A Day in the Life of....
By spritzhenry
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This morning while dead-heading my favourite rose – ‘Prima Ballerina’ I saw this beautifully shaped bud. I know I’ve taken photos of her before, but I just decided to watch her over the course of one day.
I cut back the Everlasting peas and did some weeding – in between heavy showers!
By lunch time, she had opened into the shape that I think is so perfect.
I worked on ‘her’ flower bed this afternoon, tidying and pulling out dead Nigella stalks and dead-heading the Centaurea montana. When it was time to come in to prepare our evening meal, I took her photo again. She was full out by then.
Tomorrow she will be past it – or even, if the wind keeps up, just a flurry of pink petals in the flower bed. But I enjoyed watching her, all the same. Didn’t she do well on her one day of fame!
2 Sep, 2008
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Only a slight one, sadly. But she does make up for this lack with her beauty, doesn't she!
2 Sep, 2008
beautifully formed rose. shame it isn't strongly scented
2 Sep, 2008
Shes a show stopper, a real stunner.
Lynne x
2 Sep, 2008
Thankyou for posting the pics of "Prima Ballerina'! Gardeners appreciate the ephemeral... She is a beautiful one in all her aspects... and thanks for sharing the experience.
2 Sep, 2008
The sweetest 'coming out' party that I've ever been to! What a lovely blog!
3 Sep, 2008
Isn't she lovely
Isn't she wonderfull
Isn't she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we'd be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn't she lovely made from love
*Stevie Wonder*
3 Sep, 2008
That must have been a wonderful thing to watch. Thanks for capturing it on your camera and showing it to us.
3 Sep, 2008
That was a beautiful day and a miracle to watch unfold , thank you for shareing it with us . :D
What a beautiful rose .
3 Sep, 2008
It's wonderful to watch roses unfold and this is a super one. It's sad that many of them only last a day.
3 Sep, 2008
She did do well. She was a brill colour aswell.
3 Sep, 2008
Beautiful!
3 Sep, 2008
Lovely idea, thanks for the photos.
3 Sep, 2008
I can see why she is your favourite, Spritz. Beautiful, and what a lovely idea to photograph each step of her unfolding.
3 Sep, 2008
amazing!
it would have dropped all its petals in the wind here today! my beans were at a 45% angle at tea time!!
3 Sep, 2008
I'm not at all a rose fan, but, Spritz, this amazes me! It shows just how plants are as clever and alive as we claim to be. Wonderful "singing", Lorrainenagle - proves that gardens and plants can inspire great songs, as well as link to so many other interesting topics/areas.
4 Sep, 2008
We are a talented bunch David, glad you like my internet "singing", my deaf ear doesnt bother me at all now lol!
5 Sep, 2008
Glad to "hear" it, Lorraine, haha! Your choice is, howver, amazing!
5 Sep, 2008
How lovely!
9 Sep, 2008
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How beautiful, think i'm going to have to get one of those, does it (she) have a scent.
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