Friendship Kiku Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum ‘Hoko Yuai’
This is another flower from
the lost roll of the Kiku Chrysanthemum Show in New York City last fall. The
flowers were huge and the overall the mum had been trained to show 298 flowers
in the display. It was quite a work of art. It’s a little funny because this
picture was shot and then not looked at until I took some pictures in Florida a
couple of months later. Sometimes I wish that my organizational skills were
better. These Chrysanthemums were breathtaking and it is hard for me to imagine
the work that went into creating them. Not only do the flowers have to be
perfectly grown to form the big shape out of the 300 but also they have to
bloom at show time. I really hope the NYBG has another Chrysanthemum show this
fall.
Since it Sunday that calls
for a bonus snapshot and here is a pic of a beautiful Dahlia shot out on Long
Island, New York. The growing conditions on the largest island in the lower 48
are great and there is always seems to be something horticultural significant to see.
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