A recent visit to the local garden center was a great way to get a flower fix for the week.
(It's a good thing there's no charge for looking and taking pictures.)
We don't have space for outdoor plants here -- and pretty much the only way I can keep houseplants alive is through pictures like this one.
Spring flowers here in Florida are far more flamboyant than those we'd see if we were in Oregon (where we did do some gardening years ago).
The quieter spring flowers -- violets, primroses, even daffodils and tulips -- don't grow here and we miss them. The potted African violets reminded me of the little purple ones that used to grow wild in our Oregon yard (and still do at our kids' place).
THIS POST IS LINKED TO TODAY'S FLOWERS.
LOVE flowers...just couldnt live without them..I guess the answer for you is container gardens
Posted by: Nike Blazer | September 14, 2011 at 06:04 PM
what a lovely flowers.
Posted by: Mica | April 06, 2011 at 12:36 AM
that collage is amazing!
I enjoy the garden center too
Posted by: dianne | March 15, 2011 at 07:41 AM
I LOVE flowers...just couldnt live without them..I guess the answer for you is container gardens. Here I have plenty of space but the soil is SO poor it grows very litte--leached by old cotton growing then topped off by timber pine that does not noursih the soil...if I get one flower I drool over it till it fades-
I love that collage great presentation of the flowers!!
Posted by: Sondra | March 15, 2011 at 07:06 AM
ooooh so pretty. I have at last successfully kept alive 4 pots of African Violets. At least without a garden you are saving your back. Mine is on the way out.
Posted by: diane | March 14, 2011 at 11:51 PM
What a delight. I needed the eye candy right about now. As you will see when you visit my post on todays weather.
Posted by: Rita aka Cashjocky | March 14, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Those African Violets would probably travel ok but I know how little room ther is in the Roadtrek. It is hard enough to store what we need.
Posted by: Martha Z | March 14, 2011 at 08:26 AM
beautiful, and so springlike - most welcome this time of year. Interesting, isn't it, how we get attached to the flora and fauna of a place? I still miss my wrens from back in Virginia.
Posted by: Wren | March 14, 2011 at 07:45 AM
The daffodil I posted was the first spring bloom I've seen. It was near the river where it's a little warmer. There is nothing in my yard yet.
May I ask how you made that collage of snapshots? A great way to not post a lot of pictures.
Posted by: Carletta | March 13, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Lovely flowers!
Posted by: Inger-Marie Sæverud | March 13, 2011 at 05:43 PM
Geez! The violets and purples are overflowing with beauty! What a great variety. Some of our gardens here charge entrance fee, and I always ask permission to take photos.
Just visited two gardens today....
Posted by: Ebie | March 13, 2011 at 05:31 PM
Looooovely!!
Posted by: Francisca | March 13, 2011 at 03:58 PM
I like these african violets particullary the lilac-purple ones with white edges !
I have two pots of them at home, but they are violet, and another little pot : the leaves are wavy !
Posted by: Annie | March 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM
P.S. It's 07-00 Sunday, in UK.
Posted by: Hazel | March 12, 2011 at 11:14 PM
A lovely splash of colour! We had a few dry, sunny days and now it's dull and wet again! I'm waiting to see if a few large shrubs show any sign of buds after our severest winter ever.
Posted by: Hazel | March 12, 2011 at 11:12 PM
I love African violets and the way they bring a hint of exotic colour into my world. Great photos! Nice to see some colour and flowers...
Posted by: Lady Fi | March 12, 2011 at 10:20 PM
One flower we DO have right now is trillium! They're just starting to show.
Posted by: Mike B. | March 12, 2011 at 08:52 PM
Fabulous flower fix; lovely photos all of them. The African Violets remind me of my grandmother who used have them in pots on her windowsill - I can't imagine having them grow wild. It must be a beautiful sight.
Posted by: Marilyn | March 12, 2011 at 05:06 PM
I love violets though I don't have any indoors right now. They take a little too much TLC for my haphazard schedule. My Mother had a "green thumb" and violets were a specialty. I was embarrasses as a child because she would "pinch" (in both senses of the word) a leaf when we visited greenhouses and propagate a plant from it.
Posted by: Barb | March 12, 2011 at 04:02 PM
Just the thing to look at on a cool dreary day. I like the way you did the montage. (I hope that's the right word for all those pictures put together.)
Posted by: Margot | March 12, 2011 at 02:37 PM