Phlowers – Spring Festival #4 – Purple-Blue Shades

On April 9, 2026 By TimelessladyIn Phlowers15 Comments

Week #4 of The Day After’s challenge finds me in sync with Dawn’s post of Just Shades of Purple. I can relate to anyone who loves the color purple. I also found an abundance of beautiful purples blossoming, shades from bluish-purple to a true lavender.

Violets are a welcome sight in Spring. They can be invasive, but I don’t mind that in the least. In a hard-to-weed garden border, its exuberant leafing out saves me hours of labor every summer. They are also the primary host plant for the Frittalary Butterfly.

The lovely Periwinkle is one of the first flowers of Spring.

Grape hyacinths have spread from a dozen or so bulbs my son gave me years ago. They have naturalized and even show up in the lawn.

Lavender and purple combine perfectly in a beautiful viola blossom. Thanks to Dawn for hosting this Festival Challenge.

Phlowers – Johnny Jumped Up/Spring Festival Week #2

On March 28, 2026 By TimelessladyIn Phlowers3 Comments

Oh the joy of a volunteer flower. This week as I was inspecting flowerbeds and dreaming of the coming blossoms, this perky little Johnny-Jump-Up surprised me growing in the grass near the mailbox. I love volunteers. I couldn’t leave him there; the lawnmower or the mailman’s boots would eventually do away with him. I scooped the flower out of the moist ground easily and he is now safely growing in a small terracotta pot.

There is nothing bashful about a Johnny-Jump-Up. Even better, they are among the best Spring blooms for flower pressing.

This post is part of The Day After blog – Spring Festival 2026 Week 2. Thanks to Dawn for hosting.