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Some people call it a "Weed" . . .
but, there is beauty to behold if you take the
time to look.
Classified as a
"weed", the lowly little Venice Mallow (also known as "Flower of an
Hour" because that is about how long the blossom gives us to enjoy
its beauty.) After it has "shown off", it folds its petals and
retreats back into its pod (you can see two in this picture which
have not yet bloomed) where it will produce about fifty tiny seeds
to generate next year's blooms.
Helen, my lovely "bride" (of many decades) discovered this curious
little plant in the flower bed (where we can get almost nothing to
grow) and decided to transplant it somewhere so we could see what it
might be when it grew up...... She DID (Helen's VERY persistent) and
we were rewarded with the beautiful little bloom you see above.....
The only trouble was, nobody could tell us what it was! |
(Click on the image to see a larger view) |
We
searched libraries everywhere and Helen finally discovered it wasn't
a flower, but a WEED! Well, at least that is how it is classified in
"Weeds of the Northeast" by Uva, Neal and DiTomaso.
A very well done
book...(Color plates and all !) published by Comstock Publishing
Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. You'll find the
little "weed" pictured therein, on a color plate, page 259. |
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