A succession of several chickadees flew down from the Contorted Filbert tree to this bird bath to get a drink and splash around in the water. By the time I ran in and got my camera, attached the telephoto lens, and focused, the last one had just finished and was taking off. Oh well, almost.
Last year, I was thrilled that the very scarlett blooms of Tropaeolum speciosum had finally made it to and climbed the very blue foliage of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Pelt’s Blue.' The old pink rose nearby blooms in June and the Tropaeolum blooms after the rose is finished. Except this year when they decided to bloom together.
Red on the orange side combined with pink with blue undertones is not a combination that I would have chosen. Thank goodness I'm a master of averting my eyes...
which comes in handy while walking through this amorphous mess o' plants in which I live.
I've been capturing the same bird moments lately.
ReplyDeleteWe have a robin who has spent the last two days flying repeatedly into our windows. We've done a number of things to stop him with no luck. I am afraid I must agree that that is a combination never to create on purpose. But your amorphous garden looks good otherwise.
ReplyDeleteYou say amorphous I say amazing. Tropaeolum has terrific bloom color and it pairs so well with the blue cypress. Roses? What roses?
ReplyDeleteI've found that catching photos of rabbits is hard too, even when they're plentiful. As to the color clash, wouldn't it be nice if nature cooperated with our color schemes?
ReplyDeleteThat color combo does give me a headache, but you musn't ever let the Tropaeolium feel as if you're shunning it by averting your eyes, it might get a personality complex and decide not to return next year.
ReplyDeleteI am green with envy, I just can't grow Tropaeolum speciosum and I have tried several times. And look at yours climbing right up the tree, superb.
ReplyDeleteSeems like I had an outfit with this color combo not too many years ago. Hmmmm
ReplyDeleteI think every gardener has 'oops' combinations. Learn and grow, right? ;) Individually, they are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhen you don't like a color combo in your garden, I say "just move closer" until it's no longer a combo. You've done "vibrant" the right way I think.
ReplyDeleteSince the red and pink rarely bloom together, it's fine. Just chock this year up to "whatever." The rest of your amorphous garden is perfect! Nature isn't perfectly lined up and neat and clean. Blech. That would be boring!
ReplyDeleteAll color is beautiful and nature sometimes creates some wonderful accidents.
ReplyDelete