i think we have moved to july 19 and there is still some rain. good thing the flower is pretty…
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a north east ohio garden
an ongoing experiment in the dirt, 35 plus years
i think we have moved to july 19 and there is still some rain. good thing the flower is pretty…
a north east ohio garden 
Curves and color!
Thanks Dan.
Someone is snacking on this one. The petal at 11 O’Clock looks chewed.
It may look chewed. Expanding the image the 11 o’clock petal is curved back like the other petals. It is simply on the same visual line as the camera so the curl is concealed.
Drat. I thought we has a CSI-type mystery on our hands. Okay, never mind.
Birds trying to land and the wind occasionally snap off a petal. If it were deer the damage would be much worse.
How about goat damage?
It is possible goats might eat the whole plant. Not just the blossom. They bring goats in to eradicate poison ivy. They just might be a biological bulldozer… did you have any concertina wire left over ?