Showing posts with label chrysanthemums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chrysanthemums. Show all posts

Monday, November 4, 2013

Kiku—The Chrysanthemum Festival

Last week I showed you some nice chrysanthemums
pretty much what you'd expect to find this time of year.
But then I visited the New York Botanical Garden
to see their spectacular chrysanthemum festival . . .  
with blooms arranged in the shape of bridges,
bonsai, and waterfalls.  On the left is an
example of ozukuri:  A single plant is trained to 

produce hundreds of flowers in a huge dome-shaped 
display. (This one was started a year ago.)

[You can see more Mellow Yellows at Gemma's meme.

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