Tag Archives: Cee’s Flower of the day challenge

John and Cleo’s Zinnia: Flower of the Day, Sept 8

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I love this zinnia sticking up above its bed of green.

See also, Cee’s Perfect Rose: HERE.

Can anyone guess what flower this is? FOTD Sept 7, 2020

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(No fair. It is actually the calyx that the huge yellow hibiscus from a few days ago fell off of! It’s so pretty that I just left it in the vase.)

This morning, it looks like this: (Click on photos to enlarge.)

 

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Grafted Blooms

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I’ve taken to taking my camera with me into the pool during dragonfly season. I love watching these beautiful creatures and sometimes leave ugly bare branches poking out from above my planters just to attract them.

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FOTD Sept 2, 2020

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Fourth Generation: FOTD, Aug 31, 2020

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I believe I planted this hibiscus about four months ago and this is the fourth round of blooming. It is still pretty much a single stalk which sprouts three to five blossoms at a time, with one or two coming into full bloom at a time. The strange thing about this plant, however, is that each bloom seems to have different characteristics. I probably have more than a dozen different varieties of hibiscus in my yard, but all of the others have a pretty consistent shape that each flower is a duplicate of. It’s as though this plant, however, gives me little surprises every time it blooms.

Whirligig: FOTD, Aug 29, 2020

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I don’t know if this hibiscus is in the act of opening up or closing down, but it makes for a novel capture. First time I’ve ever seen one do this.

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Mystery Annoyance: FOTD Aug 27, 2020

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A friend gave me a few of these plants from her garden before she moved back to the states. I soon grew to rue the day I planted them as within a year they had started to take over my garden. They formed borders around the gazebo and the back wall and the studio, but soon they started to spread to potted plants and every single inch of the yard where they could find a foothold, so . . . .(Click on first photo and then each in sequence to read the rest of the story.)

At first I reached to pull this one out of the pot,
but when I did, I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before.
They actually had mildly interesting little blooms–
very austere,
This will give you an idea of how tiny they are, and how it pays to look closer, sometimes, to even your annoyances.

Dowager Hibiscus: FOTD Aug 26, 2020

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Click on this photo to increase the size of this photo of a wilting hibiscus flower. In its last stages, its petals resemble the delicate translucent skin of a very old woman and the faint tinge of its coloring deepens a bit. Beautiful at every stage.

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Mother and Daughter, Hibiscus: FOTD Aug 25, 2020

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Jungle Greenery: FOTD, Aug 24, 2020

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