{Crocosmia} 2013

by **Admin** Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:38 am

2013 2013 2013 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 10, we could rescue some beautiful Crocosmia flowers from the rain. They were almost flat on the ground... but still pretty enough for filling a vase. Let me show them to you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPlLe1taTcE/UfXtPx83hlI/AAAAAAAATNI/Q2JvLwRp71M/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPlLe1taTcE/UfXtPx83hlI/AAAAAAAATNI/Q2JvLwRp71M/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are on the new Durango Ambra, Cerdomus GREEN Tiles from Italy, on top of our balcony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather is rather dark  with all our rain for the last weeks on end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our grass has never looked that green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behind our pond you cannot even walk, so soggy and also near the creek...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gq192-5Cbp4/UfXu4Uk899I/AAAAAAAATNU/hH4MlpfhKf0/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gq192-5Cbp4/UfXu4Uk899I/AAAAAAAATNU/hH4MlpfhKf0/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah, a bit of sunshine, it looks brighter now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The name Crocosmia comes from the Greek words for saffron (krokos) and smell (osme).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are from the Iris family, native to the Cape area in South Africa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oeoAVpZjo/UfXvgf-Q4NI/AAAAAAAATNk/oI2yv4iBXHQ/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oeoAVpZjo/UfXvgf-Q4NI/AAAAAAAATNk/oI2yv4iBXHQ/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking lovely in this plain Baccarat crystal vase.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j4W11V1X0s/UfXv1HbBdsI/AAAAAAAATNs/9BNrsTbNi7s/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j4W11V1X0s/UfXv1HbBdsI/AAAAAAAATNs/9BNrsTbNi7s/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are so many varieties of Crocosmia that it is very hard to tell what exactly these are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UtvXiXRB7T0/UfXwBe8uzBI/AAAAAAAATN0/qskfghiCcSc/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UtvXiXRB7T0/UfXwBe8uzBI/AAAAAAAATN0/qskfghiCcSc/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a closeup that I took on my desk in the office... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't you love this beauty?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVQduAXjWk/UfXwP1wVzkI/AAAAAAAATN8/OpYUI8EAbXY/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVQduAXjWk/UfXwP1wVzkI/AAAAAAAATN8/OpYUI8EAbXY/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is taken on the window sill of our office where there was more light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DiIoB-xBBZk/UfXwgf_HQaI/AAAAAAAATOE/eSiRKHCktDw/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DiIoB-xBBZk/UfXwgf_HQaI/AAAAAAAATOE/eSiRKHCktDw/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They look beautiful with so much detail...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-il8xuhstbpo/UfXws4j_K2I/AAAAAAAATOM/8XVkjQ4Clug/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-il8xuhstbpo/UfXws4j_K2I/AAAAAAAATOM/8XVkjQ4Clug/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, shown inside the vase on my desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q9tDBXnebg/UfXw9C7Co4I/AAAAAAAATOU/srDPF3v7hTw/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q9tDBXnebg/UfXw9C7Co4I/AAAAAAAATOU/srDPF3v7hTw/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surprise! One looked quite different...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you have any Crocosmia flowers?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-cerdomus-italian-green-tiles.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Cerdomus Italian GREEN Tiles}</span></a> | previous post by me about our new tiles on balcony<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocosmia" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Crocosmia</span></a> | Info<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><center><a href="https://plus.google.com/100490423051043047646/about" rel="author" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mariette on Google+</span></a></center></div><br> 2013 2013 2013 <br><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">On July 10, we could rescue some beautiful Crocosmia flowers from the rain. They were almost flat on the ground... but still pretty enough for filling a vase. Let me show them to you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPlLe1taTcE/UfXtPx83hlI/AAAAAAAATNI/Q2JvLwRp71M/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xPlLe1taTcE/UfXtPx83hlI/AAAAAAAATNI/Q2JvLwRp71M/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are on the new Durango Ambra, Cerdomus GREEN Tiles from Italy, on top of our balcony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The weather is rather dark  with all our rain for the last weeks on end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our grass has never looked that green.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behind our pond you cannot even walk, so soggy and also near the creek...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gq192-5Cbp4/UfXu4Uk899I/AAAAAAAATNU/hH4MlpfhKf0/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gq192-5Cbp4/UfXu4Uk899I/AAAAAAAATNU/hH4MlpfhKf0/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah, a bit of sunshine, it looks brighter now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The name Crocosmia comes from the Greek words for saffron (krokos) and smell (osme).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are from the Iris family, native to the Cape area in South Africa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oeoAVpZjo/UfXvgf-Q4NI/AAAAAAAATNk/oI2yv4iBXHQ/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oeoAVpZjo/UfXvgf-Q4NI/AAAAAAAATNk/oI2yv4iBXHQ/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+3.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking lovely in this plain Baccarat crystal vase.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j4W11V1X0s/UfXv1HbBdsI/AAAAAAAATNs/9BNrsTbNi7s/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--j4W11V1X0s/UfXv1HbBdsI/AAAAAAAATNs/9BNrsTbNi7s/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are so many varieties of Crocosmia that it is very hard to tell what exactly these are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UtvXiXRB7T0/UfXwBe8uzBI/AAAAAAAATN0/qskfghiCcSc/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UtvXiXRB7T0/UfXwBe8uzBI/AAAAAAAATN0/qskfghiCcSc/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a closeup that I took on my desk in the office... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't you love this beauty?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVQduAXjWk/UfXwP1wVzkI/AAAAAAAATN8/OpYUI8EAbXY/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVQduAXjWk/UfXwP1wVzkI/AAAAAAAATN8/OpYUI8EAbXY/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is taken on the window sill of our office where there was more light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DiIoB-xBBZk/UfXwgf_HQaI/AAAAAAAATOE/eSiRKHCktDw/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DiIoB-xBBZk/UfXwgf_HQaI/AAAAAAAATOE/eSiRKHCktDw/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They look beautiful with so much detail...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-il8xuhstbpo/UfXws4j_K2I/AAAAAAAATOM/8XVkjQ4Clug/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-il8xuhstbpo/UfXws4j_K2I/AAAAAAAATOM/8XVkjQ4Clug/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, shown inside the vase on my desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q9tDBXnebg/UfXw9C7Co4I/AAAAAAAATOU/srDPF3v7hTw/s1600/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q9tDBXnebg/UfXw9C7Co4I/AAAAAAAATOU/srDPF3v7hTw/s640/Crocosmia+Mariette's+Back+to+Basics+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surprise! One looked quite different...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you have any Crocosmia flowers?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Related links:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-cerdomus-italian-green-tiles.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">{Our Cerdomus Italian GREEN Tiles}</span></a> | previous post by me about our new tiles on balcony<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocosmia" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Crocosmia</span></a> | Info<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><center><a href="https://plus.google.com/100490423051043047646/about" rel="author" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mariette on Google+</span></a></center></div><br>2013 2013 2013 <br> <a href="http://www.matrixar.com/" title="Matrix ">المصفوفة : أجمل الخلفيات والصور</a>