Purple wisteria racemes. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. March 2026. My garden

Abundance is what comes to mind when I see the wisteria in my garden. So many recemes (I learned that is the name for a wisteria cluster!) hanging from the roof of the arbor, and bees buzzing around incessantly!

#ThankfulThursday
#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

Two pinkish flower blooms, in the garden

"Purple is my favorite color. It makes me think of spring and summer. A purple dress, eating grapes, lilacs -- I love purple."
~ Angela Yee

🌱 On this day of baseball welcoming (YAY!), I wish a bit of #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜🩷💜 to all the kind #GardenersofBlueSky 🐝 (They're pink, huh?)

Butterfly bush bloom against a blue sky

#PrettyPurpleThursday
#ButterflyBush
#flowers
#ECK
#photographersunited
#photography

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

Four purple irises with yellow streaks and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. March 19, 2026. My garden.

Fresh from my garden this morning. Gorgeous purple Dutch irises. They seem to have multiplied since I planted a couple of bulbs two years ago.

#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

Purple rose bloom, in the garden

"If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime."
~ Swedish Proverb

A very happy #PrettyPurpleThursday, my friends. Stay cool!

#Bloomscrolling 💜 #FlowerReport 🩷 #Gardening 🌱 #Zone10a 🐝

Close-up of purple lupines. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. At a local nursery.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Take that step.

Wishing a lovely evening and a fantastic Friday. 💜

#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#macro

A close-up of lupine buds.
#newbeginnings

Purple freesias, buds. and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. March 2026. From a neighborhood walk.

"...So should true friendship be, -a constant thing
In sunshine or beneath a gloomy sky,
...
bright and helpful and encouraging
When days are dark and other comforts fly."
- Robert Henry Forster

#prettypurplethursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse #ECK

Jacaranda bloom, fallen on the hood of a red car

"Man’s hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or moaning dove."
~ Ralph Ellison

Let's see all your purple on this #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜

#Bloomscrolling 🌱 #Gardening 🐝 #Zone10a 🪻 #FlowerReport

Purple Hebe franciscana 'Variegata' and leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a local nursery.

Hedge flowers can be quite captivating. Don't you agree?
This is hebe franciscana 'Variegata.' (I'm told!)

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

#prettypurplethursday

Purple bloom, white stringy center, green leaves and light in the background

"I don't have a purple problem, I have a purple passion!
~ Jackie Harmon Sweeney

🌱 Wishing all the lovie #GardenersofBlueSky a joyous #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜 and all the purple it will bring!

🌷 #Bloomscrolling 🪻 #FlowerReport ☮️ #Gardening 🐝 #Zone10a

Purple lantanas surrounded by greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. My garden.

A cozy corner in my garden filled with purple lantanas.
Time for a trim!

#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

A purple iris leaf with yellow and white streaks and other smaller irises. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. Febriary 2026.

"I only wanted, one time, to see you laughing
I only want to see you laughing
In the purple rain..." - Prince.

#prettypurplethursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

Bright purple Morning Glory bloom, hints of garden showing in the background

“Watching something grow is good for morale. It helps us believe in life.”
~ Myron Kaufmann

Sending all sorts of love and joy to the #GardenersOfBlueSky on this glorious 💜 #PrettyPurpleThursday 🌱

#Bloomscrolling 🪻 #FlowerReport 🌷 #Gardening 🐝 #Zone10a

A close-up of a purple orchid. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. Website reference for Confucius verse: https://magnifissance.com/arts/traditional-chinese-arts/chinese-poems-about-flowers

气若兰兮长不改，心若兰兮终不移。
Temperament like the orchid’s never-changing fragrance,
Heart like the orchid’s never-moving core.
- Attributed to Confucius.

Wishing you a lovely evening and Friday! 💜

#prettypurplethursday
#orchids
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#imageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

#bloomscrolling #PrettyPurpleThursday Clematis 'Will Barron' #Garden

Mauve rose bud pictured against garden background

“Let your imagination run wild in shades of purple.”
~ Salvador Dalí

🌱 On this cold (very, for us!) #PrettyPurpleThursday ~ I hope you get a little time in your garden.

She's purple, right?

💜 #BloomScrolling 🪻 #FlowerReport 🐝 #Gardening 🌸 #Zone10a 🌹 #GardenersOfBlueSky

A macro shot of lavender flowers, a bee, and green stalks. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. My garden.

Come this summer, I can expect this beautiful sight in my garden. Anticipating the joy!
This one is from last year. 💜🐝

#InsectThursday
#prettypurplethursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#macro

Purple lantanas and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2026. My garden.

These lovely flowers bloom almost throughout the year, low-maintenance, except for trimming, since they spread like crazy! They sure are a feast for my eyes when I look up from my screen

#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

Purple petunia blooms

When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.
~ Mae Jemison

🌱 Wishing all you kind #GardenersOfBlueSky🪻 a very lovely #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜

But today is #prettypurplethursday! Perfect!

Pale purple lacy phacelia flowers, an insect with a background of a garden setting with orange flowers and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. May 2025. Gamble Garden.

For those #bloomscrolling.

The insect is a bonus for #InsectThursday.

#prettypurplethursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport

Gamble Garden. May 2025.

Purple and less purple Petunia, green garden background

“She dreamt in shades of amethyst, drinking the deep purple elixir in ballads of wood nymphs, tiptoeing by elves that hid in the veiled alcoves of trees and spinning past garden faeries laughing.”
~ Gina Marinello-Sweeney

🌱 Wishing all you kind #GardenersofBlueSky a joyful #PrettyPurpleThursday 💜

Purple hyacinth. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January 2026. At a florist.

"...now you love a hyacinth. So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible."
- Jane Austen.

Wishing you a peaceful evening and a great Friday.💜

#prettypurplethursday 🪻🪻🪻

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

🌱 a Delphinium on Cape Cod, August 24, 2025

#PrettyPurpleThursday

Purple columbines and green leaves Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. May 2025. From a neighborhood walk.

"Glowing is her Bonnet,
Glowing is her Cheek,
Glowing is her Kirtle,
Yet she cannot speak."
- Emily Dickinson.

#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

May 2025. Columbines from a neighborhood walk.

Purple and magenta-colored flowers in the garden

“She dreamt in shades of amethyst, drinking the deep purple elixir in ballads of wood nymphs, tiptoeing by elves that hid in the veiled alcoves of trees and spinning past garden faeries laughing.”
~ Gina Marinello-Sweeney

🌱 A sweet #PrettyPurpleThursday to all the kind gardeners of BlueSky 💜

Purple larkspurs and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. April 2025. From a neighborhood walk.

Longing for spring
Anticipating garden treats
And purple delights.

Wishing you a lovely evening and Friday! 💜

#prettypurplethursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin

From a walk in the neighborhood, from my April 2025 album

🌱 Bees also love the Liatris💜 #prettypurplethursday

A close-up of purple delphinium flowers and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. Gamble Garden.

“Seek to be the purple thread in the long white gown.”
- Epictetus.

Wishing you a lovely evening and Friday. 💜

Delphinium macro, Gamble Garden, from my July 2025 album.

#PrettyPurpleThursday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling