they're simply beautiful

the sun set a little slower this evening and it sent a really clear light across the garden in the back of my home. i have a bush with yellow leaves - chrome yellow - and i loved the way it was glowing so i went outside with my camera and took some pictures. while i was there i saw a few other plants who were looking radiant and happy in the way that plants do when they hit that sweet spot in the year and know there is nothing but sunshine, rain, rich soil and care in their future!!

you'll notice that when i write about my garden, i rarely refer to the plants by their names. you see, at the time i buy or am given the plants, i know what they are. but later on, when someone comments on them, or asks me what i grow, or when i post pictures here i have no idea what most of them are. if you want to tell me what these plants are then please write a comment and i'll add it into this entry!!!

these guys started appearing a few years ago and have gradually established a place for themselves - well it's a growing presence actually because they spread a little bit each time the earth goes 'round the sun. i think they're violets. i really like these little flowers. they're on a bush i planted about five years ago. i love the way they are spreading across this small boulder . . . this beautiful plant grows in an obscure corner, almost forgotten but its bright red stem and coral flowers allow it to shine without being front and centre . . . to be really honest though the artist in me loves the background behind the flower more than the flower itself . . . is that wrong?