pansies

I planted a bunch of pansies in the back beds under the new oak-leaf hydrangea, and they're finally starting to blossom!  I'm finding that pansies and violas take a while to flower from the seedling stage, but if they're anything like the violas at the front door, they'll keep flowering like crazy once they get going.  They're still a bit thin at the moment but they should really take off now.

And for your enjoyment, here are my three favourites in close-up.

pansies and peas

I went with a collection of shades of purple for the back beds.  They're just seedlings now but watch this space!

In the meantime, here are some other flowers about the place.  The violas on the front porch are looking particularly cheerful today.

And this is the roi de carouby snow pea.  I just love how the tendril looks perched above the open blossom.

And the snow peas are starting to pay off!  I hope we get a lot, we eat a lot of snow peas.