seedling

simple and not so simple. this flower is pretty much one color. the main body is a very washed out beige or perhaps a pale pink. then again modern cameras are designed to take pictures of faces. they want and expect a light flesh color. despite the fact not all faces are that color. getting back to the flower it has a fairly yellow throat. and the bright light washes out and hides most of the shape of this flower. fortunately the outline of the flower comes to the rescue. in spite of the poor lighting this flower will not be thrown out neither with the bath water nor with the baby. ignore that strange colloquial remark. it just means do something stupid. like including strange colloquial remarks. please try to experience and ignore the strange colloquial remarks and the giggling garden fairies…

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seedling

ruffles. purple on pink. star shaped open form. and did i say ruffles ? this one is in a new spot this spring. it was marked high on the keep this one list…

almost spring

it snowed this morning. big flakes. somewhat aggravating flakes. then about noon it stopped. the sun came out between the clouds. and the growing warmth of the earth melted most of that snow. while the snow may show its flakes again before spring is truly in charge the tide is indeed turning. come spring we wait to greet you…

yellow

with a blush of pink. and open petals like a blushing star…

wip

as in work in progress. this flower has good parentage. and it is a fairly skinny open star shape. however it might take another cross or two to get where it is headed…

seedling

a shade of yellow. a skinny shade…

yes and no

yes yesterday’s flower was purple too. no that is where the similarity pretty much ends. yesterday’s flower is tetraploid. it has twice as many chromosomes. today’s flower is diploid and it only has 22 chromosomes. so if it looks similar it is doing it with only half as many genes. though in my book it is still doing just as good a job…

petals

long flowing purple petals. dark purple with a lavender eyezone. this flower works for me. there is space between the petals. they are separate and defined. they are not merged and overlapping , not forming a solid globe shape. and i like that in a flower…

forms

watching a new flower grow is pretty much a case of watching it fill out its forms. or more properly its individual form. not paper work forms. the form it grows out and fills. like this flower. yes the petals are longer. do they extend to their full length ? or do they curl under ? is the flower fertile ? does the pollen set seed on other flowers ? does the pollen from other flowers set seed on this flower ? all of these observations take time. time not just a day, not just a day, not even just a summer. as these and other questions are eventually answered a complete picture eventually develops and the overall quality of the flower is revealed…

two

these two bloom along side each other. though one is usually much taller than the other…