oh, so beautiful pics!
- Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 10:36:00 AM PDT
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I never imagined there would be so many changes in from cactus to cactus... they just seemed all the same to me. Used to tropical plants and their "obvious" changes and loud colors and contrasts, this is new to me, but wonderful no doubt!
- Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 10:53:00 AM PDT
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I think we have the same plants here. But your photos are so much better! :)
- Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 11:46:00 AM PDT
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A teeny tiny hello from Michele's this morning! :) I have posted a pic you might want to see!
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 1:17:00 AM PDT
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I'm glad that you take such lovely photos. I don't feel the need at all to go outside now :)
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 4:56:00 AM PDT
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Not into cactus, but love the orange flower. Thanks for sharing.
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 5:25:00 AM PDT
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Beautiful plants, Naomi! Just amazing photos, too!
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 5:59:00 AM PDT
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Marvellous, sweet Naomi :-)
And Spring has arrived here in England too. The tree buds are opening, and even my lilies and roses are showing signs of life....
'Perfection, thy name is "Spring"....' - yup, indeedy...
:-)
cq- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 9:19:00 AM PDT
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Ahh spring! Isn't lovely?! Great pictures, as usual! Thanks for sharing your part of the beautiful world with us! ;)
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 12:06:00 PM PDT
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beautiful pictures as always!!
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 1:35:00 PM PDT
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Love the orange flower.
I took Mom and Dad to the garden nursery shop yesterday and went crazy with the cameras. Now I have more to post than time to do it. There were lilies, poppies and orchids with this same shade of orange.- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 4:16:00 PM PDT
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I love the complexity of the tiny cactus. At first glance, seeing it close-up, I thought it was a huge cactus. It's quite beautiful.
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 5:23:00 PM PDT
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Ah lovely pictures again Naomi! You said it right at the end, about perfection, thy name is spring! I love these posts!!
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 6:05:00 PM PDT
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Great time of year for your garden Aunty Em ;)
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 7:52:00 PM PDT
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There is a whole world in each of those plants!
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 9:29:00 PM PDT
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Wow! is all I can say. Breathless! Speechless! to be surrounded with such beauty.
- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 10:17:00 PM PDT
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it's hard to imagine the flowers are that small.
- Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 12:53:00 AM PDT
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Simply fantastic. :)
- Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:30:00 PM PDT
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My second time around from Michele's, Naomi. Howdy!
I'm so used to seeing posts from you about huge cacti that seeing little ones like these is quite the change of pace. They are very pretty tho--and the blooms are lovely. Thanks for posting them--and the picture of the flowers across the street. They're pretty too!- Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 11:49:00 PM PDT
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you take the best flower photos.
visting from michele's today- Friday, April 28, 2006 at 2:07:00 AM PDT
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that top thing is very cool .. I have never seen anything like it before.. The bottom picture we have some of and I like them alot. They are so different looking.
I keep getting skipped at Michele's for you so I thought I would stop by and say hello ..lol
so hello from Michele's- Friday, April 28, 2006 at 1:38:00 PM PDT
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Those leeetle teeeeeny flowers are so cute. I hope you're saving all these photos of your onto a CD-Rom so they're available for posterity. I love watching your garden grow.
Can you steal a cutting of the plant with the big orange blooms from across the street. That one is rather spectacular.
Here via blah blah blah.- Friday, April 28, 2006 at 1:56:00 PM PDT
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Beautiful!
My pear trees are past flowering, and the woodchuck and squirrels are just sitting under them waiting for the pears to come in. They are saying, "Let the summer begin!" Spring is moving up into New England this weekend.- Friday, April 28, 2006 at 9:05:00 PM PDT
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