Surprise of the day

Whoa! This little flower opened late today, and I’ve no idea what it is. It’s growing in a pot, so I’m guessing it’s a seedling, but the writing is worn off the label. I didn’t measure it, but it’s maybe 1-1/2 inches across. The cup is not as green as shown in the photo. I suppose it is a poet cross or poet op, and I expect that most of the green will be gone tomorrow. Anyway, I’m enjoying the moment. :-)

Mary Lou

1 comment for “Surprise of the day

  1. Wowee, Mary Lou! What a fun surprise!
    It was 80 degrees here the last two
    days, really unusual, when some years we
    still have an ice or snow in March,
    which makes me worry about SUMMER
    temps! Oh, my! We had a bit of hail
    late in the day today at the house which
    quickly turned into rain. Thankfully,
    I’ve been socking away flowers into the
    fridge for a few days prior for the
    Memphis show this weekend and when I get
    back, I will start to cut flowers for
    our Nashville show in two more weeks.

    I believe I photographed my Alec Grey
    ‘Sprite’ earlier, but will have to look
    back when I have the time. I need to
    catalog the blooms I’ve picked for the
    Memphis show now or I won’t get many of
    them staged. I’m notoriously slow at
    that, but it’s so much fun to stop the
    work and visit with people or meet new
    folks and I’m looking forward to that at
    Memphis this weekend!

    Any of you folks north of here (or from
    anywhere, of course) are invited to our
    show at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in
    Nashville March 31/April 1. We will
    love you forever if you bring flowers as
    ours will be going quickly with these
    temps and hail and wind. Email me if
    you want more info!

    Becky Fox Matthews
    that daffy girl near Nashville

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