I don’t know what this lady is doing blooming way down here on the ground, but she seems to be doing okay, in spite of traffic on the brick pathway.
Lowdown Hibiscus: Flower of the Day, Aug 8, 2018
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Red Eye
Red Eye
I’m suffering from swollen eyes
that make me appear in the guise
of one who’s had a recent loss
or been upbraided by her boss.
But, much as I appreciate
the words of sympathy you state,
my red eyes, I must confess
are occasioned by much less.
I haven’t cut myself or fallen.
I’m simply suffering from pollen!
https://fivedotoh.com/2018/08/06/fowc-with-fandango-swollen/
Mystery Flower: Flower of the Day, Aug 5, 2018
Unassuming flower, tall invasive plant.
Every time I see you, how I rave and rant.
Little did I know when I planted two or three
that within the year, you’d be the bane of me.
You don’t respond to pulling. Pop right up again
anywhere you want to, not just where you’ve been.
Filling all my borders, invading every bed.
How I wish I’d planted another plant instead.
Sedum is more ground-hugging. Spider plant is nice.
Dusty Miller never turns into a vice.
The one who made a gift of you knew just what to do.
She put up a “For Sale” sign and moved away from you!
Thunbergia: Flower of the Day, Aug 4, 2018
Interlopers: Flower of the Day, Aug 3, 2018
These thunbergias refuse to stay in place. Wanderers all. Here they are sneaking over the front wall.
Flower of the day, Aug 2, 2018, Black, White and Colored–Pink Thunbergia Grandiflora
Thunbergia Triplets: Flower of the day, Aug 1, 2018
Bougainvillea: Flower of the Day, Jul 31, 2018 B and W and Color
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Honeysuckle: Flower of the Day, July 30, 2018
I’ve tried so many times to get a decent photo of a honeysuckle. Along with the lipstick plant, it has been impossible. This one still isn’t ideal, but it is the best so far. One of these days!
Pink Coral Vine: Flower of the Day, Jul 27, 2018
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I have been admiring a lush vine like this one at the Chapala Society for 17 years. A few years ago, I put a few seeds from it into my pocket and scattered them in a spot where I’ve never been able to get any thing to take hold. I’d tried a grape vine to no avail, so thought perhaps these could use the dead grape vines for support. This year I noticed that they had bloomed. I took one of these photos then. Today I took it at a later stage, more fully bloomed out. For years, I’ve wondered what it was and I finally lucked out and found it on a website. It is called a Pink Coral Vine, so when I forget that at a later date and label this as a mystery flower, you can remind me!
