Monday 13 September 2010

Bloom-a-day: Ranunculus

The landscape here in Australia is bursting forth with the fresh and hopeful signs of a new Spring. The country, in general, has had an especially wet Winter, so that much of the parched inland is now a lush green, and waterways that have not flowed in years are gushing with new life.

For each day of this week, I thought I would post images of some of my Spring blooms. And as a small gift, from my garden to you, I will load some in a large enough format for you to use as wallpaper on your computer if you so desire!


So let's start with a show-stopper for today's bloom - the brilliant cherry red of ranunculus.
I love to grow these flowers. I love that something so stunning and cheerful can emerge from such a weird and apparently barren little brown claw of a beginning:
I have posted instructions for using these images as desktop wallpaper on a new page on my blog. Just click on the 'Wallpapers' tab at the top of this post. Hopefully, it will work!
I will be back tomorrow with a another glimpse of Spring on this side of the world. 
And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

7 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing the photos. It was very thoughtful of you because I know that for different regions, the vegetation differ. I remember watching LOTR trilogy and wondered where it was taken (me as usual never read the making of/articles about the movie/etc).

    If you are sharing the photos for wallpapers, does it mean I can use the photos to make my HDTs (hand dyed threads). And of course I will give credit to you in my own blog.

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  2. What a thoughtful idea to share your beautiful flower photos! ~karen

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  3. wow! these are so beautiful!

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  4. I like the title
    I went for blossoms today
    But tomorrow we might get to yellow and that will take in the ranunculi

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  5. What a brilliant colour those ranunculas are..... I am looking forward to the walks in your spring gardent this week
    Hugz
    Fiona

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  6. Wow! Great splash of colour.
    That Percy did have a way with words.

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  7. Love your photos, makes me wish it was spring instead of fall here...

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