Boyd Hill

[hurricanecarol]

Which came first the chicken or the alligator?

Comments

[ghymoreids_mum]

:D
the colours are jusr so clear and beautiful
a type of wisteria?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria
possibly salvia, and snapdragon? your guess is as goos as mine. they're very pretty though

[hurricanecarol]

Wisteria is correct - had numerous comments all agreeing, but my friend told me they take seven years to flower so I guess I won't be planting any of that unless I can find one that is already mature. :-( It smelled so wonderful!

[nebe]

Purple hangy one is definitely a Wisteria. My mum has three in our yard and nearly died a few years back when they flowered for the first time (trivia: they take 7 years to mature to flower). I got into trouble for not photographing them :x

Exquisite photos, mon cheri!

[hurricanecarol]

Thank you. Seven years - OMG...I wanted one like NOW after I smelled it! Bet the garden shops get a pretty penny for mature ones!

[nebe]

Honestly I'm not sure you could buy a mature one because of how they grow. A LOT of people plant them along their porch/fences because they're climbers like ivy, but over time (because they're a tree) they grow so thick that they actually pull the structure apart! It's happening to our fence, but now it's slowly growing UP another tree, so it'll swallow that whole at some point, lol.

[hurricanecarol]

Good idea! I can't wait to see your pics...now if you can just bottle up a bit of the scent and send it to me so I can open it while I am looking at them - lol!

[prokhozhyj]

Nice :).

[hurricanecarol]

Thank you!

[fire_orchid]

I think a more important question would be, "which one would remain standing: the chicken or the alligator?" :P

[tincan_poet]

Beautiful shots, and a scary chicken ;)

I think the chickigator came first :P

[hurricanecarol]

LOL - it was love at first sight!