Flowers on the Porch
Flowers on the Porch, I am seeing a pattern here of choosing purple and yellow flowers. These are some flowers on my porch, I so enjoy having a few flowers in baskets near by. I have not planted any seedlings yet around the yard. We keep getting frost every night.
The yellow flowers are Begonia’s. I did get a water tester for my plants this year. I tend to over water them and they don’t do so well. So I use the tester a lot to make sure I only water them when the soil is dry.
I do have this one plant with the most interesting colored leaves, I don’t know what they are, but there are always so many different colors of plants like this at the green houses.
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I like the ones on the herb. These flowers keep me happy and active …
😊 thank you
I think the colorful leaves plant is Coleus. I had it one year and it was easy to grow and was a colorful addition into the Fall. The yellow blooms are just gorgeous Sandra.
Yes, someone else mentioned that. There are so many different colors of this plant.
Yes and they are so easy to care for. Them and Dusty Miller but it is kind of blah next to Coleus.
Wow! The yellow begonias are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing these photos with us.
You are so welcome Janet, thank you 😊
Great I just lost a bunch due to a late snow. Glad I could enjoy yours for a minute
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It tried to snow here this morning, but did not amount to much. 😊
Wow the color beautiful ❤
Thank you Seraja, yes very colorful. 😊❤
Yes 😍
beautiful and vivid colors…
Thanks, Sandra. Have a great day.
You also Francine, thank you 🙂
comes hell, then at least along with that he would have also done
Bhakti of God and would not have suffered such a plight. His chil-
dren would have also served him. These very teachings are given in
satsang. Devotees are taught the lesson of kindness and meritori-
ous deeds. During a satsang, elderly people, people who are ill, dis-
abled, women with small children, sisters and daughters come to the
ashram. Male and female devotees are delegated in the ashram to
look after the visiting elderly people, the sick and other helpless
people. They give them a bath, wash their clothes, and bringing
blessed food from the kitchen, they feed them in the hall (Pandal)
itself where they are sitting. They serve them tea and milk at their
place. Just think that those children (who go to satsang) and daugh-
ters, sisters, mothers and devotee brothers, who serve the unre-
lated people coming to the satsang, will serve their own parents,
brother-sister, father and mother-in-law in their homes with the same
attitude, because it becomes their nature. They are filled with com-
passion in their hearts. They thoroughly know the rule of God. In
the previous topic about the hard-working farmer who suffered from
stroke and got ignored by his children, if those sons and daughter-
in-laws had been attending the satsang, they would have taken a lot
of care of their father. If that farmer had done bhakti of God, his
body would have remained healthy and due to his bhakti, impressed
by the splendour of the worship performed by him, his family would
have automatically respected him. For example, sadhu-saints only
do bhakti. As a result of which, the entire village serves and re-
spects them. Likewise, because of doing bhakti, the power of God
automatically inspires others and makes favourable circumstances
for the devotee. That is why, saints urge to do bhakti. The way of
living becomes good through Satsang.
Supreme God Kabir has then stated that: –
Kabir, kaya teri hai nahin, maya kahan se hoye |
Bhakti kar dil paak se, jeevan hai din doye ||
Bin updesh achambh hai, kyon jivat hain praan |
Bhakti bina kahan thaur hai, ye nar naahin paashaan ||
Meaning: – God Kabir is saying that – O innocent man! I am
surprised that with which hope you are living without taking initia-
tion from a Guru. Even your body is not yours; you will have to
Lovely photos Sandra … the Begonia is like a sunshine!
The plant with the beautiful leaves is called “Palettblad” in Sweden. They are very popular and I think the English name is coleus as suggested in a previous comment, Solenostemon scutellarioides in latin.
Thank you Anita, they sure are colorful. I have never tried growing the coleus by seeds. I will have to look for those.
Begonias smell good, right? They are delicate and near the violet flowers they make a pleasant combination.
Yes, they are like little roses..I had never seen them in yellow like these, so I had to get a couple.
I think the colourful leaves are coleus? My aunt used to grow seedlings in her little greenhouse and we had them as pot plants.
Yep. Coleus. Very easy to grow. You can do seeds or propagation. They root quickly, too. So many varieties in colors and their flower spikes are purplish/pinkish. Very happy plants.
Yes, very happy plants.
Thank you, they sure are nice to plant in with other flowers. So many different colors..