mandag 14. september 2026

Et av naturens morsomme påfunn

 Blomster har alltid vært en stor del av li et mitt, men det er ikke så veldig mange år siden at jeg oppdaget fibonacci spiralene. Det var etter et år jeg dyrket solsikker. Det hadde jeg ikke dyrket på mange år, og plutselig så jeg disse mønstrene. 

Jeg har skrevet om dette også tidligere i 2021, så jeg tar med den linken til det innlegget i dag. Da hadde jeg noen flotte solhatter/ Echinacea som dessverre døde i en litt for kald vinter.


Bilde tatt av solsikke i dag. Disse spiralene i blomstene er så morsomme å se på. Disse solsikkene har spirt av vanlige solsikkefrø/ fuglemat. Det er ingen fancy navnesorter på disse :)


Dette er den som er over 2 meter. Jeg har festet stilken til det ene fuglematerstativet. Den hadde begynt å bøye seg, så jeg fant ut at den behøvde litt støtte. Det spørs om solsikkefrøene blir modne, men det gjenstår å se. Hvis ikke kan fuglene spise direkte fra "kaken" i midten.


Endelig fikk jeg tatt et bilde av Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'. Den er mer rosalilla enn blå, men det får være det samme. Det er i hvertfall det navnet som sto på navnelappen som fulgte med planta når jeg kjøpte den. 


Verbena bonariensis fortsetter blomstringen. Den kjøpte jeg som en liten stikling i vår, og den har blomstret i hele sommer. 


Jeg må si at jeg har blitt veldig glad i disse lave geranium jeg kjøpte i sommer.
'Sweet Heidy' og 'Rozanne' i skjønn forening.  De har hatt en lang blomstring. Geranium 'Black and White' helt foran til høyre. 

18 kommentarer:

  1. Mooie bloemen en zonnebloemen. Wij zaaien ook zonnebloemen maar dit jaar hadden we er ook niet veel. Er is een storing bij de leeslijst van blogger, er zijn geen updates. Fijne dag. Groetjes

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    1. Thank you. It's very nice with summerflowers, and I like the sunflowers very much. Yes, I know. It have been like that for a week or more. I hope they will update the reedinglists soon.
      Have a nice day! Greetings.

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  2. Dine solsikker er utroligt flotte, Marit! Jeg er også imponeret over, at du stadig har geranium, der blomstrer.
    Klem fra Gitte 🥰

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    1. Tusen takk, Gitte! Jeg er også imponert over de, for jeg plantet de først i juni da jeg kjøpte dem.
      Klem fra Marit 🥰

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  3. Gorgeous sunflowers you are growing there. Geraniums grow well and have beautiful flowers, we have a pink one and a red one but not blooming as yet.

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    1. Thank you. Yes, they have lovely flowers. I guess they will bloom at your place when we have winter here. I love to hear about your flowers.

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  4. Hello Marit,
    I love the sunflowers, it is nice to see the birds eating the seeds off these flowers.
    The geraniums are pretty, I like the long lasting blooms.
    Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.

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    1. Hello Eileen,
      I love them too. The birds love them, and I like they spread the seeds all over the feedingspot. Thank you. Yes, it's so nice the blooms last so long. Take care, and have a great day and week.

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  5. It’s amazing how often I see sunflowers in gardens where they have obviously originated in errant bird seed. They come up in the oddest places and, as you know, can become huge. In some ways it is encouraging thag life will find its own path without any intervention from humans. And speaking of humans, this whole threat of artificial intelligence wiping us out is pretty scary, isn’t it? We are expert at engineering our own demise, whether due to nuclear weapons, the climate crisis, eternal war or AI. If none of those work we’ll find something else! Hugs and kisses - David PS - a week already and Blogger has not fixed the problem. Will it ever? Who knows?

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    1. Yes, David, the flowers are popping up around where I keep my bird feeders. They come from stray seeds—yes, seeds that have gone astray—but I don't mind at all. Google Translate uses "stray seeds," but you know what I mean. You used the phrase "errant bird seeds." It’s fun for me to learn new English words.
      Yes, sometimes the garden takes on a life of its own, and I like that.

      It really does scare me. It’s incredible that they didn't realize this could become a deadly threat. I read that a certain president just downplayed it yesterday, and that speaks volumes about how bad the situation is. Yes, we’ll likely manage to destroy ourselves in one way or another. What scares me the most are the people who actually *want* all these things to happen—after all, we’re living in the End Times, right? That’s when Jesus returns and everything turns out well for the chosen ones. They want everything to go wrong so they can be proven right...
      I can hardly believe what I’m reading.

      Yes, Blogger is having serious issues. I sent an email to the Blogger help forum yesterday; they were aware of the problem and working on it. It seems they aren't able to fix it, though. Well, time will tell. I’m visiting each blog on my reading list manually, since there’s nothing else to be done. People are writing new blog posts every day, but right now, they’re invisible.

      Hugs and kisses, Marit

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  6. Hello Marit,
    A beautiful series of photos of the sunflowers, I think they still look really good,many sunflowers around here have already withered.
    All the best, Irma

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    1. Hello Irma,
      Thank you. I have given them a lot of water, so they have survived the heat here.
      All the best, Marit

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