Saturday, June 20, 2009

Pink Caper Blossoms


I had completely forgotten that the caper plant that I'm allowing to bloom for seed saving purposes has pink blossoms! The typical caper blossom has white petals and pinkish purple stamens. There's pollen scattered on the leaves below from my efforts at helping pollination with a fine new little artists paintbrush. I'm not allowing any other capers in the garden to bloom right now so I'm not worried about cross pollination. If these set I'll try growing some out to see if the color gets passed on.
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8 comments:

  1. sweetbayJune 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    I can't get over how beautiful those flowers are!

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  2. MichelleJune 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    Sweet Bay, and they have a lovely scent!

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  3. chaiselongueJune 20, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    What beautiful flowers! What a pity you have to choose between the flowers and the capers!

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  4. JanJune 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    They're gorgeous! They remind me a little of passion flowers.

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  5. StefaneenerJune 21, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    So pretty. We must must try these.

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  6. Chandramouli SJune 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM

    Ahhhh! The blooms are so unique - just like the Spider lilies that I laid my eyes on during my recent trip. How I wish I could find those here!

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  7. silviaJanuary 17, 2018 at 11:00 AM

    These are beautiful! Can you update? Did you get any pink blooming seedlings?

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    1. MichelleJanuary 17, 2018 at 12:24 PM

      So sorry, that's still the one and only pink blooming caper in my collection.

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