
On the way back from Carpinteria, I stopped at the flower stand on Highway 150 and bought myself a little treat.

On the way back from Carpinteria, I stopped at the flower stand on Highway 150 and bought myself a little treat.

Just when I thought I knew the parts of a flower, glumes and lemma and lodicules come along.

I sowed a packet of southwest flower seeds some months ago. The California poppies were the first to bloom, but now the ‘regular’ poppies are ready to burst forth. These flowers remind me of my maternal grandparents, who grew them in their front yard in Sydney. I wonder what colours we’ll get? So far, there’s just one pink bloom.