Saturday 5 June 2010

Limnanthes douglasii, Poached Egg Flower/ Common Meadowfoam

I tried to grow this from seed two years ago, but they didn't take properly, and I think I only had one. This year I have three, though I'm not sure how as they are not perennials. I'm not dead keen on them because they spread out from the middle as a bit of a knotty mess of green, very low and tangly, and the flowers only really point heaven-ward with vigour when it's been the right mix of rain or sun. But at their best, they're lovely, as the picture from today shows.

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