Thursday, April 23, 2009

Windless Wednesday

Oh my Lotus.
My beautiful Lotus flower reaches tall to the heavens to present itself outside my bedroom window.

For 4 to 5 days from tight perfect bud to full bloom it opens in the morning sun and closed as darkness creeps in. So beautiful but such a short time in it's flowering.













I grow it in mud in a 4 foot diameter concrete water tough positioned in full sun. I cover it over winter to protect from the frost.
Each year it rewards me with up to 15 blooms and loves heaps of fertilizer to grow tall and proud.

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