Away

It has been nice to watch the wisteria gather itself and produce so many buds from such a sad-looking bundle of dormant twigs. I've never had a chance to observe the process up close before. Good thing it's finally ready to bloom while we're out of town.

Another plant east coasters might not know well is the angel's trumpet, a very fast-growing tree in the potato family that sends out tons of these 6+" flowers almost year round. Someone told me they're pollinated by bats (in S. America, not here). It seems like these got very popular here a few years ago, but that may have merely been when I started paying attention. This plant might be in poor taste, depending on the definition: the flowers are freakishly big, numerous, and short-lived. Am I shallow to love it?