Kim_Johnson
Blue, but my second favorite is PURPLE!! I love purple. I wear purple, I love purple flowers, I have even seen pretty purple cars..
While out on my walk last week I stopped by this wild butterfly bush I had been waiting for to bloom.
I was talking to Carol DM the other day when she posted her beautiful white butterfly bush that I would take a hike down to the wild one I found last year to see if it had survived and was in bloom as well. We have had extreme heat and drought this last year. It survives without any help from humans. We do get a foggy marine layer most nights, that I believe is its main water source. Unless it sits over a spring, who knows.
This bush is around 15 feet high and about that big around as well.
Here it is, the bottom part of the plant.
At about hip high, the blooms get bigger.
I couldn’t quit taking pictures. I shot from the waist for the next one.
Chest high for this, looking up.
A close up. This is actual size.
How many shots are there?
Well I had to take a lot, it was a huge bush. lol
The half bloomed one..
Do you see my point? So many angles and shots to choose from..
I wish I had this monster along my fence in the back yard.
I hope you enjoyed my find.. I just need help taking it home.. Any volunteers?
It is a wonderful specimen isn’t it. I am so glad I found it. Now to just get it home..hahaha
No, its growing wild, with no rain…Amazing.
Yayy, just like taking a walk with you. I do not have ay purple flowers in bloom at present, but the blue plumbago I started from a tiny cutting 8 years ago is going great guns.
Thank you for coming along with me Ann. : )
My plumbago isn’t blooming and the leaves are curled and brown on the edges.. They grow wild here. I don’t know what I am doing wrong…. sighs..
Very nice photos . like blue color.
Thank you Branka, I agree. I love the cool spectrum the best.
Your photos are breathtaking. Award winning!
Thanks so much dear! I am glad you like them : D
Beautiful photo! I seriously need to get in on the action
Yes you do! You still have a half of a month. lol. Thank you Thomas!
Yay! Well I better get to it
Very nice photos of pretty flowers! Great color too! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you Mom, it is so pretty, and easy to miss when walking by if you can believe that.
Isn’t it amazing what nature can do. We’re really not as indispensable as we like to think!
True Norman.. Well put. : )
Wow I hope mine gets this big, this is beautiful.
Have you ever seen the Black Knight? I want one of those. It would look great in my garden.
When your plant is established and in good light if it likes its location you can expect 2-4 feet a year. Dead head, don’t cut back. They can survive below 20.
Yes I have seen the Black Knight. When I bought mine, white was the only color they had and I wanted one so bad I settled. But I do have room for another. Also, I do not cut back, that is the key. Thanks Kim.
I enjoyed watching these beautiful photos.
Thank you Robin, it is a beautiful bush. Thank you.