I have searched my various plant ID apps to try to find what this is, but today’s Flower a Day remains a mystery to me. Maybe a savvy reader will be able to enlighten us all, so feel free to leave a comment if you do! I just loved this little spray of … what? buds? flowers? leaves? I took the photograph too long ago now to remember and I’m pretty sure that I was mystified even then. Not knowing its name does not stop it from being today’s feature, as I hope you all agree that it is a lovely specimen of something or other. I’m not even sure where I took it, although I suspect it was near a stump in our garden…. maybe a kind of bindweed? Mysteries are such fun, so I leave you with this one (and a hug) for today. Enjoy!
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Mystery plant indeed, and not a lot of clues to go on- just buds, a bit of stem and leaves, a promise of colour, maybe. Always up for a challenge, I racked my feeble brain with the help of google (lol) and at the risk of great embarrassment offer the following suggestion: could it possibly be, perhaps, maybe the lowly Common Marsh Bedstraw? That’s the best I can do with this sweet example of promise-to-be-fulfilled, not unfitting for the few remaining days of a trying year with the new one just around the corner and all the hope that brings. Thank you, Ellie.
Thanks for giving this such a lot of effort, Janet (you and Google!). It is possible that you solved the mystery (the background greenery is not necessarily part of this same plant, which is a little confusing), we might never know. I’m just as happy either way – leaving it a mystery or thinking it is solved. Thanks again!
It’s such a lovely tiny set of flowers! I love your sense of humour in describing it
Merry Christmas to you and Steven
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and kind wishes, Kathy! I’m so glad you are enjoying these posts. Our warm regards to you both.
Good morning. Love the mystery. I like the pinky colour with the very soothing green looks like it’s about to blossom. But I certainly don’t have any idea what it is. Looking forward to the mystery being solved.
Thanks Linda. In a way I will be okay with this mystery either way – solved or unsolved! One day next year I might solve it, if I keep my eyes peeled.