Tiny little Periwinkle flowers with their vibrant purple petals peep out from among the green ovate leaves of the creeping ground cover plant in a garden border. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro
Ah, our friend Shantha
@shlead.bsky.social
who loves the colour purple just reminded me that it is
#prettypurplethursday
and I have some little #dailyflowers of that colour to share.
#periwinkles
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ECK
"It's an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles."
—Patricia A. McKillip
#periwinkles #flowers #quotes #blooms #nature #photography #beauty #simplicity #raindrops
This glimpse of what’s a rapidly spreading vine of Periwinkles is full of more glossy, pointed green foliage than flowers. But the three little, pale lilac coloured blooms, which have 5 point-tipped petals making a star-shape - with white at the centre - are lovely against that vast green background. These vines are growing low, along the fence, in our small back garden and have actually crept in - a free gift, thanks to Nature - from the alleyway behind our house. They flourish like mad out there, so we will need to keep an eye on them or they’ll overtake as much space as there is to be had! Still, it’s nice to see such Spring-like colour on these barren, cold & grey days of Winter. My partner took this photo, as well as some others with more blooms on them. But this little trio looked loveliest. 🥰-tam💞
#Periwinkles -more #flowers braving #Winter in our #garden Out back, Periwinkles are spreading their glossy-green-leafed vines along our fence, bearing lovely, star-shaped, pale lilac #blooms w/white centres. But we’ll need to keep them in check! #Garden4Wildlife #photography by my partner. -tam💞
Greater Periwinkle blooming, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, August 28, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Flower #Flowers #Nature #Periwinkle #Periwinkles #GreaterPeriwinkle #TheLodgeatTorreyPines #TorreyPines #LaJolla #SanDiego
Greater Periwinkle blooming, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, August 28, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Flower #Flowers #Nature #Periwinkle #Periwinkles #GreaterPeriwinkle #TheLodgeatTorreyPines #TorreyPines #LaJolla #SanDiego
Greater Periwinkle blooming, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, August 28, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Flower #Flowers #Nature #Periwinkle #Periwinkles #GreaterPeriwinkle #TheLodgeatTorreyPines #TorreyPines #LaJolla #SanDiego
Greater Periwinkle blooming, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Torrey Pines, La Jolla, August 28, 2025.
More flora and fauna photos:
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#Flower
#Flowers
#Nature
#Periwinkle
#Periwinkles
#GreaterPeriwinkle
#TheLodgeatTorreyPines
#TorreyPines
#LaJolla
#SanDiego
A diverse assortment of seashells displays a range of natural colours and textures. The shells vary in shape and size, creating an engaging visual arrangement. Their soft pastel hues are set against a neutral background.
Photo a Day 49: Lost Periwinkles
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#Photography #Shells #Seashells #Snails #Periwinkles #Beach #Ocean #Seaside #Sea #Art #Artwork #GiftShop #BuyIntoArt
A mass of glossy, green-leaved Periwinkle vines, growing both along the ground; over an old, disused pot and climbing a bit up the fence. There are small, light purple and white coloured periwinkle flowers dotting the whole mass of green, making it look a bit like “stars” in a green “sky.” Photo by my partner but edited/ “vignetted” by me to accentuate the colours. ~ tam
Closeup view of a few Periwinkles amidst those shiny green leaves* - the flowers have 5 petals which are white in the centre & around edges, but a pale, delicate purple contained in that “border” of white. At the flowers’ centres is a little hollow, which holds the yellow source of nectar - still within reach of bees or other pollinators to feed - much needed food for them early in the year. The vine is seen against a wooden fence. *The leaves look slightly less shiny in this picture: I think in part because it wasn’t taken in sunlight, like the next one. Photo by my partner.
Another closeup of Periwinkle flowers: showcasing one in particular, in sunlight, at the top. This flower has much more of that purple colour - a bit more vivid here than seen in other photos. It’s surrounded, again, by glossy, green leaves. Another periwinkle flower is further down, seen from a side view in the lower left. The whole vine is up against the golden brown, wooden fence which divides our garden from the neighbours’. Again, photo by my partner.
A (green) Sky Full of “Stars”: in this case, #periwinkles
These #flowers grow wild in the alley behind our houses. My partner coaxed some into our #garden where they’ve taken hold, spreading colourful beauty & feeding #bees & other forms of #wildlife But they do need watching or they’ll take over!😳😄
A bed of tiny periwinkles all clustered in a barnacle-lined cleft in limestone rock at Oxwich Bay, Gower. Colours vary from cream to green, grey blue and purple-ish.
#AlphabetChallenge
#LetterUforUnder
#Periwinkles under a rock cleft… with barnacles 💙
#Seashore
