Spring Things - Pink and Purple Flower Passion

Here in upstate New York, we are in what I would call "late spring".  We had a hot May, and it gave a big kick in the posteriors (so to speak) of just about every flowering plant.  We've been through much of spring flowering in an accelerated three weeks, but things have calmed down a little.

I got to thinking, today, just how many pink or purple flowers I have on my property.  I must be passionate about those colors!  Here is a sample.

Yesterday, in fact,I bought a new columbine.  For this "blue and white Origami", it was love at first sight.  But blue flowers are rarely blue - many times they are purple.  This one is no exception. The blue/purple is there (in the exterior petals) if you look carefully.

Here are some true purples-Oxalis and purple sweet potato vine.  The flower belongs to the sweet potato vine.  The oxalis has white flowers, but they were being shy.

I make up several hanging baskets each spring.  I love petunias, and I love this combination.

This is a fragrant bearded iris.  I know it only as a "Kool-Aid" iris and the scent does remind me of grape Kool-Aid.  I only had one of these plants bloom this year.  For me, it has been a disappointing iris year.  I wonder if they need to be divided.

Finally, here's one of my rhododendrons.

It's spring, the time of new beginnings.  Perhaps I'll share some more photos on Thursday.