SWEETPEAS AND OTHERS IN THE RAIN

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    Yeah, I know, it rained all last night and mostly all of today but when I got home tonight I still had a walk around the garden, with a Waterproof jacket on and a camera in hand, in the fading light and came up with some colour and rain coated leaves shining in the grey light.
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    So even a walk in the twilight in a damp, rain soaked garden will find something to smile about.:hapydancsmil:
     
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      What's that with the almost black leaf with bold orange veins Armandii?
       
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      6th picture down, Clueless??? That's Canna Durban which reflects rain nicely because of the dark colour it's also in flower:

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        There are so many people in placesall over the world that would dearly love to see raindrops Armandii,
        thank you for sharing yours with us this evening,
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          Lovely pics Armandii,it made me stop and think how lovely rain is:rolleyespink:can't believe i just said that but that's how i felt wheni saw your pics:wub2:
           
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            Your doing your camera justice,lovely pics :blue thumb: Are they captain blues sweet peas from seedaholic armandii?? mine are still doing well and ive sown seed from which have started to sprout already :hapydancsmil:
            Whats the leaf in pic 11 ?? palm of some kind ?? :ThankYou: xx
             
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            Its really nice. I might have a read up on them later to see if they might work in my back garden.
             
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            And don't they smell simply divine after a little bit of moisture? That is my observation, at least! :dbgrtmb:
             
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              There is it's "counterpart" too, Clueless, which is Pretoria:
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                Hi Joolz, I bought about 4 different kinds of Sweetpea seeds altogether, two being from Seedaholics and they were Heirloom Grandiflora and White Pearl. The other two were two blue ones of which names I forget.......you'd think after going through all the trouble of sowing and bringing them on I'd remember. My only excuse was that my Green House was full of seed trays this Spring with all the sowing I did:heehee:
                Yes, the No.11 pic is a Palm....a Pheonix Palm, of which I have 3 and also 3 Washingtonia Palms dotted around in pots in the borders, and that's a red Begonia mixing with it.:snork:

                You're right, Mum, the Sweetpeas do smell delicious when it's wet!
                 
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