The first freesias to pop up in our garden. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Every year, long-ago planted freesia corms burst forth at our place and bring a scattering of flowers — often in the strangest places.
I’m not complaining though; their scent is wonderful.
Image: Su Leslie 2020
Image: Su Leslie 2020
Friday flowers
Zimmerbitch 
Brilliant white space, Su. Best wishes for the upcoming weekend. xo
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Thanks. Hope you have a great weekend too
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Wow 🤩 so beautiful 😍
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Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure 😊
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Ooh — a lovely shot!
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Thank you 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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What a lovely flower you captured, Su! Are they native NZ flowers?
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Enchanting
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woawww, these photographs are breathtakingly beautiful
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Thank you so much
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Love the delicacy. That first shot is a star, Su 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Jo.
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I love the scent of freesias, sadly a lot of those you buy are scent less. Gorgeous portraits of such a delicate flower.
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Thanks Jude. I’ve noticed that with the bought ones too. Ours are really small — barely 4-5 inches high, but the smell is divine 😍
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What a lovely slower Su, it looks so delicate.
Leslie xoxo
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Thanks Leslie. Ours are tiny and quite delicate.
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although I’m highly allergic to the strong smell of fresias, I love their fragile appearance and I find it amazing that they just ‘pop up’ where you live…… Gorgeous shots too!
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What a terrible allergy to have ☹️
They are my mother’s favourite flowers and she couldn’t believe they grew wild in NZ either. In the first few up years we were here she would crazily pick them from every roadside — always feeling guilty — though no-one cared, or seemed to want them.
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😉
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If the flowers are half as beautiful as the photos and have a scent as well, you’re blessed to have them show up!
janet
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They smell absolutely wonderful, but ours are tiny and a bit straggly. They don’t do much to make the garden look good, but are lovely in tiny vases around the house.
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Hmm, not sure I’ve ever smelled a freesia. I may have to investigate planting some. Though, I prefer pinks or purple flowers. I’ll see if they come in those varieties.
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They smell wonderful; think Dior’s J’Adore or Chanel’s Allure, and there are coloured varieties — often purplish or yellow-orange. But I think this most highly scented are often not much to look at — like ours, which are tiny and straggly.
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You have captured them so magically, Su! I love the light through the petals.
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Thank you so much. The light in my new “studio” — aka the old tv room — is really good.
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They are gorgeous! Is it spring in New Zeeland now?
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Yes: lots of new growth, but it’s been very cold and windy so I do worry about the flowers 😬
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I understand.
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Gorgeous flowers and photography!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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I’ll say it again. You are a truly talented photog! The way you capture shapes, light and color is just amazing. Thank you for sharing your gift with us!
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Thank you 🙂 It means a lot to know you enjoy my photos.
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I really do!
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🙏
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These are such beautiful macros, I really like that first one.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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I love freesias – and their delicate scent. You have them in your garden? Exqisitely photographed.
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Thank you. Yes, they grow rampantly here and every year pop up somewhere on our property
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♥
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