This poor blog, it's become a starved greyish kitten with matted fur mewing into the darkness. I have been a little busy. Having some excellent adventures, such as a visit to the Plant Collector's Fair {I adore being around old people who know a lot about plants, where they share information and wonderful tales and their eyes are twinkling. Yep, I love old people who love plants}. I ended up bring home a Brassia Rising Star orchid, a zygopetalum orchid {most amazing scent ever!}, a beautiful beautiful rose called Lavender Pinocchio {insanely pretty, a gorgeous lilac hued deep beigey milky coffee kind of wonder}, a new begonia {tuberous variety, my first} which has a beautiful fully creamy bloom {most of my other begonias were chosen for their interesting leaves}, a couple of bearded iris {green and gifted variety-I took a photo of the photo of the bloom, cannot wait to meet it in person}, [recounting my haul, I am a little embarrassed at my indulgence...not really], I found three tiny little vines that had the greatest seed heads ah! My first clematis, I thought they didn't grow in Sydney and finally at the last moment, we sighted some gorgeous and extremely precious double violets. They are white and named Comte De Brazza. The first one bloomed this very morning. It smells so beautiful, so strong for such a tiny flower. My friend make some violet granita with these petals {I tried it, the smell made my taste buds sing} and also gelato {talented friend}. I plan to attempt some tinctures and potions myself.
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| clematis. silvery perfection |
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| bearded iris, I will meet you soon! You with your wonderful chocolatey stripes and lilac tones |
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| rose hips |
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| in about one year, my Brassia may look like this |
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| orchid, you are an octopus |
