Good morning, sleepyhead!

August 31, 2015


Every morning lately I’ve checked out the datura (Datura wrightii) in the front garden to see how many of its night-blooming flowers are still open. Because it’s growing in bright shade, it’s never smothered in flowers, but even two or three of these hand-sized blossoms make a statement. I counted half a dozen today, their white trumpets glowing, as if lit from within, in the warm rays of sunrise.


This creamy beauty is from a couple of days ago.

I’m enjoying datura season!

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2nd garden--2015, Flowers, Texas natives, Xeric plants

9 responses to “Good morning, sleepyhead!”

  1. TexasDeb says:
    August 31, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    Exquisite shots of one of my favorite flowers. I’m absolutely fascinated by the veining and texture in the large petals in combination with the twists along the edges. I was watching bees visiting a couple of blooms here last night well past 8 PM. It was getting quite dark and I wondered a bit about the wisdom of their lingering. Apparently everybody is enamored!

  2. Lisa at Greenbow says:
    August 31, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    They are gorgeous flowers. They have never let me down in that they always have a few blooms every day from the time they start blooming until frost aggravates them a few times.

  3. Angie Rose says:
    August 31, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    Wow Pam, gorgeous blooms. I have been attempting to grow these flowers for a couple of years now with not much luck. I definitely am going to keep trying though! Have a wonderful week.

  4. peter schaar says:
    August 31, 2015 at 7:33 PM

    Good Photos, Pam! My D. wrightii is also in bright shade and does well, blooming repeatedly with several flowers and seeding out fairly prolifically.

  5. image-in-ing (weekly photo linky) says:
    September 1, 2015 at 4:49 AM

    Beautiful shots of beautiful blooms!
    Thanks for posting here, and please come link up at this week’s Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday) here:
    http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/08/strange-visitors-in-garden.html