Gorgeous shots!!! And I’m so excited to see them…do you have any idea what the name of those flowers are? I’m assuming “balls” is not their real name. We have some of those in our garden, or at least something really similar, and we haven’t been able to find out what they are. (We call them fireworks flowers.)
Hi Debi, thanks! These are Leeks flowers. The onions put out similar flowers too but smaller. They’ll drop their seeds soon, just in time for the next crop of leeks in the fall.
Omom, I do have real balls. I just didn’t grow them. LOL!
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Happy WW!What were the balls? Not sure of that plant, almost looks like the dandelion right before they blow in the wind. I can see it isn’t though. Oh BalletGirl says thank you.
Looks like ornamental onions. I have seen them 4-5 feet tall.
Ornamental Onion is a part of the Allium family, it’s close relatives include the familiar grocery store onion, garlic, shallot, chives, and leeks.
I have a clump of chive I grow just to let flower every year. A soft purple (lavendar) colour that adds to the vegetable garden.
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Rana on July 8, 2009 at 11:04 am.
Those are really cool. Great picture!
Debi on July 8, 2009 at 11:12 am.
Gorgeous shots!!! And I’m so excited to see them…do you have any idea what the name of those flowers are? I’m assuming “balls” is not their real name.
We have some of those in our garden, or at least something really similar, and we haven’t been able to find out what they are. (We call them fireworks flowers.)
Omom on July 8, 2009 at 11:15 am.
Hahaha!!! I thought you grew real balls!
Mojo, NC, USA on July 8, 2009 at 11:23 am.
Okay, those are just odd looking. Neat, but odd.
JMom on July 8, 2009 at 11:25 am.
Thanks, Rana.
Hi Debi, thanks! These are Leeks flowers. The onions put out similar flowers too but smaller. They’ll drop their seeds soon, just in time for the next crop of leeks in the fall.
Omom, I do have real balls. I just didn’t grow them. LOL!
JMom on July 8, 2009 at 11:26 am.
Thanks, Mojo. They’re very photogenic though, don’t you think?
Drahdrah on July 8, 2009 at 11:39 am.
Great pictures ! Happy ww !
Secret Mom Thoughts on July 8, 2009 at 3:17 pm.
Beautiful flowers and shots.
Be sure to join me on Thursday for the first official Then and Now Thursday. This meme is a chance to look back at how life has changed over the years.
Strider on July 8, 2009 at 10:19 pm.
Nice photos & great dof. Thanks for dropping by site. I got that shot by using a higher shutter speed 1/200 with the aid of the flash.
homemom3 on July 9, 2009 at 1:46 pm.
Happy WW!What were the balls? Not sure of that plant, almost looks like the dandelion right before they blow in the wind. I can see it isn’t though. Oh BalletGirl says thank you.
anthony on December 24, 2009 at 2:37 am.
Looks like ornamental onions. I have seen them 4-5 feet tall.
Ornamental Onion is a part of the Allium family, it’s close relatives include the familiar grocery store onion, garlic, shallot, chives, and leeks.
I have a clump of chive I grow just to let flower every year. A soft purple (lavendar) colour that adds to the vegetable garden.