'It must be the season' - the voice of Joan Baez fills in my room as I write the first of my whispering green stories. And indeed, it IS the season of the green (or, shall I say pink?) I am going to write about today: the Land Lotus.
The tree of the land lotus can grow as big as 8 feet,but its branches are very light and fragile. From August, I would wake up early and look all over the tree in our garden for the sign of a bloom. And one day - not before mid-September though- I would see two or three of the magnificent beauties spreading their pink petals.
Pink in the early morning, the color of the flower changes, growing one shed darker every hour. And then, by sunset, its almost red!
That this is an edible flower is something I learnt form my granny.
The tree of the land lotus can grow as big as 8 feet,but its branches are very light and fragile. From August, I would wake up early and look all over the tree in our garden for the sign of a bloom. And one day - not before mid-September though- I would see two or three of the magnificent beauties spreading their pink petals.
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| The Land Lotus (Also known as Confederate Rose,Cotton Rose or Cotton Rosemallow) |
Pink in the early morning, the color of the flower changes, growing one shed darker every hour. And then, by sunset, its almost red!
That this is an edible flower is something I learnt form my granny.
