perovskia aka Russian sage

growing in the public garden at Southsea

sometimes I think it's lavender
and I can never spell it without looking it up
no hope..............

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ha ! know the spelling problem well !! Love the image , great focus colour hues and the pop of the red poppies ! fav

[Joanne Diochon]

Lovely shot. My neighbour use to have a stand of this down the side of his house and it was so beautiful and looked almost like a purple haze. Love the contrast of the red too.

[Kitty Hawke]

Excellent......not sure I could spell that either......lovely colours.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and such pretty colors.

[Milanie]

Quite pretty colors

[gloria jones]

Lovely capture, color

[Hazel]

@beryl

This time I started spelling it beginning wth 's' looking for the spelling. It took rather a long time to find it!!

[Bep]

Lovely shot, nice pops of red.

[Carole Sandford]

Very pretty!

[Phil Howcroft]

it looks beautiful , has a hint of purple and i love the red poppies scattered arounf it

[Hazel]

@phil_howcroft

I didn't really notice the poppies when I took the shot - but I love them too!

[wendy frost]

Lovely flower and capture I have this in my garden but it never grows upright.

[Hazel]

@wendyfrost

It's a bit unruly I think Wendy! (I am not the only one up in the middle of the night?)

[haskar]

Lovely shot and colour.

[Pyrrhula]

Great focus and close up.