Balloon flower Bud

The Ballon flower plant with its namesake bud on it.The bud looks like it has been pumped up full of air.Its like a football really.

The petals spring outwards.Im working two long days on Friday and Saturday.I hope to capture the crown inside the flower just after it has opened outwards.

I have plenty of plants growing besides my Asiatic lillies.I will try to photograph them all and display them.I am gardening vicariously by looking at garden blogs :)

Then i can translate all my ideas into my own garden.I have the indoor greenhouse untill then growing lillys, orchids, bird of paradise, etc.

New Arrivals

I went looking for Peruvian Lillies on Sunday, but came back with two new plants.

One is the blue flowered balloon plant, the other is an upright Geranium called Vancouver Centennial I think.

They were to give me some colour whilst I wait for my other plants to catch up.

The balloon flower, when there is a flower bud in colour I will photograph it. This plant had one flower, and one blue bud which opened to this.

It has a white crown to start with but they have opened up now..

The Scarlet coloured Geranium flower.They took a battering coming back to the flat in the carrier bag.

Makes me think of Gone with the wind..