Thursday, October 3, 2019

Thankful Thursday, October 3, 2019

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 29, 2019
I am thankful to have flowers that bloom in the Autumn! This is a Confederate Rose Hibiscus, Hibiscus mutabilis. They are tall perennials with large pink blooms that get darker as they age.

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, September 30, 2019
Here is the same bloom a day later with a new freshly opened bloom behind it. The legend behind the name 'Confederate Rose' is that the blooms turn as red as the blood shed by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, October 1, 2019
Then the next day, the first bloom has dropped to the ground, the second day's bloom is turning red, and a new bloom is open!

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9 comments:

  1. ...they look like pink snowballs.

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  2. I don't recall ever seeing one of these before. It's gorgeous.

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  3. How beautiful...I like that you included the difference in colors in the lifetime of each bloom...very interesting.

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  4. Those are just lovely. With our heat and dry weather we don't have much left that is still growing. Thanks for linking up today.

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  5. I've never heard that before...how interesting! I've seen these bloom though and they are spectacular. The ruffles make you want to pick up some tissue paper and make paper flowers!

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  6. It is beautiful. I am going to try growing a cold hardy Hibiscus next year and hope it survives winter.

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  7. Beautiful blooms, and it's fun to learn how plants got their names.

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  8. This is a stunning flower. I've never seen one like it before.


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