Blooms Inside the Tinker Bell's Butterfly Garden

Our visit to EPCOT in Disney World was just done in few hours. We wanted to stick to the plan: take three rides, stay in Future World and take photos in few areas there and the entrance. I tell you what, we were roaming about 30% in Future World areas. Yes, there is so much to see around but, since we have a pass holder, we are not in a hurry. We can comeback anytime. I already posted few photos of the topiary display in EPCOT as well as the fairy houses display. I still have more photo's to share though and for now, these are the flowers found in Tinker Bell's Butterfly garden.

This is one of my favorites. The blooms just explode.

I am not sure if this belongs to sunflower family.

Here's another color.

I like this too, it's like a scepter.

This is pretty too in fact, I got this one in my garden one time.

Here is Tinker Bell standing at the side exit/entrance of the garden.

This flower is my most favorite.

Very Pretty

This flower is nice too.

I think this flower is called Everlasting.

This is another color of everlasting flower.

That's all for now. What do you think?

#ButterflyTopiary : International Flower and Garden Festival in EPCOT

My husband and I were at EPCOT in #DisneyWorld last Thursday to see the #InternationalFlowerandGardenFestival which is presented by #HGTV. My goodness, fun is in bloom indeed. We love taking the monorail because it is really cool to see part of EPCOT up above the monorail tracks. The first blooms that I saw was the garden near the Tinker Bell's Butterfly Garden. It was so colorful and the Disney Character topiaries are gigantic so it was beautiful and visible up above.

We decided to stay in Future World and take 3 rides. I already reserved my fast pass online but, since hubby can't get his fast pass, we took the standby. We won't be long anyway coz we get tired from walking around so; I  told hubby that we will stay in Future World and take the photos of Topiaries and the garden display at the entrance. We will be back next time before the festival ends.

As we were walking towards the Tinker Bells's Butterfly Garden, this giant Butterfly Topiary caught my eyes. Such a gorgeous display don't you think? There are over a 100 topiary displays in Epcot. Some topiaries are favorite Disney Characters and some are seasonal topiaries so; every year is truly different. We did not go to World Showcase.

It is spring break so; it is super crowded in Disney World.  All the rides have 30 to 80 minutes stand by , crazy right? If you plan to visit Disney World, get your ticket ahead of time and reserve your fast pass online or on your cellphone.  You save time and your energy will not be wasted with the queue. With our case, it is alright because we have a yearly pass and we can visit anytime on weekdays and in any parks. We can take the standby of 30 max. When we went to Soarin' Attraction, the wait time is 80 minutes LOL. We did not go. We took the Land instead and it was pretty interesting.

The Amazing topiary displays are in the World Showcase area. I will take photos of the topiaries in that area on our next visit. I really wanted to go there alone though LOL. My husband hates to walk from pavilion to pavilion. Goodness! LOL!

Yep, for now , I am sharing this butterfly display.  I took more photos inside the Tinker Bell's butterfly garden. If you love flowers, I use the zoom feature of my camera phone and take photos to some blooms and the flowers are all pretty.

I hope you enjoyed viewing the butterfly display. Do you think you can you make this art work in your garden? Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow for another exciting and interesting photos. have a great day!

More Blooms in my Garden

It is summer time and it is so good to be out in the yard. Hubby and I spent most of our time in the gazebo. In fact, we have our brunch at the gazebo and enjoying the cool breeze from the river. Not only that we enjoyed the breeze, we also enjoyed watching the flowers in blooms. This is my Kalanchoe, a succulent flowering plants. We had our thunderstorms the other day, it fell down and I thought it will not survive. Look at it, still in blooms

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I know, I took a lot of photos of these flowers. They are just gorgeous. How about you? What flowers do you have in your garden?

Snapdragons in Bloom

Here is another photo that I took from my garden today. The blooms are just so beautiful. Snapdragons are known to be cold-season annual plants. They do best in full or partial sun as well as in well drained soil. Here in Florida where the heat is a scorcher, this plant is like a baby that I need to water everyday.

 

Snapdragons are fascinating plants because when you gently squeeze the sides of the intricately shaped flower, you will see the jaws of a dragon head snap closed. The blooms come in gorgeous colors, including some with amazing color variations on each flower. I have red and white in the garden right now. I was reading on how to re-plant it and it's really easy because snapdragons are an outstanding cut flower. Snapdragons are cool-season annual, and a great for fall color. Check out this plant in the garden store in your area.

Flowers Have Meanings

Most of us love to receive flowers for special occasions such as birthdays, graduations, weddings and anniversaries. With flowers, the sender can express a range of emotion like friendship, everlasting love, loyalty, concealed love and more. When someone is unable to express the feeling of love and care, flowers can speak the volume of emotion. Flowers are sent and meant for all occasion therefore, whoever received them surely brings a delightful smile on the recipient's face.

When a person lives far away from his dearly beloved, the means of communication would be flowers to deliver, phone calls and the Internet. All these ignite and touch every string of emotions between each other. Flowers are oftentimes the weakness of women and they tend to give meaning of the kind and colors of the flowers.
Some people give flowering plants to their love one so they can add the variety in her Gardening hobby. I prefer to receive a flowering plant from my husband so that I can add it in my collection. Whether you send a flower to express your love, sympathy, peace offering, or fidelity, just make sure that the flower you selected is right for that occasion. Check out the links if you want to order flowers today.

Simple Bloom

This is a flower that I took from the community garden in the village. I really do not know what kind of flower is this. Do you know?
I thought this is a beautiful subject to capture and it ain't bad. Afterall, I only use my blackberry phone.

Hafner Wedding Florist

My niece will have a December wedding and all of us (immediate family) will be there to attend her most special day. Everyone is excited and her parents decided to hire a wedding planner to avoid the stress of planning a wedding. A week ago, they have line up everything and completed except her wedding gown. She was torn between two designs but other that, everything is smoothly planned. I thought they ordered the wedding bouquet and wedding flowers Toledo because it looks like the picture above. Well, the bouquet of my niece is not from them but, I did mention that the wedding florists in Toledo have the artistic hands when it comes to designing an elegant floral arrangement. Their creations are beautiful and luxurious. If you click the links here, you will see the pictures of their creations. If you live in Ohio, you are so lucky because Hafner, a family owned and operated company provides the services as Toledo wedding florists. Their prices are flexible especially for those costs conscious individual. Their flowers are in high quality blooms from domestic as well as imported from other countries. Check it out if you are looking for an expert florist. Meantime, my niece is happy and excited right this second. We hope that everything will be fine on the wedding day.

Window Flower Boxes

I love gardening especially flower and vegetable gardens. It is very obvious with my past blog posts. I talk about my beautiful blooming flowers and my produce in the vegetable garden. It was fun and in fact, my husband got into gardening too with his potted tomato plant. But, since we moved to another place, we left behind the garden that we love.Anyway, the house of my father-in-law has flower boxes at the side of the front door. I like it because it has a nice decorative design and it serves as a nice accent at the entrance way. It is very inviting and warm if you have flowers in your garden. If you use a flower box to accent your window then, you might as well get a windowbox. The house decorated with window boxes just like the picture above is very inviting and it adds to the beauty of the house. If you planted fresh flower on the box, it adds a pleasant sight to your property, right? So, if you want to add colors and life to your windows and front porch, put a finishing touches of flower box. Visit the links to find out where you can buy this product.

Just Beautiful

I enjoyed gardening and I just love flowers just like this picture below. I don't know the name of this flower but, they sure looks pretty in bloom. I took this picture outside our sunroom using my BlackBerry phone. Isn't it beautiful?Hubby and I can't wait to purchase a house that has a good size garden for me. At present, we live in a condo which we bought last year. This is our first property and we did just close another bid which we purchase as an income property. We are still looking for a house and if we can find one, the condo that we live now will become our second income property. I sure would like to have a garden full of beautiful flowering plants. Hoping we can find our dream house soon.

Water Lilies

I watched the water lilies bloom everyday. When I was growing up, our house is at the edge of Cagayan de Oro River. We have a small wooden window over looking the river view. Back then, the river was deep and clean. On the shallow waters, beautiful lilies grew wildly. Some smells good that when the wind blows, the smell of lilies floating like healing scents.

Sometimes, I would pick them and offer it to the altar. By just looking at the picture above, it reminds me of my younger days which were full of FUN TIMES!

Chrysanthemum

This is one of my favorite flowers. Usually it is called mums or chrysanthemum. The blooms of this flower are composed of many individual florets. Each floret is capable of producing seed. The disk florets are in the center of the bloom head while the ray florets are on the perimeter. The disk florets are considered perfect flowers for they possess both male and female
reproductive organs.Here are the kinds of mums:

Reflex: The disk florets are concealed and the ray florets reflex outwards to create a mop like appearance.

Regular Incurve: Similar to the irregular incurves, only usually smaller blooms, with nearly perfect globular form. Disk florets are completely concealed. They used to be called 'Chinese'.

Decorative: Similar to reflex blooms without the mop like appearance. Disk florets are completely concealed, ray florets usually don't radiate at more than a 90 degree angle to the stem.

Intermediate Incurve: These blooms are in-between the Irregular and Regular incurves in both size and form. They usually have broader florets and a more loosely composed bloom. Again, the disk florets are completely concealed.

Pompon:The blooms are fully double, of small size, and almost completely globular in form.

Single/Semi-Double: These blooms have completely exposed disk florets, with between 1 and 7 rows of ray florets, usually radiating at not more than a 90 degree angle to the stem.

Anemone: The disk florets are prominently featured, quite often raised and overshadowing the ray florets.


A red chrysanthemumSpoon: The disk florets are visible and the long tubular ray florets are spatulate.


Chrysanthemum morifolium - an example of Spoon shaped bloom.Quill: The disk florets are completely concealed, and the ray florets are tube like.

Hydrangea

Last year, I bought a flowering plant called Hydrangea. This plant is native to southern and eastern Asia such as China, Japan and Korea. Right now it is a blooming shrub and the flowers really look beautiful.

I gathered some information online that hydrangea can change colors. I remember buying a pink hydrangea but as of this year, the flowers turned blue. If you have this flowering plant in your garden, you can change your hydrangea from pink to blue by adding aluminum to the soil. And, to change from blue to pink hydrangea, just subtract aluminum from the soil. Amazing!

Flowers in Bloom

In Florida and Mississippi, the heat will really burn your skin if you stay outdoor. Some residents love to soaked themselves under the scorching heat of the sun aiming to get a tan colored skin. Others stay indoors and enjoying the taste of the cool drink caramel frappe or frapuccino. I belong to second description and I can't stand the heat! One thing that is worth waiting for in a season like this is our garden.

We have these flowers blooming more as the heat rises. As if they are more beautiful under the scorching heat of the sun.
The lily smells good too and loving its shady area where it can see the sun in 300 degrees.
The azalea is pretty but, soon it will wither and that is it's nature.
The tulips though it is in full bloom is like azalea. But, I am enjoying their beauty as long as it lasts. What blooming flowers do you have in your garden?
Enjoy the sun and look for positive blessings in your backyard. Have fun!

Beautiful Flower

I took this beautiful flower in the garden of Boom town, somewhere in Biloxi, Mississippi. I was just attracted with red flower and I do not know the name of this variety. Do you know? It looks like the tail of a cat but grew in group. I had one in my garden but, it only has one each stem. Just like to share it with you guys. Thanks for the visit. See you in your blog.

Flowering Plants

I always love gardening. I just stayed home waiting for job to come to me...hahaha, kidding, I am just having this gardening to keep me busy. Here are some of the plants that survive the summer heat.

Though we have so many withered plants which I can't save really, I am satisfied that some survive.

The periwinkles survive because it grows through most of the year. It grows well in shaded areas without water and will grow fine in direct sunlight if watered occasionally.

This plant, I forgot the name....heheehe. More flowers in here.

I planted those flowers in the middle area- shown here.

I planted some seeds in a flower pot and have it grown already. I will transfer this in the ground once it's ready.

Here are the other flowers in that flower bed in the middle.
We have roses too at the front yard, they bloom a lot. We have less than 10 varieties of roses in the garden. How about you? Do you have a garden?