Wednesday, March 7, 2012

It's definitely not blue.....!!

A red hot pink image to go with the red hot weather here in Perth, with the over 35C forecast for the next ten days, possibly more, it's getting harder to keep lawns green and plants alive with water rationed to sprinkler use only two days a week! Pots and baskets can be hand watered and believe me they need it every couple of days. I've had this pink Azalea in a shallow pot for the last eight years, it sits in the full blisteringly hot sun in summer and whatever mother nature throws it's way for the rest of the year, amazingly it flowers at least three times a year, that's what I call good value oui! Happy Wednesday.....

32 comments:

  1. Red hot and pink. Lovely. I love azaleas. They don't get the same heat in Hartford, although July and August can be pretty hot.

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  2. beautiful Azalea...what ever you're doing seems to agree with it!

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  3. wonderful colour !

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  4. Beautiful azalea! Our area is famous for its azaleas - used to have an annual Azalea Festival with the queen being chosen from one of the NATO countries. Now it is called the Norfolk NATO Festival...but it still coincides with the blooming of the azaleas in the Botanical Gardens...April. Very lovely photo!

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  5. Azaleas are amazing...love the saturation here. I think a lot of people would probably exchange their cold for your heat! :-)

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  6. Lovely! Aren't there floods in some areas of Australia? Maybe in Victoria?

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  7. Hot! Hot!! Hot!!! Azaleas are my kind of flowers -- survivalists. Stay cool.

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  8. island blooms are tough!



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  9. These are GORGEOUS, Grace! Such gorgeous colors! I wish I could send you some of our weather -- it was beautiful today, cool, blue skies and lots of sun, for a change!! Of course, it won't hang around for long, but I'll enjoy it while it's here! Stay cool!!

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  10. Pretty in pink! These are wonderful!

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  11. Those must be very unique azaleas that it flowers three times a year. Here, in this part of the state, they only flower once a year. The picture is really bright; it can make any room very if you can make it big, print it out and hang in the room.

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  12. Beautiful splash of colour in your oven! :-)

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  13. That's amazing they have survived in this heat - beautiful colour Grace.

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  14. Tropical colours, wondeful burst of warmth- hope you cope with the heat.

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  15. It's like a firework of color and beauty!

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  16. Ah ... did it have to be blue? No matter - RED hot works for me!!!

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  17. Muy buenas fotos..hasta huelen..un besazo desde Murcia...

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  18. a great title for a excellent shot

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  19. What a splash of pinks! I agree with Bergson, it's a clever title :-)

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  20. Here our azaleas bloom for a few weeks in the spring and that's it. We do have a variety called Encore that blooms more often. I can't imagine keeping a potted one going year round.
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  21. Hi Grace! I think you're right on. I've got a special bookmark section of the blogs on which I comment regularly. One-click and I'm where I want to be.

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  22. Wonderful to see Grace....blue it is not x

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  23. Ouch, ouch, ouch! So hot over in the West...
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