I love wildflowers, and one of my favorites are cosmos. They are self-seeding, so even though they are technically an annual,they do come back and they spread. At my former home I had a garden with cosmos, coneflowers, and Indian paintbrush. I just loved the mix of all the colors. Each autumn I would save some of the heads in a brown paper bag for the winter, just to be sure I had some seeds in the spring, in case those cosmos didn't self-seed. I'd just rake a little space and throw down the heads when May rolled around. We've had several days of ridiculously high temperatures and everything is budding, making me think about that garden again.
Here is a gorgeous field of cosmos I found via Google Images. The photographer is Kirk M. Rogers and I am totally amazed at his photos! Besides nature, he photographs the stars and planets; very cool.
For more gorgeous pinks, check in with Beverly and the other participants at How Sweet the Sound!
Here is a gorgeous field of cosmos I found via Google Images. The photographer is Kirk M. Rogers and I am totally amazed at his photos! Besides nature, he photographs the stars and planets; very cool.For more gorgeous pinks, check in with Beverly and the other participants at How Sweet the Sound!
42 comments:
Gosh these are lovely. I have a few I planted this year...I hope the come back and spread like you say...I love them too.
Happy Pink Saturday and congratulations on finding so many New England bloggers!
I'm finally getting interested in blogging again after a very long hiatus.
What beautiful flowers!...Christine
I hope the come back and spread like you say...I love them too.
Beautiful array of pinks, they're nature at it's best. Have a Happy Pink Saturday!
oooooh! I want to tiptoe through this gorgeous field! What eye candy! Happy Pink Saturday!
Oh, they are sooo pretty!
Thank you for sharing :D
Wouldn't that be the nicest think to look at each day? Thanks for sharing. Happy Pink Saturday.
Oh wow, what an incredible pic, and wowee, those flowers really are gorgeous! Wonder if they can grow here in FL?
Justine :o )
I LOVE Cosmos!!
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Elizabeth, Cosmos are one of my favorites, too. I hope that they return to my garden this year, too. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. I have an issue with moles in the area where I like to plant them. I had a hard time finding them in the garden center last year. I pulled the heads off and scattered them last fall. Maybe I should have saved them for this spring....well, we'll find out if my experiment worked, won't we? Happy Pink Saturday! ~ Robyn
Alright now I am off to find cosmos seeds for my garden.
The Raggedy Girl
I'm with you. Pink Cosmos and the coneflower are exquisite. In my opinion, they're more gorgeous when grown from seeds. Happy Pink Saturday.
~Abby
Hi Elizabeth,
What a beautiful sight! Happy Pink Saturday!
Blessings,
Sandi
Wow, that's just incredable to say the least. Wouldn't we all love to be there, Happy Pink Saturday, Char
Perfect for spring!
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Wonderful post for this l♥vely Pink Saturday. This is one morning of the week that I sit back, stroll from blog to blog and indulge myself surrounded by my favorite color.
I wish you a blessed weekend filled with sunshine and surrounded by those you l♥ve.
Wonderful pink cosmos! Happy PS!
What a great photo - ty for sharing it! HPS (happy pink Saturday) xJ
Elizabeth...love Cosmos...thanks for sharing on this Pink Saturday! Your twin nephews are soo sweet in that pic! Fun seeing them hanging drapes. :-) How wonderful that they have each other...best friends for life!
Susan
I am glad to finally "meet" you! I see your interesting blog name around and about! I would love to see this field in person--I have had peppermint ones and they were gorgeous! Thanks for visiting! I have been working on comething that just might work for Blue Monday!
Happy Pinkness!
Blessings~LillySue
Elizabeth, Those are beautiful. You tricked me with the post title. I was expecting a martini glass and pink liquid. :)
Happy PS
Kris
The cosmos are so beautiful.....I love them. He is a wonderful photographer.
Thanks for the great idea about using children's clothes for our puppy,I will try it when she is bigger.
Happy Pink Saturday,
~Sue~
I absolutley love Cosmos. My Grandmother has about 1/4 of her orchard covered with them and they are so beautiful.
That's a great photo! I love cosmos, too, and all those great annuals that come back every year.
Have a wonderful weekend, Elizabeth!
I love Cosmos too! They're so easy to grow too. I'll have to remember to get some seeds. I have just the spot for them.
Have a wonderful Pink Saturday!
I love cosmos! I have a great post about it in October of last year!! Happy Pink Saturday!! I am so glad to have found your blog! Looks like a lot of fun!
pure delight, Cosmos are such a beautiful flower, TFS
~*Happy Pink Saturday*~
I like the cosmos also. The field is beautiful. My mother used to grow these pink flowers and I have a package to plant right now. The purple ones are more common but not as pretty as the pink.
Blessings,
Jennifer
What a lovely post - I love your photo and I love the fact the cosmos self seed for all their beauty. Thanks for stopping by my blog and Happy Pink Saturday.
Maybe this is something I should plant???Very pretty
God Bless You
Kandy
The photo of the flowers reminds me of the field of poppy flowers the characters in The Wizard of Oz ran through to get to the Wizard!.. Loved your book review for "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society". I will keep an eye out for this one in the stores! Happy Pink Saturday, and hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
The flowers are beautiful! I wish these would grow in zone 8....but Texas is so hot and dry.
Have a wonderful PINK day! Julie
We planted cosmo seeds this year (in NM) and they are doing really well, totally outgrowing the zenias and poppies. I just hope they turn into beautiful flowers and don't die out!
Beautiful cosmos. I love them, too! Happy Pink Saturday!
Unfortunately this image is copyrighted and you might want to check the page where he has it posted, this is what it says:
"A note about the photography...All images in this account are by the author. [...] all are ©2006 Photography by Kirk M. Rogers - any reproduction, publication or transmission of this content without the written consent of the author is prohibited."
When you use other people's copyrighted material on your blog without permission, you are risking having them complain to Blogger who will delete your post. It happened to my friend Laura, they didn't even give her the chance to fix it herself, just removed it permanently.
Just be careful!
What pretty pink flowers! I've added your blog to my reader and hope to get back to read some more. I'm afraid I don't have as much time for the Internet as I used to, but my 90 year old Dad's Alzheimer's is getting worse and keeps me busy even though he doesn't live in my home. I'm sorry to hear of your health problems and wish you well. I live in Friendswood, but used to live up in northwest Harris County and am familiar with Spring. From NJ originally and trace my roots back to New England. (I'd love to live on the east coast again!) I'm a Durgin and would love to get to During Park some day. I have an elderly relative on tape who claims we're realated, but I don't think so. Would still like to go though.
Whoops...I need to proof read. That's Durgin Park. :)
That is a wonderful photo! Also, listened to the book review since I am late posting for PS. Sounds great!
Running late this week visiting blogs....Hope you had a Happy Pink Saturday ~ Susan
That's a great photo! I love it..
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