Waiting For October

Cool Weather Bloomer, 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord panel, ©2015, Fay Terry

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Gulley's Garden Center will have flats of Pansies for planting the first week of October. It can't be  sooner because we usually have some hot days in September and Pansies don't like the heat. Every year I can't wait to get them started because they bloom profusely until the first hot weather in the spring. The Pinehurst Resort and The Carolina Hotel plant theirs at that time, as does the Village of Pinehurst.  These cheerful bright flowers appear in almost every Fall landscape- the hospital, the huge flower pots on Broad St. in Southern Pines, and Pinecrest Plaza to name a few.

I never liked Pansies until we moved here and found that gardening in the Sandhills is very different from the red clay soil in Raleigh. We soon learned what grows in sandy soil.

 A surprising thing about Pansies is that they are edible. There are quite a few patient cooks who make candied flower petals and then put them on cookies like the ones below.

Waiting and Watching

Enjoying Birdseed, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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This Cardinal was busy eating and watching the squirrels eat some of the birdseed which she thinks belongs only to the birds. I don't think there are any bird feeders that are truly squirrel proof so the birds will just have to share.

Pansies And Fruit

Blue Tea Pot, 8 x 10" oil on canvas, ©2013, Fay Terry

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Pansy

Sitting Pretty, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

The pansies are almost through for this year as the warm weather arrives, they do not tolerate heat well and they are ready to give up their space to other sun loving, heat resistant flowers such as Petunias, Lantana, and Geraniums.  The change of seasons, especially from winter to spring, is so stimulating and exciting.

At The Garden Center

Made It Through The Winter, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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These pansies have bloomed admirably all winter after being purchased on the sunny October day that I took this photo of them at the Garden Center. I love the shadows made by the flowers on the wood shelves where the flower trays were lined up. This mix of colors is called "Monet Mix" and I gravitate toward these every time. I like to be the one buying the flowers in our family because one year we ended up with pansies all one color--orange, just because my son was in school at UT! 

I will miss these when warm weather comes, but then we will have others showing their faces to the sun.

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Pansies

Purple And White Pansy, 6x6" oil on museum quality panel

This is one of the giant pansies we planted in September and they are blooming up a storm.  This bloom was so large it just kind of draped itself over the edge of the vase.  I don't usually pick the pansies because they are so much prettier on the plant where they will stand up tall and show their colorful faces but I wanted to paint this particular one.

I hope you are having a  wonderful week-end.  We are enjoying being outdoors in the sun even though it is a little chilly.

Single Pansy

Single Pansy

6 x 6"

The pansies are now being

joined by other flowers beginning

to bloom in the yard.

They are still the stars of the show-

just wait til the azaleas come out!