Friday, April 21, 2017

South Florida Flowers for Dory

We are happy to join this special Flower Friday in memory of Blogville's sweet Dory.

oz bouquet of flowers

First, I am sharing one of our favorite bouquets we ever received. They came from our friend Princess Rosy Rue from Rosy Reports. It is one of our favorites because we love all the colors in the bouquet!

Now, here in South Florida we haven't had much rain so many of our flowers are looking sickly or are just not blooming yet. However, our bougainvillea are always in bloom! We have two colors - purple and pink.

purple bougainvillea in oz yard

pink bougainvillea in oz yard

Our ground orchid (we do not know what kind of orchid it is - if you know, tell us in the comments) is always in bloom too. It is hard to tell from the photo but it reminds us of the color of fire because it has bright orange and yellow.

orange/yellow orchid in oz yard

Then, in our front yard, we have our Hibiscus trees. The trees are very spindly but they always have pretty flowers on them too.

hibiscus in oz yard

I hope Angel Dory and her family enjoy our South Florida flowers. We are moving into Summer which means these, along with a few other flowers, will grow and bloom. The flowers you all plant in the Spring and Summer we must plant in the Fall and Winter due to the extreme heat.


If you have flowers to share, join Flowers for Dory Flower Friday!



25 comments:

  1. Dory would love all these Florida Flowers, and I chose our hibiscus for her for the same reason you did, drought has everything not blooming, but we have the same two colors of bougainvillea as you do. we are in the middle of Florida

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  2. We are "once upon a time Sunshine State residents" so remember these gorgeous tropical flowers ... we're sure Angel Dory and her family are going to love them ...
    you've done a beautiful post here, Oz!

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  3. Oz....that is definitely a beautiful bouquet of posies...and I just love that you are wearing a bowtie today. Dory was all about fashion and I know she will love your GQ look!
    WOW the flowers that are blooming in your lovely state are very pretty. We sure do hope you get some rain soon for the flowers and to help with the fires.
    Hugs madi your bfff

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  4. What gorgeous flowers you have down there! They put our New England flowers to shame!

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  5. the bouquet is so beautiful... and your hibiscus looks like a firework... without the noises.... I bet Dory will love this wonderful flowers :O)

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  6. What beautiful vibrant flowers! I am sure that Dory is smiling♥

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  7. What beautiful flowers you have. I'm sure Dory will love them!
    (What part of South Florida are you from? My humans were in the area last February.)

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  8. Those are beautiful, Oz!
    Cammie!

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  9. just beautiful flowers for Dory, OZ! and you look so handsome. thanks so much for setting the hop up for this very special day to remember Dory
    hugs
    Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel

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  10. Oh Oz, you've found some really vibrant coloured flowers, so beautiful, just pawfect fur Dory
    Loves and licky kisses
    Princess Leah xxx

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  11. Gorgeous! We love Bougainvillea--would love to be able to grow it! Your garden must be so luxuriant!

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  12. Well done Oz!!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  13. Dory would love all of the beautiful tropical colors. They make the whole day brighter as we think about our friend Dory, wishing she were here with you to smell them.

    Abby Lab

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  14. What a wonderful collection of beautiful flowers for Dory! We just love bougainvillea and the pink is just perfect.
    Love and Hugs,
    Jakey, Arty & Bilbo(and Mama and Daddy)

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  15. What beautiful flowers you found, and I love your bow tie, so fancy!

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  16. You have some beautiful flowers in Florida. Those bougainvillea are just amazing. Lovely post for lovely Dory.

    Woos - Lightning and Misty

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  17. What lovely colours. Dory will love them.

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  18. Your flowers are gorgeous! I love the red and orange fire blooms ♥

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  19. You get to grow those tropical flowers! They are so gorgeous. I don't think I ever saw a ground orchid but I know Florida is famous for its variety of orchids. There's even a book about an orchid hunter. I read it but can't think of the title (maybe "The Orchid Hunter"?)

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  20. Lovely post for sweet Dory.

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  21. What pretty flowers! Fanks for participatin in da Flowers for Dory blog hop.

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  22. What beautiful flowers! Our first spring flowers - daffodils - are just starting to open now.
    Jan, Wag 'n Woof Pets

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  23. We will always think of our wonderful furiend, Dory, when we see pretty flowers.

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  24. Such beautiful flowers and a sweet tribute to Dory!! I hope ya'll get some rain soon. We got a tiny bit yesterday in Northeast FL but not enough :/

    xoxo,
    Matt & Matilda

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Oz the Terrier