NEW from my garden....Just took these this morning.....dial-up warning....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[MissMillie]

1. Breathtaking!

I love your eye! If ever I need a photographer, I'm calling you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear MissMillie!

Wow, that is some endorsement! But remember.......

You'd get to pay my airfare!

Thank you so much.....It means a lot to me....

:loveya: :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

2. Good morning, Miss Peggy! Beautiful pictures!

I especially like the first one. What kind of flower is that?

Nice to see you today. Haven't been in the Lounge much over the weekend; spent lots of in in GD reading some of the wonderful Memorial Day posts over there.

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Good morning, my dear SeattleGirl!

The flower is......*drumroll please!* I think....the Peruvian Daffodil...

But I'm not entirely sure!

Good to see you today as well.....:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

6. Whatever that flower is called, it's beautiful.

I love how delicate it is.

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[Spacemom]

3. Beautiful!

I love all your pictures. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Spacemom!

Well, I sure do thank you!

I'm so glad you like my pics..... :loveya: :hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

8. Gorgeous pictures!

A great garden you have there. Only one question: What's the first plant?

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. My dear Call Me Wesley!

Oh, I thank you! I am always struck by its beauty too.....

An amazing garden, thanks to my landscape designer, and to my horticulturist who maintains it!

The flower is the Peruvian Daffodil......

:loveya: :hug:

[miss_american_pie]

10. They're beautiful

That first picture in particular. :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear miss_american_pie!

Thank you so much!

I was just going to photograph the flower in the first pic, but once I got outside, and saw all the rest......

Well......the rest is now history!

:hi:

[u4ic]

11. Ahhhhhhh....spring!

Those are beautiful, Peggy! :D

Is that some type of fruit in the 3rd picture?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear u4ic!

Yes, indeed...Spring!

It is my favorite season!

Yes, the third picture is of the fruit on my peach tree....

Alas, they look a lot better than they taste.....

This area is just not ideal for peaches...... :shrug:

So, after I found that out......I just leave the fruit on the tree for the birds and the squirrels....

Glad you like the pics! Thanks for your comments today!


:loveya: :hug:

[huskerlaw]

14. I love the first flower!

Actually, one of my favorite things about California is the "weird" flowers that grow here.

I'm not normally a plant person, but they're definitely more interesting here than they are in the Midwest.

Thanks for the pics, they're gorgeous!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear huskerlaw!

Thanks, sweetie!

It's a Peruvian Daffodil....

So glad you came by, and so glad you like these!

A lot of weird things can (and do) grow here......


:loveya: :hug:

[El Fuego]

16. Wow!!

The Peruvian Daffodil is just amazing!

:wow:

So beautiful! :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear El Fuego.....

Thank you so much!

I love it too.....

Every year it comes up, like clockwork......

And THIS year, I vowed to photograph it!

:hug:

[ismnotwasm]

17. Stunning

You're an artist!
Absolutely stunning.

(And I, who have ignored my yard, this year, have been introduced to more varieties of aphids that I believed existed)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear ismnotwasm!

I am honored to have you say I'm an artist....especially since you are already one.....

I thank you.....

I'm sorry to hear about the aphids! Got ladybugs? I believe they eat aphids....

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

18. Peggy...those are amazing!

What are the flowers in the bottom pic? They look a little like Hyacinth (but the branches don't)...

Also, any news from the Doc?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear KC2!

Oh, I'm so glad to hear that you like these!

The flowers in the last picture are a type of sage....salvia.

There are many types, and I don't know which ones these are....

But I love the flowers!

Alas, no news yet.....be sure that I will start a thread once I have definitive news.....

Thanks for asking....


:loveya: :hug:

[Sanity Claws]

22. Can you identify these beauties for us?

My guesses:

day lily
some type of daisy
plums
wild lilac.

BTW, I'm surprised your wild lilac is in bloom now. They're pretty much exhausted up here in Seattle.

[kiraboo]

25. I'm going to guess

Peruvian daffodil,
coreopsis,
can't say
& what they call in Oregon a "California lilac".

Those do look a bit like plums, but I don't know if they sit up in a little bunch like that!

CaliforniaPeggy, have you heard from your doctor yet?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. My dear kiraboo.....

Thanks for your answers.....I think you are correct on all.....

The fruit is my peach tree! Pretty to look at, and nearly inedible, alas!

This is just not the proper place to grow them....I leave them on the tree for the birds and the squirrels...


I haven't heard any results just yet...I am STILL waiting!

You will know just as soon as I do.....*sigh*


:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear in search of sanity......

Close, but no cigar!

Peruvian Daffodil

I'm not sure about the daisy.

Peach tree!

Some sort of salvia, or sage.....Not a lilac. These guys bloom a lot of the year down here...

Glad you liked them!



:hi:

[Wetzelbill]

23. those are so gorgeous

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear Wetzelbill.......

I am so pleased that you like these!

:loveya:

[UTUSN]

24. Gorgeous! (the flowers, too.) Health results turn out good? Hope so. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear UTUSN......

Glad you like the flowers!

No word yet on my results, alas....I will post as soon as I hear....
Thanks for asking, though.....

:hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Peggy...

WHEN are you going to start hanging out with us in the photo group? These are wonderful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear Blue....

You know, I have come through there...but I just seem to be more a Lounge Lizard than anything else!

Thank you for the terrific compliment, though!

I am honestly flattered that you like these.....

:blush:

[Blue_In_AK]

62. The first one - especially - is stunning.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Thank you, Peggy, for your lovely pics!

They always brighten my day! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

You are so very welcome, my dear!

I am so happy that my pics have this effect on you and your day!

:hug:

[Cannikin]

32. Amazing, Peggy. You've got quite the green thumb!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear Cannikin!

No green thumb for me! You can thank my landscape designer for the plants and my horticulturist for how things look!

I just wander about in it, and take pictures....

They have a complete drip irrigation system for water, and they grow on their own!

I'm glad you enjoyed these!

:hi:

[Blue Gardener]

33. Very nice

You should post these in the Gardening Forum.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear Blue Gardener!

Thank you so much!

But as I said upthread, I am truly a Lounge Lizard.....

I have a hard time tearing myself away from this place.....

Silly, I know.....but there it is!

:hi:

[Ptah]

34. OK, I'm selling my camera and plowing under my garden.

:cry:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear Ptah!

Oh, please don't do that! I love love love your pictures of your garden...

And I would miss them bunches! :cry:

I'll try to find some weeds to photograph for next time, OK? And that will NOT be difficult!

:loveya: :hug:

[Ptah]

45. I kid, I kid.

I love your garden pics.
Something to strive to equal.
Very well done!

:applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Hoo baby, you scared me!

I am glad you're kidding.....:pals:

[Blue Diadem]

37. beautiful pictures, beautiful flowers Peggy!

I am not familiar with the first flower at all. It's stunning!

Your coreopsis are probably the only ones I will see this year. We have a baby bunny who has taken up residence in our day lillies and he comes out to eat the coneflowers and the coreopsis. They're reduced to stubbles now..but at least bunny is growing fast and has a very fat tummy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear OurVotesCount-Ohio!

That first flower is a Peruvian daffodil.....truly exotic!

Sorry about your coreopsis getting eaten.....at least it's in a good cause!

Will it come back?

:hi:

[Blue Diadem]

42. Peruvian daffodil..hmmm..I wonder if they grow in Ohio

I will have to check them out. They're absolutely gorgeous.

The coneflowers and coreopsis will come back although they may not bloom until next year. Each year the baby bunnies manage to eat one or two plants. Last year it was all the tall phlox plants. I don't mind..as you said it's a good cause.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. The Peruvian daffodil is a bulb.....

The proper name is hymenocallis narcissiflora.

Ask your nursery person!

:hi:

[Blue Diadem]

44. Thanks Peggy!

:yourock:

[bertha katzenengel]

47. how in the bloody eff - u - c - k do you manage to grow that kind of stuff

in The Land of One Person Per Car?!

And how do you have time?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. My dear Bertha!

Well, how?

Easy! The stuff really grows itself......

We have installed an automatic drip irrigation system for watering...

And I have a horticulturist who comes by periodically to prune, weed, and what-not!

Hope you enjoyed these! :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

51. I did enjoy them, very much.

Thank you. :hi:

[leftofthedial]

48. beautemous!

how are you, sweetheart?


what are the ones that look like peaches?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. My dear leftofthedial!

Awww....you are a sweetheart! I am fine....

And the ones that look like peaches...ARE!

But alas, they are nearly inedible....This area isn't good for growing them...

So I leave them for the birds and the squirrels, who enjoy them a lot!

I'm pleased that you liked the pics! :loveya: :hug:

[WCGreen]

52. Peggy O'Keafe..

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. Now there's high praise.......

I hardly deserve it, but I thank you, my dear WC.....

You inspire me to work harder and do better than I have in the past......

:hi:

[liberaltrucker]

54. Darn it, Peggy you always post your beautiful pics.....

when my connection is slow.

WELL worth the wait, though!!

:hug:

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. My dear liberaltrucker!

How wonderful to see you tonight!

I'm glad you like these.....and that you felt they were worth the wait!

Sorry you have a slow connection, though.....:pals:

:loveya:

:hug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

56. Ah, California natural beauty

there's some more here :P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. My dear Ellen Forradalom!

Thank you so much!

Glad you like these....I had a lot of fun taking them.....

:hi:

[kid a]

57. WOW . . Those are beautiful!

Looks like it was another california pretty day
dp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. My dear asSEENonTV!

Thanks! Yes, today was a classically beautiful day!

Sunny, warm, lovely soft breeze...perfect!

:hi:

[6000eliot]

60. Lovely, as usual, Peggy.

You make our days with these beautiful photos.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. My dear 6000eliot.......

Thank you so much, sweetie!

And you make my day with your lovely comments!

:hug: