Sunday, July 09, 2006

For Jessica




These are the delphiniums that Jessica sent to England for and started from seed four years ago. I planted them in the front of the house where I learned they need more SUN. I also learned that delphinium stems are hollow and break easily in wind and rain which we had a lot of this season.
They still bloomed big beautiful blooms, but with all the rain and wind and because I did not stake them high enough, the blooms broke. So I cut them and brought them inside.
Pictures never do nature justice. They are such a beautiful blue and purple color. The flower that is shown cut is over two feet tall. Alex, for the record is 5 foot 3 1/2inches.