Early Summer Blooms

I decided to group my early summer blooms in colors. So, I went wild with the Picasa collages!

These are some of the purple-colored blooms found in my backyard garden. The pansy (upper left corner) are prolific self-seeders as this one did. Unfortunately, the blooms are not as huge as the ones I had planted last year (which was a hybrid).

Notice that the one in the left lower corner: this is a "petal-less" Zinnia! The one above it is a Calendula which is a self seeding annual. I wish I had scattered some of the seeds for the front garden as they bloom all summer long.
The pink flowers come in various shades; some with a hint of lavender or just a blush. The Echinacea (bottom left corner), for example, is very pale, almost white. This is the first bloom but there are more to come!
These are the true blues. I had more but they are categorically not summer blooms. Besides, the Picasa only allows me to use pictures in the same folder. I had originally wanted blues and whites as a "calming" palette for the gardens but I found that they are not that showy at all. The colors blend in the shadows so, one really needs to be up close to view them properly.

This collection, of course, is not all inclusive as I discover much later that some of the photos I had taken were not focused. I will have to be more diligent in organizing my photos.

I hope you enjoyed viewing them as much as I had fun creating them. You may have noticed that I opted not to label the plants this time. (That was an exercise meant for me to remember their names!)