Thursday, 24 May 2007

Rock and rose - #97

Cistus or Rock Rose

Wikipedia says "They have showy 5-petaled flowers ranging from white to purple and dark pink, in a few species with a conspicuous dark red spot at the base of each petal"

That'd be ours, then

It's a beauty.
The petals remind me of crushed silk.

And I learned a new word today

Thermophilous.

Requiring open, sunny places.

That's my sort of word.

2 comments:

Abraham Lincoln said...

It is a beautiful flower and one I have never seen until today and when I saw your post.

I hope you will be able to look at my picture of a mother robin with her head down the throat of a baby robin. This is part two of a series of four shots.

Kate said...

Thermophilous--that's me! The flower is gorgeous and I agree about the petals; I would like to be able to stroke it. Is it perenial? Hope so!

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