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Phlox my socks off. :D

Phlox subulata “Emerald Blue”

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Poppy was intoxicated from the sweet peas. Stop it, Poppy.

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Eschscholzia californica (by flora-file)

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Purple dreams.

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I’m on top.

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Verbascum thapsus by T-Sunny

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Dunsborough Park - Festival of Tulips by Mark Wordy

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Fasnacloich, Scotland

photo via christine

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18 de julio. Flor del príncipe.

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A wonderful minimal with an intriguing composition. The rich blacks, the soft velvet texture, and the waterdrops of the petals make this capture a real eye catcher

PWS - Pete

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Here be a little gothic gardener’s dream. Despite thrips and many other stressors the Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) have begun to bloom without a care a few days after being repotted and moved onto the deck. I have to say that I have yet to smell anything akin to a chocolate aroma that people have spoken about in forums and adverts, but there could be many factors in play as to why I’ve yet to smell anything of the sort (temperature, time of day, and many other possibilities). One thing to say for anyone interested in this species; despite what photographs may tell you, the flowers are TINY in comparison to the overall plant, and are much less noticeable compared to their large-flowered annual cousins. Interestingly the flowers themselves have a bit of an interesting quirk; towards sunset their flowers close up and their long stems bend the flower downward, making the appearance that the flower is wilting. If you want to enjoy this flower its best to be during the day, and in close quarters to really get to admire the flowers.

For those that don’t know, Chocolate Cosmos is a bit of a rare/specialty plant (which my hungry gardener soul has been on the watch to buy for several years now); it is the only cultivated tuberous perennial in its genus (all other “common” garden cosmos species are annuals), and is not only extinct in the wild but is only known by one genetic clone; all chocolate cosmos that you find in any nursery and/or garden are all genetically identical. It is not self fertile, which is why seed cultivation is virtually avoided, while tissue culture and division are greatly favoured to propagate this plant. From my own experience this plant is very rare in the common garden circles, and to get ones hands on one is to be one lucky bastard. In my case my luck came from some tubers that were being sold at a Costco. I’ll be interested to see if I can overwinter them better than Dahlias or not, as their tubers are very similar in appearence.

Some Ontarian gardeners who are familiar with this floral jewel have come to ask to buy these plants from me when I was offering my tomatoes at the time, but I could only respond with “really expensive” for pricing for the time being. I only have 5 plants -which you can see in a row on that “bench”- and I wish to have far more than that (and for that matter, have them actually survive basement overwintering first) before I consider selling any of these. While this plant is indeed under my own consideration to sell in the future (IF they survive the winter as I said before), they have been mainly prioritized as just my own personal collectors plant for now.

Photographed July 17th 2016