Posts Tagged ‘pink’

For just a few weeks in spring, these pink magnolias are everywhere. Despite being about a third of the summer magnolia blooms they’re even more impressive in their way- with no leaves to hide amongst, they really pop.

For me, winter in New Orleans is bookended by Camellias. First, as things cool off, there are the white ones. They’re like popcorn- they explode out of nowhere, powerful fuzzy blooms that fall apart almost as soon as they’re out. Around Christmas, the red ones come out and they’re pretty mellow, they bloom and hang around for awhile adding a little more color to the holiday season.

But at the end of the winter my favorite comes out- the Desire Camellia. Organized petals spiral around the center bud in shades of pink. Unfortunately they start to brown fairly quickly, and every year I tell myself I have to get out and take pictures, and then suddenly it’s too late.

Well, not this year:

I kept this one around, thinking it might push out one last flower, and so it has. It’s not the biggest or the best daisy it’s ever had, but that much more special for being the last.

It’s not one of the fanciest in the garden, but it puts out a dozen or more blooms day after day.