Sunday, 14 June 2009

Today's Flowers - Astilbe

Pink Astilbe next to our garden pond still developing its feathery plumes.Astilbes, also known as False Spirea or Meadow Sweet come in shades of pink, white, red and purple and are native to Asia and North America. I have seen white forms growing wild in Derbyshire. Traditionally they are water-side water-loving plants.

Thank you to the organisers of this meme, LUIZ SANTILLI JR. - DENISE GULLICKSON - LAERTE PUPO - VALKYRIEN. Click here to see more gorgeous flowers.
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20 comments:

  1. SquirrelQueen14 June 2009 at 18:10

    That is a beautiful photo of a very beautiful flower. The color is so lovely.
    Have a wonderful day.

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  2. Ebie14 June 2009 at 18:21

    I have seen these flowers before and they are so beautiful. I love how you capture the flower.

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  3. Unknown14 June 2009 at 18:46

    Pretty!Love your photo,too.

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  4. VALKYRIEN14 June 2009 at 18:56

    Lovely and pretty in pink!
    Thanks for posting on Today's Flower!

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  5. Carver14 June 2009 at 19:03

    That's a lovely shot of the astilbe.

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  6. Tammie Lee14 June 2009 at 19:30

    Lovely little flower cluster~

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  7. Rune Eide14 June 2009 at 19:52

    It is nice to see something I THINK we don't have!

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  8. Kathy W14 June 2009 at 19:53

    Oh I bet this is really pretty around your garden pond. I will have to remember these. =)

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  9. Mia N14 June 2009 at 20:00

    This is one of my favor. I have those also in my garden.

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  10. Arija14 June 2009 at 20:02

    ...and so nice to soften the back of a perennial border. Very pretty pink.

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  11. Unseen India Tours14 June 2009 at 20:03

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  12. i beati14 June 2009 at 20:06

    reminds me a lot of a florida bush sk

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  13. Gunilla14 June 2009 at 20:08

    I really like Astilbe they are a very fine flowering plant. I have some different colors in my garden.
    Lovely shot and a pretty color of the Astillbe.
    Thanks for sharing and for visiting me.

    Gunilla in Sweden

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  14. DeniseinVA14 June 2009 at 20:46

    Fantastic!!! I hope everyone remembers to enlarge it to see it's full beauty.

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  15. Bim14 June 2009 at 22:16

    A lovely shot - especially when enlarged.

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  16. Bim14 June 2009 at 22:48

    P.S. Sorry you had problems leaving a message on my blog - it got through in the end :)
    I would have thought the species is bombus pascuorum - the most common in the UK, so I'm told.

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  17. Anonymous15 June 2009 at 03:36

    oh I love those! Great shot.

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  18. Carletta15 June 2009 at 04:25

    I agree - you must enlarge it to get the full essence of it - it's lovely!

    My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.

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  19. Cathy15 June 2009 at 13:22

    we had astilbe when we lived in IL--our house there had plenty of shade--lovely color!

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  20. jabblog17 June 2009 at 09:52

    Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

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