I love finding white versions of flowers that generally are other colors, like blue or pink. Steve Schwartzman said that in his experience, it’s the pinks, blues, and purples that more often show this white variation. It really is beautiful, and you were lucky to find the bud, the bloom, and the turn toward seed all on the same stem. Imagine my surprise when I went over to wildflowers.org to see if it grows here, and found your photo on the page!
Yes, I think Steve’s right about that. I can recall seeing only a few, and one was blue and two were purple.
I’ve had that happen to me too. They have a large number of my photos on that site. I can think of no better use for them.
I do too. It’s often possibly with this plant because it has a very long blooming season. It starts in mid-summer and lasts nearly until the snow flies.
I love finding white versions of flowers that generally are other colors, like blue or pink. Steve Schwartzman said that in his experience, it’s the pinks, blues, and purples that more often show this white variation. It really is beautiful, and you were lucky to find the bud, the bloom, and the turn toward seed all on the same stem. Imagine my surprise when I went over to wildflowers.org to see if it grows here, and found your photo on the page!
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Comment by shoreacres — July 20, 2017 @ 10:18 pm
Yes, I think Steve’s right about that. I can recall seeing only a few, and one was blue and two were purple.
I’ve had that happen to me too. They have a large number of my photos on that site. I can think of no better use for them.
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Comment by montucky — July 20, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
I love the three phases on one plant.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 20, 2017 @ 10:48 pm
I do too. It’s often possibly with this plant because it has a very long blooming season. It starts in mid-summer and lasts nearly until the snow flies.
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Comment by montucky — July 20, 2017 @ 11:01 pm
It allows for something different in composition of the many plants you photograph. Nice.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 21, 2017 @ 9:13 am
Yes, nice to see all phases at once.
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Comment by Candace — July 21, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
It’s good when you can get it.
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Comment by montucky — July 21, 2017 @ 4:57 pm
That nice! I also like the three phases all in one photo.
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Comment by Reed Andariese — July 21, 2017 @ 6:51 pm
It was fun to see that, on a high mountain trail at that.
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Comment by montucky — July 21, 2017 @ 7:36 pm