OK, Cecelia. That's it! I can't stand it anymore. PM me with your address so I can come sit in your yard and drool. Those are gorgeous!

I would love to come by and smell your yard flowers Cecilia. Definitely some wonderful ones you have.

Very beautiful Cecilia, were they taken this year? If so, your season has a real jump start on ours.

Beautiful shots! I miss my old camera, it had a macro shot setting, this new one doesn't.

Lovely flowers Cecilia.

thanks. The roses are actually to my mother (for mother's day) from my brother.

the first two pink things are a neighbors'

right now mom's yellow iris's are out. I should take pictures of those.

you are all invited


Today I took this. it's (one of) my mom's rose bush's. This one is an old fashioned rose. It has fewer petals but it's quite a beauty

here's more:







this one shows the extent of the old style rose bush (an individual rose I showed yesterday). and you can see the yellow iris's just behind them.




forgot the name of these:


my favorite rose, Jacobs coat:

The purple ones look something like Honey Suckles.

Love the irises.

Mom says they are Virginia Bells. And that looks more like Blue to me

they sure are cute

I think the purple ones are Columbine, by the looks of the seedpods. The come in several colors. Here are a couple of our new roses...I hope they survive, we don't have much luck with Tea Roses.

@cecilia I think your unknown flowers are aquilegia. I have some in my garden:



Kevin

Now that I see them right side up, you are right Kevin. I also have them, but here they are called Columbine. Mine won't be out for 2 or 3 weeks yet.

Molly - The one on the top left of Kevin's post, that's Columbine too? Never seen one like that. Love to know what the specific name is so I could track it down and get some. Quite striking just as a specimin plant.

hmmm, you may be correct.
well, mom IS getting an eye operation later this week. after maybe she'll SEE better

Kevin is correct. I never knew any other name except Columbine. I had no idea there were so many varieties. I googled it up and I think this is the same as the one in Cecelia's pic.

All plants have more than one name. the latin name, Aquilegia (Columbine; from Latin columba "dove")

Here's a forget-me-not that I took for the DPChallenge "Spring" challenge

(40th out of 131)

Kevin

amazing macro with depth of field...I know how tiny those flowers are!