One of my favourite exotic hibiscuses has had flowers blooming for the past week. All the plants came inside for the winter way back in September before our Fall Trip, and since most of the plants don't even start developing buds until the end of August, I usually miss most of the flowers, since they bloom when we are away. But not this time. Several of my favourite plants still had a lot of buds, and they've been opening ever since we've gotten back home. My oldest hibiscus has a gorgeous, ruffled, deep pink flower edged with white, and for a few days this past week, there were actually four huge flowers blooming all at once.....
Of course, something that special needed to be taken advantage of. Erzulie was still in her pink fairy costume from Hallowe'en, and she was only too happy to pose with the hibiscus flowers....
It's a shame hibiscus flowers are so short-lived. Most last only a single day, but my exotic varieties generally will last three days, and inside maybe even another extra day. But I guess that's what makes them so special. Soon the last buds will have opened, and then I'll have to wait until the end of next August for them to bloom again.
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