fireworks

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[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

A budding Chinese lantern?

mda has taken the ripe Chinese lanterns, cut them off, and placed them over Christmas lights strung around the kitchen windows. It's a really nice effect. They last quite a long time, in part b/c Christmas lights really don't hurt the Chinese lanterns at all.

I cut a bunch of those to add to the Christmas lights and can tell you it's a bit of work, but really worth it.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

That's very pretty...is it a Chinese Lantern?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Cute idea!

It's bee balm. (see below)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It's bee balm. The flower is just starting to bloom. The flowers bud at the top of a stem, but before they even open, the stem continues to grow through the middle of the flower. So the green part is a small cluster of leaves at the tip of the growing stem. The flower is just underneath it.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Ooh - bee balm. Always something I want when I see it, but I never think to plant it when I should.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I have it in a spot with foxglove and coral bells, all of which hummingbirds like.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

We have some white bee balm which was given to us. I don't know if that attracts hummingbirds. We have a hummingbird feeder, and it's nice to see them.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

This is a GREAT IDEA! I imagine it would be even safer with the new LED lights that don't put off heat.. I would love to see something like that strung around the edge of a table umbrella outside.. hee hee.. man this sparked my imagination!

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

*GRIN*!!!! My bee balm is all but tapped out now, because of the heat.. but it was really pretty earlier. The yellow behind it totally sets it off! Fireworks indeed!

[stellar7.livejournal.com]

Wow,that's a great photo!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It should. My foxglove are white. And the coral bells are so tiny, I don't understand why they bother. I don't put the feeder out when those flowers are in season.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now when are we going to see pics from your garden? :-)

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - maybe I don't see hummingbirds b/c the bee balm is in the front yard, and we spend a lot of time on our side deck. And those little buggers do move fast!

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

The effect is pretty, gives a nice, warm light, and of course attracts a lot of interest & attention. It really makes me want to make the string around our kitchen window again.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

Orangeglow. I imagine.