Sunday, 7 August 2011

petal perfection


A beautiful pure white lily - one of many gracing Cottage Garden at the moment ~

Don't forget to click on images for a more detailed view ~


Nigella love-in-a-mist - a work of art ~

I scatter the seeds freely and they pop up everywhere - I love them.


Just a few pics today ~ a more 'wordy' post will follow shortly ... !




These stocks from the garden smell gorgeous ~





Have a great new week!

Jeanne
x

31 comments:

Molly said...

I love lilies - the fragrance is out of this world. Beautiful flower pictures.

Annie said...

I'm not so fond of lilies - even lilies as beautiful as yours - but I feel I can smell those gorgeous stocks from here x

June said...

Beautiful blooms from a beautiful garden dear Jeanne. I can imagine the fragrance your lilies are putting off clear over here. I love the smell of lilies so.
sending hugs...

Valerianna said...

MMMM, what magic can happen in a full sun garden!

Ulla said...

Pictures can be words!

marigold jam said...

With photos liuke that who needs words! Thanks for a lovely start to my week.

Gartenfee said...

Dear Jeanne,
thanks for these beautiful flowers on a dull and gray Monday morning! Lovely! I have lots of love-in-a-mist in my garden but they have already faded. I like them very much, they look so bizarre.

Have a nice week!

Liebe Grüße, Bärbel

Jane and Lance Hattatt said...

Hello Jeanne:
If we could only ever have one flower, then it would surely have to be white, scented lilies. Absolute perfection and something which, in our gardening days we grew quite successfully in pots.

Magic Cochin said...

Those stocks are just perfect in your pretty blue and white jug. I love the scent of stocks - but find lilies far too sweet and overpowering, much nicer in a photo.

Celia

Su said...

My lilies finished ages ago so it's lovely to see yours. I love the white nigella too, I'm not very successful with them for some reason. Enjoy your week.

Rosie said...

What beautiful photos to lift the spirits on this wet and windy morning! I love the scent of stocks:)

Helsie said...

Really lovely
Cheers
Helen

It's me said...

What a beautiful flowers!!....love from me...xxx...

stripeycat said...

Adore the macro shots...so beautiful Jeanne :)
Anne.x

The Useless Gardener said...

Wonderful blooms.

Pomona said...

You really have some lovely flowers. Mine are all past their best - the lilies were really early, and did not last long.

Pomona x

...Miss...Maddie's... said...

Stocks are one of my favourites... their scent is fabulous.
What is the second flower... how pretty it is. Looks like a lovely little ballerina dress.
Susan x

Anna said...

Jeanne, your lily is a beauty. Which one is it? Enjoyed your bee post and poem too :)

Madelief said...

Dear Jeanne,

Your lilies look beautiful! I especially enjoy having the white ones in a vase on our black mantelpiece. Somehow it looks very 1920s/30s!

Your stocks are very pretty too. I can almost smell them over here ;-)!

Have a lovely new week!

Madelief x

Gatsbys Gardens said...

Great photos Jeanne. I used to try to grow stocks here and it is just too hot!

Eileen

Printed Material said...

The lilies are exquisite Jeanne. Beautiful photographs to start the week

Lyn said...

I can't have lillies in the garden as the pollen is poisonous to cats so it is nice to see your photos.
xxx

Marcheline said...

Egads! That one with all the frills and green anemone-like thingies sticking up in the middle... IS THAT A LILY??? I must have one! I must!!

In the meantime, I am stealing that photo to use as my computer wallpaper.

Min plats i solen said...

Such beauty Jeanne! Wonderful pictures and I cansmell them all the way to Sweden. :)

Take care my friend and have a lovely week!

Lotta
xx

Marcheline said...

Nigella. Must get some.

Zuzana said...

Dear Jeanne, this could not have been a better post to return to after my absence.;)
I love white lilies, and as you might know, my name is derived from Hebrew, meaning white lily.
Beautiful and stunning details in your photography.;)
Love also your new header.
Hope all is well at your end,
xoxo

HKatz said...

The petals look creamy :)

I especially love the one photo of the flowers by the mirror. Lovely!

Inge said...

Wishing you a wonderful time in Italy - see you, Inge

cathleen said...

Your flowers are just so lovely...exquisite really. Thank you, so much, Jeanne, for remembering me!

this is my patch said...

I wonder if I could find space in my garden for Stocks? Just one of the many plants I happen to love. x

PS. I posted your parcel yesterday by snail-mail (2nd class)!

Katy Noelle said...

Wonderful! It's a miracle! Once again, the garden blooms and grows. Jeanne, I have to say that I am in heaven, having a garden, this year. Absolute heaven! I'm so pleased!

Anyway, just and hour ago, I bought one more Russian Sage (to balance the others out) and one little pretty daylily that was left on it's own - such a perfect apricot-y pink - beautifully solid to sit with the lavender blooms of the sage that billows over the stones in the wall.

Jeanne, I want you to know that I am working on it - the garden post. My silly first year garden. I think that, at this point, I should prove that it exists and I've finally figured out that it will never ever be perfect!=]

Love, Katy xo