365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Hosta Flower Spike
Day 275: I have to admit that when I bought Hostas, I was thinking of them in terms of being a foliage plant. They are that, without a doubt, the huge leaves offering plenty of drama in the shady niche at the end of my carport. However, the flower spikes have proved to be exceptionally photogenic, especially in the early phases of their development, as the one shown here demonstrates. Later, the individual flowers will droop on the stalk, becoming more elongated and taking on a purplish tinge. I so enjoy them that I have set aside a space beneath my big Doug-fir which I hope to eventually fill with assorted different cultivars, intending to grow them for both foliage and flower.
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