Squares in September: Pink #Plumeria

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Squares in September: Pink #Plumeria

September 21, 2018

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I am excited to contribute to Becky’s photo challenge Squares in September, In the Pink!

While in San Diego for my 40th high school reunion last week, we stayed at my daughter’s house. All around her neighborhood are yards and gardens lush with plumeria, my other favorite flower!

I love how this cluster peeked at me from its leaves! I was “tickled pink” to discover these, and then take multiple photos!

Plumeria are native to Hawaii, but each time I have visited there was during January, a month they do not bloom!

My daughter has been busy with her garden and I hope to have convinced her to plant a couple plumeria!

What is your favorite flower?

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31 responses to “Squares in September: Pink #Plumeria”

drtanya@saltedcaramel

Oct 31, 2018 at 11:56 am

Reblogged this on Salted Caramel and commented:
The colours are so vibrant

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Oct 31, 2018 at 12:13 pm
  
  the link says “page not found.” 😦 But thank you for attempting to share my posts!
  
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  1. drtanya@saltedcaramel
    
    Oct 31, 2018 at 7:29 pm
    
    I am so sorry it didn’t upload even though I tried again.
    
    I don’t give up easily.
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Molly Stevens – Shallow Reflections

Sep 23, 2018 at 4:10 am

I love peonies even though I don’t have any in my garden. My favorite flower varies with whatever is blooming. Right now we have sedum turning a lovely pink and they are my favorites along with choral bells. My lilies are still producing blossoms, too – hanging in there before cold weather shuts them down. I also have four African violets that are covered with blossoms and since they entertain me year round, perhaps I’ll cast my vote for them as my overall favorite. Gorgeous photo, Terri!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 23, 2018 at 6:10 pm
  
  Thanks so much, Molly! Honestly, I’ve never seen a flower I didn’t love 🙂
  
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Graham

Sep 22, 2018 at 11:47 pm

I share you enthusiasm for plumeria. There’s a certain creamy softness to them that I find very pleasing. I’d also cast a vote for mock orange flowers, not particularly striking, but so fragrant a a magnet for bees. Also like the bird of paradise flowers here for their drama and the fact that geckos love them.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 23, 2018 at 6:12 pm
  
  I haven’t seen the mock orange around Southern Cal, but see BOP here and in San Diego!
  
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Hugh’s Views and News

Sep 22, 2018 at 6:35 am

Lovely flowers, Terri. My favourite flowers are snowdrops. They usually come up at the end of January and last until mid-March. My favourite plant is Holly. I remember going Holly picking every December when I was a child. Our neighbours would pay me for bunches of Holly. The more red berries the holly had, the more money I would get. It was a great way of making some extra pocket-money as a child.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 22, 2018 at 7:28 am
  
  Thanks, Hugh! Holly picking sounds interesting, but I hope you wore gloves, aren’t they full of thorns? I don’t think we’re in the right climate zone for snowdrops or decent holly.
  
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  1. Hugh’s Views and News
    
    Sep 23, 2018 at 2:58 am
    
    No thorns on the Holly plant, Terri, but their leaves are very prickly, so you do have to wear gloves when picking it. I rather like decorating holly bushes with fairy lights at Christmas time. It gives the garden a festive feel, especially with the deep red of the berry against the green of the holly leaf. Can you tell I’m already gearing up for Christmas? 🎅
    
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  2. Terri Webster Schrandt
    
    Sep 23, 2018 at 6:11 pm
    
    Oh yes, the leaves are pointy!! Shows how little I see those, but they are a beautiful plant, Hugh!
    
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weavingword

Sep 21, 2018 at 10:11 pm

Gorgeous photo, Terri!

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RetirementallyChallenged.com

Sep 21, 2018 at 4:43 pm

Another votes for peonies! We can’t grow them here (except maybe with a greenhouse and an extra-large green thumb) but Trader Joe’s sells them seasonally and I try to buy a bunch or two then. I love plumeria too (and, of course, we can grow them here 🙂 ). The scent is heavenly. You photo is lovely… just perfect for the prompt.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 5:30 pm
  
  Peonies seem to be popular today, probably too extreme weather changes up here for them to thrive. Thanks, Janis!
  
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Michele @liferedesign101

Sep 21, 2018 at 1:07 pm

I remember seeing huge patches of plumeria in Hawaii and loving them. I also love the smell. We don’t have them here. I saw the conversation above about peony. I had four of five huge peony plants in my last house and they were beautiful. There is nothing like a big bunch of peony in the early summer. They look and smell heavenly but don’t last long.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 2:04 pm
  
  I had to google peonies, they are certainly gorgeous and I can understand why you and Donna love them!
  
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Na’ama Yehuda

Sep 21, 2018 at 12:33 pm

So pretty!
I love these, too.
Can’t really pick a favorite flower, because I love so many of them, and most of all, enjoy seeing them in their real homes (i.e. attached to their roots and in the ground, wherever it is they are growing), in all their phases. Such a riot of color, nature through flowers is! 🙂 Na’ama

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 12:50 pm
  
  It’s funny, my sis-in-law also loves sunflowers and my daughter has a small sunflower tattoo. I got a small tattoo years ago of a plumeria when I visited Hawaii for the first time. But like you, I like to see flowers alive!
  
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Carol Carlisle

Sep 21, 2018 at 10:08 am

Fabulous for the Challenge! I can smell them from here 😎🌸

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 12:51 pm
  
  Thanks, Carol!
  
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Retirement Reflections

Sep 21, 2018 at 9:42 am

What a stunning photo, Terri!
My favorite flower is the daisy. Until recently I believed that the daisy was my birth month flower (October). I was disappointed to find out that it wasn’t! 🙂

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 9:54 am
  
  Thank you, Donna! I guess I’m silly over those macros 🙂 Daisies are quite lovely and I’m sure you could petition to make it your birthday flower 🙂
  
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Jodie

Sep 21, 2018 at 9:30 am

Plumerias remind me of our honeymoon….how lovely!!
XOXO
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 9:53 am
  
  Pine trees would remind me of my honeymoon! I would love to smell a real plumeria, though! Those I saw did not have a strong floral smell I expected. Were you in Hawaii on your honeymoon?
  
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Janet Mary Cobb

Sep 21, 2018 at 8:43 am

Beautiful – thanks for sharing!

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Lisa Dorenfest

Sep 21, 2018 at 8:04 am

One of my favorite flowers beautifully captured. Your flower images are always a delight.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 9:51 am
  
  Thank you so much, Lisa! I’m fascinated by these and would love to actually smell one ;/
  
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Sharon Bonin-Pratt

Sep 21, 2018 at 7:45 am

My absolute most favorite flower is peony. They won’t grow in California, so I haunt flower stands in spring, waiting for bundled stems to arrive. Then take home about 6 stems and enjoy their extraordinary beauty and scent for two weeks. And wait another 50 weeks for peonies to arrive in Orange County again.

But I do love your photo of pink plumeria. My dad planted a slim stalk in the back yard of his new home. Ten years later it had grown the size of a pink Cadillac, a froth of pink blossoms covering the leathery leaves in season. By the time my parents sold the home to move to a condo, the plumeria was the size of a vacation cabin. One of the last things my dad did before they moved out was to make me a pink plumeria lei. When it dried, I kept it in a dish – still there.

Your photo reminds me of those troupes of pink blooms of my dad’s plumeria. Thank you.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Sep 21, 2018 at 7:58 am
  
  That’s terrible I have to wrack my brain for an image of a peony, but I’ll take your word for it, Shari. Soooooo jealous of your dad’s giant plumeria…I would have paid to take photos of it 😁
  
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BeckyB

Sep 21, 2018 at 7:35 am

Tickled pink and pink, how fabulous is that for your first very square entry 🙂

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