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First Gordonia

Joanne8 Comments

Just a very brief post today to show off my first Gordonia flower.

As you can see, the plant is very young, standing only around one-foot in height. When mature, the tree will be ten to fifteen feet tall, so it has a way to go yet.

You will also notice how soggy the first flower is that my Gordonia has grown – it’s raining – again! We have had so much rain lately that I couldn’t even pick flowers to share yesterday for Cathy’s weekly In a Vase on Monday, which was rather disappointing.

I am, however, thrilled to bits to see my first Gordonia flower! It is also known as “the fried egg plant”, as the flowers always drop right-side-up, giving the appearance of a fried egg. Aren’t they clever little flowers? 💕