Monday, November 26, 2012

Leek Flowers

I particularly like leek flowers.
I think they are beautiful, architectural,
unlike most commercially grown cut flowers

I once gave them to fellow staff members as a thank you
for their extra work on a performance.
Everyone was taken by their unusual shape
nobody guessed what they were.
Some of the impressedness was lost (hows that for a word?)
when I told them the truth.

Red French Shallot flowers are even better.

They are white white white.
Like a firework
Very similar to the leek but crisp in their whiteness, no pink tinge.
I never know whether to save the seeds or sell the flowers.
$2.00 a bloom.
The seeds saved would be way more than a packet of seeds.
This bee didn't even wait for the flower to hatch!
Gladys coming on, they are not liking our heat wave.
38 degrees C today and 43degrees C predicted for Thursday
These dahlias were bought as seedlings.
I couldn't resist and have been rewarded with colour.
I wonder if they will form corms or tubers for next year.
I'm inside avoiding the heat,
Clearly avoiding house work by playing on the computer.
Oh well!

2 comments:

smartcat said...

It's so easy to forget how pretty many vegetable flowers are; thanks for the visual reminder.
I always used to let the dahlia seedlings go every winter, but this year I liked some of them so much that I dug them to winter over. and, yes, there are toes.....small but healthy and well-formed.
Love you reminders of summer!

Annie said...

I love the vegi flowers too. I've had a huge carrot flower at my back door for ages. I sowed a packet of zinnias and got 9 up. I might have to gat some more as I loved them last year. I get stuck with the robot too!