Sunday, July 27, 2008

080727 - Love-in-the-Mist


We planted this annual earlier this summer.

It grew to about two feet tall by eighteen inches wide, with bluish-white balls the size of gum balls appearing on its tips after several weeks.

Then, over the last few days, the balls opened up into flowers, which turned dark blue as they expanded to their full size of about two-inches wide.

They are one of the most unique flowers in the garden and deal so well with the ocean winds that I'm hoping the plant readily reseeds itself for next summer.

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