and the Russian far east. Jan planted these over 40 years ago and the birds have spread them around to various gardens nearby. Here is a stand near the edge of our meadow. Its one of the beautiful reasons I cannot
go all native.
The flower heads are about 4 inches across with 6 orange petal-like tepals strongly recurved backward, covered in many purplish brown spots and hairy near the throat. A long style and 6 long stamens flare out from the throat.The stamen tips (anthers) are dark rusty brown and up to ¾ inch long.
I have found the down facing flowers difficult to photograph.
Hannah Jane Call Apr 2016
If you loved the thought of me as much as you love the air you breathe
with the passion of a hundred lights of night fire
with the greenness of a parlor fireplace
If you waited for what is clearly yours within the skin that traps me
with the tenacity of a tigerlily
and the brutality of a butterfly
If you wanted what lies beneath the cold hard marbles beneath my eyelids
with shyness befitting a lion
and coldness that wisps from deep within the earth
If you did
why are you
so far
away
with the passion of a hundred lights of night fire
with the greenness of a parlor fireplace
If you waited for what is clearly yours within the skin that traps me
with the tenacity of a tigerlily
and the brutality of a butterfly
If you wanted what lies beneath the cold hard marbles beneath my eyelids
with shyness befitting a lion
and coldness that wisps from deep within the earth
If you did
why are you
so far
away
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