Here are three photographs I took earlier this month, as the chimney bell flower went into bloom soon after the pale purple and dark purple delphiniums had began their second spectacular bloom cycle.
Phil and I purchased this chimney bell flower from a florist in the Castro and had just planted it where the huge one was last year, when Phil spotted next to the new plant a seedling from the old one.
The new chimney bell flower has bloomed its first year and is about six feet tall. The seedling is now probably a foot tall and wide, and I suspect it will act like last year's plant, taking two years to mature, reaching twelve feet before blooming for months.
The flowers on the one now in bloom are a stunning purplish blue.
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