2011-08-15 Protea!

One of my Protea lacticolor seedlings, started Fall 2007 from Fynbos People, opened today. The flower is smaller than I thought it would be, but still very nice. I'm afraid that this one will not last longer than a few days :-(



Also blooming is Silphium lanatum, compass plant. It's basically a perennial sunflower. Native to the plains, the roots can grow more than 20ft straight down. One species of bee always shows up when it opens and sleeps in the flowers at night. This thing is about 10ft tall.


A Tigridia pavonia. Only open for one day...


Gentiana septemfida from seed. Great blues.


Plain ole' Eschscholzia californica.