If you haven't experienced springtime in Birmingham, bless your heart! For the next week or so I hope to give you all a glimpse of just how absolutely, spectacular this season can be. Today, wisteria in bloom . A lot of folks around here will tell you that wisteria can be a bit unruly ( invasive ). Well yes it can! We try to overlook that this time of year, when it's hanging from trees and telephone wires, as gorgeous as can be. I' m sharing several photos today because the blooms won't last long!
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après le jaune, le violet ;o)) belles photos des fleurs, j'aime cette couleur qui me rappelle les champs de lavande de mon enfance
after the yellow, purple ;o)) photos of beautiful flowers, I like this color reminds me of the lavender fields of my childhood
I had to gasp at the rich color, V. Can't wait to see Birmingham's spring abundance. I so miss the wisteria that (talk about unruly) covered the balcony and 1/2 the steeply pitched roof of my next door neighbor's house. My kitchen windows looked right out onto it and every year I would look forward to its bloom.
I have a song for you. It is called Wisteria, and it is by Richard Shindel (a performing songwriter I've heard live a couple times and really love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97dOq9ybnQ8
Your post today is a real treat for me.
-Kim
I adore wisteria, and it reminds me of southern France for some reason. I like any flower that is lavender or purple.
Follow the Yellowbrick road to Witeria Lane. You are having a laff aren't you? I will tiptoe through the tulips with your, amongst the golden daffodils of my adopted Brum. Wisteria is a beauty we seldom see here. Superb larger images today.
I adore the bottom photo! Lovely and delicate!
Who cares what people say about the wisteria... it's beautiful! And it makes a nice subject for a photo.
I can almost smell the flowers! Achoo!! Darn hay fever:)
Well, children can be unruly, yes? It is all in the training, yes?
Wisteria is absolutely gorgeous: the colour, the shape, the hanging.
You know of course, as you luxuriate in Spring we slide into Autumn. Now I have nothing agin Autumn, 'tis my favourite season. It is just what it harbings ... is that a word? I'm sure you know what I mean.
I love wisteria, I still have to wait a little in Versailles!
Wisteria is one vine that is easy to love no matter how high it climbs in through the trees.
Ahhhhh ... at first I thought, She's nutz those are delphinium .. but upon closer perusal I have to admit they are indeed wisteria ... lovely.
Like the unruly curls of a child...
Simply beauriful!
Oh, wonderful grapes and color! And your light is so special (I'm rambling, am I not?). I have not seen any of them in bloom here, so I think Alabama has an early spring? I made my "purple series" too, last year or even the year before, I don't remember (if you are interested in).
You understand Bergson's comment?
beautiful !!!
Wisteria blossoms are already getting dry here. Wonderful shots!
Yes, yes, yes! The wisteria is in bloom and I love to see it wherever it blooms.
I so L-O-O-V-E Wisteria! I wish I had a garden enclosed by a round stone wall and I wish a big beautiful wisteria would cover (invade) it!
I love the photos and B's opening line! Wisteria is always gorgeous in spring and this one is no exception.
Moses would enjoy that shade of purple!
And I thought wisteria was one of those things in William Faulkner novels that nobody really understood. Beautiful floral shot but I might be horticulturally handicapped by a childhood spent surrounded by concrete.
Bob,
Most things nobody really understands come from the South! This ain't no asphalt jungle.
PS If you're flying business class to Paris, I don't want to see one single photo of you and C. laid up in those fancy leather recliners!!! Comprenez vous???
Great abundance of blooming in Birmingham. I love the clothed in purple Wisteria vine. In Marburg we must take time for the spring blooming.
Juergen
Lovely flower, and I like it even more that it is a bit unruly, none conforming.How would you describe the color, lavender or periwinkle?
DL, Purple as the day is long!!!
beautiful shots of wisteria. It's out here too and I keep meaning to stop the car, park and take some shots. You've convinced me!
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