common_nature | Four More City Flowers

You're viewing

common_nature
Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More

Reload page in style: site light

jesse_the_k posting in

common_nature

Hello! says the hibiscus

Bright orange hibiscus with long fuzzy stamen popping out of hot pink center

Never noticed this one before. Perhaps it's a bush lily, Clivia miniata?

One dark green stem displays a sphere of 10 deep red five-pointed flowers

Alliums are reliably beautiful.

A purple haze of spherical 10cm flowers

Day Lillies are considered invasive here, but I like their loud resilience.

Bright yellow tiger lily fully bloomed, surrounded by seven yellowing buds

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

pauraque

Beautiful blooms!

From:

ranunculus

I'm really enjoying the alliums in my garden. They are just onions and leeks going to seed, your pic looks like a purpose bred one for wonderful floral display.

From:

full_metal_ox

For wild chives (Allium vineale, AKA oniongrass or crow garlic), seeds are very much a Plan B. The blossom heads, if any, erupt on sinuous tendrils from a globular mass of bulbils—-tiny bulb heads that drop to the ground when the stem dries out and snaps under its own weight in late spring to early summer. The blossoms and bulbils are edible, and a fun strong-flavored garnish.

(Photo from Wikipedia, by Matthew C. Perry for the U.S. Geological Survey.)

From:

ranunculus

How wrong I was! They are lovely though with those little star like flowers. I've been watching too much "garden show" on Brit Box, where big alliums are in fashion.

From:

full_metal_ox

The specimen jesse_the_k posted may well be a garden cultivar bred specifically for the flowers—although, barring allergies, all alliums are edible to humans. (Not, however, to dogs and cats.)

From:

kaishin108

Those are all so beautiful, I just love hibiscus! And Thanks especially for that post of the Alliums too. I see some around here but didn't know the name. :)