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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Who Could It Be?

Mystery Flower #1

Was wandering aimlessly around the garden very early this morning. Sipping coffee and working on a flimsy excuse to skip an upcoming birthday party.

Mystery Flower #2

When I was stopped dead in my tracks by this strange thing in the photo above. Hey! Is this a Stargazer Lily? Did I plant this? When did I do that?

Mystery Flower #3

Perhaps this forgetfulness is a direct result of me inching ever closer to the 5th decade.

Or, maybe I've become scattered as my gardens grow by leaps and bounds. Whatever the reason, it's a little worrisome when I'm the only gardener around this joint and I haven't a clue what things are or where they came from.

Now the upside to all this confusion is that I've found my flimsy excuse to skip the party. I'm having a senior moment and I plum forgot.



Mystery Flower #4

Last but not least... who is this little darling?


They grow wild, in tiny bunches, in the grass.

This is me taking the photo. :)

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12 comments:

  1. KC9:25 PM

    I'm pretty sure #2 is a Stargazer Lily but I'm really sure I love the cowboy hat. I bet it looked great with your PJs. KC

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  2. JOHN SHORTLAND, Cotswold Hills, England.3:01 AM

    The Sea Holly Miss Wilmott's Ghost supposedly got its name by her secretly dropping seeds of it wherever she visited.

    Perhaps you have a mystery seed dropper too? I quite like the thought of that, especially as the flowers are all so pretty!

    Johnson

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  3. Iron Needles8:05 AM

    I think I would have remembered planting a stargazer, but I have forgotten greater things! Also the last looks like a gentian to me. Which I can spell, but am loath to pronouce.

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  4. Kate/High Altitude Gardening8:42 AM

    Hi, Johnson; - Hmmm... that could be it. I tried growing sea holly but it kicked the bucket. Perhaps Miss Wilmott's Ghost is making amends... :)

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  5. Kate/High Altitude Gardening8:48 AM

    Hi, Iron!

    It's all coming back to me now. Well, sort of.

    I grew Star Gazers indoors, 2 winters ago. At some point, I must have planted them. Perhaps they've been waiting all this time for me to water them? :D

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  6. Kate/High Altitude Gardening8:50 AM

    KC - Yup! The cowboy hat is over kill but it matches my cowgirl jammies. I'm quite a vision first thing in the morning!

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  7. Chloe m8:54 AM

    I think it is StarGazer, I had the same one myself and did not know the name, but someone id'ed it for me on my blog one day.
    Pretty flowers...nice silhouette..love that!
    Rosey

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  8. Tricia9:08 AM

    If it makes you feel better... I'm 31 and often forget whether I've fed my three year old daughter breakfast (surely a sign that my brain can't function without coffee, so don't make me!) :) So forgetting planting a few flowers is nothing.

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  9. Kate/High Altitude Gardening9:32 AM

    Tricia - Coffee. I hear ya. Even the 4-legged creatures that inhabit this house know better than to approach me before I've had my first cup. :)

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  10. Kate/High Altitude Gardening9:38 AM

    Hi, Rosey -- Thanks! I was over at your place earlier this a.m., admiring your lovely white Lily. (FYI, still haven't gotten me arse in gear to figure out the music thing...)

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  11. Granny J11:19 PM

    Stop worrying and consider all four to be gifts from the flower fairy. Except perhaps the gentian, which, if I'm not mistaken, grows wild in the high country.

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  12. Kate/High Altitude Gardening8:46 AM

    Hi, Granny;
    I do like the idea of a Flower Fairy Garden. Especially if it has magical properties to prevent weeds from growing! :D

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