For Jennifer’s  One Word Photo Challenge: Marsala

Windows/ Nokia phone, 5MP, on auto, cropped.

There is a little bit of this colour towards the top of the Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker). I planted three of these bulbs the year before last. This is the first proper flowering.

BELOW: These blossoms are a better colour match. Does anyone know the name of the shrub? [DONE: Abelia, from the honeysuckle family of plants]

Bee: 31 Dec 2014

Bee on Abelia:  31 Dec 2014

31 Dec 2015 Bee and Abelia